Nearly Two Steps From Hell (Part Two)

Nearly Two Steps From Hell (Part Two)

12. Dark Ages

A thumping sound suddenly brings the celebration to a halt. Jerieth looks out into the distance and sees a sea of black marching straight towards them. The thick, constricting cloud of darkness once again returns, but this time with a significantly larger army. They are just sickly beings who are plagued with Fear and Bitterness, and without the dark cloud around them, they are nothing. Courageous Jerieth calls for all able bodied men to fight by his side and orders everyone else to retreat to the safety of the castle. 

13. All The Kings Horses

Jerieth and his brave soldiers ride towards the dark cloud of emptiness. They recognize the glorious light that is surrounding them. The two armies prepare themselves for the violent collision.

14. Chariots Of Blood

The clouds of darkness and light clash and explode upon impact. The light still remains, but the pulverized darkness was stripped from its useless army, fully exposing them. The army of light rides straight through the evil entities, cutting them down to the ground.

15. Dominius

Though the power of the evil army is terribly weak, Jerieth still experiences some casualties.

16. Rise Of Evil

A new enemy appears, and with him returns the terrible dark cloud. The hope of the men relinquishes because of the enemy’s apparent strength. Their loss of hope allows the cloud of darkness return and conceal the evil army and increase their power. Jerieth and his men become overwhelmed because they are almost blindly fighting their enemies.

17. Bloodlust

More reinforcements start to come for the evil army. Jerieth stands up and decides to take on the new enemy who is intimidating his men. They both are strong, but Jerieth’s power is incomparable because it comes from the light. He looks into the evil enemy, strips him of his power, and drives his sword through him. The terrified darkness flees screaming along with last of the army back to their cursed land.

18. Undying Faith

Jerieth and his men return to the castle. Everyone weeps for the lives lost that night as the sun begins to rise. This unexpected attack leaves everyone in shock. Jerieth gives the men who lost their lives a respectful funeral.

19. Heavenly Lights

As the morning lightens up, the people remain deep in their sorrows, dwelling on the tragic night. It seems like there is a darkness that has returned inside them.

20. Eternal Sorrow

The people begin to go about their day and start working the fields and taking down the tents. They frequently find themselves glancing at the graves of the precious men who died. They begin to question of it was really worth it.

21. Blizzard

Jerieth, filled with sadness, jumps on his house and rides far away from his home. He traveled across a variety of lands to get to the tall mountain where they call the middle of the world. Jerieth climbed to the very top and found the rout that the evil took. He sat there in deep concentration, gathering his thoughts.

22. Equus

When he returns to the kingdom, he is deeply worried for the people. They have once again given into the evils that had harmed and controlled them for so long. They are allowing themselves to go deep into depression. Jerieth runs through the town highly agitated because it greatly disturbs him to see these people like this. He has flashbacks from the night when they were all joyful.