The rain was pouring heavily on the white plains. Though the snow has fallen, the rain still comes. the stone keep on the boarders of the Dukedom was bleak and dreary, but isn't all fortresses that way? The Guards watched carefully in their black armor wearing a red shield with a lion in the center. They stood with their bows drawn and their arrows sharp. They await an army from the west to come and take them by force. A horse rider came from the south wearing the seal of the Vandigard. They opened the gates and let him pass through. The streets were as cheery as the stone and the people wrought with fear and dispair. The Rider went on into the keep and travelled to the halls of the Duke, Duke Vascos Hartstead. Vascos was not there, but his son, Daris was there. Daris looked at the Horse r