THIS IS MY FIRST STORY SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY,SO FOLLOW ME  AND WELCOME TO NOSGOTH (ALL RIGHTS and PICTURES  RESERVED TO THE CREATORS) 

"How long has it been?"

 A weak voice said in the midst of the wind. Crows hovered over the field that a few hours ago there was the battle of the last stand. Bodies lay on all sides the same descended on them like drops of rain, the carnage stood across the land,this plain stood between the ancient city of Sthalberg  and the ruins of Uschtenheim. The confrontation had been waged by the soldiers of the army of hope led by King Ottmar better known as the "mighty lion" of the kingdom of Willendorf against the legions of the Nemesis .

They came from the north like a plague to plunder and loot all that stood in their way, a sage from the mountains of paradise prophesied the march of a great army that would bring chaos to the last sanctuaries of peace in Nosgoth and bring with them the end of the kingdom, prophecy said that they would bring looting, rape, torture, death and destruction to cataclysmic levels and that they could not be stopped, many kingdoms fell by the Nemesis power hunger, the first was that of King William the just, the beloved boy king, he was a great swordsman but he had no chance against the tyrant's forces and after him several others followed until he reached our plain and we knew what that meant, the army of hope was the last wall of defense against the nemesis but it was all in vain, Nosgoth was at his mercy.

And it's all that vampire's fault,that one called Kain, he poisoned Ottmar mind that we could hold the tyrant but in the last minute he left us to die,he and the Nemesis would pay dearly for this.

(Alexandros P.O.V)

"How did this happen?"

Blood dripped from my mouth and i could not move, then i realized i was on my knees over a pool of blood. i looked down and saw a spear running through my chest and a cut lay under it , the tip was pinned to the ground, with no chance of escaping. Death was certain,i lowered my head and saw that the blade of my sword lay broken in front of me and in my right hand was her pommel and on my left was my wide-leafed shield with the symbol of Willindorf. i looked around  and saw brothers and foes fallen as leaves in  Autumn, my vision stopped in a specific body holding Willindorf's standard with the base torn but still managing to identify the glorious lion"ma ... r..cus" i said dripping more blood, suddenly i had a brief reverie.

(2 hours ago)

"Lieutenant Alexandros, I promise by the name of my family that I'm not going to drop this standard, even if I'm dead I'm not going to drop this powerful symbol" he said with a confident smile

(present)

(Alexandros P.O.V)

"Ma ... rcus ... I ... I've failed you, may you find peace"

 i continued watching the massacre,the crows were already feasting on my brothers  just waiting for me to take my last breath and fall into the darkness.Then i remembered  the last breath of Ottmar that crossed my mind.

  "The Nemesis and his Horde fall upon us, my son. I fear I can defend Nosgoth no longer. The Nemesis must be destroyed Alexandros. For my daughter and for the world..."  

"just because that vampire did not protect Ottmar"

them something happened that has not happened for a long time i started to cry my tears mixing with my blood, suddenly i began to hear a windy noise,it seemed to be footsteps but very light,seeming to be something non-human, until suddenly i heard a distant voice almost musical but  could not identify until i heard.

"It's not your time yet"

and the voice vanished and i fell into the abyss

"timeskip"

(Alexandros P.O.V)

I awoke in a cave trapped in handcuffs on a stone platform over a magma lake

"where am I?" I screamed at anyone who could hear, I looked down and saw that I still had my armor but the spearhole and the blade cut had disappeared. I tried to break the chain but without success until I heard a voice that said

???: "you are in hell Alexandros"

I looked to my right and saw the silhouette of a man but I knew that creature stopped being a human a long time ago,was Mortanius the Necromancer and I said with venom in the voice:

 "Mortanius"

Mortanius: "You must be wondering why you are here? It's very simple, the battle you participated in was already doomed to failure"

i looked at him confused and said

"I do not know what game you're playing Mortanius but I refuse to be your pawn"

Mortanius laughed and said

"this is not a game,if you do not believe me look at this"

with a slight movement of his pale hand, Mortanius created a mist in front of me and in it I saw something horrible and Mortanius said.

 "You asked what happened in the battle here is your answer. Your kingdom was betrayed just like all of Nosgoth"

I did not believe what I saw, images of treachery  and Mortanius said.

 "Alexandros with the death of Ariel the Balance Guardian, the pillars of Nosgoth are collapsing and with that Nosgoth is dying"

he showed me the pillars collapsing,Nosgoth was destroying himself from the inside out and there I saw the worst image of all, the Nemesis on the castle of willindorf, the burning village, bodies lay in the streets, and demons dominated the sky and the earth and what brought tears to my eyes was the tyrant with the severed head of my beloved,Princess Victoria daughter of Ottmar, I woke up from the nightmare when Mortanius said

"this has not yet happened Alexandros but is predestined, Nosgoth is lost"

I stared in terror at Mortanius and i asked

"how did this happen,how Nosgoth became the one on the vision"

and Mortanius replied Emotionless

"its all entwined with the Pillars Alexandros,in the vision the pillars have fallem because "The Scion of Balance" have denied to save the most important one,the pillar of ballance have corrupted to its core and with that corrupting the land to a point of no return"

i stared in terror at Mortanius,the kingdom destroyed,all my loved ones killed,all by that tyrant and worst of all Victoria was gone,and i think 

"it's all my fault, my weakness, everything is gone"

it was there that I made the choice that would shape my whole existence

"Mortanius,I want you to send me back to the world of the living"   

"how can you return? Your soul belongs to this place, it can not leave "

"Then I give you my soul, I give you anything to return to the world of the living"

Mortanius was silent for a minute and then asked

"Why do you want to go back?"

I was silent for a minute, I lowered my head, closed my eyes and began to have memories of Victoria and from what i saw in Mortanius magic i would fail if i got stuck here, i had decided and would not look back,i lifted  my head with determination in my eyes and said

"I want to return to defend the one I love and defend my kingdom"

Mortanius stayed sillent for a moment but then  gave a laugh and said

"humans and this thing called "love"

he moved his hand and the handcuffs opened, I got up and Mortanius held a sword in front of me with the handle in my direction and said

"take the sword and you will begin your journey"

I reached out and caught her but the moment he let it out a red thunder covered me, my armor white as the light became black as darkness, the lion that adorned my chest became an ancestral dragon, thorns sprouted from my shoulders and my boots, a blood-red cape materialized on my back, suddenly something started to happen in my mouth my teeth seemed to be being pulled out and when I realized they were sharp as knives and pointed like thorns I had turned into a vampire,but them sudenly a helmet covered my face and a shield appeared on my left hand, I looked at the reflection of my sword and saw my helmet covering my face i could only see two red dots on  the helmet visor, I recovered from the pain and looked at Mortanius and said

(imagine a red cape on its back)

(Alexandros sword)

(and  shield)

"What have you done to me? You have turned me into a monster"

Mortanius looked at me and said

"you wanted to go back to the living world it is not ... and you will but not as one. As I said your soul belongs to me now, it is as the saying goes Alexandros" Nothing is free,Not even revenge"now go to the world of the living and save Nosgoth "

and Mortanius disappeared with a white mist beyond the flames of the cave and in front of me appeared a beam of light and a black portal opened and i heard the voice of Mortanius that echoed in my mind saying

"through the portal Alexandros, he will take you where your body was buried, I will tell you two things to help you on your journey, the first is:watch out for the kingdom,he is no longer receptive when you left him, with the advance of the troops of the Nemesis  the people are not so receptive with travelers and the second be aware that you are not the only vampire in Nosgoth i believe you already known the one called Kain"

(Kain)

when he said that name a fire flicked inside me,a fire that could burn an entire kingdom to the ground,Kain was the one that was on the battle of the last stand and just dissappeared without a trace then he continued speaking

"with you being transformed you are two now and at some point you will meet,then good luck "

and his voice disappeared,i looked at that vortex in front of me, I took a deep breath and crossed it, my vision darkened the pressure was so strong that I fainted and thought of only one thing

"Nemesis,wait for me".

(SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER SUCKS,IS LIFE,UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER)