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The reason why the Americans are warlike, every town or city has its own defenses and their appearances widely vary.

This is also the main reason they continuously expand, better to deal with a problem now before it becomes to dangerous.




In the past, there was darkness and every man trembled in fear from the creatures of the dark.

Mad witches and spell caster would hunt for infants and woman in order to use them for their experiments.

Twisted abominations ran unchecked through the lands, entire towns or cities would die overnight and hellish beings carried away their screaming victims.

Then one day a miracle happened.

Some say that one of the many Gods heard the people's cries for salvation.
Others say that Humanities cries grew so great that the champions in the heavens willingly fell into the realms of men.

With ever the case, Stars made into men rained down from the heavens and built a city where the lights never go out.

It is there where the many go for healing and the undying are finally put to rest, their souls carried away by the men of the heavens.

It's unknown what truly happens in those first days, but many say that a small group headed straight into the heart of the magician's hellish city and demanded the freedom of the enslaved people.

None know of what truly happened that day, but it's said that a war so devastating happens that starts themselves were used to destroy that hellish place.

So great was its taint, that the Adventurers saw fit to simply whip it out.

Even the lands of the dammed are considered inconsequential by them.

Even as I write this, I fear that whatever evils dwelt there my turn my way, for what could be so evil that men that consider nothing or almost nothing, to not be able to be redeemed.

The Adventurers soon sought to send the slaves away to keep them safe from the evils of those lands, yet the slaves refused.

Where else was safer than the place next to the children of the heavens.

Soon the beast men were encountered, many sought to destroy such abominations, yet the Adventurers refused.

In their eyes appearances meant little, what mattered was the soul.

Yet the darkness in our lands could not be pushed away, for even within the heavens, the stars are only specs in a vast darkness.

So the Adventurers built many lights to push the the darkness back, with this light soon life began to grow.

Green grass was the first signs of good returning to the poisoned lands.

Next were the trees, flowers, clean water, birds and fish.

Yet evil is not content to stay still and dark creatures move just out of the reach of the lights touch, the winds whisper with ancient and foul magic and strange creatures are said to have attacked the many settlements.

Yet the Adventurers are not happy to wait for the enemy to come to them and greate battles the kinds only comparable to those in legends occur through the dark lands.

The holy city of light is now protected by armies of dedicated men and women, alongside their newly acquired allies.

They fight to defend the city from corruption of the people from within the city itself, as hearts of men are weak or from without from the many friends that want nothing but the downfall of humanity.

It's said that in one occasion the lands themselves glowed brightly as the lingering souls of the dead were carried off into the heavens by the Adventurers.

As I write this, I beg of you the future generations, don't ever forget what it took to give you a peaceful childhood, for the evils of today are great and only seem to be growing.

 

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(Character change The lands in the Shadow)

The sound of massive wings moving through the sky could be heard from miles away, as the griffins began to land, normally using creatures that could only call one or two people at a time was pointless for something like this, but the situation called for it.

Yet the creatures completely and utter refusal to so much as touch the hellish lad, forced their riders to jump off their backs, moral men were not meant to well these lands, yet they had to, the posts were absolutely needed to keep the darkness away.

The griffins moved just above the ground, to high for anything to be able to reach out and grave them easily, yet low enough that the glowing light of their masters' runes could still wrap around them and keep them safe, from the darkness.

Each man watched for any signs of danger, yet sound did not exist here, at least not in the way mortal knew of it, deep inside a persons being, they could hear the movement of the creatures being kept away by the protective runes.

Finally, a spot had been found, to deep and the maximum reach of the post would be far more limited, to high and the post could easily fall leaving a gap in the barrier. Unfortunately now came the hard part, any shadow opened the door for the beasts, so simply by digging a hole the men left an opening for the enemy to slip thru.

Not only that, but many had been driven insane by the revelation of what was directly in front of them, for this reason only those of strong will, great faith and incredible fighters did this job.

Finally, the hole had been dug and even before it was placed into the hole, the post had begun to shine, even below ground there would be no darkness.

Slowly the unnature darkness was forced back and the slithering form of a woman began to take shape, she moved seductively, as she slithered and the light drove her cover away, a large banquet began to be revealed.

Fresh fruits and meats of all sorts, alongside fine perfumes, wines, gold, partially naked woman and everything a man could desire.

The bull-man or Minotaur as his kind liked to be called, let out a lowed grow, his nostrils opening and closing as if trying to drive away a repulsive smell, battle ax in hand be prepared himself to fight.

A second glow soon began to combine its holy energies with the light of the first post.

In what would seem a second, the darkness was driven back and the unnatural lands truly began to be revealed. Sick oil like black stones were replaced by chunks of flesh that seemed to release blood into the air, that quickly vanished from sight.

The lie of the great banquet before them was revealed, the dine wines were nothing more than excrement, rotting and mayor filled were the meats and they themselves were nothing more than... and yet none of this compared to the sight of the master of it all.

The sound of the guard marching began to echo, soon a the fight for this small piece of land will begin, just like the ones before them, in the distance another pair of light post were set up and had begun to drive back the darkness, then another pair and another, until the village was now covered in the protective light.

Few of its inhabitants remained, some walked around driven mad by their hellish experience here, others could be seen hiding, trying using candles in a desperate attempt to keep the darkness away.

Soon the cries of infants began and the men both smiled and wept without wanting to, either the children were long gone and their cries were being used to manipulate the people's emotions or they were just being kept alive for the creatures entertainment.

Both were true, the men had seen enough in their time as postmen, either way, there was hope for the village's future.

The sounds of boots marching soon covered the lands, the guard had finally arrived, it was time to clean out whatever daemon remained within the village, hopefully, there was a chance to help the people as well.

Slowly the guard moved some taking defensive positions, others began to enter the buildings, each man could feel the blood flowing inside their bodies, the creature in front of them was attempting to force them to act.

The golden light, had started changing the land into actual soil, the combination of the runes and the lights energies were pushing the majority of the creature's power away, soon the protective transparent walls will be built, further magnifying the lights protective energies.

It was pointless to build a concert wall, for it brought bought shadows and dark areas for the enemy to get a foothold, so the walls were built using a transparent material that was equally strong as stone.

Yet even as the men stood inside their protective walls of light, they knew that their situation was far better than those that went into the tunnels below, posts would be pulled away and it would take hours just for someone to advance ten steps.

Destroying some horror, only revealed something far worse waiting for the unsuspecting adventurers, and yet even this was nothing compared to the stories the men had heard, entire towns and even cities, had been discovered surrounded by the protective pillars of light.

The surviving people, spoke horrifying stories about devastating battles between the Adventurers and the Unholy abominations within the darkness. The adventurers would soon leave only after giving the people several light posts, for them to build a small bridge so that they could patrol the surrounding area, even if it was a limited space.

Still, this was all a routinely thing, nothing too horrible had happened, soon people would begin to start trade, if that was between village to village or with the holy city would depend on the people themselves.

( Character change Westeros )

The smell of salt and water mixed alongside, the various smells of pepper, fish, raw meats and the various cooked and dried foods being sold.

Ships came and went from the ports, sailors ran about loading and unloading their cargo, slowly a small ship moved until it finally came to a complete stop, men screamed for the captain of the ship to present the proper documents needed for them to stop in this port.

The captain of the ship, dropped it right next to the man, courtesy of a simple string tied to a rock and the sheets of paper tied between them.

Even as the man lowered himself to lick up the sheets of paper leaders and stairs were dropped letting the people off the ship. The man cared little for any of this, for this was a common thing, still, as he looked at the papers and found no issue with them, it was time to look at the passenger's paperwork.

His routine didn't change, until a group of five children stood in front of him, three girls and a single man, from what their papers said the five were apprentices from a company of the east, the poor fools had fallen into the merchant's trap.

If they lost all of their merchandise, then they would be indebted for losing it all, but if they were successful, it would be nearly impossible for them to live another life.

The man simply handed the children their papers back and let them head towards their merchandise

 

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I can't write the parts of story all at once, up until now I've concentrated on the lands beyond the wall.

So expect very little mention of what's going on over there, this part is for what's going on in Westeros.

[2] Six kingdoms

 

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A cart filled with furs, pepper, grain/powdered salt, sugar that was both in chunks and in powder, jars filled with olive oil and honey. Merchandise that could be moved around and stored for long periods of time, a perfect cover for what they needed to do.

People tended to lower their guard around young boys, girls and children, their mission was to gather information about the people down south of the wall, granted there were other people doing the same, but their missions varied. Simple assassination missions of a creature or an attacker that had escaped.

Merchants that wanted to get a monopoly in the ever-growing market and so began to bring things into the south that in ordinary situations would have never seen any of it.

Others wanted one thing and one thing only, all of the weaknesses of the kingdoms beyond the wall.

The merchandise would be a perfect cover and if they ran into trouble, they could just leave the cart and use the pins they had been given to escape and get back to the guild. Being heroes was out of the question, so any wars or things they ran into, were to be left alone.

"I see you've gotten your merchandise, I'll be quick, luckily you bunch are the only new people that arrived, so I'll explain." The man said, he was the same one that had looked at their papers, before letting them get their things.

"Before you can begin to sell, you will have to mark down everything you've brought with you and you will have to spend a day here. Trust me, a day will make a world of difference, the climate and the food will affect you." The man said as he pointed at a barn that was so rounded by several guards.

"The barn over there can keep your things safe while you register and you can either sleep in the barn or use an inn, along as you have a stamped document, do anything you lose will be replaced with something of equal worth."

"Is there a place called the Black Sword merchant house?" Rundelhouse asked the man, as he tried to find one of the few contacts they had.

The man looked at him for a moment, before the look of realization began to show on his face. "Oh, it's the new merchant house that's opened up, its about half an hours walked from here. Just go straight and when you see the fish men turn left and you'll see it there, it has an oversized black sword in front of it." The man said as he gave Roundelhouse a handshake before walking away.

"Wait where do we register." Roundelhouse, said to the man as he remembered that he didn't know where to register.

"The house of the black sword, is a merchant house and in, so you can register there." The man said as he walked away.

Just as Roundelhouse was about to turn around and speak to his companions, the loud roar of a tiger made him turn his head, what he saw nearly made him drop his jaw in shock, tigers, lions, giant birds of all shapes and colors were being unloaded from a nearby ship.

Not to it was a large ship, that had been somehow painted pink, slowly women dressed in nothing more than a transparent cloth or a simple rag that covered their midsection began to walk off it.

Again the man that attended them earlier arrived where the pink ship had docked and like before a rock that had papers tied to it was dropped. The man looked at it and handed the papers back to the group of women.

The women immediately got straight to work, as they began to burn flowers that released a sweet smell and poured drinks, while stopping any random man and woman that might pass.

As Roundelhouse looked at the scene he noticed that a large sign had been dropped, the first part was too far to be seen, but there rest of it was easily readable. -Exotic, traveling brothel, we have women from all over the world, including some you have never seen before.

He was just about to say something, when a hard smack to the back of his head made him turn and see the enraged face of his partner Isuzu looking straight at him. No words were spoken, only the sight of a pair of puffy cheeks, that had light freckles on them, were all he needed to know that he was in trouble.

Roundelhouse did not dare to look at her brown eyes, for he already knew she was angry, but laterally was she angry about, for the life of him, he didn't know and as much as he wanted to ask, he didn't dare to.

"Yo, I heard you were going to the black sword merchant house. Tell what for one silver, I'll pull your wagon there, that way you folks won't need to do it yourselves." A muscular man said with a wide smile.

His smile vanished for a moment before quickly returning, he failed immediately after. "I keep forgetting that" he said to himself.

"Welcome to the Lannister port, part of the Allied Human Kingdoms." The man said before his eyes let out a light glow, that almost resembled electricity.

"One silver, make it nine copper and two drinks and you have yourself a deal." Minori said to the man, who in turn just gave a thumbs up.

The man quickly graved the handles of the cart and began to pull it, sometimes he would go in front of the group of friends, before pausing and waiting for them to catch up.

"So what did you mean by, the Allied Human Kingdoms?" Tohya asked the man, as he walked right beside him.

"Tywin, the lord or king of this part of the world started falling this part the Human Kingdom, or the Lion Kingdom if you want." The man said as he pulled the cart, altho his breathing was heavy, considering the weight of the cart.

'You would normally expect a ruler to defend the borders or something, just to try and hold back the strange creatures just washing up on shore. Fish-men, ships filled with strange creatures and so on, so the guy made a deal with everyone and I mean everyone."

"To the little people, you know the peasants, slaves and so on, no one that wasn't Human could live within the territory he owned or managed, this included any houses lands that served him. The port where ships come deliver their goods and leave, that they could use, but it was that and that alone." The man said before he pointed at a fish, no a man, no a fish man walking on to the shore and ordering a plate food from a nearby store.

"The system worked, the mainland belongs to Humans and the shore is shared, already the deal has been paying off on its own. Pirates have tried to invade, but those fish people and others are a pretty dam good defense system." The man said as he finally stopped walking.

Tohya immediately noticed that the man had stopped directly in front of a large black sword, Minori immediately gave the man his nine copper coins, before asking the man to wait so she could pay for his drinks and man waited patiently.

He waited while men and woman checked everything and made sure nothing dangerous was brought in, he waited while papers were signed and stamps were put and he waited while everything was lit in the barn for safekeeping.

Both Roundelhouse and Tohya thought the man must have had the patience of a saint, considering how long everything took and just for that they both had bought two extra drinks for him before saying their goodbyes.

The Black Sword Knights, are a combat guild and it's because of that that many see the dangers on the other side of the wall, not everyone can take it, so they sent out small groups of people to set up shop and help anyone that arrives begin their new lives.

This merchant house, was nothing more than one of their locations, in truth, the group of friends didn't need to speak to the ones managing the guild, but they decided to do so none the less. It was just so they could be nice, to adventurer after all.

 

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They walked into a small cottage, warehouse, or was it called a building? In truth, none of them knew what to call it, there were entire zacks of wheat, corn, beans and rice piled on top of one another, while baskets of freshly made bread we're let out to cool.

Men and woman sat near every pile of either drinking, eating or sleeping, children ran about playing while woman that wore little clothing word but taking food to the people who in turn paid them in cooler coins.

But that was the thing not everyone here was human, as the group of friends looked around they noticed that therr were creatures that had the failed of snakes, scales if fish and were completely colored blue, eating alongside men that seemed to emit fire from their hair and beards.

Knights that bore the emblem of a golden lion, ate as they fondled the best of a woman that had long pointed ears, the women were undoubtedly of elven species.

As the five of them looked around, they began to realize that more than one set of eyes was on them and when a heavenly bearded man was about to size from his seat they heard someone say something to him, even as they placed their hand on the mans shoulder stopping him from doing whatever he planed.

"Adventurers, " the said, to him in a low enough voice that had the small group of friends not been listening they would have missed it.

As they stood there watching a woman walked up to them holding a tray in her hands. "Please take a seat, we will tend to you in a minute." She said as she showed them an empty table, it was strange considering that there weren't any chairs.

"We're here looking for the owner of this shop." Minor said to the woman, however, the woman just smiled and walked away.

Soon plates of food began to be brought in, steamed fish's alongside vegetables were placed in front of them, alongside these grapes and applesauce, while the drinks that were placed in front of them were various juices and flavored waters.

This was odd considering that none of them had ordered anything and they were about to reject the food when a man walked up to them and placed a large cup made of wood on the table, before starting to speak.

"The five of you are Adventurers right." He said as he looked at all of them.

"You know, I met and saw a few of you over there in the Lands of Shadows before being brought over here." He said as he lifted his cup up and began to drink the large amount of alcohol.

The man's long white beard, contradicted his completely black face, considering that said face wasn't black at all, it was like a shade of ash had piled on top of it and it had become black simply because of how long the ash had been on it.

The proof of this was, the fact that the man's right hand was completely green, while his left was completely blue.

The sounds of his drink going down his through was loud and yet the man didn't seem to care and in truth none of them did either, they were more interested in hearing about what the Americans were up to, from someone that had seen them first hand.

"Things over here aren't as good as things here" the man said even as he lowered his large mug.

"I was there for so long, that I still don't know how long it's been, but I can still remember seeing them for the first time. They were like stars in the forms of men, I do t know what happens before they broke the cage I was held in, but there they were marching with swords, clubs, spears and arrows"

."I look at you five and I can't help but remember, all of those children fighting against those things that tormented us for so long. But that's not here nor there, I just wanted to welcome you to the shop, all Adventurers are welcomed here, please enjoy your meal." The man said before lifting up his mug and walking away.

It was like if they had just been told, that they wouldn't be meeting the Black Swords merchant leader of this area. Still none of them said anything, instead they began to eat, their meal in peace while listening carefully to the conversations going on around them.

[Character change Tywin Lannister]

Again more and more pages had arrived detailing the events that had been occurring, trade had begun to grow and with it, the troubles that came with it.

Like it or not his first job was to protect his kingdom and his people, before anyone elses and so he allowed the fish men and the strange creatures to walk about the shores and nothing more.

This proved to be the right call, as pirates that were able to sink the fleet that protected his kingdom, were brought down by the combined strength of the fish men and the oddities. Still, that didn't mean that the creatures could be trusted an at any moment, they could turn against him and his people.

Even now, his men were digging through ancient papers, cave markings and so on for any signs of ways that might allow them to even out the odds.

His quick mind proved to be his peoples strongest defense, as more than one kingdom that responded with swords or in another aggressive way soon found itself completely alone, vulnerable to attacks from another creature that was out there.

Those same things that had been turned away, soon arrived to his ports and found a welcoming hand, granted that hand was guarded, but those many captains and creatures accepted it as a much-needed act.

So even now the Gold of the Lannisters could only grow, with that being said he now found himself being forced to stop something from happening, it seemed like the Lord of the North beloved himself to be superior to even the high King and in his arrogance dared to question the king's order.

Normally for the Kings Hand, this wouldn't have been a problem, but it was the fact that his daughter's pet had hurt the prince that made things even more troubling.

While true his grandson most likely deserved the animal's attack, he was still the prince a d someone needed to be punished and yet that foolish hand actually sent his daughters away.

The moment word about the event reached him, he ordered his men to go and make sure that those two Stark bitches made it back to the north safely. These were not times meant for man to be waging war amongst itself.

Finally a letter arrived and it was from his men, their escort had managed to find both girls and guide them to the north, under the pretext that they themselves were headed in that direction, however once they reached a certain border, they separated from both the girls and their escorts and were now heading back.

Unfortunately or fortunately, they had run into several soldiers that had been ordered by his daughter, the high queen to capture and execute both girls, none of the men wanted to follow said orders and when they heard he had ordered his men to protect the bitches they simply bowed their beads before turning around and heading back.

Another page detailed the events going on in the Iron Islands and how they were now cutting down every tree, rebuilding their fleet, day by day, those islands are bathed in blood and from the few stories that manage to make it out, the islands themselves have begun to sink.

5he fish men wage a five-sided war with each other and more and more, Iron Island ships leave taking entire libraries, gold, gems and other valuables, it's only a matter of time now before the Drown God reclaims his kingdom beneath the waves.

 

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Tywin looked through each document and attempted to gain something, anything that made some sense and yet true as he might he was in able to find anything. Whatever brought about this change remained a mystery.

Like it or not the world had changed and not for the better.

A small bottle with blue glowing liquid was placed on the table beside him, it was a peace offering from a house only known as the Black Sword. According to them the liquid could heal injuries and remove poisons, regardless of the kind, plus it had the added bonus of repairing whatever damage the poisons had done.

His healers had tested the liquid on other people and they all agreed that the results were exactly what the house of the Black Sword had said, he needed to be in the best condition possible, so he took the potion and drank it.

The results were almost instantaneous, he began to cough so much that he felt he would chock on his own vomit, when he finally did vomit, he let out a strange blob of blood and something else.

No one present said anything, until one of his healers stepped forward.

"...My Lord, you will not like what I am about to say, but that blob has only shown itself when some sort of poison is present, depending on the amount inside the person the blob only grows or shrinks" the healer said to him.

Tywin processed the man's words, but the implications of what he had just heard meant that someone close to him was poisoning him and by the looks of it it had been a drawn-out process, for the size of the blob on the floor, was the size of a melon.

Under normal circumstances, Tywin would have been enraged, but he didn't have the luxury to be angry he was the lord of these lands and so be needed to keep his mind straight.

"Find out who" he ordered a guard that kept watch next to him, only a few people made his food and so they would have to be interrogated, he doubted any servant would even try, so it came down to people that had visited the castle.

He took another document and smiled, the people of the Iron Islands wanted a place to live and in exchange for some land, they offered their servitude.

Under normal times he would have dismissed the fools, however, he knew that in time he would need them, so he agreed, but they would be placed somewhere they could cause little trouble.

The realms of man, the Human Kingdoms and so on, it was funny how those things seemed so close to one another. He looked out his window and began to accept the fact that a new fleet and guard needed to be created, first it had been the creatures of the forest, then those from the lands beyond the north, now those that came from elsewhere.

Each one of those times humanity had to adapt in order to overcome whatever dangers came, now it seemed that they will have to do the same, the only difference between himself and everyone else, was that he could see the writing on the walls.

"I believe it's time we begin to expand outwards into the sea, we know that some people have boats for houses, so see what you can do with that" Tywin said to one of the men inside the room.

"My lord?" The man asked him.

"We need to expand our influence and discourage anyone from wanting to come into the mainland, what better way than building something out at sea" Tywin said to the man.

"Should I recruit some of the" the man began to ask before Tywin stopped him.

"Yes, begin recruiting the oddities as well" Tywin ordered the man before the man walked out of the room, he had his orders and knew what to do, the rest was up to him to figure out.

Tywin waved his hand dismissing the rest of the men, for the moment being the meeting had ended, whatever the other kingdoms didn't matter at the moment, right now securing his own territories safety was what matters.

(Character change Jaune Arc)

Jaune looked at the picture "At least it's someone that knew another me" he said to himself as he sat down on the side of the bed.

"Jaune Arc?" A woman said to him, she had long black hair and wore a red summer dress, which was odd considering the weather, but Jaune had learned that people in this world didn't really follow the conventional rule, so didn't question the way she dressed.

"Yeah" Jaune answered the woman.

"Can you walk?" She asked him and almost by instinct Jaune rose to his feet, he immediately placed the picture of Weiss into his pockets. The woman looked at him, her brown eyes searching for any signs of weakness.

"Where did the you I saw on the battlefield go, your full of openings" she said to him before regaining her senses and remember why she was there.

"Please follow me" she said to Jaune before walking out of the tent and waiting for Maine who simply stood there looking at her.

Before Jaune followed the woman he caught a glimpse of Pyrrha following another woman, immediately Jaune hurried behind the black-haired woman, until they reached a tent filled with men- women- animals and all sorts of people that had animal parts or some sort of ability that made them stand out.

"Good the last of the champions are here!" A man with a long beard said as he drank a mug filled with wine.

"Brothers, sisters and whatever you consider yourselves. Today we all made history, today we became the first official recruits of whatever we may be."

"Free Guard, Adventures, Soldiers, Knights and so on"

"Tomorrow we may be enemies, but today." He stopped to look around t everyone present and lifted his mug into the air.

"But today we drink!" He yelled out to everyone present. "So let's eat, drink, fuck and forget what we did today" he yelled out again and everyone present cheered.

Jaune could hear the voices of other people cheering inside other tents nearby and as he looked around the sides of the tent dropped, letting no one outside see what was going on inside.

"Magic to keep the outsiders from seeing or hearing what happens in here" the man said as half-naked men and women walked in carrying trays of food and cups filled with hot drinks as well as bottles of wine, several kinds of beer.

Jaune looked around searching for Pyrrha and he found the black haired woman looking at him, she graved his head and placed a firm kiss on his lips, a hand separated her from him and Jaune saw Scar looking at him.

"It's not good to cheat, in your first week of being married, go she hasn't seen you yet" Scar said to Jaune before pulling back the black-haired woman, letting Jaune run towards Pyrrha, the moment the laid eyes on each other Pyrrha nearly broke down crying.

She had noticed the woman's lipstick on Jaunes lips. "Let me guess someone stopped you and kissed you" she asked him, but Jaune could tell that she was trying to calm down her fears.

"Yeah, Scar helped me get rid of her" Jaune said to Pyrrha, as a woman passing by handed both of them a cup filled with wine.

"Jaune, we're both different, I don't mean either of us have changed, but" Jaune touched Pyrrha's head as he tried to calm her down.

"We have responsibilities the kinds only noble houses and company heads have now" he said to her.

"I'll always be your partner, I did it before with another you...What trying to say, is will you always be with me, because I'll always be with you" Pyrrha said to Jaune but she was already at the verge of tears.

Jaune just looked at Pyrrha and held her right. "Yeah, I'll always be with you" he said to her before the room full of people cheered, there was nowhere to run this time, this moment was to celebrate right now the two of them shyly tried to hide inside each other's arms.

But in the end, they shared a kiss and joined in the celebration, whatever happens outside the tent didn't matter, that was something for the Jaune and Pyrrha of tomorrow, right now they would drink, eat and dance to their heart's content

 

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[ Weiss]

Weiss watched as her father exhaled, the mist that formed every time he let out a breath seemed to be thicker than normal, or better said it was getting darker whiter, the temperature las lowering.

"We leave first thing in the morning," he said to everyone present, the servants as well as the guards they had brought with them stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.

Weiss watched as her mother opened a folder and looked at a picture of her sister.

"There is one way for you to avoid marriage Weiss" she said to her before handing her the folder, her mother didn't have any ill intentions at least none that Weiss could see anyway.

"That would only be temporary, however, your brother and your sister will be married off to other families, like it or not we have no other choice but to form bonds with other houses." her father said to her as he handed her mother another folder.

Weiss watched as her mother opened the folder and her little brother's picture was in it, she could barely see his name, age and eye color written on the white sheet of paper behind the picture.

The wind began to blow stronger and Weiss listened to the flapping of wings as the firebirds began to fly around warming the surrounding lands keeping the people from freezing to death.

An uneasy silence settled in.

"How long do we have?" her father asked her mother.

"Five maybe six months worth of food, clothing isn't going to a problem anytime soon, but unless we either get one of those birds or secure means to repair the machines, the kingdoms power supply will shut down, the ice here is already making the devices malfunction." her other answered her father.

"Miss" Weiss heard her maid call out to her, she turned to look at the woman and found her sitting next to a nearby fire, the woman had gathered several pots pans, different kinds of meat and cooking oils.

Weiss walked yup to her and took a seat in front of her.

"Lesson number one, a woman that can cook will have a man turning her way, a woman that can cook well will keep her man always coming back to her."

"Miss its time for you to learn how to cook and make different kinds of dishes." her maid said to her as her mother walked up to them and sat down, her eyes were focused on Weiss, it was like if the woman was going to be judging her in everything.

Weiss watched as her mother took out a napkin and folded it in several different ways, yet as she watched her mother move her hands she noticed how she seemed to carry a form of grace and elegance, even as she did something so mundane.

"Your job as a wife if to maintain the family's image, your husband will have to carry himself in a certain way, how we aren't entirely sure at the moment. So it will be up to you to have the grace needed to speak with those from high society." Weiss listened t her mother's words, each word spoken were cold and uncaring, it was like if her mother was speaking to another servant.

The wind howled outside her tent, once in a while, it managed to pass through the walls of the tent-making the light of the fire flicker.

"Why?" Weiss asked her maid, however, the woman just smiled.

"Because all nobles can have servants cook for them, but not all of them can brag that they have eaten something made by their wife and have it taste good." the maid answered her.

Weiss graved the handle of a pan and placed the pan on the fire.

[ Character change Jaune]

The party had ended and everyone was still sleeping, do to the fact that no one was allowed to leave the tents everyone slept on the floor, the tents were large enough to have several rooms so it wasn't like everyone slept on the ground, but there weren't enough beds for everyone.

"Get up you have your first mission" he heard someone say to him.

Jaune opened his eyes and found Pyrrha sleeping next to him, she was still wearing her armor, but she slept peacefully, her red hair covered part of her head.

"I said you have your first mission, gather your team. Your destination is the Kingdom of Atlas, your finances homeland."

"Your job is to find out how many of the transport systems are still functioning and how many we can repurpose for civilian use, they are not necessarily the same thing."

Jaune turned to see who was speaking to him and he found Naotsugu standing beside him handing him a folder filled with papers.

Jaune sat up and looked around, he let a smalls mile form on his face when he noticed Scar sleeping, his servants were covering him, one would think that sleeping with several women would have been a dream come true, but from the way Scar was Jaune realized that wasn't the case.

It looked like if Scar had to fight off the combined attacks of the girls he had as servants or was it, slaves, while they slept, the man had bags under his eyes, Jaune somehow knew his friend hadn't slept all night.

"Your seniors have already gone beyond the wall so you won't be able to meet with them and the elder members of the guild are bout to head out in or own assignment, your team will be on their own."

Pyrrha began to move, however, she spoke almost immediately, it was like if she had been awake the entire time.

"What's really going on?" she asked Naotsugu, ash she sat down.

"There's no point in hiding any of this, so there is no problem if anyone hears this. The guilds are moving, look around you, right now everyone is being assigned their missions, the lands need to be mapped out and supplies need to reach those that need them."

"The Free Guard is being ordered to keep the city and the surrounding villages safe, as of this moment the lands of ice belong to us, so its time to claim wats ours."

"The Adventurers, your seniors will explore the uncharted regions, you recruits will meet with the cities and kingdoms. Your job is to look around, speak to the people and shake hands, we will be making decisions based on your reports."

"Make no deals, promises or agree to anything because you don't have that power. Kill whatever and whoever you have to, be they Monster, Kings, Queen, Bandit or insane people."

"You have your mission, do what you have to do." Naotsugu said to them before turning around and walking away, Pyrrha and Jaune were not able to see the man's pained expression when he turned around and walked away, however, Scar could see the pain he had as he left the three friends behind.

Scar had seen it before, a general or a captain that had no other choice but to give an order he didn't like but had to be followed, otherwise, the results would be even worse.

Jaune opened the folder and he nearly coughed, the first order was to not follow the path used by the travelers because that path was already known.

They had to walk in the same direction but of the makeshift road that already existed, it made sense because they still had to explore the area and deal with whatever danger was around, but doing this put them in unnecessary danger.

A small letter fell out as he took out the sheets of paper, Pyrrha picked it up and opened it, it was a letter from the guild leader. He was ordering him to choose, whatever choice he made the guild would side with him, take the girl as his wife or not the guild will accept his decision, but he had to make his choice before his mission was completed.

"Looks like they want to kill two birds with one stone." Scar said as he took the letter from Pyrrha.

Jaune looked at the muscular man, he wanted to ask the man for guidance but scar's eyes told him everything he had to know, this was entirely up to him and he had to deal with his own problems.

"One thing at a time, let's get something to eat and pack up everything we might need" Pyrrha said to him and she stood up and stretched out her hand to him, Jaune took it and she pulled him up.

Jaune handed Scar a sheet of paper and he handed another to Pyrrha, both of them raise their eyebrow when they read what was written on the papers he had given them.

"How are we supposed to hunt down as many creatures as we can and what does it mean that the collectors will get what we hunt and bring it back to the city." Scar said as he looked at Jaune.

"From what this says, there are villages and entire cities still lost and we are somehow supped to postponed our main mission and make diplomatic talks with the villages or cities we find."

"I thought Naotsugu said that we didn't have that kind of authority." Pyrrha said as she read what was written on the sheet of paper Jaune had given her.

"Let's head to the guild first and deal with everything later, let's get the last hot bath we will have in a while and get everything ready." Jaune said to them, his team agreed and they left the tent.

As they walked back to the guild, Jaune could see the Free Guar being ordered and warned not to overstep their limits while everyone was away.

People were already leaving some people carried loads upon loads of grains or meats, while others took furs or clothing with them, however, some people left with nothing and more people that stayed behind.

They finally reached the guild and found a girl waiting at the entrance she held an envelope in her hands when she noticed them approaching, she smiled and handed the letter to them.

Jaune took it and read what was written in the letter. '"Looks like shes our fourth member." Jaune said as he looked at the girl, almost instantly the women that followed Scar stood in front of him as if marking their territory.

Even Pyrrha gave a step forward and stood in front of Jaune.

 

[blueayes]

The girl had short brown hair her chest was small and she had a slim body, despite being average hight the way she moved made Jaune realize that she was a lot more capable than what she looked like.

She had light skin and dark almost black eyes.

"Let's go inside so you can introduce your self to us" Jaune said to her, he was going to walk into the guild however the door didn't open, he tried to open it like he usually did but sure enough the door was locked.

He was bout to give up when the door opened and one of the servants stood in front of him, the woman closed her eyes, before bowing her head and handing him a letter.

" You four need to learn to survive, up until now we have provided everything for you. We are giving you money water and warm clothing, everything after that is up to you." those words made Jaune stop and he immediately gave the letter to Pyrrha.

"Looks like they're cutting us loose, all of the hot baths and stuff we were given was only while we were in training, now we will have to earn it." Scar said as he read the letter.

the servant girl placed four backpacks in front of them, however before she could close the door Scar pushed his slaves into the guild.

"I can't do this mission with them around, they're my servants, as long as they don't do anything ..... you know dam well what I mean, feel free to make them help out around the guild" Scar said to the woman as she closed the door of the guild.

The loud moan of a giant animal caught their attention, however, Jaune found himself finally realizing that his team wasn't the only one being treated this way, all around them Adventurers were moving, not just the recently recruited but also the senior members.

He felt his chest become cold and if a minor was placed in front o him, he would have sworn he would have seen the color drain from his face.

"Looks like this is it, we're doing this, we're adventurers." Jaune said to himself, it had finally set in and he didn't know how to react.

He felt the weight of a heavy hand on his left shoulder and the soft warmth of a familiar hand on his rightsholder, he found Scar and Pyrrha standing in front of him.

"We're with you captain." Scar said to him, while Pyrrha just smiled, her eyes somehow felt warm.

"Then should we see what they left for us" the other girl said to them.

Jaune turned around and he saw that she was already opening one of the backpacks and taking out some of its contents, Scar walked passed him and pike up one of the backpacks, Pyrrha followed his lead and finally Jaune joined them.

Sapere pants, a spare jacket, water bottles, dry meat, and fruits, as well as water filters and medical potions for first aid, but what shocked Jaune the most was the bags filled with gold that they were all given.

Snow slowly began to fall.

"We should head out," Scar said to them, as he noticed the phoenix begin to fly.

"We can do our introductions as we go" he said to them as he took the lead and began to walk in front of the group.

Jaune followed close behind the older man and Pyrrha waited for the new girl to walk in front of her, they walked passed the tents where they had celebrated the day before, past the tents where the refugees lived, past the entrance to the city and finally past the forest.

They stood in front of a long path made by the people that had walked into the forest, Scar looked back at Jaune, Jaune looked back at the new girl and the girl looked back at Pyrrha and finally Pyrrha looked back.

Once they gave this first step, officially their old lives and any connections to it would be no longer matter, their lives would belong to the guild and the fact that they were adventurers.

Scar didn't move, none of them did, Jaune felt something inside him move and without wanting he walked passed Scar and walked into the snow-covered land away from the path that was already formed.

he walked and didn't bother looking back, he could hear Scar behind him and with his footsteps crunching the snow, were the footsteps of the two other members of his team.