Death of Shoyel Autumnbloom

So this is what dying feels like, Shoyel thought as the arrow of the Undead archer pierced his chest. He spewed curses at the Horde as his body fell down.

Shoyel laid on his back listening to his own rasping breath. The limbs were loosing sensation. The pool of his own blood was making his back feel wet. Maybe there's still hope. If the healers find me before...

The moon above was gigantic, yet the whole of Darkshore seemed to be engulfed by darkness. Normally Night Elves embrace the dark, but when you're dying in front of a Forsaken militia, the darkness just seemed to snuff out all the hope from the world.

Shoyel stared at the gigantic moon above. "This is it then? Will you at least be welcoming me on the other side?" he whispered to the silent Goddess. Then the world went dark.

...

The pain of having your corpse being pulled back to life is even more intense than the pain of dying. It felt like dark tendrils were clawing at Shoyel's soul. "Come with me if you want to live", the sound of the angelic Val'kyr boomed.

Shoyel grasped for breath but the air didn't fill his lungs. He grabbed his chest in pain, the Forsaken arrow was still sticking out. He screamed out of pain pulling the poisoned arrow, it ripped his flesh but there was no more blood coming out of the wound. "This one just got up", he heard a woman's voice from a distance.

"Get up ranger", the woman commanded.

Shoyel clawed the ground as he struggled to get on his feet. His body felt heavy, muscles didn't want to obey. He got up to sit and looked at his hands. The skin looked pale and... drained.

The woman was towering over him, Delaryn Summermoon. Shoyel recognized the captain of the Sentinel forces. But she looked very different. A huge, winged Val'kyr was hovering next to Delaryn. Forsaken warriors stood in a circle around them.

"What happened to us?" Shoyel asked head still spinning. "Are we captured?"

"Elune abandoned us", Delaryn scoffed, "that's what happened."

"We died", she offered her hand to Shoyel to pull him up.

"Now come with me if you want to live. We have much to discuss."

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