Setting: the old king of Sharro has passed away in war, now the nation must decide who will be the next king of the country. Several groups of three known as the Guards now must journey to find eight stones known as the world stones to control the country. Though not all is as it seems...a group called Art is hiding in the shadows...what do they seek?

Rules: All of the typical Rpg rules apply to this rpg.

Also this rpg isn't like most as a person can make up to three characters instead of one.

(I will need some characters to be part of Art, if you decide to have an Art member than you will only be able to have one)

Army sheet: (if it's an art member than put their rank which go from 1-14)

Army name: (please keep their info in the same order you typed their names in or put their initials near them)

Names of the people in the army:

Their ages:

Genders:

Appearance: (I'll like for some of them to wear some type of armor, also please type it out instead of using images)

Background : (give a short description of each of the three members history before or during their stay in the army)

Weapons:

Other: (any other info such as their wealth,ect.)

Victor shook his head.

"Either he needs to stop doing that, or he needs to teach everyone how to." He committed as he dismounted.

He took off his breast plate, but kept his gauntlets and boots on. He slung the cloak Zioas brought for him on and sighed.

"Up shot, this means Zioas doesn't think we're going to have to fight for the piece. Down shot, he might be wrong."

Taji hopped off her horse and removed her armor.

" Ahh much better." She sighed.

" Well lets hope he is right..." She got back on her horse and looked further down the path it seemed deserted and unused for a while.

" There is no sign the trail has been used recently."

Victor looked down the path and nodded his agreement.

"The Guard should still be mobilizing." Victor said. "That should buy us some time."

He jumped and sung into the saddle.

"Now, the question is whether the mobilization will take hours or minutes. Best not be around to find out."

Taji nodded and started down the trail. She glanced at her map.

" We will be on this trail for a while better get comfortable* She sighed and looked forward, the path looked endless.

" How do you think the others are doing?" She asked not liking the silence.

Victor shrugged.

"Bry has a personal vendetta of some sort bugging her." he said.

He chuckled.

"Zioas is probably sitting some where, drum his fingers, smiling evilly."

Taji laughed a little. Then looked at Victor her face more serious.

" So what is our plan if we get there and somehow the guard has beat us?"

She looked behind them and sighed when she didn't see anything.

Victor took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Voicing opinions and ideas to other Art members could be a royal pain if they think otherwise.

"We get it from them." He stated. "Preferably with little to no blood shed, if possible. With careful planing, we can do it."

Zioas and Carrie continued to look at all the Entries. "You know I'm kind of regretting assigning this post to myself instead of going with Victor and Taji." Carrie didn't respond. He looked back and saw a small army of three starting to march towards the direction the others were at. "Looks like they might have to fight...sure hope they're quick on their feet during a snow storm." He looked up at the grey sky. "We should proably head back."

Mercy and Stavros chatted a bit as they waited for their other squad members to arrive.

"You think we can fix this?" Mercy asked.

The big warrior shrugged.

"Maybe, maybe not." He replied. "We've got no choice but to try, my friend."

She smiled and nodded. They had to try.

Taji nods and falls silent. She yawns quietly and looks at the map.

" We have made it about 2/3rds of the way." She observes.

" When we reach the other trail we will need to make a plan of which route to take." She puts the map away glancing behind them hoping they got a big enough head start.

Victor watched Taji and chuckled.

"Relax." he told her. "We have a lead. We won't know how much till it's too late to do anything. Don't worry about it."

He took a deep breath and enjoyed the smell of the fresh air. He missed being out and around when he wanted to.

"Our best bet is to go for the fastest route, just in case."

Taji sighed and relaxed a little.

" Ya, probably." They ride for a few more minutes and reach the end of the trail.

" Well this is it." She hands the map to Victor.

" Which way do you want to go from here?" She lets the horses eat some grass while they decide.

Victor studied the map a moment. He then looked up to get his barrings, but stopped at the road. Fresh tracks in the ground in front of him. He rolled up the map and got off his horse. He crouched down to examine the tracks.

"Scratch us being first." He said sourly.

Taji hopped off her horse and looked over her shoulder.

" Dammit." She breathed.

" How did they not make tracks until now?" She asked looking back up the trail. It was bare execpt for the tracks Victor and herself had made.

" This isn't making sense.. but if we want to get that piece first we are going to have to hurry up." She got back on her horse.

Victor got back up his horse.

"They probably came from another direction." He commented, reigning in his horse. "There are some Guard units on patrol. They might have been contacted to move on known crown locations."

Victor grimaced.

"Or, we've got mercs to deal with."

Victor speeds up his horse to a gallop.

Zoias quickly got on his horse as he saw the large crowd of units heading toward the mountains. Zioas looked at his black horse,Lightning. "Go top speed to the mountain." The horse bolted up at top speed. He passed by the crowd who looked stunned as they stared at his horse flash by them like a vision. "Victor, Taji, move it, we got Guard units after us. "

Taji looked at Zoias with a suprised expression.

" But then who has already come through here?" She asked.

" And how did you get here so fast it took us forever!"

"Oh sorry about that, I used my house here,lightning,which is practically how fast it can travel." He turned around and saw crowds appearing. "Taji get on my horse and hang on. "Victor head towards the tallest mountain,it will be a hard hike even for Lightning here but I expect the first piece to be there." He grabbed the reins and Lightning zipped out of view.

Taji hopped onto Zoias' horse and held on tightly around his waist.

" How did they catch up to fast...." She wondered to herself as lightning sped away from the crowd and Victor.

" I hope he makes it...." She thinks to herself.

Victor stared after Zaios a moment, then sniffed.

"Another thing he needs to teach all of us to do or stop doing it himself." He commented sourly.

He urged his horse back into a gallop that felt like a snails pace. He sighed and pulled out a small vile from a chain on his neck. He crushed it in his hand and a mist covered him and his horse. Victor felt his heart rate increase and the horse move faster. He hated using stuff like this when he didn't have to, but it was.

 

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Mercy and Stavros had been swept along with a large force to a possible crown site. She wondered how bad this would mess up her posting. She and Stavros chatted and wondered aloud which of the other soldiers around them would be used to fill out their squad.

(hey im leaving to go to the beach for about 4 days, i may or may not have internet so if im not posting thats why)

(Okay, have a good time at the beach )

(Oh alright,have fun . Guess we should try indroducing new art characters in the mean time)

Zioas looked back and saw Victor coming at them at the speed of sound. "Looks like you've caught up."

Meanwhile back at Art HQ. "Where's Zioas and the others at?"a boy asked.

"Seems like Taji wrote a note," a said a girl. "We're getting a crown piece."

"Ahh they have all the fun."

(im back!)

"You've any idea how we are getting that crown?" Stavros asked Mercy.

"I'm not sure." She answered. "There are too many unknowns to make me feel good about this mission."

Stavros grunted his agreement.

"Like what to expect at the crown site." He said.

Mercy heard a man beside them clear his throat.

"Traps are expected." The man said. "Perhaps mundane, perhaps magical."

He shrugged.

"Perhaps both."

Mercy and Stavros looked at each other then back at the man,.

"And you are?" Mercy asked.

"Littleton." the man answered. "Scholar."