Explorer from the Past

[Zero]

There were other worlds out there, ones that were different and some that were considered to be among the most unique of the planets. These worlds were rare. From rumors and an old book Silas had learned about this planet in Narrikian Lore.  So what had been the first thing he had done instead of eating when he returned to the planet Memorial?  Drop off Ryan and head here. The reasons for this were actually that he did not want to risk his student. When Silas arrived he looked around. This planet did indeed happen to be different?so much more so than Memorial. Silas was unarmed for now. Of course if need be he could summon his weapons to his hands or some of the tech he had seen.

"Now, what is this world called?"

Where he had appeared was right outside their main city. His clothes he wore were a black and red robe.

[The Blade]

From behind Silas, there would be verdant plains and meadows of flowers arcing off as far as the eye could see. In front of him however was a massive wall, easily 60 metres tall and made of a bright white stone. Upon the wall however was something much stranger, dragons. From where Silas could see there were a total of five of them, three were dark blue and the other two were black. As soon as one of them turned its head towards him, the rest flared their wings open and crouched down. Then the second strange thing would become apparent, there was a person on the back of every single one of the dragons and they all took to flight. Each of the dragons was around 50 metres long and they landed in front of Silas, all staring down at him. Then the last strange thing would be noticeable, every rider was female, there was not a single male.

"Halt there! Do not make a move!" A stern voice would call out from one of the blue dragons and the rider from it dismounted from her draconic ally. The female stood only around 5'4" tall but she was wearing a set of dark grey plate armour and had a greatsword strapped to her back. She didn't seem overly threatening though, only very cautious.

[Zero]

Silas stood still and did not make a move. But it was not because he had been ordered not to. No it was because he was looking at the majestic creatures known as the dragons. However the fact not a single male was among these people that had surrounded him did make him a bit cautious. Good thing he always had an animite on him or I guess I should say in him. But he did not know he did. The place looked beautiful.  "So what is the name of this planet? I sensed something from it...a rarity. The people here are in total balance."

[The Blade]

The woman looked at him slightly strangely, possibly because he was speaking the exact same language she was. The Valyrian reached up and took her helmet off, letting knee length platinum-blonde hair fall down, the long hair framing her slightly pale face and bright crimson eyes. She was by all accounts beautiful but she looked deadly, especially when her dragon leaned down and set its head beside her, the rider then reached over and scratched the dragon under one horn and it closed an eye, almost like a cat.

"This is Volimar and you are standing outside High Valyria... where do you hail from traveler if you do not know the name of the planet?" She raised a slender, almost white eyebrow and looked over him.

[Zero]

"The Planet Memorial. Seems a lot has changed since what I remember last."

Silas had indeed been out of the loop but not by choice. Being frozen in a block of ice for several centuries could do that to a person. For that very reason Silas was trying many ways as possible by him at least so as to overcome his culture shock and confusion. This planet was beautiful and if the Narrikians owned the planet it could be even more defended than by dragons. Later he might have to see about bonding a few of them to animite crystals so he could use them later. They seemed particularly formidable. The woman near him did look beautiful but the dragon looked dangerous.

"So tell me, does this planet have a ruler?"

[The Blade]

"Other planets are out there? That's fascinating" A bright smile lit up the face of the Valyrian warrior and she looked around at the other dragon riders before nodding and they all took flight back to the wall. The first Valyrian turned back to Silas and her eyes widened. "I apologise traveler, I never mentioned my name. I am Myra of House Starfall. May I inquire of your name?" She gave him a slight bow and shook her hair out.

After giving him sufficient time to respond to what she said, she turned and cast a hand towards the massive castle upon a mountain in the back of High Valyria. "House Texirom, the Dragon Queen is in attendance just now so we should be able to meet with her. Have you ever flown by dragon-back before, ser?"

[Zero]

Silas examined her words taking a moment. She sounded sincere. Of course he had never ridden or even actually flown on a dragon back. Honestly beaming still made him a bit queasy. Teleportation was easier, even though he particularly did not like the feeling that he was going to hurl afterwards. Finally he decided to answer her questions. "My name is Silas Night. And as for your question, no I have not yet.  I would like to find out more about these creatures you call dragons.  Well then, I do need to meet her to discuss a certain business venture of my planet concerning this one. " From what Silas had heard about the Anrufe they could not be allowed to even set one foot on this planet. So he was going to stop them, stop them cold in their tracks before they even got to this planet. Most of the people back home respected him. Turning this planet into a protectorate should be an easy task. Silas then looked at her. "So how bumpy are these rides with a dragon?"

[The Blade]

Myra listened intently to the strange traveler and then laughed quietly, it was a sing-song laugh though, closer to a giggle. "It is not that bumpy, especially not with Gariz here" She affectionately stroked the dragon's large head and it nodded slightly, as though it could understand, which it could but it couldn't talk. "As for dragons, we could show you about them and let you train with one if you so wish, they are all rather friendly as long as you do not attempt to hurt their Charge. Other than that, you should be fine. Now mount up."

Another giggle and the dragon dropped down slightly, extending its scaled wing like a ramp which Myra walked up and took her place behind its head, sitting firmly on its neck. "Silas of House Night, come up and sit behind me and hold on tightly, we're going for an express run here so it might be a bit windy" She put her helmet into a small storage bag attached to the dragon's neck and looked around for a moment, gauging the wind.

[Zero]

Silas did not want to cause an inter-planetary issue. The Narrikians could not afford another enemy in the war, but from what he had gleaned from his silent communication with Lucien earlier they already had a more powerful enemy than this planet?some sort of rogue Vionix.  When she said to come onto said creature Silas got on and held on. Of course he was nervous about this. Teleportation and similar means of transport still made him queasy in the stomach. "There is a massive war going on across the cosmos, or space as some might call it. Beings called the Anrufe are plaguing the galaxy. Several empires, the one I am a member of included and many others have already declared war on said group preparing fleets of ships to attack.  In addition to this, we have decided to prevent the Anrufe which is a Terrorist Cell in space from gaining even one more foot hold. This was one of the reasons I came to your planet. To talk your queen into making your planet a protectorate and in return it will receive devices to prevent your abilities from being canceled. There are advancements in science that can render the abilities you possess useless unfortunately.  So what if anything are the proper social manners of your planet while I talk to your queen about this issue? Also, something I know about an AM Field could possibly cripple your planet, leaving you defenseless.  However I do know how to counter the power of an AM Field but will give your queen perhaps the technology in exchange for certain things." Silas had a satchel on his person that contained files, Narrikian files on all members of the Anrufe, including pictures right now. This was so he could better inform anyone he met.

[The Blade]

The Valyrian Dragon Captain sat behind Gariz's head and waited until Silas was nice and firmly sitting behind her before she shook out her hair. "Oh, Silas, you will have some hair in your face while we fly, I suggest putting your head to the side." She smiled and then patted Gariz on the head. "Up Aye Dracaris!" She shouted and Gariz took to the air, the dragon's massive wings flapping a few times to put them up. This was the bumpiest part of the ride and then it started to fly towards the massive castle and it smoothed out in the air currents and thermals. All the while they were flying, Myra done two things, one was listen intently to Silas and trying to understand what he meant. And the other was trying to keep her hair out of his face as much as possible.

"So you are telling me that these "Anrufe" are making enemies across the stars and you would wish our help for it? Unfortunately we have none of these "Ships" that you speak of, and our dragons can only fly to a certain height and it would seem that you would wish us to go much higher than that. I guess that the Dragon Queen could help you and talk to you about what you wish, I don't imagine it would be too difficult to be perfectly honest. But we are  neutral in the affair and we would rather that we speak to the Anrufe as well and see what they can do for us. That's only the opinion of a Captain though, I don't know what the Dragon Queen will think." She shrugged under her armour, showing just how light it was.

[Zero]

Silas listened to her words and considered them. Letting them speak with the Anrufe was not a wise decision with what he had read from the dossiers. Each member of the Anrufe was a powerful threat and since they also had a chronomancer in their ranks this meant trouble. Silas was by no means stupid but he did turn his head to the side to avoid the hair as much as he possibly could. Silas looked at Mya and for a moment relaxed but then resumed his cold and tense emotional state to hide his feelings about this entire mess. Really he was in a deep amount of culture shock, but was acclimating. "You wouldn't be helping, but you'd be making a trade. We'd put a garrison here to keep this planet safe and in exchange it would become a Protectorate. What that means is that your queen would still rule, but as far as diplomacy with other empires go if they landed, she'd have to go through us first. Mainly a precaution to prevent you from having your world invaded or sold."

[The Blade]

"I'm sorry Silas, I really don't know what to think, I suggest you wait until we reach the Dragon Queen before proposing your offer although I'm sure she'd like to speak to the Anrufe as well. Propaganda is a powerful thing" Gariz banked suddenly and shot down towards the mountain that the castle was upon. As they got closer, the mountain would be many, many times larger than it had seemed and there were holes bored in the side, the perfect size for dragons to land in. As the Valyrian brought Gariz down into one of the tunnels, it was three seconds of pitch black and then they were in a massive throne room and the Starfall landed her dragon on the floor. "Off you go Silas, time to meet the Queen"

[Zero]

Silas patted the satchel at his waist and the satchel contained Files. These were not normal files, but those of Galactic Interpol, the New Narrikian and Neo Narrikian Empires on the Anrufe. As he entered, Silas respectfully knelt not sure as to the proper protocol on this planet. After a few seconds he rose up onto his feet.  His words were going to be chosen carefully this time. Once he had entered the room, he waited a bit before speaking.  What he could not afford was an Inter-Empire incident. Even though these people were not space faring yet they did possess a great number of creatures?ones he wanted to study and add to the Animites.  "Your Grace, I have come from the planet Memorial ruled by the New Narrikian Empire. They have noticed that your planet is beautiful and as such have sent me to negotiate a deal with you of sorts.  But before the deal can go under way, unfortunately there is some information they would have you read. "  Silas pulled the satchel off his waist and offered the files to the queen of the planet. Each File was on a different member of the Anrufe. It showed their strengths, weaknesses, and the long number of Narrikians and other species they had murdered.  "In this file is data on a danger to your world that is spreading across the galaxy like wild fire."

[The Blade]

As soon as Silas had hopped off, Myra done the same and walked up beside him before kneeling down and bowing her head, letting her long hair brush the ground. "Your Grace, I bring you Silas of House Night, he has a proposition for you and wishes to speak to you, I hope you may receive him." Myra then stood alongside Silas and crossed her arms over her chest.

Then the Dragon Queen was before them, if Silas thought Myra beautiful then she would seem like an horrific hag compared to the Dragon Queen. The Queen was known as Viserya and she was very tall for a Valyrian, around 5'9" and had shining silver hair down to her calves. Her eyes were of a piercing violet colour and she was wearing a long dress of silvery-grey material that swirled around her, looking like fire. The Queen stood up and something moved from beside her. At first it would've seemed like a massive silver statue attached to the throne but no, it was a dragon that was easily five or six times larger than Myra's. It opened two large, red eyes and narrowed them at Silas before raising its head and yawning. As it yawned, a strange black substance formed in the back of its throat but never got out. This dragon was known as Morghul, the Wailing Death.

When she spoke, it rolled forth like thunder and actually held a thrum of power, giving a hint that she was a highly powerful mage. The thing that would make it most obvious however was that her magical signature would be so bright that it would actually hurt to look upon for too long. "So then Ser, tell me, how many men have you killed? And yet it doesn't make you a terrorist... there are two sides to a coin my friend." Her face held an easy smile as she spoke.

[Zero]

Silas pulled out a PDA and handed it to her. On the PDA were the events of Shift Stryder aging an entire Narrikian planet to dust. The moment after he killed everyone on that planet, the Anrufe had swooped in and claimed the planet for themselves. This information could prove a point.  "At least I never killed an entire planet in the course of but a few seconds...or less.  If you would push the triangle button on the PDA...you could see an exact scene taken from security cameras when the attack occurred. This is but one, but I believe it explains the cruelty level the Anrufe does indeed possess." Silas did think that the Dragon Queen was beautiful.  However he could not dwell on that. "Examination of your planet from orbit has revealed that you lack the technology to combat the device known as an AM Field. If you are willing, a supply of AAM Generators could be provided to your planet at little to no actual cost. "

[The Blade]

Viserya didn't have a single clue what a PDA was but when she took it and noticed the picture upon it she thought it some sort of data holder and she would be quite right. The tall Valyrian turned the PDA around and looked over with a look of amusement on her face, almost child-like. "Fascinating" She whispered, the thrumming of magic vanishing for now before she brought the PDA around to look at the screen. Viserya then pressed play on the PDA and watched the video, noting the Narrikians turning to dust and ash and she shuddered but not because of what she saw, but for what she remembered. "It is called war, my dear Silas. In war people are killed, cities burn and fall. I don't understand what makes them so terrible other than bias." The Dragon Queen looked over to Myra and raised an eyebrow. "Darling, what do you think?" The Captain just looked up and nodded in affirmation. "I know this will sound terrible to you Silas but you must contact an Anrufe ambassador and bring them here, no harm will come to either of you whilst you are under my roof and I will hear both sides of the stories." She nodded and handed the PDA back to him.

[Zero]

Silas thought about things. This place seemed secure enough and if he brought a large enough group of Rio Troopers equipped with Jet Packs it should be easy for them to take down whoever the Anrufe sent as a diplomat. Weighing the pros of the matter and the cons of the matter in his head Silas thought about it and made his decision. Going to the Anrufe and convincing them to come here was going to be difficult enough but it could be done. Likely there were some mercenaries or bounty hunters he could hire to bring one of the Anrufe here so he did not have to go to their planet.  After a few more moments of thought mostly on his past and the family he had lost Silas decided to agree.  So he walked out a good distance and then teleported away using a Wrist Band Teleporter. Later he was going to return to this planet. That much was assured.