Knight Quests

Eden burst into the infirmary, nearly knocking over one of the nurses. Their eyes searched frantically around until they finally came to rest on Ragna. Ragna grinned.“Hey there, love.” She croaked from her resting place, voice still brittle. “Missed me?”She could see how the relief in Eden’s gaze slowly turned to anger. The white vexyn took some resolute steps towards her. Since Ragna was still lying flat on her back, injured wing stretched out to the side, s...

The other vexyn crashed to the ground, their body leaving a furrow in the dirt as it slided to a stop. The onlookers waited silently to see if they would move, but the big body did not stir. Knocked out cold. Ragna regarded her opponent smugly, breathing heavily. The fight itself had been laughable, her opponent acting like a hatchling compared to her own fighting prowess. That’s what it must feel like to wrestle a xynlet, she had thought, while effortlessly evading every punch. When...

Ragna forced herself to stand perfectly still while the vexyn, that was supposed to train them, strutted along in front of them, yelling instructions. She only barely contained herself from rolling her eyes at the nonsense he was spouting.   This was the biggest hurdle for her when becoming a knight: Controlling her emotions, following orders, just being a “good little soldier”. Ragna snorted, nearly silent among the shouting of the instructor. The xyns beside her cast an uneasy ...