Aspra Mercenary of Arcadia

Aspra the Mercenary was sat at the bar when a wizard came up to her. She gestured with one hand for him to sit while using her other one to finish off the last few drops left in her mug of ale. He explained that he represented the elders of the pocket universe of Arcadia. Sitting slightly out of phase with the Runiverse, Arcadia wasn’t considered a realm in its own right but it wasn’t somewhere that you could physically travel to in the Runiverse without using magic. 

Arcadia had been experiencing an increasing number of monsters crossing into the pocket universe so they had decided to act before the problem got out of control. He explained that she had come highly recommended and they were hoping that she would consider coming to Arcadia to fight. He also dropped several hints that she would be paid well. 

Putting down her mug she explained that at the moment moving to a pocket universe, no matter how beautiful it was or how much money she would be paid, wasn’t something that interested her. Slowly nodding the wizard smiled and said ‘I am not offering money’. Casting the rune of power in the air he pushed the glowing symbol towards her. It floated slowly across the bar until it touched her arm and was absorbed.

‘Now try drawing your sword’

She slowly pulled it out and as she did all around her wrist glowing runes appeared. They quickly got brighter before going dark as the now fully removed sword burst into flames. She had heard of Firebrands but this one looked so hot that it should have been setting the area around her on fire. She gently touched it to the table which was immediately cut in half.

Letting go of it in shock, it fell towards the floor turning into a normal sword in mid air and making a loud metallic noise as it hit the ground. 

Turning back to the wizard she returned the smile, now this was the kind of payment she was happy to accept.

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