Glowing Band of Command

Type	Ring
Discovered By	Escent
Discovery Date	Mar 12 2008
Discovery Location	Madina Gardens, Dwilight
Abilities	Prestige +2
Current Owner	(unknown)

Escent, of the house of Noble, discovered the Glowing Band of Command on 2008-03-12 after finding and defeating an Alpha Monster in Madina Gardens on Dwilight. On 2008-03-20 Valens Soulja, Imperial Knight, of the Kingdom of Madina, purchased the Glowing Band of Command for an unknown sum of gold, a letter of recommendation.

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(The accounting of the battle for the Glowing Band of Command as penned by a local bard and given by oral account by Escent, of the house of Noble)

~It was mid day when Escent walked into Madina Gardens to a strange sight. A group of monsters was standing in the middle of the town square snarling monsters taunting anyone that dared to poke their heads out of the small buildings nearby. Escent casually wondered how long the group had been menacing the towns folk when a huge bear looking monstrosity charged him from behind the stables. Escent reached for the spear that was secured on the saddle. Spinning he planted the butt of the spear in the ground, jammed his foot behind the spear to hold it and simply kept the point aimed at the charging monster. The spear went in just too the right of the monster's neck and buried deep in its shoulder has the beast crashed into the side of a farmers stand and twitched.~

~The commotion had drawn the attention of the other monsters and Escent quickly loaded his crossbow and prepared for their charge~

"Awwwha haa haa, finally a challenge! Come boy, step forward and prove yourself"

~Escent shifted his weight and slipped the bolt into place as he pondered the monster that had stepped forward. It was far from the biggest he'd seen but rarely had Escent heard the common tongue spoken by the undead and even less from monsters. A trickle of sweat ran down Escent's neck and his blood pounded in his ears when he noticed several bodies laying near the group~

"I have no need to prove myself to the likes of you but if your desire is to terrorize this village till you are driven away then so be it"

"Boy, I need no leave to do as I please in these lands. It is you, and your kind, that have come from across the seas and should tread carefully. There are things here that you know nothing about, boy, things that patiently wait for your small kingdom to grow worthy of their attention."

~As it was talking the alpha monster had been slowing approaching Escent, pulling a sword out from across his back~

"I am but a minion and yet look! Your kind cowers behind doors and whimpers and falls under my sword, leaving nothing but a stain on the ground..."

~The monster was within feet of Escent now and his voice was rising to a fevered pitch~

"... your kind will be... aaayiieeeee"

~The alpha monster grabbed his leg with one hand and glanced down to see a bolt sticking out of this foot, pinning him to the ground. Escent leapt forward and with a quick strike batted the monsters sword out of the way and on the return stroke left the body standing for a moment without a head~

~The monsters stood disbelieving and shuffled their feet a bit as Escent reached down and tossed the alpha monsters head their direction. It rolled forward and stopped near their feet. One of them howled, grabbed the head and the horde turned and ran for the forest edge. Escent leaned over to wipe his blade off on the tunic of the alpha monster and noticed a ring on a chain around the neck. Smiling Escent slipped the simple gold chain off and held the ring up to inspect it. While it could not read the writing engraved in the band he knew it was a trinket of great worth.~