The reclaiming of a Nation

She strides into the dungeons below the Family Keep her ebony dragonscale armor Shifting like molten liquid across her slender form as the demon trapped within the mail shifts within it's confines....at her hip she wears a jeweled bone handled dagger a gift from her twin sister Stormy.
Her eyes shimmering red with mischief...she easily spots Icy in the dimly lit chamber surrounded by a mass of charts and scrolls...Her beloved twin sister Stormy standing behind her studying another chart...Fallen can be heard in the adjoining chamber sharpening his weapons the metal on stone grinding it's way through the last vestiges of bravery the prisoners in the lower cells cling piteously too.

"Icy"....Her voice carries easily through the cavernous room....
"Is all in Readiness?"

Completely engrossed in her many charts and maps.. She barely hears her Mother entrance... let alone her voice until Stormy nudges her none so gently in the back... her head snaps up and looks to her a parlous grin forms her face.... "Aye Mother ... all is ready.. But first I have something tae show thee."

With little to no effort she raises and moves towards a sealed door in her new home and looks tae her Mother.

"There is something I must confess Mother.... I never knew quiet how tae tell thee this.."

She looks back to the door and with some concentrated effort the door slowly swings open and a brilliant light emits from the room along with the most horrible screams one has ever heard. The light grows in intensity, she turns and looks at her Mother...

"Do ye remember when I burned down the Guild Library... quite by accident of course Mother?"
"Aye that I do Icy..." A wicked smile dances te her lips.
Pulling Night back from the room she whispers.. "Do nae enter Mother.. since the move and upheaval... this thing" ... looks back to the room then her..."has begun tae howl for it's owner...I know what that thing is..and who it belongs tae"
She hesitates fer just a moment gathering her recollections...then continues; her flood of words bursting forth as recounts the events that led her to the blade
"There was one other with me in the Library that eve Mother... Twas Callidus. He had come seeking revenge fer the death of that traitor Rowan. But all he found that night was a sure death and by my hand he received payment fer all that he and his warlord had done. During the fight a brazier was overturned and twas that that started the blaze. As the ceiling was collapsing I saw his blade and instinct told me tae take it. Since that time it has nae stopped it's incessant wailing."
Night listens intently as the story is related her eyes shimmering a silvery gray as she listens.. "it brought me tae my knees just tae hold it Mother..screaming at me.. even trying tae kill me..." She shakes her head as the howling becomes louder her ears still not use tae the tormented screams even though it has been wailing for days now, she looks tae her Mother.
"Arioch himself has given me council on this blade Mother ..A prophecy will be fulfilled....the rightful owner only needs tae step forth and claim redemption. That rightful owner Mother is thee..By rights tis fer thee tae rule and fer thee tae wield the power of Godshard"

Stepping now across the threshold Night and Ice move towards the blade..the screaming howl seeming to soften some as they approach...Hesitantly Ice reaches out and picks up the blade which seems to pulse in her hands; a look of anguished pain shadows Ice's features as she holds the blade to Night.
"Tis time te fulfill a prophecy...step forth and claim thy blade...Take Godshard...tis fer thee and thee alone now te carry..."
Night takes the blade from Ice; at her touch the blades wailing stops and a gentle hum vibrates through the room. The power that surges through her hands diffusing through her slender form makes her gasp with surprise. Her perfect ruby lips curve into a wicked smile as she balances the blade in her hands. Gray eyes shifting to a mischievous crimson wash over Ice. "Thee have done well Ice; Arioch favors thee almost as much as I do. Ye have Killed a traitor and fulfilled Ariochs wishes. Now lets go take an empire"