Dawn of Heroes

[X] His notes. Look at the records and documents that the Night has acquired.

You decide to take a brief look through the Night's notes, seeing what you can garner from them without going in depth. The documents initially confuse you, but after a couple of days, it begins to click into place as you recognise some of the names such as Anna Lucas and Levy Porter. The information is simply outdated and the reason why you have been struggling to understand the notes is that they are referring to circumstances from over a year ago.

The Dragonsteeth were a major part of the Consortium's street operations back when the Night was still active and so they were worthy of his investigations. But now it is has been over a year since the Night last updated his notes and between now and then, you have taken out the gang for all intents and purposes.

It leaves you wondering just how many of the Night's notes have been left irrelevant by changing circumstances. Hopefully some of the more important stuff will still be of use to you, but you suspect that much of the day to day stuff or the smaller threats will be outdated and unusable for your purposes.


Like most times that you find yourself engaged in unexpected battle, it was a normal patrol as you made a night time round about Whitechapel. You didn't even it coming as the first sign of the attack was a single flying past your head. Not slowing down as you moved across the rooftops, you look in the direction that the bullet came from, looking for a sign of your attacker.

You almost miss it, but the figure moving in the distance doesn't escape your gaze. With a target sighted, you begin to move in on them, leaping across the rooftops. As you close the distance, another shot is fired and like the first, the second bullet whizzes past your head.

Finally closing the gap between you and your attacker, you bring down Talatine in a sweeping arc at your foe. The man isn't that impressive with short black hair, blue eyes and average height, but he does have the lean, muscular physique of a warrior and the harden look of a veteran. Combining that with the white shirt, brown trousers and distinctive red coat, it is clear to you who this man is.

Redcoat. The deadliest killer in the British Isles and the man who slew the Night. And now he seeks your death, most likely on the behalf of the Consortium.

Wielding only a rifle, the man doesn't look as dangerous as his reputation makes him out to be, but you know all too well how looks can be deceiving. Talatine hacks the man across the side, spilling blood as a lucky last-minute twist by Redcoat saves the murderer from a worse injury.

Dropping his gun, Redcoat brings up his fists as he engages you in unarmed combat. While you would look down upon him for choosing to wield his fists against your sword, you have fought enough unarmed opponents since arriving in London to know better than to take his lack of weapons in anything other than a serious manner.

You block one punch only for a follow up attack to catch you off-guard. You never see the first coming, just feeling it as it fails to harm you though Torlyn. Yet despite your gleaming armour successfully keeping you from getting hurt, Redcoat's blow still leaves you reeling and off-guard as the pain and discomfort leaves you unable to focus.

You swing almost wildly at Redcoat and the man steps backwards to avoid your blade. As your attack goes wide, you steady yourself, recovering from the disorientation and lack of focus that Redcoat left you in thanks to a well-aimed attack.

Redcoat darts in almost faster than you track, taking advantage of how your last attack has left you exposed. He jabs in the neck and despite Torlyn, you find yourself reeling in pain, but you quickly recover rather than let you be left off-guard and off-balance. A swipe of Talatine and Redcoat is driven back again as you bounce back from his last attack.

The man tries to move in for another attack, but you fend him off with your silver blade. You probe his defences again, but the man doesn't let you get a hit in on him. Deciding that state of affairs is unacceptable, you move in for a proper strike, stabbing at Redcoat with inhuman swiftness.

For a change, it is your foe who is caught-off guard this time and Redcoat barely winces as he fails to avoid the bite of Talatine as the blade leaves a gash in his arm. Redcoat is unfazed however and uses your successful attack to make one of his own as he slams an elbow into your armour face.

If you were a lesser combatant, you have little doubt that the blow would have lain you low. But Torlyn does not fail to protect you and you are a mighty warrior so what should have been a crippling attack ends being something that you are capable of weathering without difficulty.

Apparently, Redcoat sees this as a well or he has otherwise decided that the circumstances are unfavourable to him. He backs off and for a moment you think he is preparing for another attack only to realise your misjudgement as the killer turns and runs.

You have a choice of going after the man who would assassinate you. You can let him go and try to hunt him down on your own terms or you can pursue him now and attempt to defeat him when he has lost the element of surprise and you have a slight advantage over him.

What does Fairy Knight do?
[] Pursue Redcoat to bring him down this day.
[] Let him go and hunt him down on your own terms.
[] Write-in.

Fairy Knight is at -1.
Redcoat is at -2 and is running.



So another action-y arc as the Consortium calls in the big guns to deal with the troublesome thorn in their side that is the Fairy Knight. As a word of warning, Redcoat's character concept started out as "Herokiller, but completely mundane and British-themed" and as a result, I feel he is a dangerous foe due to being designed to take out other characters.

I have also been looking forward to this arc as I have been waiting for when Redcoat and Spoiler show in the quest, but I also didn't want to introduce them too early. So for me, this is going to be an exciting arc and I hope it ends up being one for you guys as well.

Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to. Feel to ask questions for more details and information.

[X] Pursue Redcoat to bring him down this day.

You chase after Redcoat, running after the infamous killer. The man is fast, but not fast enough to outrun you. You swing Talatine as you catch up with the man, slashing Redcoat across the back with your blade cutting though the padded coat and leaving a light, but long gash.

To his credit, Redcoat doesn't stumble as he throws something behind him as he approaches the edge of the building. You barely get a look at the white lumpy object with a metal tap coming out of it as it flies over your shoulder. A moment later, it explodes, catching both you and Redcoat in the blast radius.

You take the full blunt of it as the explosion washes over your armoured form while Redcoat uses you as a human shield to protect himself from the worst of it. Barely remaining on your feet, the blast leaves you dazed and off-balance as you stumble forward. Redcoat wasn't immune to the explosion, but the killer has avoided serious injury and he swiftly recovers from his own disorientation. The building took the worst of it, as a hole has been blown in the top of the roof.

You don't give him the chance to take advantage of his quicker recovery as you lunge with Talatine, piercing his shoulder with your silver blade as you shake off most of the disorientation. Redcoat yelps with pain before going in for the attack. The attack itself isn't enough to hurt you as despite his best efforts, Torlyn protects you from any direct harm, but unfortunately for you, direct harm was not what Redcoat was hoping to achieve.

The attack hits you in the right place to leave you completely off-balance and vulnerable and Redcoat doesn't hesitate to take advantage of that. He grabs you firmly in a way you can't quite grasp and you are too disorientated to properly understand what he is doing let alone resist as Redcoat holds you firmly.

You attempt to swing Talatine at his head, but you simply don't have the right angle to hit your foe and your blade cuts into the rooftop instead. You attempt to struggle free, but Redcoat has a firm grip and refuse to budge. Any attempts to regain your wits fail as you just don't have a quiet moment to get your act together.

Then Redcoat releases you with a shove. Why he would let you go just like that initially eludes you as you struggle to process what is going on, but when your mind catches up with your surrounding, you realise too late that Redcoat has shoved you off the edge of the building.

As you fall past the ledge, a second explosion goes off, originating from your back. Pain rocks through your body as you are flung towards the ground, but Torlyn absorbs most of the blast and leaves you relatively unharmed. You hurt and you are still struggling to react to what is going on around you, but you are alive and combat capable if barely.

Forcing yourself back to your feet, you glance upwards as you summon Talatine back to your hand. There isn't another hole in the building, but several windows have been shattered and the wall looks damaged if intact. You wait for Redcoat to make his next attack only to realise that it isn't coming and if it was coming, it would have already happened.

As the pain fades and your healing has progressed enough to have a noticeable effect, you wonder just what the man is up. Does he think you dead? Surely a professional as a feared and infamous as Redcoat would check to see if you are alive or not. Has he run out of tricks to pull on you?

Then a figure drops down. For a moment, you think it is Redcoat, but in the moment it takes you for your reflexes to kick in, you realise that whoever it is too small and feminine. The girl is mostly grown and clearly has womanly curves under that blue costume which conceals her identity, but has offers little protection. Yet despite her figure, the youth on what little you can see of her face leaves you feeling that this lass has a bit more growing to do before you can call her a young woman.

"Hi there," says the new girl, "The guy in the red fled when I attacked him. I was sure I got him, but I wasn't able to get more than a single hit in which wasn't as good as I thought it was. He was pretty beat up and I think that is why he ran since he didn't stick around for a fight. Do you need a hand?"

Does Fairy Knight want a helping hand from a mysterious stranger?
[] Yes, the girl is no friend of Redcoat and you doubt someone so young and upfront will be an enemy of yours.
[] No, she may have claimed to scared off Redcoat, but you know nothing about her and you can't trust her just yet.



And now the other character I've been waiting to introduce has shown up. This is something of a social choice and it isn't one that is set in stone. That said, it will determine the initial reception between Fairy Knight and ??? even if it their future relationship has yet to be decided. So right now, you are choosing whether Fairy Knight accepts a welcome hand from a mysterious stranger or is wary of this unknown individual.

I also forgot that Redcoat had a bunch of grab-related advantages in the last update so that is why he is using them this update when he didn't in the previous update. I find it interesting how the fight went down. Fairy Knight got some got hits in at the start and continue to do so for the rest of the fight, but it definitely felt like Redcoat dominated at the end of it. That said, I was far more confident in Fairy Knight winning then I was with Redcoat. In hindsight, Redcoat is good, but Fairy Knight's toughness pulled through for her as she proved to just be too tough for Redcoat to easily take down.

Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to. Feel to ask questions for more details and information.