[ IP ] Monsters In The Dark

The fire cracked in front of Elric. Mere feet away, Husks sat and stared, their soulless white eyes lighting up the darkness around him, their eyes fixated on Elric, never wavering. Husks were single minded beings, birthed from dark magic and surviving on the flesh of any poor villager who took a wrong turn in the night, more than a mere myth that children fear. 
 
 The fire is all that kept them back, their only true weakness, other than a well aimed sword slash of course, but there was far too many of them. Elric sighed and slowly removed him helmet, placing it next to him. The warmth and comfort of the fire made him feel happy despite his predicament, not even a slither of fear filled him, he had never been one to fear danger. 
 
 The creatures constantly swapped positions, the light in their eyes looking like twinkeling stars in the vast blackness around them, a sound of chattering bones and restless feet, desperate to feast. Elric had come so far, desperate to keep the promise he had made to the king. 
 `` I will find your daughter my leige. I swear it.'' he had told him, the last hope for the old royal. 
 It seemed so clear back then, but the swirling caverns of the Darklands had claimed another soul it seemed. Elric felt his eyes getting heavy, exhausted from the travels, and sleep beckoned him to accept, the creatures noises almost becoming a comforting tune to lure him to sleep... and as his eyelids began to shut, the fire began to slowly die...
