| Searching for Evil | |
|---|---|
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| Creations | |
| Spin Offs | None |
| Chronological Order | |
| Preceded By | End of Darkness |
| Followed By | Ruins |
| Narration | POV Character Narration, Unreliable |
Searching for Evil is a spin off story from the End of Darkness which deals with the attempt to first Franklin Brent, and then an elven/human group to find the location of James Lovie II. following his retreat from Lucerne.
As a result of the trial that followed the end of the Braxton Rebellion it was Tadrin Braxton that revealed the location of Dontell Otriveghel which led to Sunilda Turnau leading a group to find and locate Dontell.
Searching for Evil has two POV Characters in the form of Sophia Lovie, and Alavanna Windswift of which Sophia Lovie is sent by Ezio Ederiz into France in order to try and find out where James has gone, while Alavanna Windswift becomes involved in the search when the traitor Tadrin Braxton reveals the location of the former Circle of Magi member Dontell Otriveghel thus leading her down a journey to find the former king alongside several Lucernians and Quel'Thalasian Elves.
POV Characters
| POV Character | Chapters |
|---|---|
| Sophia Lovie | 1, 3, 5, 7 |
| Alavanna Windswift | 2, 4, 6, 8 |
Plot Summary
Chapter 1
Sophia Lovie is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she
Chapter 2
Alavanna Windswift is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she watches as the Lucernians led by Franklin Brent enter the Dor'Danil Barrow Dens and despite her reservations the words of her captain Nylindia Featherbreeze bring her to ease. Alavanna joins Nylindia in taking the Lucernian leadership into the depths of the Dor'Danil Barrow Dens alongside the Druid leadership of which she watches as the Arch Druid Clintar Dreamwalker is visibly pained as he goes deeper and then he nearly falls over as he reaches the edge of the waters of the Emerald Dream but is held up by Tular Windswift her husband who she smiles as she sees him revealing he has been asleep in the Emerald Dream for several months leaving her alone. As the Lucernians are led to the edge of the waters of the Emerald Dream its Alavanna who takes Tular by the hand pulling him into a side room where no words need to be said as the two lovers make love. The chapter ends with Alavanna holding a visablly shaken Franklin of whom is in tears as he wakes from the Emerald Dream, and taking him by the arm she leads him to a meeting room where Clintar, and Nylindia wait inside. The group sits together and as Franklin slowly recovers from waking from the Emerald Dream they discuss that Tular, and Alavanna will be joining him as he travels not back to Berne, but instead travels through a portal formed for them in Darnassus taking them to a small forest east of Hillsbrad where Franklin is told William Lovie III. has sent him a letter which after reading Franklin nods and asks for them to take him to the portal.
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Alavanna Windswift is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she stands before the portal and takes the hand of Tular and then walks through portal followed behind by Franklin Brent, Mikael Stengelin, Karyl Reyne, Dexter Hill, Milanas Sagesinger, four Lucernian men at arms, and three Sentinels she doesn't know by name. Walking through the portal she steps back out and finds herself in a forest she doesn't recognize but looking to Tular he tells her this forest is dead, and that they should keep moving as it pains him to stay here. As Tular says this its Milanas who stops him telling Tular that he feels a great darkness in the forest and that he cannot ignore the darkness, but despite Milanas wanting to stay and convincing Tular to stay its Alavanna that reiterates that they have a duty to finish their command, and then promises that they will come back her once they have done there command. Traveling north out of the forest they reach the outskirts of the forest and Tular, and Milanas are visibly in tears as they leave the forest feeling the pain the forest is in, but they keep moving following Franklin's squire Mikael as he leads them towards Castle Steimle where they will meet with Lord Steimle and get his men, and horses to travel to Hillsbrad and end the Braxton Rebellion. The chapter ends with the surrender of the Braxton rebels and Alavanna sighs a relief as the conflict will end without bloodshed, but is shocked when Franklin Brent orders the now surrendered Braxton rebels to be brought in front of him. The entire courtyard is silent as Franklin gives a speech detailing that he had warned the rebels what would happen if they did not surrender immediately, and then says that there is no mercy for traitors before executing each of the prisoners one after another to the horror of those in the crowd.
- Michael Stengelin
- Harald Steimle
- Paulus Steimle
- Lucie Steimle
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Alavanna Windswift is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she watches the aftermath of Franklin executing the rebel leadership and as the crowd moves past the shock of what has happened they begin rioting which forces Franklin to retreat into the walls of the keep while they wait for the arrival of the Greymane forces. While inside Alavanna and Franklin argue over what he has done and the neccesity of it but despite her attempts to change his mind its Franklin who refuses to see that he went too far, and thus once the Greymane forces arrive and end the rioting its Alavanna, Tular, Milanas, and her sentinels that leave the castle planning to return to Steimle Forest to find the darkness there before returning to Quel'Thalas. Leaving Cadagen they are met on the road by a group of five led by two armored women who introduce themselves as Sunilda, and Amalina Turnau of whom accompanied by three House Turnau men at arms have come because they were at the siege attempting to interrogate Tadrin Braxton who was the last man to meet with a prominent Circle of Magi member. The two groups discuss that Alavanna was in the room and heard what Tadrin had said in regards to Dontell Otriveghel and after telling Sunilda where Dontell was last seen the two groups prepare to seperate. As the group led by Sunilda leaves its Tular that convinces Alavanna that they cant abandon the girls to a fate that will certainly be there death, and thus they call them back and the two discuss and agree to first travel to Steimle Forest and deal with the darkness and then find Dontell. The chapter ends with the group arriving at Steimveltiv where they find the village completely wiped out with the men piled into a great heap at the center of the village, and a clearly noticeable lack of female corpses.
- Sunilda Turnau
- Amalina Turnau
- Dontell Otriveghel
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Alavanna Windswift is the POV Character of this chapter and during this chapter she helps as the group buries what bodies they can, and then as they are doing this a young boy comes out of the woods towards them and tells them what happened at the village. The young boy tells them that a large force of Trolloc attacked the village and with House Steimle having abandoned the forest and House Matthes having hidden themselves away in Steimlesville the village was defenseless and all the men were killed while the women were taken away by the Trolloc. Alavanna and her group follow the trail of the Trolloc which leads them not towards what Milanas, and Tular felt as the darkness of the forest but instead towards something else. Following the tracks eventually led them to a what they discovered was a smaller herdstone where dozens of Trolloc were engaged in a ritual of sorts which was from what they could see was soon to involve the women that were in chains tied to giant poles. Seeing this and despite the numerical advantage held by the Trolloc it was the group that decided to attack the herdstone and in this it was Tular, and Milanas that turned themselves into bears and the remainder took up bows and prepared to kill the Trolloc.
- Dontell Otriveghel