1 The Demon of The Forest

"Hey get out of the way!" a voice called out. Two villagers were pushed to the side as a medium sized figure in a black hooded cloak ran through them while being closely pursued by guards. The figure kept running till they reached a dead end " Finally now there's no where for you to run! " the guards yelled as they caught up to the hooded figure. A gust of wind blew last and the figures hood fell back revealing the face of a young elf. His hair was dark black and his eyes were a unnatural ruby red. His face still had the soft features of youth , but his eyes held a look as if he had already lived a whole lifetime and his face was marred by a the scars of a forced smile.

His thin yet lean body was panting from the exertion of running from the guards. Upon hearing that he had nowhere to go a sly smile crept on his face. "Is that so?" he said in the light lilting accent of the elves. He reached out with his hand and spoke in a ancient foreign language that was neither his native elvish or any of the common languages. Then as if it had always been there a ethereal recurve bow was gripped in his hand. Aiming the bow with the precision of someone well trained he drew the bow an ethereal arrow now knocked on the bow string.

The guards shifted anxiously as even though there were four of them they had heard stories of a demon living in the forest who used a ghostly bow. Steeling themselves the guards charged two being brought down by ghostly arrows before the other two closed the distance. Dropping the bow which then seemed to disappear the young elf grabbed a small dagger from his boot. Bringing his hand up viciously he stabbed the dagger into one of the guards neck in which the guard stumbled back before crumpling. The last guard rushed the young elf who slid slashing the guards leg before muttering in the same language as before.

He then turned holding the ghostly bow to the guards head and fired. A few moments later the young elf was walking back into the forest. After walking for a few hours he came into a cosTing with a visibly lived in campsite. The elf then set his cloak on a tree branch and laid in the world grass his eyes slowly closing until he was asleep.