CHAPTER THREE ♔ what's done in the dark will be brought to the light

[wynn]

♬ god's gonna cut you down - johnny cash

WHO || The Knights
WHAT || The aftermath of Chapter 2
WHERE || London, England and variou
WHEN || Evening of June 7th --> onwards
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

In less than twenty-four hours, everything has turned on its head.

A Knight and her allies were kidnapped by Iscariot agents for execution in Rome, barely escaping with their lives.

A mission meant to free one Knight from the influence of a dark god succeeded - at the price of another's life.

A simple recon mission at a Keijen Blade concert nearly led to two Knights committing mind-controlled suicide in front of an eager crowd.

Several Knights went to see Draken Crombe, leader of the Church of the Lord's Humanity, speak in person, and learned just how sinister his religion's dogma is.

A call from Sir Hathaway alerted Wynn to the escape of the doppelganger from the Knight's dungeons, an escape perhaps aided by Elena Gilbert.

A demigod interrupted what might have been a simple smash and grab retrieval of an artifact.

And most horrific of all, in the middle of the night, hundreds of Shadowkind in New York City awoke, and walked in a mindless trance down to the Hudson River to drown themselves. Only the quick thinking and combined efforts of the Knights present and their allies prevented all of them from succeeding.

Beset on all sides, a dark time awaits for the Knighthood - who were already suffering from the capture of Dragon's Claw Sir Thomas Bancroft at the hands of their long time enemy Dimitris Sarandis of Andres Isle.

In times such as these, the light can be difficult to find. Hope itself seems somewhere just out of reach.

Comments

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate swipes a hand over her hair and shifts in her seat, digging her phone out of a pocket. ] Sorry about that whole Reformation thing. We're cool now, right?

[bigbad]

Not really. I still want to know about who you are and why you're on our plane.

[alsohawkeye]

I was invited to come meet a guy named Wynn. I'm not about to fly coach if I don't have to.

[bigbad]

New recruit? [Spike raises an eyebrow.] Suppose we'll need some fresh blood at this rate. [Isn't this a great organization you're joining...]

[alsohawkeye]

[ Wow, Spike. Way to sell it. ] They should put you in charge of PR. What's the average lifespan of new recruits, do you think?

[bigbad]

Oh, don't worry. It was a seasoned veteran that was just offed. The squires that came along are fine.

[alsohawkeye]

They're not seriously called squires, are they? It makes it sound like all they do is polish armor and take care of horses or something.

[bigbad]

They are, but I've never polished any armor. My knight did make me chop wood once. But he's one of the bigger wankers in the knighthood. Most of 'em are a bit more easy going.