Anneli: the female elven main character, played by Andy. She's currently working for the human army of the remnant of the Argentum Empire, about to take out a special forces unit to gather information about her evil sister, Nomi.
Salomo: Anneli's assigned aide. He's serving extra time for killing a prostitute. He and Anneli don't exactly get along.
Lore: The Flame is in all things, but burns brighter in some creatures than others, gifting them with speech. These creatures have the prefix "bright". Yes, it can be used pejoratively at times, and is used as an incredible compliment, depending upon voice tone and such.
All of the soldiers were there at formation, on time, the next morning. Gone was all the joking around; they were all business. Anneli gave her morning brief. The men really liked hearing about it being a recon mission, but that if they engaged with orcs Anneli sure wouldn't stop them. They marched out of the base in fine style, full cadence roaring. The instant they left the gates they were silent and moved into an informal formation.
While they marched Anneli contemplated re-entering Argentum Prime. Having never managed a small tactical unit before, she had the soldiers try the route she had left the city originally, sending out scouting teams ahead to make sure all was clear. They returned with a bright dog. He'd been mauled badly, but when he saw Anneli he grovelled and begged before her, as all dogs are wont to do. She fed him some dried meat. Between mouthfuls he told her about the route he'd taken to get out of the city. Anneli asked if he could take them back through that route. The dog agreed.
They picked through the city quietly and quickly, avoiding enemy patrols without incident.... until Salomo tapped her on the shoulder and pointed, wordlessly. There was someone in the shadow of a nearby building. It stepped out and Salomo screamed and ran. It was "her"!
She was a ghost.
Anneli commanded her soldiers to capture Salomo. She tried to calm him down, but was only partially successful.
And then the ghost got closer.
Anneli fell to her knees and found herself apologizing, over and over. A lot of her her soldiers bolted into the city, but some stayed to defend her and Salomo. Anneli stood up and made up a means of repelling the ghost, right on the spot. She drew her sword, which was made of starsteel (all go back to the stars), and traced a four-pointed star in the air three times (the number for earth, heaven, and the world between).
Instead of being repulsed the ghost came toward Anneli, and she could feel the ghost had connected to her, somehow. The ghost then revealed to Anneli what had happened: the ghost was the prostitute that Salomo had killed, and she wanted revenge!
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