Lore

Excrucio Whyte and the Desperados.

Roleplay Storyline.

It is sundown at the Stormwind Docks, a pale man paces back and forth, dragging his feet across the dampened cobbles, His clothes are dirty and torn, he adjusts his grubby leather hat, and for a moment, reveals piercing blue eyes.

Two men in dark suits walk down towards the man, both of similar stature and age, with an eerily menacing aura about them. Guards look down upon them from the gate high above, shuffling and saying something inaudible.

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It is two weeks previous, The pale skinned man is alone in a dusty house situated in Old Town, Stormwind, he shuffles through his drawers looking for some sort of paperwork in a panic, he lets out a sigh of relief as he finds the papers, they read

"Excrucio Whyte, Death Certificate"

He wipes his brow as he chuckles to himself, a loud knocking comes from the front door, He freezes and immediately hides the document under his wardrobe, he then puts on his hat and rushes to the door, he bolts the chain and opens the door only slightly, without looking who it is he sais "Yes!? What do you want, I'm busy."

He looks to check who it is and smiles as though he recognises the face, he sais in a low tone, "Come in, Brother." The visitor grins with anxiety and sais, "Its been a long time, Excrucio."

Excrucio looks around before shutting the door, and sais "You are not to call me that, not for a while at least." His brother looks at him and looks away with a short temper before saying, "What is this, All of this, hiding and running I thought you were dead, everyone does." "Good" Excrucio replies, "Then it is not long until I have once again cheated death."

"Goldwin, You remember him, don't you brother?" Excrucio exclaims as his brother nods with distaste, "He was assigned.. paid.. to kill me." "And if you don't recall it was he who freed me from the cells, he who led me to my escape, from the death sentence I was due."

Excrucio's brother, growing increasingly enraged shouts "It was he to introduced you to all of this, he got you there it was only right that he should get you out."

Interrupting, Excrucio sais, "It was my choice, how many times must I tell you, It was the best way for me, I needed it, the money, the escape, from our family and you, your stupid pride, you can't accept that your own flesh and blood is criminal, I'm sick of being outcast. 'Brother'."

Excrucio goes on. "And regardless, after he cut me loose and saved my life, he was seen by the Stormwind Guard, he has been living as a wanted man ever since. A week ago he was captured, tortured and asked for my whereabouts, they knew we were still in contact. He was told that the only way for him would be to kill me, and if he did so, they would give him enough money to keep on his feet until he found himself an honest job, his criminal record would be wiped clean and he would be free to walk the streets of Stormwind once again."

"He wrote to me, a letter explaining all of this, and we figured a way in which we could make it work, I knew I owed it to him after all he had done for me, I was to fake my death, we paid an alchemist to create an illusionary potion for us, one that would make the imbiber look exactly as I do, It would last for 24 hours and that only, I regret my actions but this is what happened."

"We met a traveller in a tavern not far from here, He was a loner, We got to know him, no friends no family, He was perfect, We got him drunk enough for him to come back to this very house, where we gave him the potion. That minute we cut his throat."

"In the morning Goldwin took the body to the Stormwind Guard, and he told them that my dying wish was to be cremated. It was done."

Excrucio sighed, "But not all was over. We devised a plan to break into the Stormwind Guards Vaults, and retrieve my Death Certificate, apart from this operation I was to lay low until everything was over."

"We did it, With ease, just like the old days, we could have taken a lot more valuables but this was all we needed and it was not a job, just a, chore."

Excrucio looked around him in a sense that he was being watched, he shrugged it off as nothing aroused suspicion.

"Goldwin needed this brother, understand that, And he did not leave me in the dark after I was pronounced dead. He has friends in high places you see, not in the law, above the law, he called in a favour, to have me registered on the Stormwind census as alive, all they needed was the death certificate. In two weeks I shall meet them and deliver them what they need. I called you here to let you know I am sorry, if anything should go wrong, or it turns out to be a trap from the Stormwind Guard."

"Should I survive, me and Goldwin will be getting the old gang together."

"The Desperados will be reborn."

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It is sundown at the Stormwind Docks. Excrucio turns around and eyes the men in suits up and down, he stands and sais nothing.

One of the men asks, "Well, do you have it or not?"

He hands the document over calmly, and walks away.

It is done.