[ Video ] the steady burst of snow is burning my hands, I’m frozen to the bones, I am

[kalenedral]

[This time when Kalenedral's phone camera comes on, it's the Knight himself who appears on screen. Someone from Azeroth would know what the blue-blue-green glow of his fiery eyes means, but otherwise the only immediate hint of death a slight pallor to his skin. And even that could be blamed on the odd lighting from those eyes...]

Attention, denizens of Genessia and all of its cities.

[His voice is deep, and quiet, and it has a strange... hollow, echoing quality overlaying it. If the eyes weren't a giveaway, there's definitely something supernatural in nature going on with this guy just based off his voice.]

I am Kalenedral, a Knight of the Ebon Blade. I am a recent arrival to your world, and have but one true requirement. I need combat.

[One armored finger goes up into the screen, as though to forestall the wrong kinds of suggestions. He's new here, sure, but he's not new to having to make these exact clarifications to those who are not of his kind.]

To clarify, I do not need sparring partners. I do not need to fill a guard position, wherein I would stand around ninety-nine percent of the time on the off chance of the occasional, meager scuffle. I am not interested in...

[What is that damn word? He searches for it for a moment, letting his hand drop back off-camera. Flakes of snow are settling on him, but he doesn't seem to notice it. Nor does he seem to be melting any of it. Nor, in fact, does his breath create a fog in the cold winter air.]

...brawling. Yes, that one.

Combat. Regularly available combat.

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[video]

[yourotherleft]

...so you wanna fight.

[YES PLEASE HERE PICK ME PICK ME]

Swordsman?

[kalenedral]

Among other things, yes.

[yourotherleft]

Count me in. I can't find an opponent tough enough to take me around here.

[kalenedral]

[Have a slow blink.]

In on... what?

[Video]

[cadbane]

If you're looking for battles there's a hoard of zombies in Everglade. I had a good fight with them earlier, but they're not hard to dispatch so don't expect a challenge.

[kalenedral]

I will miss a challenge, eventually... but that is thankfully not what I truly require.

Do you know if these zombies can feel pain, on any level? Many of the lesser undead where I am from cannot.

[cadbane]

Likely not. They looked pretty mindless.

What're you really looking for? Somebody to torture?

[kalenedral]

I suppose it is worth checking, myself...

[After all, it may take another undead monstrosity to even be able to tell. He blinks at that last question, markedly not bothered by the thought.]

All of my kind have an intrinsic need to inflict pain and suffering on others. Combat happens to be my favored method of feeding that Hunger, and I prefer that my targets 'have it coming', as it were.

[Including by being on the wrong side of a battleground.]

[Video]

[swordprincess]

So...you're looking for combat, but not a sparring partner.

[That seems to be more confusing than clarifying.]

Is it a battle to the death you're looking for then?

[kalenedral]

[On Azeroth, there's still remnants of the Scourge to fight, the entire fanatical order of the Scarlet Crusade, the Twilight Crusade, and... then there's always the Alliance and Horde and their eternal squabbles. The Knight isn't loyal to either side of that particular war, but he finds the battles suit his needs perfectly well.]

[The idea that he's on a world of... relative peace, though.]

[That's only now starting to sink in.]

[And he's not pleased with the line of dread that just ran down his spine.]

Are... there no wars here?

[swordprincess]

[She just gives a light shrug.]

Not really. We do have our occasional crazy person who tries to invade a city or something, but otherwise it's generally peaceful here.

[kalenedral]

So I may very well be doomed to fall into a frenzy.

[Nothing in his demeanor changes, really. But he can see now exactly why there's no others of his kind here. Why he's here remains to be seen.]

Someone mentioned the zombies in Everglade. I suppose I will have to see if they are enough.

[video]

[treesus]

[Well Trahearne knows what Kalen's request sounds like but he doesn't really care. As long as chat isn't inflicted on innocents.]

Others have mentioned Everglade and I don't think that's a fantastic idea myself, but it might do. There are also ruins that pop up regularly in Fayren full of monsters to slay. There might be things of interest to find there while you're clearing them out.

[kalenedral]

I suppose that might be an option. It's beginning to sound like I will need many... lesser sources of what I require.

[Ball it all up, and maybe he can keep his sanity.]

Things of interest?

[treesus]

Magical artifacts, signs of who lived in the ruins before, sometimes well preserved books or other basic items. I've done some exploring in various ruins myself, as have many others here, some seeking combat like you.

[kalenedral]

[While Kalenedral is absolutely the sort to read anything that isn't nailed down -- and quite a bit that is, his primary concern right now is not turning into a frenzied Scourge.]

Finding enough of a source of what I need must be my priority, but that sounds like a worthy enough possibility.

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[opera_zombie]

[The visage of a young girl who has definitely seen better days appears on the screen. She speaks without moving her mouth as it is sewn shut. Normally she keeps to herself, but curiosity got the better of her.]

"There are those who live only for combat?"

[kalenedral]

Only inasmuch as the humans 'live' for food, water, and air.

It is a matter of sustaining my un-life.

[opera_zombie]

[Another zombie, like her. Squigly thinks he looks pretty good for a dead guy, in a sense that he doesn't look as zombified as her.]

"Why not find a Parasite to sustain your mortality?"

[Suddenly, there was a masculine voice just off camera which speaks to her in a quieted tone.]

"I do not think there are Parasites in Genessia, milady."

[kalenedral]

[Indeed, Kalenedral is remarkably well-regenerated, even among his own kind. This had come in useful, before, the taciturn Knight sent to play diplomat among the living.]

That would not feed the Hunger all of my kind feels to inflict pain and suffering.

To be clear, I would not collapse and cease existing if sufficiently 'starved'. I would simply lose the will to choose better targets.

[Video]

[cursed_analysis]

An interesting fellow. What might happen if you do not receive regular combat?

[kalenedral]

I would eventually fall into a blood frenzy and need to be taken down by others.

[Kalenedral is very matter-of-fact about it.]

[cursed_analysis]

[There's a pause. Now, that is interesting. Humans of course will never fail to be, either, but can't quite measure in the same way things such as this will.]

I imagine that to be quite difficult, but I'll save speculation for later. There's a mechanism to this to hold the blood frenzy at bay, and it is simply combat? To the death? I'm sure you've heard that's lacking here.

[Video]

[helghasten]

The Helghan eyed the camera rather quietly, studying the stranger with his black helmet on.

His voice sounds distinctly British, and raspy.

[His eyes and voice is disguisable.]

"I'll give you a fight."

[kalenedral]

[Kalenedral stares back, unblinking.]

No.