The Desert Knight Chapter 1

I was once a great, well known and feared warrior. Now, I am so humbled, even children spit and swear at me. What have I become?

I am, was, the Great Knight Ramzen. I was, until a few days ago, the King's advisor and closest friend. Now I am just one of the nobodies begging and dying on the streets. I guess I deserve this.

I was in a secret circle that planned on assassinating the King. I was their 'inner spy.' I was to keep the King's dog nose away from our stinky circle and get information on the King's whereabouts.

At the time, we thought we were doing a good deed. The King was corrupt and greedy. We thought we could do a better job. We planned and discussed, and we came up with a plan. I was to lure the King away from his feast and bring him to the river. He wouldn't bring any soldiers because he trusts me. Then, the others would jump out from the shadows and kill him.

There was one thing we didn't anticipate on. The King had somehow known about our plan. He had soldiers in waiting. When I got to the river with the King, my companions in the circle had already been captured. What I thought would be our victory became our destruction. Later, we found out that one of the newer members could not withstand the pressure and sang. The members of our circle, and our plan.

We were all due at the tower to get our heads chopped off. I had been rich, and though my fortune had been taken away from me, I had hidden a small portion away. I bribed one of the guards and he let me escape. I managed to make it to the tower gates when the fact that I was gone was discovered. I made a break for it and managed to get away. Barely.

Covered in wounds, I now stalk the streets of Malwerty, waiting for my day to come, and for the circle to be resurrected.