Chapter -6. Skull Mercenary (1)

The Darklands. A country way up in the west. It has not many citizens. But everyone who live there has heard of a certain myth before.

Some have claimed to have seen him, but most of the people think that he isn't real. The name of the creature i'm talking about is the "Skull Mercenary".

The most citizens didn't care if the story was true. Although not many people lived in the Darklands, the country was practically always at war. Some claimed the Gods have left their country and let the humans kill each other. 

There wasn't one myth of the Skull Mercenary. Many different people told many different stories. Some claimed that the Skull Mercenary was send by the Gods to kill the evil, some claimed he was a god, who was kicked out and cursed to walk on the earth under the mortals. Others claimed he has made a pact with the devil or with demons.

But regardless of who told the story of the Skull Mercenary, one thing was always the same. The fact, that, where ever the Skull Mercenary appeared, people would die.

Also the apearence of the Skull Mercenary only varied slightly. He always was wearing a black armor, with a black helmet, that had the form of a skull, which gave him his name. Also he was most of the time described with wearing a black cape. 

About the weapon he uses the people didn't agree.