Yep, I'm back again! After redoing my Saber run on Kingmaker, I decided why not write one more fic for my favorite OC vampire and her friends? Now,

Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

Saber groaned as the boat lurched again. "Why are we doing this again?" she asked the azur next to her.

"You gotta meet with some dignitaries who's towns the keep is supposed to be tradin with." Calabast replied. "Not that I think there's gonna be much of a keep left, mind you." he added quietly.

"Have some faith in Alias and Envid please." Saber replied dryly.

"You didn't. That's why you let Jaboli stay behind." Calabast shot back.

Saber didn't dignify that with a response. Sure, Jaboli had requested to stay behind while Saber, Kaidala, and Calabast all went to this meeting across the freaking ocean in case of an emergency, but still! It wasn't like Saber doubted the capabilities of her Hand and Banner. And it didn't help Trip had scurried off somewhere and couldn't be found before the trio had to leave.

She just wanted a contingency plan. If something happened to the two women then Jaboli could keep things running smoothly until the vampire returned. Kaidala appeared from the bow of the ship, looking at the sky worriedly. "A storm is brewing. The captain plans to dock nearby. There's an island we can wait the storm out on." she informed, sitting next to Saber. Saber smiled at her lover before the boat lurched again, knocking the couple into each other and onto the deck.

Both women blushed bright red, neither knowing exactly how to react. Calabast laughed and it seemed to snap both out of their stupor as they scrambled to their feet. "Land ho!" The captain called, bringing the ship to dock on the island. The captain came down from the helm and regarded the Lady of the Keep. "We'll dock here till the storm passes milady." he informed. "Looks like this is some sort of keep. Best let the lord know we're here. I'll stay behind to baton down the hatches."

"Best get yourself below deck as soon as possible, captain." Saber replied, a hand on Arden. "I smell more than a storm brewing, and I don't know how to sail." The captain saluted the vampire before doing as he had said.

The trio marched off the dock, coming across a man walking down one of the many many many ramps to the summit. "Welcome strangers. You just pull in?" he asked.

"Yep. Waitin for the storm to pass." Calabast replied with a friendly grin.

"Bad luck for you. Storm like this only comes once a year to Mount Eremor, and it brings ill tidings. Guess it's my turn." Saber was about to ask about that last bit when the man spoke again. "Look, I have to seal myself inside the crypt. Just, go talk to the lord. He'll be able to explain better." and with that he hurried off.

"Well that was weird." Saber commented, watching the man flee.

...

After a very long climb, the trio entered the keep's throne room and saw an older man pacing. "Hey there!" Saber greeted with a wave. Lord Eremor looked to the trio and gave a tired smile.

"Greetings. I assume you are the ones my men saw docking at the base of the keep?" he asked. Saber nodded and the lord sighed. "Well you've come at an ill time. Our yearly curse forces one of our own to the crypt, where he becomes the ancient ruler Morgath. What follows is an almost infinite swarm of undead."

"That man who we met on the way up." Kaidala muttered, slowly reaching for her club.

"Can it be stopped?" Saber questioned. "Maybe by killing Morgath?"

"It is possible, but I cannot risk my men at this moment." The lord seemed to think for a second before looking hopefully at Saber. "Would you and your companions be willing to aid us? You are trapped here just as we, so it is in both our best interests if Morgath was killed."

Saber grinned, turning to the two members of the Black Mist. Calabast chuckled. Kaidala sighed. Both knew what that grin meant.

...

Kaidala destroyed the skull of another skeleton, panting slightly from the fight down the ramparts. It seemed that they couldn't take two steps without encountering a skeleton, ghoul, or the odd bone golem and curst ranger. Calabast swung his hammer with a grin, crushing the spine of a ghoul lord. And Saber was laughing like a maniac as she cut through five allips and two zombies, all at the same time with electricity cracking on Arden. She was having the time of her life, well unlife. Kaidala sighed as she cast her entangling spell, wondering how she had fallen for the battle-crazed vampire.

By the time they had gotten back to the dock, the ranks had thinned considerably and checked on the ship, finding the captain injured but alive. Saber used Arden's healing charge (he had not been happy when she had chosen that particular ability for him) to fix the captain up before making for the crypt, cutting through more and more undead as they progressed.

...

Despite the sizeable group of ghouls, ghasts, and skeletons, they had reached Morgath rather easily. The mummy was confined in a woken cage, but Saber noticed it wasn't exactly locked. Having cleared the undead in the room, she opened the gate, catching the mummy's attention. With a feral grin, she activated the Scabbard of Blessing, increasing everyone's power before she whispered a couple words, activating her Cloak of Spiders and webbing the mummy. "Time to die!" Saber cheered, rushing the mummy, her bloodlust overwhelming the magical fear that should have overwhelmed her.

Calabast's flaming hammer struck seconds after Arden cut through rotting flesh, burning the mummy badly. Kaidala was next, throwing magic missiles that injured the creature further. It took a clumsy swing at Saber, the vampire easily deflecting the blow before slicing it in half, the mummy struggled to attack with its top half until Saber plunged Arden through its chest, pulling the heart out easily as Morgath stopped moving entirely.

...

Lord Eremor stood frozen, looking at the pouch that had been unceremoniously thrown at his feet before looking at the vampire who had delivered it. "My pals and I are gonna mop up what's left of those undead, then we're gonna head out. See you guys around!" Saber called, smiling as she turned out the door, Kaidala and Calabast hot on her heels, albeit for different reasons.

And done! If you didn't read the summary, this'll be a two-shot detailing my Kingmaker character's adventure through Winds of Eremor and To Heir is Human. This was Winds of Eremor,, so you can guess what comes next. So, I guess leave a review telling me what you thought and I'll see everyone next time.