Damian fled Oak town, and took the first flight to the furthest city he could find. And this is where the story of Lady Darklyn begins.
Warning: This post may be disturbing to some viewers, contains Violence, drug use, torture, and murder.
Sophia Darklyn was the young noble daughter to the Duke of Dalyn, a city that resided in the small elvish nation of Thesilin. Her mother was the sister to King Rosen Amistacia, and her father, Lord Mordici Darklyn, was a human man, who was known for his inventions. Sophia’s mother, Duchess Liotha Amistacia, was a very spirited woman who would often travel away from home, sometimes years at a time exploring and visiting other countries and cities. This left Sophia’s father to rule the city of Dayln on his own, but Sophia, 17 at the time was nearing the age where she could begin to assist him, and one day take over.
King Rosen was known to be a Xenophobe to outside races. He did not wish the culture of the elvish people to be tainted. He came from a time where his nation had nearly been wiped out, but through his prowess, and ruthlessness, was able to stop the orcish invasion. He was a celebrated war hero, but from that time, he wished to keep his borders closed to other races, other than trading and the occasional tourism.
So King Rosen was not pleased with his sister Liotha’s decision to marry, and then leave her title to a human man. However, he did respect Lord Darklyn’s intelligence, innovative decisions, and care for his people. And so he allowed him to maintain the position. But very rarely did King Rosen come to Dayln, it was so rare, that Sophia had never once met King Rosen, or much of the royal family.
Lord Darklyn was very protective of his daughter, perhaps it was because of how absent his wife was, that he didn’t want her to disappear as well. This gave her a bit of rebellious princess syndrome, and she really wanted to see the outside world. She spent a lot of time reading adventure stories, and playing the violin. She also had her eye on the stable hand, who was not bad with the violin himself.
When Sophia heard about the new millionaire who bought out the abandoned vineyard mansion she was intrigued. She was further excited when she learned that this Lord Sinbad had been an adventurer, and was going to throw an incredible party to welcome himself to Dayln. She had to be at that party, but she knew her father would never allow it. And so she snuck out.
The party was one like she’d never witnessed before, dancers, illicit substances, heavy drinking. It was exciting and frightening at the same time. She’d heard that Lord Sinbad had found a lot of treasure from his adventuring, and that he’d decided to settle down, at least for now.
She broke away from the party, to snoop around the house only to meet him in the hall. His perceptive gaze hadn’t missed anything. He told her he’d be happy to show her around if that’s what she wanted. Embarrassed, but trying to save face she told him "It’s not as fun that way." He seemed to enjoy her quip, and showed her around. He was charming, and handsome, this scarred wood elf from the north.
She went home that night wanting to find a chance to meet him again. Little did she know, that this wood elf, was Damian Hollilum, and he knew exactly who she was. He had his eye set on her, and most importantly, on that title her father held.
Damian’s plan was simple, seduce Sophia, marry her, and then kill her and her father. However, this wasn’t going to be as easy as he was hoping. Sophia already had her eye on the stable hand, and though she took the bait when it came sneaking out, and coming over to his place, she didn’t seem too interested in him sexually. He would have to figure out a way to change her mind.
Damian was good at exploiting the seedy underbelly of any city, and quickly discovered the rampant drug problem that was coming from the Crescent islands. Lizard folk were growing and brewing cocaine, and then shipping it on quick speeds boats into Dayln during the night. However the Lizard folk were not the brains behind the operation, but a human man who went by the name of Mr. Pink.
Damian used his unground knowledge to invite Mr. Pink to his house personally, under the guise of making a big purchase. He then attacked him and took him hostage. Mr. Pink quickly relented, allowing Damian a sizable portion of the profits, and a leadership role in distribution on the island. This is where Damian quickly began amassing income.
But this wasn’t good enough, he didn’t want to just have a leadership position, he wanted to be the boss. And so he went to the Crescent islands and defeated the chief of the lizard folk, Black scale, a half dragon. This in their eyes made him the leader now. And within a few months he had total control of the the drug operation. And this, would be part two to his plan for Sophia.
He invited Sophia, and her now boyfriend the stable hand to his house. He offered to sponsor her boyfriend since he seemed good with the violin, which gave him them the excuse to come over to his place more regularly. Since Sophia didn’t want her father to know about her relationship with the stable hand this seemed like the perfect place where she could hang out with him unsupervised.
And then Damian began drugging them. Putting cocaine in the wine, in the food, anything that was given to them. This would solidify their dependence on him. And it worked. The two teenagers became quickly addicted, and their visits became constant.
However, Damian didn’t go unopposed. Officer Elizabeth Wallow soon found him increasingly suspicious. Watching his home, the people coming and going. She quickly became a thorn in Damian’s side. She was very intelligent and knew he was up to no good. She caught shipments of drugs, which hurt his income. She would uproot his entire plan before long. She had to go.
A Yaun ti came to Damian one day, wanting to make a massive purchase. He was clean cut, and a perfect gentleman. Bringing gifts for Damian, and making a very appealing deal. Damian learned from this Yaun ti, Lucian, that the drugs were being used in a human trafficking organization. Damian took the deal, and began working with the Yaun ti on the side.
As for Sophia’s boyfriend, now a hopeless drug addict, he fell deeper for the stuff than Sophia had. He lost his stable hand job because of it. However, Damian would take care of him, he would fly him over to a renowned orchestra where he could play for all sorts of professionals who would want to hire him. He never returned from this trip. Damian arranged a fatal mugging to occur while he was there.
Sophia mourned his deeply, spending more time at Lord Sinbad’s house, she saw him as a good friend. Someone who always supported her. And the drugs he gave her made the pain go away. Damian had her where he wanted her, completely dependent on him. He ‘confessed’ his ‘love for her’ one night, and she hesitantly told him that she’d give him a chance.
Elizabeth had caught onto the fact that Sophia had been visiting Damian’s estate. Damian had tried to have her killed, but had failed on multiple occasions. Elizabeth suddenly sent a message to him one night to meet her alone in the park. Suspicious he came armed and ready. However as promised, she had come alone.
She pulled out a file, somehow she’d found out about his past, she knew that he’d been to prison, she knew that he’d come from Oak town. And she knew that he’d grown up in Elestril. She had become very somber, and then told her story. "When I was a girl, I was kidnapped by an organization that specified in making compliant slaves by drugging them until they forgot about everything about themselves. I lived like that for a very long time before I was rescued by authorities in the area I was in. For a long time I was a very broken person, I had learned that my parents had been killed by these same people, but my little brother still lived.
I found the prison he was in, and I went there to see him. I saw him step into the room on the other side of the glass and pick up the phone. I stood in the corner and watched him, knowing he couldn’t see me.
He waited for me to come, but I couldn’t move, I was too afraid. And so I stood there until he got up and left...
I never went back again. I never told him I survived. I was scared of him, I was broken. And by the time I had found myself again, he was no longer in prison."
Damian was stunned. He listened to the entire story in silence. "I remember that day... I’d gotten a visit, but no one was there..."
"Brother... I’m sorry it took so long."
