Weird Day for battle

Dear Diary,
I have spent many days in fighting in war, but I promise you, none of them was weirder than today. Not long after we met with Sylvia Halvel, we started planning what to do next. It was a hard discussion, because we knew that Legondol and Faen were both under siege and there was the Continent as well. We couldn’t be in all the places at the same time. Marv volunteered himself to go to warn the Continent. Given the situation, we had not much of a choice, so we agreed. And so we watched another one of us leave on the sea. I envy Marv a bit. I somehow wished to go to this adventure with him, but I am needed here. I did promise Eternal War after all, didn’t I?
In the end, the journey took us to Faen. Here, the armies of undead people, were still preparing for the final battle, so the strategy we used in Metherol wouldn’t have worked. And we couldn’t expect that we would get any last-minute help like last time.
After a few good minutes of discussion, we finally came up with a plan: we would use something to distract the necromancers on the northern side of the walls, while we would sally out with the army of elves and kill their armies. When I suggested this idea, I thought of a bigger distraction, but then Dillen had other things in mind because he suggested we should send Bart in there to pretend to be one of the necromancers. Of course, you would imagine that someone fighting against Xantinya would come up with smarter plans, like some actual war tactics, but then, who says this would not work. We even had the perfect accessories. Apparently Xixi kept one of the goat headed staffs from one of the necromancer guys. And, thanks to Tallion, we also had a name: Meknol (a necromancer guy who used to fool others by pretending to be a priest). Now, all it was left to do was to announce the elves they will need to do a sally out, and for Bart to decide what distraction to do.

His “necromancer guy” story was that he was Meknol, and due to the incidents, that happened in Metherol, he was sent to search for none other than Mr. WorldsWide Tallion Almas. To distract them, Bart came up with the idea to sing them something terrible. But he wanted to practice on us first.Well in the beginning, it wasn’t something very frightening, but then Bart tried again and I’m going to be honest, it gave me some shivers down my spine. It’s surprising how powerful can some bad feelings become if expressed in the right ways. I didn’t enjoy the song at all, but that was the point. I just didn’t want to hear Bart sing those again, I don’t think it’s his style at all. Now, that “our necromancer” was ready with play his part, we had to do ours. We parted again from Bart. This time I was actually worried for him. I mean there is one thing to try to sneak near the undead people and necromancer guys, and completely another to go and pretend to be one of them.
 
Then, we flew inside Faen. Imagine being in a siege with undead people, and then two elves, a strygyian, a fire elemental, a masked red-haired girl, a few sailors and people fly inside your city to tell you to sally out. I would think they’re crazy to say the least, but elves don’t really say things like that out loud. And we also have the wise elf Aosthen who well, can be very convincing. So in the end, they have agreed with our plan.
All we had to do was to wait for Bart’s signal, and then start attacking through the northern gate. We waited for some time before finally, Tallion told us that he has felt Bart doing something. To be honest, it was a bit of a relief to hear Bart was fine. And now, it was time for us to fight. Of course, I couldn’t stay behind and wait, so I went straight in front of the front line. It was time to show these undead people that elves do not just hide behind their walls.
 
Not long after we started the attack, we heard the sound of the very first swords clashing with the undead people. But I didn’t have much time listening to it because there were a few undead people waiting to jump on me. I was the first to cut an undead person in half. Seeing this, the elves behind me got a bit of motivation and charged as well. And so, a new battle started. This time however the Faen soldiers were better trained, and we were advancing slowly through the undead people lines, who were still not fully ready. It seems that the distraction of Bart worked quite well. But of course, the enemy was not weak. We were trying to beat them, but as expected, the fight was not going to be easy. Soon, they stopped our advancements and started to push back.
 
Happily for us, we got to a trebuchet and managed to conquer it. Then, Drenizek and whoever was nearby, set some oil to the trebucet stones and asked Nixie for help to lift them and throw them at the undead people. In the meantime, Kelly and me, moved the trebuchet so she can aim for the undead people now. Dillen tried to help but was attacked by one of the undead people and was almost hurt. I waited for so long for someone to beat this guy up, that now that it happened, I was not interested anymore. Since I was close by, I tried to help him, and then took the fighting with the undead in my own hands. Funny how a few months ago Dillen and me were fighting on alcohol, and now we fight alongside each other to kill undead people. This would have been quite entertaining for Nixie I think.
 
Suddenly, from behind, we heard a very loud noise. Seconds after, a bird-lizard creature appeared out of nowhere and started running through the undead people lines, killing them like it was some kind of child’s play and saying that “Your savior is here to help you”. It is not something that you see very often in a fight. Elves were so confused that they took a step back. As for me, I was looking so amazed at what was happening that I almost didn’t notice an undead was attacking me with an axe. But I knew from Tallion there is one person in the whole universe who would behave like this: GHIGHI. The guy that is smarter than anyone, and about who we heard so so many stories. I must admit, he knows how to do his entrances.
Seeing the confusion between the elves was getting worse, I tried to take a bit of control and organize them. Seems that seeing the trebuchet stones flying, and Ghighi helping us, the elves responded fast to what I was saying, and started fighting even harder than before. In the end, we managed to destroy most of the armies on the east side of the fight.
 
But the fight was far from done, and the west side was slowly pushed back by the undead people. To make things worse, from south, there were a lot of undead coming from inside the city through the gate. Our armies were holding strong, but they were inoffensive in a comparison to the necromancer there. I left the east side, and together with Anevys, we headed south, to help our men hold the line. But when I got there, I saw the necromancer guy who was attacking Nixie. Forget the plan to help the lines, it was time to pull a Verfy and go straight to the necromancer.
 
Dear diary, I think you already guessed, but going straight like a bull through an army of undead people and trying to reach their boss is not the brightest idea. What happened is that, in my rage run, I did not notice an undead tripped me. Not only that I didn’t reach the necromancer, but now I was attacked by two undead people. But wait, there’s more. I managed to attack one undead, but then when I was attacking the second one, I stumbled and fell on the ground. Now, there was a marching army of undead people stepping over me. You’d say that a fighter is able to control her feet, but I could contradict you. I tried to stand up unnoticed but to no success because I tripped AGAIN. “Hmm…it could be worse” I thought. And so, it was. While I was on the ground, I started sinking in the ground. Yes, you heard well, SINKING in the ground. In the end, I could barely swim and climb on some ground, and reach the others. I don’t even want to think what Eve thought when she saw me, full of dirt, with a messy hair and barely standing, coming from behind the lines of undead people. Thank the Almighty she was there; I really needed a hug (may it be with healing or not). I was ready to tell them that the ground is sinking but then I saw Nixie nearby. Why did I not think about it before.? After the fight, I told her that I almost sunk into her spell, and we both made fun of it. I mean I can’t blame her she destroyed a lot of undead people. But I must admit that my body still hurts, and there are some ugly bruises that will probably stay for a while. As Grandpa used to say: stupidity has a price and it always get paid. He was once again so right.
 
The fight went on for some more time, but to be fair I was a tiny bit lightheaded, so I do not remember many details. I just know that close to the end, everyone that had magic powers hit the necromancer guy and killed him. After that, most of the undead started to kill each other until there was only one standing. Another day, another fight we have won. I mean I am sure I could have helped more if I was actually not spending my time swimming in dirt, but the others managed very well.
Note to self! Next time you want to jump in the middle of the undead people, at least make sure you are able to stand on your feet first. Or better, don’t go in there at all.
 
And now it was time for the most dreadful part of the fight: waiting to see who is alive and who isn’t. But this time, thank The Almighty, all of our dear friends came back. The Enneth elves, who tried to help from outside, lost a few men and the Faen elves had massive losses. In the end, without their army, we wouldn’t have managed to save the city. So, it was time for us to burn the death. But we didn’t get to join them because Ghighi came back. This time he had other two people and Gilders with him.
 
Imagine being the boss of the Faen elves. You wake up one morning, worried about the siege. But then, some weirdos fly into your city, then they suggest you a mad plan that depends on a disguise, then one more weirdo (worse than those you have seen before) teleports himself from thin air, throws fireballs all around, kills legions of people and disappears. And now, in the end, you win the fight and think everything is finally over, but the same weirdo from before also teleports from thin air, but this time he had another three people with him. The poor elves didn’t even ask questions anymore. They continued whit the ceremonies and let us be.
 
Everyone was a bit awkward when we saw Gilders and the other. We knew that, in front of us stood the Queen Lullaby and King Bajid of Redochia. I for one didn’t know how to address them. They wore normal clothes so I thought they wanted to disguise themselves, and they were still kind and queen, so I thought I should address them very politely. But then Tallion was like: “Lullaby, Bajid, I’m happy to see you again” and I became even more confused. I looked around to see the reaction of the others, and I saw Kelly looking at Lullaby. There was some kind of tension involved and I could understand why. In the end, I didn’t even introduce properly to our new allies.
 
Before we could go and talk with our guests, Bart stopped us because there was something, he wanted to discuss about the fight today. First of all, he told us that while he was going for the necromancers, he felt something was not right with the goat-headed stuff. He wanted to understand even more, and then he saw some purple eyes and heard someone saying that “I see you”. Of course, that is never a good sign. Then, he started singing for the necromancers, and something even weirder happened, because the stuff started to drain something from the necromancers, and they fell on the ground. Bart was afraid that because of him, we might be in danger, because someone was watching us now. Well, if they were watching us, there was nothing we could do but keep fighting. I was a bit more worried about Bart. There was a bond created between him and the purple eyes. Someone said that this bond will fade in time if Bart will resist the temptation to use such powers again, but I doubt the demons are gonna let this go so easily. I felt a very bad friend, we shouldn’t have let him do all of this. It was a bad idea. Now, we have to take care of him, and make sure he is in no need to use such powers again. Which is why, those goat-headed stuffs should be destroyed as soon as possible.
 
Also, while he was pretending to be Meknol, he had to lead the necromancers into the fight until he met with one of us. But when Bart met Tallion, he turned sides and it was so unexpected for the necromancers that they got discouraged. I mean I understand, if Ghighi would lead us in the next battle, and then he would be changing sides, I would be very dishearten. And now, Bart didn’t know how to feel because he was happy, we won, but he was feeling bad in for those necromancers (who also died). Well I tried to explain him that he shouldn’t feel necessarily good, because well betrayal is a cruel thing, but then, he did it to help us, and it saved so many, so he shouldn’t feel bad either. Somehow, the way I see it is just you need to get used to the idea and remember it for next time. And for now, he should just rest and enjoy the rest of the day.
I love fighting, but I understand the cruelty of a war. It sometimes makes us do things that we wouldn’t normally do and pushes us to limits that we didn’t know it exists. But then, we choose to do these things that other won’t so we can continue to do the things that others can’t. If it wasn’t for Bart, probably we couldn’t have won today, and yet for this victory, he had to pay his price. And I respect him for that. He did what is called the necessary bad that had to be done, but it isn’t pleasant nonetheless to do it.
 
While we were still talking, we noticed that Kelly has disappeared somewhere. We found her outside the village, trying to make some of the technology. Judging from earlier, she wasn’t happy seeing Bajid and Lullaby. Seems that Kelly still has a hard time understanding what a friendship is, and how to deal with it. She is used to being just a tool for other people. I find it sad. She even said that “we all know Lullaby is more useful than me”. To be fair, I couldn’t care less who is useful and who is not. I guess she never understood how it felt like to be loved by someone. I didn’t expect Kelly to fight with us in the first place. I just like her for the person and the good friend she is. It’s just hard to send the message to her.
 
Then, we talked a bit with Eve, who also seemed like she was not doing fine. Well, it took a it to convince her to talk, because she isolated her into some kind of trance, and she wouldn’t speak with us. Not nice Eve, not nice. But nobody, no matter how strong, can resist the singing duo between me and Nixie. We are absolutely horrible. So, in the end, Eve talked with us. She said that she felt like she was useless. But how can that be? Did she not just save my life in battle, and as far as I remember she helped Nixie with her spells? We sent the message through. She was also super worried that Nixie, for only the Almighty knows the reasons why, didn’t want to be Eve’s friend anymore. I tried to hide my smile because it was rude, but I did find the situation a bit funny. All this time, since the dragon, Eve thought Nixie hated her or something. I bet that Nixie didn’t even think about it, and judging by her reaction, I was probably right. Well, nonetheless, if Eve felt this way, we had to solve the misunderstanding. It didn’t take long. But then again, many misunderstandings don’t take long to solve if we discuss them.
By this point, we made our guests to wait long enough, so we wanted to return. Kelly however, suddenly fell down, stroke by another one of those bad headaches. We hurried to take her to Vas, but all he could do is give her that leaf that calms her down and then we let her sleep. While she was resting, I went to talk with Lullaby for a bit. I wanted to properly introduce myself. I must admit, for a queen she is surprisingly shy. Xixi absolutely loved her ever since she met Lullaby. That means a lot. I also think she is a very kind person. After all, not many people pass through interdimensional gates to fight in a war, while they are pregnant. Which, is why, I thought she would like to try and talk with Kelly. After all that happened in the past, I would understand why they would not like each other. But then again, Kelly is not the tyrant she used to be, and I am sure Lullaby changed a bit as well. I don’t want them to become best friends overnight, but I think it would be nice if they at least start talking. Kelly was still under the effect of the leaf but she was able to be a bit coherent. She doesn’t really let anyone see her being weak, but I guess in this case she didn’t have a choice. Despite all the stories about her past, I could never see Kelly as a tyrant. I’ve always seen her as such a good person. I know, only a twisted mind would see a so called tyrant as good and sensitive but I see no reason not to believe in her. A person is not defined by their position but by their actions. And everytime, although maybe with some reasons, she always helped us. She also said something of being tired of finding a leverage so maybe we could help her with that. After Kelly fell asleep, the rest of us, returned to the others.
 
The dinner was great. We told Bajid and Lullaby everything about Sea and our journey. Lullaby seemed very happy for Sea. They must have been very good friends before Sea came to our dimension. I as a bit moved by how much Lullaby seemed to love Sea. You know, when you see them together, all these interdimensionals seem I don’t know…wholesome is the word? Like they get along with each other well, even if they have their differences. Like Ghighi wouldn’t stop making fun of Lullaby but she still loves him, and they Bajid and Gilders just act exactly like real brothers, and I don’t know, it was a very funny vibe. They seemed to enjoy our story as well. Now that I think about it, I must say, the beginning was quite amusing. I felt like so much time has passed since then, but if you think about it, it isn’t even a year since we met each other. I felt a bit nostalgic, but it was a happy nostalgy I guess. Thank The Almighty we met that day, otherwise I wouldn’t be here. I was feeling so grateful and blessed to have so many good friends.
 
The night was going great until well, Ghighi went a bit over the top, and made a bad joke about Tallion’s home that hit straight in the healing wound that was left after the recent news we got about Ionolia and the other countries. Tallion couldn’t stand it, so he went outside for a second. Nixie, Lullaby and me followed, so we can bring him back. It’s been only a few days since he found out about his family, well since all the party found out and yet here, they are fighting. I do think it takes some strength to do it. It feels weird. A moment ago, we were so happy, and now, the atmosphere completely changed. Ah yes, we are not the same people we were in the tournament in Ionolia. We are not living without a care anymore. We are soldiers in a war for this world, and we carry a heavy weight on our shoulders. And each day, it becomes heavier and each fight it becomes tougher. I don’t think I have realized it until today, but we all changed a lot, didn’t we?
 
To be fair, today, more than any other day before, I was missing Xebec. It would have been nice to see what he thinks of the interdimensionals. Pretty sure he would have had many jokes about them. Usually, talking with the crew would at least make me smile, but today that didn’t help. Though, I was happy they were handling the situation very well. I wanted to go and sleep near the sea, but then again, it would do me no good to be there by myself. If anything, it would make it worse. So, I asked if anyone wanted to join. Of course, Nixie is always up for a night walk.
 
As we were sitting there, admiring the quiet sea, Nixie brought up the Continent again. She is worried that Marv will never make it there. I know the chances are low, but I have to believe in Marv. I do not want to think of the disaster that would be if Xantinya would get there first. I was raised there after all so I cannot say I do not care about it at all. Ghighi appeared out of nowhere and started encouraging Nixie. It was a relief to have this conversation. It kind of made me feel better. Very weird creature Ghighi is. I don’t know if he is actually smart or just pretends to be. Well anyways, he is a great fighter in my opinion. We were staying there joking around, when we saw a small boat approaching. One hooded man was sailing towards us.
The boat was veeery slowly approaching so the person that was sailing didn’t have much strength. And we were kinda staying there waiting and waiting. At some point we started approaching him as well. Nixie even wanted to take his hood of because whatever it was didn’t seem to hear us asking who he is. In the end after a long wait, we realized it was none other than Zarkus. The old friend of Tallion.
 
This was the perfect ending of a weird day. Why was Zarkuz here in the first place? Well, since I had no clue if he is an enemy or a friend, I decided to at least try to listen to him. Apparently he came here to help us. Tallion said he is a bad person, but Lullaby seemed convinced he isn’t. By how the conversation started, I would agree with Tallion, to be fair. Zuzu or however you want to call him, seemed otherwise an interesting person, but he was very set on his opinion about the Almighty. He pretended that he had no soul, but I find it very not true. I mean the only things I met before without a soul was a dragon, and Zarkuz didn’t look a bit like them. And I went to hug him and he said he didn’t feel anything. But that is a lie because no one can resist a hug. I didn’t understand why such a nice person like Lullaby was defending him. I knew they had a discussion, but a person can say many things. So I am not quite sure how to feel about that. Anyhow, it didn’t really matter as much because, in the end we all can have different opinions, right?
 
Things got a bit heated after Tallion joined. By the way Nixie acted, she and Tallion were not very keen on admitting him in the party. To be honest, I did not know what to say. I am used to trusting both the people before trusting the purpose, so it would take me some time to get used to working with someone I cannot trust. And then, if Zuzu would actually betray us afterwards, what would it really happen. I was not very happy with it. But then, it was the same situation with Kelly wasn’t it? She is a completely different person than us, with completely different thinking. If we wouldn’t have worked with her, we would all be long dead. The only difference is that, about Zuzu we heard things before, but we never really worked with him ourselves, so I do not think it is fair to judge him as fast when he came here to help.
I told Zuzu my honest opinion. I wanted him as an ally. I think he is smart and could have a big influence but that doesn’t mean I have to trust him or his purpose from the start. I will try to take it easy. Pretend I do not really know anything about him, except what he told me. I think it is only fair right? Where the path would take us we will see, but for now, he is a potential ally.
 
Well dear diary, do you think there will be other days like this in the future?
 
May the Almighty keep helping us win this war
 
P.S.: Thank you elves of Faen and Enneth who fought in the Weird Battle of Faen! You shall not be forgotten for your bravery.
P.S. 2: Zuzu offered to help me understand more about the fire that I am made of. I am thinking it could be a good option but I’d like to wait a tiny bit more.