A silver-haired mercenary wielding the forbidden sorcery of the Winchester line ...
Cold, restless and sharp-tongued, Valerie wanders from town to town taking whatever work she can find - while outrunning the monstrous legacy she left behind.
Temp. pin, just for now.
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knights so they had to obey what she said. without any further delay the two were walking into the city
“ there we go , do you need escort to your destination as well ?”
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“ consider it done ! just follow behind me and I'll get you through right away ”
true to her word she escorted the other ahead of the checkpoint line. they got a few looks along the way from people , but anyone would be cross if they'd been standing outside —
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⧼͟. ❝ 𝓭on't mention it [ ..͟. ] you're doing your job. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 a 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴… try not to be too 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 about yourself to your *𝓴𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦.
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for hours and saw someone just skip the whole process. walking straight up to the gate and the guards
“ stand aside , captain halecourt with one special escort coming through ”
they didn't even attempt to resist. she was the highest ranking official in the —
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“ forgive me , but there is always something to do when it comes to keeping the kingdom safe. I have patrols and paperwork I need to do so unless this is urgent , I'll be on my way ”
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took to get where she is today
“ it was a lot of blood , sweat , and tears. though I made it and was finally able to take care of the ones who mean a lot to me ”
she stopped again and then quickly gave a small laugh
“ didn't mean to ramble . . ”
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“ well I may not look it , but I am actually close to thirty . . my next birthday will be that big number ”
the dread in her voice was easily heard , she hated the notion of getting older. least she looks younger than she really is so that's a plus —
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𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝑎 *𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲— [𝔲𝘯]demanding of the knight to keep up.
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳 knght fill'd the air with introduction⸝ the 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱-𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 became involv'd in *𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.
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“ as for all those titles , I been working diligently ever since I was young and set off to the kingdom when I was eighteen. joined the knights and been working hard ever since ! ”
eyes shut for a moment , a smile gentle on her face as she remembers all it —
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into her side pouch and walked right up next to the woman
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“ kaelen halecourt at your service. leader of the royal knights and head paladin for the kingdom of brinemoor ”
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taking hold of the document and trying to give it a look over she had to pause as the one in question was just walking away. she scrambled to read over the document but couldn't get the finer details before the other spoke up again —
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𝘢 *𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩— [𝔲𝘯]bother'd.
hands reach'd into coat⸝ taking the *𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 that was quite⠀ ⠀[ IMMACULATE ] considering the 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 left 'hind in the cave.⠀⠀extend'd 'ward to the *𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 before the taller dragon turn'd ﹠﹠
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“ escort you ?I guess I could yes. I happen to be heading back into town anyway so it's no issue to me. besides , we have been dealing with some rogue orc groups causing trouble on trade roads so it's best to go in pairs right now ”
she tucked the document —
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