The Duel Of The Nameless

**The Duel of The Nameless** was a duel between the Ashen One and The Nameless King shortly after the formers arrival to Archdragon Peak, the haven for all dragons.

### **Precursor events of the Duel**

#### The Nameless King

The Nameless King, once a great king of Lordran following his fathers sacrifice at the Kiln of the First Flame and the linking of the fire, was exiled from his homeland and his titles removed after he began to ally with Lordrans greatest foe, the Dragons. He then proceeded wander with his mount, The King of the Storms, before deciding to create a haven for the dragons deep in the mountains of the north. Once revered as a God of War, known for his slaying of dragons and fashioning their scales into armour had now become the Dragons greatest ally and friend never once raising his blade to them again.

#### The Ashen One

When the Lords of Cinder refused their thrones and failed to link the fire once more, several of those that had tried to link the fire once before were resurrected to hopefully become Lords of Cinder. The Ashen One was one of those people. Following his return of the majority of the Lords to their Thrones, after slaying Yhorm the Giant in 1697FY, The Ashen One discovered a way to be magically transported to Archdragon Peak, rumoured to have been created by Dragonslayer Ornstein and there he explored the peak. Upon his slaying of an Ancient Dragon, he found a Great Entrance to a part of the peak with a great storm raging. As he entered, The Nameless King, riding the King of the Storms appeared and so the duel began.

### The Duel

The Nameless King flew overhead, encircling the Ashen One staring from the ground and began to cast his famous sunlight bolts from his Swordspear which the Ashen One managed to dodge out of the way. The King of the Storms then flew stationary to breath fire down onto the ground below and whilst the Ashen One rolled away from the breath he cast one of his own miracles to hit and ground the Dragon.

With the King of the Storms now on the ground the Ashen One began to slash and attack away at the Dragon, who still stands menacingly against this powerful human foe. The Dragon then tries to swipe the Ashen One with his great claws, but the ever dextrous Ashen One sidesteps the attack and lands a blow to the Dragons face, gouging out one of his eyes and staggering him. The Nameless King in response casts his Warrior of Sunlight spell, defined by the power of its oath and friendship on the Dragon, which in turn strengthens him and manages to take off once again. The Ashen One however conjures once again another sunlight bolt and throws it at the Dragon, striking it in the head, with the King of the Storms crashing down into the ground below, now mortally wounded and The Nameless King falling off during its decent.

The Nameless King now on the ground, walks over to the great beast and good friend of many years, before realising the King had suffered a mortal blow. Sorrowfully, the Nameless King takes his Swordspear and thrusts it deep into the Dragon, slaying it and absorbing its power. Gwyns firstborn then turns to his great foe and the duel carries on, throwing great forces of air towards the Ashen One as the latter advances towards him.

As the Champion of Ash approaches closer and at a fast rate, The Nameless King leaps towards him, thunder imbued Swordspear in hand, with him hitting the ground and the Ashen One being repelled by the blast before engaging in sword combat for the first time. Gwyns firstborn gets the upper hand after dodging many of the Ashen Ones advancing attacks by managing to grab the Ashen One by his neck and throws him into the air, before conjuring a bolt of lightning that strikes the Unkindled Ash down to the ground.

Now feeling almost totally exhausted, The Ashen One coats his sword with fire and unleashes one more great combination attack with his sword. His sword attacks, striking left and right to the point where the once God of War can not keep up. With a great strike from the side, the Champion of Ash disarms the Nameless King and then thrusts his sword straight through his chest, piercing his Dragonscale armour. The Nameless King, now mortally wounded, spoke his rumoured last words of 'Finally...A fight worthy of a King...' before passing away, finally ending his banishment and the knowledge of his identity now lost to time.