"Have you never heard the tale of Joseph, old friend? ", the first Knight asked.
The other one frowned.
“Joseph the Insane?”
His friend smirked, shaking his head.
" No… Joseph the Awakened!"
Radnor took a deep breath, pushing his steed deeper into the cave, the dusty path below Fury’s hooves enlighted by a slight source of what the Paladin supposed to be arcane light.
“Wise trick.”, he thought.
Suddenly, the Knight noticed how the walls of hard rock at his sides were starting to disappear, making more space to a cave of modest size, followed by the constant, calm ‘splash’ of…waves.
Radnor inhaled, deeply.
“Well well.”, someone said, behind him.
"See who decided to visit some old friend, after all this time… ", the voice continued.
Radnor forced his steed to turn. There was enough space, now.
The other one nodded, briefly. He was still wearing the old crests.
" Leridan.", Radnor stated, for first, this time.
“Atreides.”
Both Paladins spent a long moment, studying each other’s moves. They used to be comrades, once. For a while, they even considered each other as enemies. But in that moment, the Holy Light made them walking the same path, again. A path without any possible turn back.
After a few seconds, the man named Leridan asked:
“In your letter, you wanted to meet me, in a safe place. This is the safest shelter you’ll find in the whole Arathi. And even if I still hate you for what you have done to us-… Let’s say that I may be eager to listen. What do You want from us, Atreides?”
Radnor took another deep breath, before answering.
“They are coming for them. It Is only a matter of time, before… everything, even the slightest cinder of good will, is going to be annihlated. I can’t tolerate such a thought. I-…”, he shook his head.
“There’s no turn back, from what you’re asking, old friend.”, Leridan said.
“Another one tried. Another one, failed. What if they won’t listen?”
“Then…”, Radnor answered.
“We Will spare them a life of fear and sufference.”
Leridan laughed, genuinly.
“You must be turned really insane, like the other one…”
Then, he stared at Radnor with a serious, gaze.
“Think to your children. To your wife… You are a war-hero. This is not your life, Duke Atreides.”
Radnor smirked, sadly. He had already thought about that.
And still, resolutely, he found out that there was no other choice, for him. Not anymore.
“War hero… And now, for many, a traitor.”,he said.
“For Lordaeron, my friend… it’s a small price to pay.”
Disbelieved, Leridan locked his gaze on the Knight of the Silver Hand in front of him. Then, he realized the inherit truth, and honesty, behind those words.
“Yes, old friend. For Lordaeron.”
Hi Argent Dawn,
I hope you all enjoyed the small prelude.
The Scarlet Renegades are a monastic-kind-of guild, with it’s core heavily tied to our favourite and chad Crusade roots.
Differently from the rest of our brothers, however, our schedule differences from Grand Crusader Dathrohan’s dictations and teachings.
A long time ago, a Crusader named Joseph was the first one to stand against such kind of mad teachings, and brought up a whole intestine rebellion with the Scarlet Crusade’s ranks. Unfortunately, due to the horrors he and his followers were forced to live, and the usual demonic influence typical of we Scarlets, he failed.
But, we won’t.
It is time to reunite the Scarlet Crusade under a single banner. It is the time to take our homeland back from the forces of darkness as a single, strong, and united beacon of hope. Why do we have to kill each other? Why do we have to isolate ourselves behind a wall of ignorance and fear? Why do we have to be considered mad criminals, murders?
It won’t be an easy task. Such kind of changes oftenly demand blood… Even those of the living. Even those of our friends. But we will prevail.
WHAT DO WE OFFER
We offer to your characters the chance to experience the life of a true Scarlet Crusader. Well-… A less psycho Crusader. Our first and main goal is to claim one of the many abandoned Scarlet (or human, in general) abandoned settlements in Lordaeron. From there, we will build up our rebellion and develop our personal net of ‘businesses’.
Our true enemies(and the enemies of every living-being) are the Undead. Even if rebellous, we’re still Scarlets: Our brotherhood makes no differences between the various kinds of walking corpses. Undead are Undead, see what they have done to our homeland… It doesn’t matter if they claim to ‘serve the Horde’. They always did, and look, where has it brought us?
The Undead are not, however, the single threat posed against the rebuilt of Lordaeron and the humankind itself. As warriors of the Holy Light, our duty is to deal with every possible danger which comes from the shadows, being it demonic, or even Void-related.
We’re talking about -threats-, here. We won’t pursue teavelers, adventures, or anyone else which doesn’t directly stand against us. But even if, with time, the Renegades will try to set up the terms for a diplomatic relationship with the Alliance and all the rest, we won’t kindly accept your chad Warlock summoning demons into our territory so easily. It Is a matter of zaelotry, yes, our Chapter is still a Scarlet one. But most of everything, it Is a matter of logic and good sense.
This said, our guild will offer to your character hours of good rp and well-structured, entertaining storylines.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
Human Knights, Priests, Menders, Rangers, but even villagers and peasants. Our target is develop a safe and fun enviroment for everyone.
As mentioned before, to make such an hub and ‘safe heaven’ possible won’t be an easy task. In summary, we’re looking for serious players with the will to really become part of this concept, and take the chance of huge and cool character development.
ERPers and drama makers are not welcome.
RULES
-ERP is not welcome. Even if we encourage relationships and even romances between characters, if your wish is to take a virtual std, well… Goldshire is the best place for you and your interests.
-Avoid useless drama.
-Avoid unjustified mary sue stuff and snowflaky behaviour.
-Education first of everything.
F.A.Q
-Do we have a uniform?
We do not expect our members to wear any kind of uniform, by the condition to keep in any case your mogs close to our guild’s aesthetics. The only mandatory requirement is to wear the Scarlet tabard, or the Lordaeronian one when required (guild insignia).
-How do we approach other Scarlets?
We are supposed to redeem them, and bring our brothers back to the ‘honorable ways’. Still, it is clear that many (if not) most of them won’t listen, and even try to harm/kidnap/kill you. You are allowed and supposed to defend yourself.
-I am interested, how the recruitment works?
The recruitment topic will soon be updated. We’re currently working on an intersting concept.
If interested, however, poke me when online (Rádnor) or send an in-game IC mail. Your joning will immediatly be sorted.
AA-WIP
LIGHT WILLS IT!