Chapter 16

CHAPTER 16: Tragedy Upon Tuung

Uriah falls from a tower, immediately alerting Sarah and William something has happened. Sarah heals Uriah, pulls out the arrows, and notices something wrong.

"This arrow is one of Nicolai's arrows! What would that be doing here?!"

Uriah mounts up on his griffin (something he has not been able to do so far, due to the perilous journey to Jaem Tuung), and Sarah and William exchange scared glances.

William charges, accompanied by Dvak, Ottokar, Sarah, Primo, Travis, and Jeremiah, who all happened to been in the area. Uriah and a group of cavalry (consisting of Lancelot, Gawain, Galahad, and Percival) charge and immeaditely recognize Nicolai. A though strikes Sarah's mind. What if Nicolai has been brainwashed? Or possessed? Oh no.... DAMN IT! 

Nicolai is nothing like his normal self, firing arrows at insane speeds toward the guardians of Jaem Tuung. Nicolai utters something incomprehensible to the soldiers nearby, and they all charge.

At that moment, Sarah realizes something highly important. Nicolai has been... has been... Shadowbound?!?!

Being shadowbinded is not at all something good. It causes the victim to lose all previous memory and instantly follow the wishes of the shadowbinder.

"Special Ability! Rain of Arrows!" calls out Nicolai. A rain of arrows causes the heroes at Jaem Tuung to retreat.

Sarah, in a final act of desperation, blasts a holy shock intended to stun Nicolai.

The shot hurled toward him...

Time seemed to stop...

It hit Nicolai square in the chest...

Nicolai fell backwards...

And the battlefield was still as all of the Doom soldiers retreated, and the Central forces looked in amazement, as...

Nicolai was killed.

The 30-year old elven archer, renowned over many a continent was...

Dead.