Tears of the Reckoning/Tears for truth

The rain was pouring heavily on the white plains. Though the snow has fallen, the rain still comes. the stone keep on the boarders of the Dukedom was bleak and dreary, but isn't all fortresses that way? The Guards watched carefully in their black armor wearing a red shield with a lion in the center. They stood with their bows drawn and their arrows sharp. They await an army from the west to come and take them by force. A horse rider came from the south wearing the seal of the Vandigard. They opened the gates and let him pass through. The streets were as cheery as the stone and the people wrought with fear and dispair. The Rider went on into the keep and travelled to the halls of the Duke, Duke Vascos Hartstead. Vascos was not there, but his son, Daris was there. Daris looked at the Horse rider and said, "You would enter my father's halls at ill-timing? Such a pity." The Horse rider spoke to Daris in a gristly tone, "It is not ill-timing, but rather ill-fortune. the Vandigard rides north to Berudin's Deep. We will defend the fortress here and follow the armies to the north." Daris smiled and said again in a ghastly voice to match his albino form and his red eyes and black hair, "My father is now ill and I am ill, you have naught reason to defend our fortress. The Fortress is but a bump in the road. continue to the deep." The Vandigard rider shouted at him as he finished the sentence, "But we wish to help you and we will!" Daris chuckled and said, "We are fine, soldier. Pass on by." The Vandigard rider became frustrated and practically screamed at him saying, "WE WILL HELP!" That was done and he went on.