text: [Themes: fan fiction]
  
  'Hero... The recent fight destroyed my throne room utterly!! Go out and raise 1 million gold for me to rebuild the throne room!'
  
  'Father, do be serious!' says Robina, entering the throne room.
  
  'Alright, my daughter. Hero! I teleported Sepulchure's armor to a crypt but I have not heard from the knights stationed there for aThree days already, when they were supposed to report everyday. I fear that something has happened. Find out what happened and report back to me!'
  
  'Father, I am going to accompany the Hero!' says Robina.
  
  'Fine, just remember to pack your teddy bear okay? I know you can't sleep without it.'
  
  'Father!'
  
  'Heh, I was only joking, remember to use condoms, Hero!'
  
  You speak up, saying...
  
  > say "As my king commands! When can I leave?"
  'You have one week to prepare. Use your time wisely, Hero.'
  
  You decide to train on your skills and you spend every morning hauling rubble from the throne room and practicing with weapons. You then pray and meditate for two hours evey afternoon after lunch and spend the rest of your afternoon casting spells and learning magic. After dinner, you sneak around Swordhaven, practicing your stealth. When you finish your daily routine, you sleep for 7 hours before repeating your routine.
  
  A week later...
  
  You have achieved what few have. You are at least adept in the skills of all four classes.
  
  You tell King Alteon that you are leaving, then you and your companions journey to the crypt (Artix remains in the city to weed out all the undead), where you see a knight sprouting chaos eyes and tentacles outside (He is chaorrupted, corrupted by chaos). It tries to attack you but Robina places an arrow into its eye before it reaches you.
  
  You all enter the crypt and see dozens of kinghts, all chaorrupted, fighting each other, the chaos taint making them do so.
  
  Zorbak says 'Oops, shouldn't have gone along with the Hero.' and all their attention is suddenly placed on your group.
  
  Five Knights charge you while the rest go for your companions.
  
  Damn, shouldn't have brought Zorbak along.
  
  > Attack!! A Hero never steps down from a fight!
  The knights try to rush you but you meet them head on and three of them falter in their charge.
  
  You easily dispatch the two coming at you. You ready yourself to fight the remaining three but before you can move, three arrows sail through the air and the three knights drop to the ground, dead. You and your companions easily dispatch the rest of the knights.
  
  'Come, something's chaorrupting these knights! We have to check the basement of the crypt!' You shout and descend a flight of stairs that was covered by a carpet.
  
  You descend flight after flight after flight after flight of stairs, until you reach the area where Sepulchure's armour should be kept. You see the armour lying on the floor, the helm on top of the armour. There are a few chaos eyes on the armor, the armor must have chaorrupted the knights stationed here.
  
  'MEHEHE. The great Zorbak has found the armour of Sepulchure, with no help from his underlings! Shall we bring this back to King Alteon or use it to further our Ebil goals?' Zorbak asks.
  
  The armor rises, as if controlled by something. DAMN! Zorbak seriously shouldn't have been brought along. You pluck off the helmet, and the armor collaspes again. Then a thought enters your mind...
  
  Hmm... YOU could use a new set of armour... and its barely damaged...just touch it up a little and its as good as new!
  
  You reach down to take the helmet to wear...
  
  'NO HERO! DON'T!' shouts Robina as you put the helm on top of your head.
  
  > wear it!
  You touch the helm and the armor springs to life! You hastily try to draw your weapon but luckily, before you have to fight it, Zorbak de-animates it. Picking the helm up, you wear it.
  
  A surge of power rushes through you and suddenly, you know your destiny. You are to finish what Sepulchure started and what Gravelyn will never finish. You have to wipe all Good from Lore. Then destroy Drakath and Chaos... On second thoughts, you will wipe all Good from the world, THEN join Chaos.
  
  You will be the greatest Doomknight to ever walk the surface of Lore... The Champion of Darkness.
  
  Zorbak seems to know what happened to you.
  
  'Mehehe, the Hero has turned to Evil and Chaos! The stupid fool actually dared to wear the chaorrupted helm of Sepulchure, which turned him into a Chaotic Doomknight! I'm outta here, not even Ebil can save the Hero now!' Zorbak leaves, and so does the Book of Lore.
  
  You see Robina looking at you with concerned eyes. 'Are you alright, Hero?'
  
  'I have known my destiny! I will destroy all Good and merge Evil and Chaos into EVIL CHAOS! Muahahahahahahaha!'
  
  'Hero, you can't do that!'
  
  Suddenly, Dogear pounces on you, pinning your arms to the side and restraining you. 'Remove that Evil helmet! This is not you!'
  
  > listen to Dogear. Remove the helm.
  Dogear is right, this helmet is evil. You try to remove the helmet, but it refuses to leave your head.
  
  'Arrgh! Get off my head!' You scream, then you realize that Dogear is lying to you!
  
  The helmet reveals that Dogear wants you to remove the helmet so HE can be the Champion of Darkness.
  
  Well, if he wants to be the Champion of Darkness, he has to beat the current one first!
  
  > Will embrace your destiny! All who oppose you will die!
  Using your new powers, you push Dogear off you. He crashes through the ceiling and you hear his spine snap.
  
  An arrow bounces off your helmet. You raise your hand and blast Robina with a bolt of darkness. She dodges it and rolls away.
  
  You summon a blade of Darkness and charge towards Robina, deflecting two arrows that she sends at you. Right before your blade slices her into two, she rolls away again, and comes up with a blade of her own. Interesting, it seems like she won't go down without a fight. Oh well, you will kill her eventually anyway, so why not do it now before she gets a chance to become stronger?
  
  You swing your blade at her but she blocks it, you thrust it at her but she blocks and flashes you a riposte which you barely manage to block. She attacks you relentlessly and you have no opportunity to attack.
  
  However you notice that her attacks are slowing and that she is tiring. Ordinarily, you would be tiring too, but thanks to the helm, your energy is almost inexhaustible. You see an opening and take advantage of it. Soon, Robina is on the defensive again. You slash, thrust then parry. You can kill her with a riposte now.
  
  > kill her. She tried to kill you.
  You kill Robina with a riposte.
  
  That triggers something within you. Zorbak and the Book of Lore leaving. The death of Dogear and Robina being killed by you... The helmet! It has something to do with the helmet! You tear off the helmet, and immediately you realize that the helmet was influencing your thoughts.
  
  Shit. You are now alone thanks to one damned helmet. You make your way out of the crypt. With the way things have gone, you only have 3 options open to you now.
  
  Go to King Alteon and tell him of the events that have transpired. However, as you have killed his daughter and murdered a Horc, he can and most probably will execute you.
  
  Go and join Gravelyn and the Shadowscythe. However, Gravelyn may not accept you, as it might spark off a war between Good and Evil. She might just turn you over to King Alteon.
  
  Lastly, you can try striking out on your own and surviving and training. When you are done, you can try taking down Chaos on your own... That's retarded but it's a choice that will allow you to survive for longer.
  
  > go to King Alteon and hope he forgives you.
  You decide to hope for the best and go to King Alteon to explain things.
  
  On the way there, you contemplate what to say. However, you don't know what to say that can put you in a better light, so you decide to just tell the truth and hope for the best.
  
  Swordhaven soon comes into sight and you soon find yourself climbing the steps that lead to the throne room.
  
  'Hero! You're back! What did you find at the crypt?'
  
  You explain the chaorrupted knights as well as Sepulchure's armor coming to life. Then King Alteon remembers your companions and asks about them.
  
  'Shit' you think, you can't come up with a valid story so you tell the truth.
  
  How you saw the nice, shiny helmet and decided to put it on. How Zorbak and the book of lore left you. How you killed Dogear and Robina. And how you realized that the helmet was playing with your mind.
  
  When you are done, King Alteon looks at you. Then...'I understand that it was not your fault, Hero, but you killed my daughter! Guards! Drag him off to the prison cells to be executed!'
  
  Wow, you are about to be executed! Do you wait for the guards to drag you away or do you try to run?
  
  > go with the guards. You accept your punishment.
  You decide to accept your punishment and are kept in the dungeon for two hours before you see King Alteon enter the dungeon.
  
  For a moment you think that he might free you. Then you see the Golden Dragon Blade descend towards you. You wish you had never decided to become a Hero.