Wanderers of Aovis

1: Skirmish at Narno

It was around noon in the quiet little town of Narno, a small town where everyone knew each other, and there was never any violence, every body helped each other.

The sound of the gunfire was deafening. I was hold up in what used to be the Darkvin Inn, now bullet holes adorn every surface. "Could be worse" i say to myself "they don't seem to have any laser weaponry." In fact, i didn't either, all i had was this ancient 1886 Lebel rifle. from what i know it was used by an ancient civilization called "France". I dismiss the history lesson for another time, i lean out of cover and take a quick shot at one of the smugglers, then tuck back into cover. judging from the screams, i didn't miss. A large man rushes up to the porch of the inn while i pull back the bolt on my rifle, he bursts in shouting "That was my son!"

"Oh well"

This angered the man, he draws his sword and lunges at me i drop my rifle and draw my own sword, from outside i hear "Don't fight him with a sword Chen! I heard he's ambidextrous!" This makes the man stop mid lunge. "You look a little young to be this notorious." i smirk, he's right, 18 is pretty young for someone of my reputation. He takes two steps towards me, he shifts his weight on his forefoot, a beginners stab aimed for the side, i cant stand the way they teach swordsmanship to new people, so predictable. I throw my sword to my left hand, and spin it so I'm holding it like an ice pick. Chen goes to stab, i dodge and then bring my sword up, slit his throat, and then i rotate one hundred eighty degrees and go down.

Boom! Crack!

A heavy cannon round smashes into the wall where my head once was. Two more men burst in through the door, both with sub machine guns. "These smugglers must be rich to have enough ammo for two of those" I think to myself. I look for a way out from behind the counter, as I do so the two men start to flank either end of the counter.

Bang! Bang!

Two shots ring out in quick succession, both men go down. "Raven we need to go, we're outgunned!" Victor shouts at me. I sheath my sword and grab my rifle while thinking about how weird it is to be named after an extinct bird. I run out back with Victor to see that Max has "Borrowed" a speeder for us. Victor jumps into the front seat and i hop into the back. Max hits the accelerator and shouts "Vic get back there and help him with any pursuers!" Victor doesn't argue with her and gets in the back with me, however, no one follows even though i saw a speeder car in front of the Inn.

"You two okay?"

"Yeah considering the holes in my coat"

"I didn't have any trouble at all"

A blonde girl of average height, with blue and pink highlights, green eyes, and a pullover green sweater with jeans drives the speeder. A boy of slightly above average height with brown hair, brown eyes, a grey shirt with a suit coat and jeans, leans back with his best friend. And a boy of above average height with white hair and blue eyes wearing a black t shirt and jeans, adorned with a dark green trench coat sits back and writes.

Maxine Drayton. Victor Lightston. Raven Hyland.

Three genius, and arguably insane, kids sit in a speeder driving out of Narno due west across the desert, towards the Atlantic Flatlands.