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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ“Is the Redmane castle. Beyond it is a desert where General Radahn, or what is left of him, stays. I heard a festival is to be held in the next few days.”

ㅤㅤ•° she's quite interested in it herself, though she doubts that they would let someone like her join.
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ•° she pointed at a castle on a piece of land separated from most of caelid, connected through a bridge and guarded by soldiers fighting rotted birds and dogs. The regular sight for someone like her.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ•° it was unspoken, of course, but they do not attack each other unless needed. She personally found them rather disgusting, and would happily hunt them down if truly needed.

ㅤㅤ“Over there,”

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ•° she led him down a stone road, occasionally tugging at his arm to walk on the red grass and dirt to avoid any direct conflicts with the children of rot. Dangerous and invasive as they were, the Cleanrots and them have reached a sort of ... middle ground.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ“The war against the rot never stopped. It may not be able to be purged, but so it will be controlled.”

ㅤㅤ•° by flame, by human hands, by moving as if oneself was a flowing water.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ•° she momentarily stopped in front of one, taking in the heat and feeling the rot crawl back to her core. If she were alone and feeling rather brave, she would pick one of the stones and carry it with her, but this one looked to be half-melted, and would be dangerous for her.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

ㅤㅤ“You'd be correct. They were built and burnt by the Redmanes, General Radahn's army, to stop most creatures of rot from advancing beyond Caelid.”

ㅤㅤ•° despite the danger, she found them to be reassuring. No one beyond the borders would suffer the same fate as her, if they keep away.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 7d

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ㅤㅤ•° the knight's head turned to look at the walls of burning rocks and plants. Short and small as they are, they make for decent defenses against the creatures that live in these lands. That sort of included her, with how rotted she is, unfortunately.

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𝐀𝐋𝐋⠀⠀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓⠀⠀𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒⠀⠀。 @deathblxght.from.software · 7d

one should not touch such a barricade? Has this long gone on? ”

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Lucian Asphodel @lucymoonlight.bsky.social · 16d

♠️Temp Pin♠️

𝔑𝔞𝔪𝔢: Lucian Sebastian Asphodel

𝔑𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢: Lucy

𝔄𝔤𝔢: 72

𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔰: He/Him

𝔖𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔰: Vampire

ℑ𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔶: Gay cis man

Playing cards scattered, edited with purple tint

Dark gothic castle with purple tinted lightning crossing the sky

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 12d

ㅤㅤ“Runes can be used to strengthen oneself, if one has a maiden to help them. Alas, they usually only serve the Tarnished.”

ㅤㅤ•° the knight pocketed the runes, adding to her total. Three bags now.

ㅤㅤ“Every living being drop runes. We'll just have to hunt them down.”

𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 12d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ“Currency .. runes, you mean.ᐣ”

ㅤㅤ•° she straightened her hunched back and looked around, before gesturing at the ground where the giant children of rot once were, before they dissipated into air.

ㅤㅤ•° she picked up a few runes from the ground, dropped by them.

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“𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷" @honorablewarrior.bsky.social · 22d

➪ This way should the time come, he can collect on her behalf as well.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 23d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ“A nomad ... ”

ㅤㅤ•° she could probably count herself as one, with how many times she's traveled out of Caelid all by herself.

ㅤㅤ“I see.”

ㅤㅤ•° she paid no mind to the corn, instead solely focused on the flame in front of her.

ㅤㅤ“I hardly ever see nomadic paladins."
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Local Paladin @ultathesmith.bsky.social · 25d

- "At this moment yes.."

Últa said before turning his head slightly to look back at her for a moment.

"I'm nomadic. I try not to stay in one place for too long unless needed"

A loud chuckle escaped his helmet, before lifting up his helmet to finally take a bite out of the corn cob.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 23d

ㅤㅤ“The usual merchant that sells me these is further in. His name is Kalé.“

ㅤㅤ•° opening her pouch, she checked for the amount of runes. Barely enough for two bags. Good enough.
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 23d

ㅤㅤ•° she moved forward on shaky legs, her body on slowly recovering from the scarlet rot's advances. She looked back momentarily, gesturing at the captain to follow, then continued her walk forward.

ㅤㅤ•° eventually the red sky made way to a calm blue, and they were now in Limgrave.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 23d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ•° she nodded, slowly standing up. Her legs felt weak, but they could at least support her body and walk.

ㅤㅤ“Come on. Our plan to buy flour and get clean water stays the same.”

ㅤㅤ•° had it been somewhere else, sometime else, she would sound like she was only getting groceries.

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“𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷" @honorablewarrior.bsky.social · 24d

"𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍."

➪ If needed, she could be carried but a part of him knew well enough she’d never allow such a thing till the very brink of her capacity.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 25d

ㅤㅤ“My deepest gratitude to you, captain ... ”

ㅤㅤ•° she instead said, slightly bowing down to him.
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 25d

ㅤㅤ•° the knight's head turned to the captain, a look of utter gratitude appearing in an instant. Though from her position, she could almost, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 see the face within the void. She almost reached out, but her mind righted itself before she could even move her hand.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 25d

ㅤㅤ•° she gasped for air, all while both of her hand reached out to the flame, close enough that it would lick her fingertips but not burn her through her armor. She felt relief like no other, like she was back to fully being human again. she wasn't, of course.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 25d

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ㅤㅤ•° one moment she was at the brink of death, turning into nothing but a blob of flesh, and in the next the rot retreated back to the furthest corners of her body, and she was saved from another near-death experience.

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“𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷" @honorablewarrior.bsky.social · 26d

“𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚢𝚘𝚞."

➪ Her worry for the rot was noted but he was under his own condition. And at the moment it truly did not matter if he caught it.

➪ She could see the mask of darkness shift. Scanning her over time and time again to watch and see if she eased.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 25d

ㅤㅤ“Are you travelling alone.ᐣ”

ㅤㅤ•° she suddenly asked, turning her head towards him.
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 25d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ“Nay, I merely needed the heat of flame.”

ㅤㅤ•° she sat beside the flame, too close for it to be uncomfortable for anyone else, yet she found most comfortable. A tired sigh left her lips, as the flame licked her fingertips. The armor kept her safe while still transferring the heat.

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Local Paladin @ultathesmith.bsky.social · 26d

- he would openly wave his arm as welcome. Slowly sitting right back down on his log. Gently playing and twisting the corn.. he seemed hesitant..

The Paladin would raise his head slightly.

"Are you hungry.."

Últa asked as he spoke softly through his helmet.

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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ“Ah ... Your Majesty. My apologies.”

ㅤㅤ•° she bowed down briefly, eyes closed in concentration.

ㅤㅤ“I had assumed you were a mere lord or noble ... ”
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𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅𝐄 @cainuslupos.bsky.social · 26d

a sadness swept across his face.
caspian wished nothing but maybe help find a cure?

“ surely that’s not possible Lady Shiyou.” he said.

then again , what would he know?

“ Caspian Wolfe. King of the Moonlight Isles.”

𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ•° she shook her head, a slight look of sadness appearing on her face.

ㅤㅤ“Incurable, my liege.”

ㅤㅤ•° she shook her head once again, and the sadness dissipated.

ㅤㅤ“I am Shiyou of the Cleanrot Knights. A pleasure to meet you, my liege.”
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ•° the knight stepped forward through the bushes, deciding to present herself in front of the paladin after a long time fighting herself.

ㅤㅤ“Greetings. Wouldst thou mind if I stay here, for a night.ᐣ“
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Local Paladin @ultathesmith.bsky.social · 26d

The Paladin's corn was now slightly chard. How he preferred it. Using his free hand to lift his helmet up slightly to take a bite, he stopped right before it reached his lips.

Something felt off.. his head titled and turned slightly as if he was trying to listen.

𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ•° a knight, half-rotted and more a Thing than human, stood watching from afar. She is attracted by the flame, but did not want to intrude on the paladin.
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ•° she shook her head, a slight look of sadness appearing on her face.

ㅤㅤ“Incurable, my liege.”

ㅤㅤ•° she shook her head once again, and the sadness dissipated.

ㅤㅤ“I am Shiyou of the Cleanrot Knights. A pleasure to meet you, my liege.”
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𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅𝐄 @cainuslupos.bsky.social · 26d

the wolf king then backed off a little.
he wished nothing but safety for the both of them.

“ affiliation? have you not asked a healer for a cure?”

the wolf king raised a brow.

𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ“I advise you to not touch me.”

ㅤㅤ•° the warning was spoken with a soft voice, not meant to intimidate but only to alert.

ㅤㅤ“For I am cursed with a deadly affliction.”
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𝕮𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑡—𝕷𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠ㅤㅤ @liliesofrot.bsky.social · 26d

ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ“I advise you to not touch me.”

ㅤㅤ•° the warning was spoken with a soft voice, not meant to intimidate but only to alert.

ㅤㅤ“For I am cursed with a deadly affliction.”
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𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅𝐄 @cainuslupos.bsky.social · 26d

@liliesofrot.bsky.social

“ i have met knights before , but never really spoken to them.”

the wolf king reached his hand for the other to shake.