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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 9323776" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>Bastiaan listens intently. He makes no acknowledgement of knowing who The Boots were.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"Oh yes, I always forget that you two-footed folk rarely fly without magical aid,"</span> the androsphinix replies with a grin. <span style="color: #734F96">"My apologies."</span> He nods. <span style="color: #734F96">"Yes, the cross is still used. The local tribes use it all the time to punish those that trespass in what they believe are <em>their</em> lands. These interlopers are staked out to die in the sun or chained to the large broken shards of the destroyed rocky 'X' shape that once reached into the sky."</span></p><p></p><p>He sighs and shakes his head. <span style="color: #734F96">"The worst of them use what is left of the cross for blood sacrifices as well."</span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96"></span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"As for a different route past it, you should be fine to find one without too much difficulty. The <em><u>path</u></em> that leads through the lower part of the cross is simply the easiest way on foot from here to the barrier. If you take a wider course, it will take you more time. And, the hills are full of dangerous creatures, of course, but that's just as true near the cross."</span></p><p></p><p>Bastiaan looks Phar square in the eye. <span style="color: #734F96">"If you climb up on what remains of the cross, the locals will know. They are always watching. Ralix was said to have been a massive hill giant chieftain that once lorded over these lands. While he was killed hundreds of years ago, the giants and ogres of the region consider the cross to be sacred. They turn a blind eye to the tribes' activities because the sacrifices left often include things they can take and eat."</span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96"></span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"If you go up there without any reverence, and they find out, they will hunt you mercilessly. It is probably best to avoid it. Unless you think you can handle fighting five to ten giants at once."</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"I've heard rumours of others trying to destroy the shrine. From what I've heard, in that place, the dead begin to rise the closer one gets to it. For those that follow one of the shrine's deities, these undead are not a problem, usually. For others it can be their death. There is an old story about the shrine and a warrior who wished to destroy it and the entire demiplane with it."</span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96"></span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"Let's see if I can remember how it goes."</span> Bastiaan clears his throat and raises his head to the sky...</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"In a time long forgotten, there was once a man, a humanoid of great conviction, who worshipped the Interloper known as Colvian, Lord of War."</span> The androsphinix pauses and tilts his head. <span style="color: #734F96">"I cannot remember his name."</span> He continues. <span style="color: #734F96">"This... nameless knight came to these cursed lands when the barrier of... the goddess I will not name... was newly formed. He came from the west. A place of magic and metal."</span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96"></span></p><p><span style="color: #734F96">"He rode into the Grave Shores with his squire and men-at-arms and defeated many foes that chose to come between him and his goal. Powerful was this knight of law, and he was said to be a brilliant tactician who never lost a fight. He and his followers defeated over a dozen cursed tribes and a horde of ogres... well, that's the legend. He came at the shrine from the south and passed through the barrier into the Wicked Hills. There, the sun's light was muted and evil arose to try to strike him and his followers down. He defeated them, but his squire fell, corrupted by evil."</span></p><p></p><p>Bastiaan turns his head from the sky to Litrix. <span style="color: #734F96">"This knight refused to turn back from his goal and led his men to the shrine. Undead plagued them as they approached. Skeletons and other restless dead creatures rising from the fields of bone that surround the shrine. While he was a knight, he was no holy warrior, and the clerics who followed him were not strong enough to keep the undead from overwhelming them all. All died."</span></p><p></p><p>Bastiaan shrugs his shoulders after he is finished. <span style="color: #734F96">"That's <u>one</u> version of the story. In another version, the warrior destroys the shrine but is plagued by huge beasts of chaos and evil that hunt him to his homeland in the west. And the shrine was rebuilt by the goddess's followers soon after."</span> He nods to the dragontouched knight. <span style="color: #734F96">"Should you raze it to the ground? Probably. Can you destroy it... and the demiplane's link to these lands. Only you know what you are capable of achieving."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 9323776, member: 2012"] Bastiaan listens intently. He makes no acknowledgement of knowing who The Boots were. [COLOR=#734F96]"Oh yes, I always forget that you two-footed folk rarely fly without magical aid,"[/COLOR] the androsphinix replies with a grin. [COLOR=#734F96]"My apologies."[/COLOR] He nods. [COLOR=#734F96]"Yes, the cross is still used. The local tribes use it all the time to punish those that trespass in what they believe are [I]their[/I] lands. These interlopers are staked out to die in the sun or chained to the large broken shards of the destroyed rocky 'X' shape that once reached into the sky."[/COLOR] He sighs and shakes his head. [COLOR=#734F96]"The worst of them use what is left of the cross for blood sacrifices as well." "As for a different route past it, you should be fine to find one without too much difficulty. The [I][U]path[/U][/I] that leads through the lower part of the cross is simply the easiest way on foot from here to the barrier. If you take a wider course, it will take you more time. And, the hills are full of dangerous creatures, of course, but that's just as true near the cross."[/COLOR] Bastiaan looks Phar square in the eye. [COLOR=#734F96]"If you climb up on what remains of the cross, the locals will know. They are always watching. Ralix was said to have been a massive hill giant chieftain that once lorded over these lands. While he was killed hundreds of years ago, the giants and ogres of the region consider the cross to be sacred. They turn a blind eye to the tribes' activities because the sacrifices left often include things they can take and eat." "If you go up there without any reverence, and they find out, they will hunt you mercilessly. It is probably best to avoid it. Unless you think you can handle fighting five to ten giants at once."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#734F96]"I've heard rumours of others trying to destroy the shrine. From what I've heard, in that place, the dead begin to rise the closer one gets to it. For those that follow one of the shrine's deities, these undead are not a problem, usually. For others it can be their death. There is an old story about the shrine and a warrior who wished to destroy it and the entire demiplane with it." "Let's see if I can remember how it goes."[/COLOR] Bastiaan clears his throat and raises his head to the sky... [COLOR=#734F96]"In a time long forgotten, there was once a man, a humanoid of great conviction, who worshipped the Interloper known as Colvian, Lord of War."[/COLOR] The androsphinix pauses and tilts his head. [COLOR=#734F96]"I cannot remember his name."[/COLOR] He continues. [COLOR=#734F96]"This... nameless knight came to these cursed lands when the barrier of... the goddess I will not name... was newly formed. He came from the west. A place of magic and metal." "He rode into the Grave Shores with his squire and men-at-arms and defeated many foes that chose to come between him and his goal. Powerful was this knight of law, and he was said to be a brilliant tactician who never lost a fight. He and his followers defeated over a dozen cursed tribes and a horde of ogres... well, that's the legend. He came at the shrine from the south and passed through the barrier into the Wicked Hills. There, the sun's light was muted and evil arose to try to strike him and his followers down. He defeated them, but his squire fell, corrupted by evil."[/COLOR] Bastiaan turns his head from the sky to Litrix. [COLOR=#734F96]"This knight refused to turn back from his goal and led his men to the shrine. Undead plagued them as they approached. Skeletons and other restless dead creatures rising from the fields of bone that surround the shrine. While he was a knight, he was no holy warrior, and the clerics who followed him were not strong enough to keep the undead from overwhelming them all. All died."[/COLOR] Bastiaan shrugs his shoulders after he is finished. [COLOR=#734F96]"That's [U]one[/U] version of the story. In another version, the warrior destroys the shrine but is plagued by huge beasts of chaos and evil that hunt him to his homeland in the west. And the shrine was rebuilt by the goddess's followers soon after."[/COLOR] He nods to the dragontouched knight. [COLOR=#734F96]"Should you raze it to the ground? Probably. Can you destroy it... and the demiplane's link to these lands. Only you know what you are capable of achieving."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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