Unpurposely Ignored.

There he was. The one you have always been searching for. The last time you saw him, he took your sister's life. There was no forgetting how that man looked, you had visions of him constantly in your memories, dreams and nightmares. His large body, his golden armor reflecting the torchlight around the room, his greatsword strapped behind his back expanding almost his entire body length. The barbs of his armor sticking out making his entire persona look extremely terrifying. This giant of a man, this walking behemoth, this monster...

You couldn't keep your eyes off him, you could only stare at the golden armored eagle and glare at him under your hood. The entire time you came here to talk with Lord Edmin, to figure out what was going on, to find Lexie, but now, after seeing that monster. Your eyes could only look at him.

Stepping closer and closer the two elite guards to your side ordered you to stop, each of them grabbing a shoulder and holding you in place, almost twenty feet away from Lord Edmin, Lady Bree and Commander Rixx.

"Darien...hahaha.." Lord Edmin chuckles, casually taking a few steps away from his wife and a little closer to you, making sure to keep his distance from afar. "Guess Lady Karisi couldn't control you after all" he grins "But since you're alone. I'm guessing Rathkin has been taken over, the King dead and the Syndicate army...still there?" he questions, raising a lone eyebrow at you.

You don't even acknowledge him, you still haven't looked his way, your eyes, from under your hood are still locked onto Rixx.

"No need to hide yourself..." Edmin motions to one of the elite guards to take off your furred hood, which he does almost immediately, reaching up and grabbing the backside of the hood and pulling it off your head, finally revealing your face to the group.

"It was the smart thing to do..." Edmin continues, waving his hand in the air "Rather then march to ****. " he laughs to himself once more "I'm just surprised you came. Karisi told us she had control of you." he rolls his eyes and sighs deeply "Guess she's not as credible as she portrays..." Edmin clears his throat before beginning again "She told us she'd get you to stay in Rathkin. To convince you of this plan, make sure you would fall in line..." he circles around in his step, his hands go to his head, holding his forehead briefly before turning back your direction "So, Darien. Since you're here, I have a feeling you know of our plan so I'll get straight to the point." he paces a few steps "Are you with us, or not?"

Once more, you don't even acknowledge Lord Edmin, your eyes still glued to Rixx. You can see his brown eyes under his eagle mask looking back at you, the two of you just gazing pain and anger into each other.

"All I ask..." Edmin continues "Drop to your knees, Darien. Announce your allegiance with us and that's that." he laughs "It's that simple. You're free to go at that point." Edmin shrugs casually, as he continues to slightly pace back and forth in front of the throne. "We'll let you go, send you on your way and everything will play out exactly as expected."

He stands there, silent, waiting for a response. Half a minute goes by as he keeps eyeballing you, waiting for you to say something. It isn't long before he places a hand on his side and tilts his head, looking your direction. His head pivots between you, Rixx and his wife, "Did the dog forget how to speak?" he jokes, laughing to himself once more "On your knees, Darien, bow before me and we will take back this world, we will take care of our people, fight our battles and work together as one!" his voice projects to you.

Edmin pauses, his eyebrows going up as he once more waits about half a minute, just waiting for you to respond, waiting for you to say anything. He begins to pace around again, getting more and more impatient "Am I not making myself clear?" he's getting angry now "Drop to your knees and announce your allegiance with us." his lips start to curl up, his teeth becoming visible "Don't make me ask you again, Darien."

His breathing becomes more deep as he brings his hand up to run it through his partially brown, partially grey hair. With a shake of his head "If this how you want to play it.." he glares at you "Then I guess we're playing the hard way..."

Moments pass and still, you say nothing. You don't know why you weren't acknowledging Lord Edmin. It was one of the main purposes of your journey north. Find Lexie and talk with Lord Edmin. But now, your mind was elsewhere, your mind couldn't focus on your task at hand. The anger was building up in you, the pain shooting through your body, the rage amplifying.

He puffs a bit of air out and let's out one laugh "So a little bird told me..." he starts, his hand raising into the air and motioning to a guard off to the side of the throne room, he's curling his fingers in, as if to call a warrior to come to him "That this one means a lot to you..." his voice goes cold.

A loud creak echos through out the Throne Room as you hear a door open up on the side, quickly followed by two sets of feet, one softer then the other as one clinks step by step with armor.

And still, you didn't care to look to see who was entering the throne room.

Your focus was on one man and one man only...