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Nylus Bane, a young human from the sprawling city of Ele'tor, is one of two twins. The oldest being he, and the younger being his twin sister Aurora Bane. If one saw them stand side-by-side, they would swear that they werent related at all. Nylus having quick, analytical dark eyes and fluffy midnight black hair. In contrast with his sister, who has calm blue eyes and long flowing silver hair.

But you cant truly understand one with out knowing how it is where they grew up, no? Ele'tor is, as aforementioned, a large metropolis, but what was not said, was the specifics. Ele'tor is situated underneath a monumental, overhanging, cliff, with mountains flanking it on each side with walls 35 feet thick, 75 high with 600 archers placed atop. Its a magnificent city of colors and lights, of tall buildings and towers, of grand palaces and awe-inspiring churches. Amongst the tallest and the most grand, was the Palace of Y'Sorin. Placed against the cliff side and behind another set of walls, same as before but 95 feet high with 450 Elite Archers.

Ele'tor is an ancient city, its palace had, in fact, was built by the dwarfs as they were mining out the area for gold and other valuable metals. Fortunately for the citizens of Ele'tor, the dwarfs had hit it big. The amount they found far exceeded the capacity that they could bring back, so they devised a plan. They would take back what they could then come back for more. Unfortunately, they dwarf they had left in charge was mad with greed, and, being the master smiths dwarfs are, they made themselves some weapons and ambushed the returning convoy. Not that it was much of a challenge, the convoy, not expecting to be attacked by their own people, was not heavily armed. After the short battle, they set up a city and it throve. The first thing they used the excess valuable metals for was for a palace, which they named the Palace of Y'Sorin, in honor of the dwarf god of shadows, Y'Sorin, to whom they had prayed to before the ambush.

But, alas, I digress....back to the two shall we?

They were, as usual, training, anytime not spent in their studies, was spent traning. WHAT they trained, however, was.....unusual to say the least.

"En Garde!" Yelled Radir before he swung at the two. Nylus, thinking quickly, crouched and then stepped closer to his opponent. Once he was in place, he attempted to uppercut Radir, however, he was too fast, grabbed his arm, twisted, and forced Nylus down to the ground. Successfully distracted, Aurora ran up to Radir, grabbed his sword arm, and punched him as hard as she could in the elbow, easily breaking the bone. This gave Nylus the chance he needed to rise up, pull his own sword out and hit Radir in the middle of the back, and so Radir fell. As the twins turned to got back to their studies, Radir quietly and quickly arose, snuck up behind Nylus, was the one behind, and took him out silently with a sleeper hold on him. He then gently put him down upon the ground, and snuck up behind her and took her out with a blow upon her head with the flat of his sword.

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No more than two minutes later, the Healers rushed out to use their spells of healing and repairing upon Aurora. Radir and Nylus were sitting side-by-side on a near-by bench. Radir with his sword across his lap.

"You two still have much to learn, in ways of stealth, distraction, swordsmanship, and magic. Did You notice that i used my sword arm to knock out your sister?" Asked Radir.

"No I did not Master," stated Nylus

"And why is this Nylus?"

"Perhaps YOU have forgotten something Master."

"Really? Do tell." Growled Radir, his anger rising.

"You seem to have forgotten, Master, that you took me out first." Said Nylus, Smiling.

"INDEED! That I did!" Laughed Radir.

"You there!" called out Nylus to the nearest healer.

"Yes sir?" replied the medic.

"She will be ok, correct?"

"Yes she will sir. Its a good thing that all of you were practicing with procted blades"

"Ahhhhh yes that reminds me...." said Nylus, as he uttered the counter-spell that he used to protect the blade from injuring anyone.