She sleeps and dreams of fire for many days under the light monk's care, until she is ready to meet Chase. Awake and sorry to be so because of her burns, she meets him in the garden. Right then she sees that they will not get along- he, an icy wind of evil come to take her flickering jewels, and she queen of light and warmth and good,  but she goes along with the formalities of being a guest. They talk of her accident, and she lies about a car fire and lets a tear trickle down. She is told of the place she is in, and her significance. She is, natrualy, shocked, but only can have one question- "can you use light powers or whatever to make fire?", she says. Chase doesn't know. She will find out, she says, and begins to walk away.

"wait!" Now he sounds annoyed, but intruiged. He wants to know if she has a skill. "like what?" Xeena responds. All the others are skilled assasins or amazing with a certian weapon, he explains. What about you, he says. 

This is arguably the moment when Xeena sees her role in such a band. She is the missionary, obviously, to these pour, deprived souls: she will learn to control light fire (for why would she be here if there weren't something of the sort), and she will gently guide them to the better path in their quest. 

Realizing, however, that chase would not be a good person to explain this to right off. His glance made her feel COLD, and so she left him in the dark with her final, most blatantly obvious lie. She didn't have a talent, she said, except for cooking.

A black cat crossed the path behind her.

Why, Xeena would ask herself later, was she afraid of a boy, what, 10 years younger than herself? Why did she feel unwelcome? had she done something before she collapsed that night in Mershin  that was bad?

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Author guidance for This exercise

Places for only the 8 Characters other then Chase and Kez (Kerashimidezyavadesh)
Tell me which colour warrior you want to be, decide whether you want them to be a guy or a girl, give them a name and a past and then just tell me thier bio and I'll stick it up here..

Merishin Monastery is magical, it moves through time and can appear anywhere.
Chase knew from the prophecy that this day would come and he sets about gathering and training the 8 Warriors of Light that will accompany him along with Kez, to the summit of Light, where Kez will receive her full powers thus enabling them all to free the throne of Light from the clutches of the Dark Lord Gandeth.

The creatures of Dark want to kill Kez before she can reach the summit.
Training consists of learning how to wield a sword, how to blend in and move with stealth and how to use Light magic.

Characters do not no that they are Light. Warriors until they end up in the Monastery.
Please write in the third person.
Thanks :)

Characters

Kerashimidezyavadesh (Kez): Almost 18. Not very tall, has white hair with green streaks. Green eyes with golden flecks. Was found as a baby floating offshore in a makeshift boat. There was only a sword and parchment to give her clues to her identity as she grew up. She is the Daughter of the Princess of Light.

Chase: Not much is known about Chase just yet, he's about 19 or 20 and he is an Assassin of the Light. He lives in the Monastery and has done all his life. He is tall (6ft 5) with white hair with blue streaks and almost neon blue eyes. He is not what he appears, having lightning quick reflexes and being skilled in every weapon.

1. Name- Aja Karo
Age- 19
Appearance- white hair with purple streaks and violet eyes. Quite pale skinned and frail looking but is actually really strong. Aja was born and raised on the streets of Victorian London and her mother died when Aja was seven so she has learnt to fend for herself, stealing food from local shopkeepers to survive.(Dottylotti)

2. Name- Cannon McFeirson
Age- 15/16
6 feet tall with a clean, pale face. Medium length, hair.White hair with orange streaks. Orange eyes. Normally built body.
Confident, but sometimes gets confused. Pretty intelligent. Mature for his age. He's a grudge holder, however.; He won't let things go. Sometimes stubborn, but genuine and usually kind to his friends. Cannon was born into a poor family that lived in a small village in Britain. His entire family was killed in a flood when he was 9 years old, and he was brought up by a wise old blacksmith until he was 14. At that age, he left home and began living on his own, traveling to wherever he could find.

3. Name -Victor - White hair with black streaks. Dark grey/black eyes. He is average height, and well built if a tad underweight.
He has no memory of his past besides that of one summer spent in a strange village tucked high in the mountains. He woke up under a tree with a wolf trying to chew his leg off. He killed the wolf with his bare hands and wore its fur as a cloak. Is calm and collected by day but at night he goes a little nuts. Though Victor is sincere, there seems to be a perpetual distance between him and whoever crosses his path. People find themselves in a strange emotional tie with him that they fear will break any second. It usually does as he is pragmatic and does not act often based on emotions. Rarely talks, mostly deep in thought. (cerebralbutterfly)

4. Name: Mino
Age: 16
Description: White hair with golden streaks. Golden eyes. Short and agile.
Bio: Became a king at the tender age of thirteen after his father's death. Is very good with a sword and is an excellent strategist when it comes to war. Has a very calming effect on all animals present around him and can seemingly control them. (sagmacabre)

5. Female - White hair with pink streaks. Magenta eyes.

6. Name- Aislin
White hair with red streaks. Red eyes. She is 16 and of an average height. She never knew her parents but is trained in the skills of the bow to a master level. She normally keeps to herself but is trustworthy. She does not care much for what people want but more for what will help her. An assassin. (Almach)

7. Name - Jason Melville, he's 20 years old and he has white hair with copper streaks in it that he trys to keep as short as possible so no-one can see the weird colour. Bronze/brown coloured eyes.
He's training to be a knight so already knows how to use a bow and sword, can horseback ride and wrestle. He's very determined and when he has set his mind on something he will do it even if it kills him. He's also very friendly but does have a tendency to put his foot in it with people he doesn't know"(Happilyeverafter)

8. Name: Saigo Kuribayashi
Age: 18
Appearance - White hair with silver streaks. Silvery grey eyes.He's about 5 foot nine inches. Athletic and skinny build.
Bio: A Kamikaze pilot during WWII that refused to carry out a kamikaze mission (piloting plane full of explosives into a ship) and was beaten for it. He is shy due to his unusual appearance (among his people) and a no nonsense kind of person due to his father and the strictness of the Japanese Imperial Army. More fanatical and zealous than he is skilled with weapons that don't shoot bullets. (Mike_itong)

updated Jun 3 '10 by Alipix