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<blockquote data-quote="Cafu" data-source="post: 6911888" data-attributes="member: 6692807"><p>I knew of the spell and malady affecting Longhelim and as I was still unseen, I kept well away from the paladin. The magic was going to make him completely unpredictable. I moved up to Felix and Victor, quickly keeping off the ground. Quickly, I tugged at Felix’s robe, just to make sure that he knew I was there. </p><p> </p><p>I cast a little spell; very useful to us and very annoying for him. A cloud of glittering motes appeared on most of the platform and suddenly it covered his figure, outlining and negating his unseen magic. It would also stop him from turning invisible in the future until my spell ran out. As he did so, I heard him say a very nasty word. Not magical, just nasty.</p><p> </p><p>Suddenly, another wall appeared in front of us. Thankfully, I still had some travelling spells left and I used it only to find that Pilus had somehow managed to conjure yet more magical walls in front of us. These now separated Felix from Victor and I but put the cleric within reach of the Khagan. Thus, I could hear some fast casting from Felix which I hoped was making life uncomfortable for his opponent. The walls were still opaque to me as I had my magical sight in place. </p><p> </p><p>Suddenly, yet more walls appeared while others disappeared, presumably the durations had expired. They were in a different configuration this time; suddenly I was next to the Khagan and Pilus, but separated from Victor and Felix; this opportunity could not be missed, despite the danger. I took out my wand and fired off a bolt of lightning at the biomancer; as expected, it bounced straight back at me but thankfully, I was protected against it; however, it did begin to give me an idea of his abilities and defences. Unfortunately, it also made me visible and the Khagan pounced and struck me several times. I realised that I would have to deal with the warrior before I continued my duel with Pilus.</p><p> </p><p>Casting rapidly, a powerful lash of lighting erupted from my hands this time and hit the Khagan, causing him to grunt and take a step back; amazingly, he still stood although he did look considerably annoyed. Pilus in the meantime had managed to cast a spell at me which dissolved some of my magic, including the ability to see invisible beings; the good part of that was that the magical walls stopped being opaque and suddenly they became transparent. So, I could see that the others were now looking at the magical walls and having a quick discussion. Drudge and John were still together; Victor and Felix were in a different section of the room and Longhelim was still wondering around on his own, babbling, running and every so often, trying vainly to hit Pilus through the wall. Basically, he was still insane as a result to being hit with the magical rainbow. </p><p> </p><p>Suddenly, there was a new development as another of those figures that looked like Pilus grew from the flesh of the ship and cast a spell at Felix, attempting to dissolve his magic. Victor flew forward and sliced the creature several times but not before it was able to cast another of those spells. I could see Felix grimacing, so something must have happened. In the meantime, I had my own problems, as the Khagan sliced his falchion into me again. This was now getting concerning so I cast one of my two most damaging spells against him; as the moisture was sucked from his body, yet again, he staggered, grimaced but still stood. Unbelieving, I looked at him; he had already stood under two of Felix’s fire spells; I assumed that he had defences against the element but he must have been hurt to an extent. Yet, he still stood. He looked at me. Then he hefted his sword and swung again. I tried to duck but he was far too canny a warrior and yet again I felt the weapon biting. </p><p> </p><p>Pilus was casting and suddenly he turned invisible again; he must have managed to get rid of the little sparkling motes I put on him. Annoying and I wish I could have done something about it but I had my own problems; again, I had to cast my most powerful damaging spell on Onamdahmin and yet again he still stood there and took it. In turn, he cast a spell in our little space; it seems that not only was he a great warrior, but a spell caster as well. A ball of fire was concentrated in this tiny area and burned – very badly. I could see that he was not affected as he must have been magically warded. Unfortunately, fire was one of the few elements against which I did not have a ward this time. This was getting extremely worrying as I was now very badly wounded; so much so in fact and I had to get out of there otherwise I would probably die. </p><p> </p><p>So, casting adroitly, I used my last spell of magical transport and put myself next to Felix. </p><p> </p><p>Glancing quickly towards Victor and Felix, I saw that the warrior had dealt with another of the flesh constructs while Drudge and John had managed to approach the real Pilus; one of the magical walls must have finally gone down at the far end of the room. Of course that still left one of the walls next to him so “approach” was a relative term; they were still cut off from him. </p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, yet another of the constructs appeared and cast another spell which dissolved more of Felix’s defensive magic. Thankfully, the cleric began to heal me while I started delving into my possessions to find as many healing potions as I had stashed away. I began to drink those as fast as I could. Strangely, I could see that Onamdaahmin was doing exactly the same. </p><p> </p><p>I could no longer see Pilus; as I mentioned earlier, Pilus had managed to dissolve the spell I had cast on him to negate his own spell of unseeing. I was still taking an opportunity to drink healing potions while Felix was still healing me. </p><p> </p><p>Longhelim was still wondering around aimlessly but I noticed that several of the more recent flesh constructs had appeared in the segment of the room where John and Drudge were segregated; as it happened, it was the same segment as the paladin but thankfully, nothing untoward had happened yet. </p><p> </p><p>Suddenly, there was another development as Onamdaahmin, looking much healthier, approached again. I was far more wary of him this time; the Khagan was a very powerful warrior with some ability with magic; while Victor may have been his equal, it was imperative that our warriors were fit to fight against Pilus. Longhelim was already unfit for the conflict so that left only Victor. With this in mind, I put a small cell of force around the Khagan. I hoped that he would not have a spell of magical transport left in his repertoire. </p><p> </p><p>I told Felix what I had done and the cleric cackled in glee. Then he asked: </p><p> </p><p>“What’s happening with the others?”</p><p> </p><p>“I don’t know. I can sense that John is waiting for Longhelim to at least show some signs of normalcy. Once that happens, he has a plan although I can’t quite tell what it is……urk”</p><p> </p><p>That last came as I felt a spell come hurtling towards me. Pilus was very unhappy that I had neutralized his main warrior. Unfortunately, I was not nimble enough and found myself encased in a sphere of force. I recognised the spell; it was a nuisance but it did not last very long. Not nearly as long as the prison around Onamdaahmin; however, it would keep me out of the fight against Pilus. </p><p> </p><p>At that moment, I felt I surge of triumph from John and there was a shout: </p><p> </p><p>“Quick, Longhelim, drop your cloak!”</p><p> </p><p>I saw the paladin doing so and I remembered that that cloak, as well as being magically active as a defense, also had several additional powers, one of them being the ability to use magical transport in a limited manner. Moments later, both Victor and Felix were next to Pilus, but held back by yet another wall; or so I thought, until I saw Victor take a swing at the Master of the East Wind, or at a particular position; his sword certainly seemed to be hitting something so he must have had some magic that allowed him to see the biomancer. Then Victor stopped, so I assumed that Pilus must have put another wall to intercede between himself and the warrior. I also saw the barrier of fire flare up as Victor struck, burning the warrior. </p><p> </p><p>At this point, John and Drudge had managed to get to Felix; another wall must have disappeared, the magic expired. A moment later, all three of them disappeared, and this time they appeared above the position where I thought Pilus was. John was flying, hovering to be exact while Drudge was walking on the ceiling, using his magical shoes which allowed him to grip any surface he wished. </p><p> </p><p>Somehow, Pilus managed to insert another magical wall which isolated John and Drudge from Felix and then begun fighting Felix; as Pilus struck the priest, it quickly became obvious that the monk was someone who had trained in the martial arts all his life and even though he was also a sorcerer and biomancer of incredible power, he was also a formidable combatant; almost as if to prove this, he rapidly cast a spell which I had seen him use before. I saw a distinct flash of electricity that accompanied the strike he landed on the priest. Felix began to cast frantically; I recognised the movements and the incantations; and indeed, moments later, a shimmering in the air provided a barrier between Pilus and Felix. Although I could not see them, I knew that there was an impenetrable wall of whirling blades in front of the priest. </p><p> </p><p>Seeing this spell, Pilus turned his attention onto Drudge and John, who were still above him; he cast another of his multi coloured rainbows at them but thankfully, this time, neither of his targets were visible affected. John tried to cast a spell on Pilus which I did not see but it didn’t work and then the sorcerer reached and struck Drudge. The blow was powerful and precise; so much so that the ranger seemed to be out of it momentarily and dropped his bow. I winced; that was not good. Drudge’s most powerful weapon was his bow and without it he was at a huge disadvantage. </p><p> </p><p>The ranger shook his head and immediately tried to slip past Pilus towards his primary weapon; just in case, he was also drawing his spare bow. Unfortunately, Pilus was ready for that and struck out again and hit him resulting in Drudge falling to the ground and losing his spare bow this time. Pilus then turned and cast a spell at John; the same spell he cast at me but John was far more nimble than I and dodged the magic. </p><p> </p><p>John rapidly cast his spell of speed and Drudge now had to draw an arrow and begin trying to stab Pilus with it. At this point, something important happened. Two of the magical walls that defended Pilus from Victor and Longhelim, finally expired; Victor stepped up and performed a flawless maneuver, slicing deeply into Pilus and eliciting a howl of agony that seemed to echo through the ship. </p><p> </p><p>Pilus could not withstand Victor’s power and he slumped to the ground; the ship suddenly listed and began to fall. I could only think of the poor soldiers on deck. John quickly began talking to me mind to mind: </p><p> </p><p>“How do we control this thing? Faden, any ideas? If we crash, it could be very, very bad!”</p><p> </p><p>I was thinking furiously but then I remembered: </p><p> </p><p>“When we first saw him, Pilus said that he had learned from our last meeting. So he had become part of the ship and the ship was part of him; if we killed him, then we killed the ship. There is nothing to control! The ship is dead! Save yourselves if you can!”</p><p> </p><p>“What about you? You’re still in that magical bubble!”</p><p> </p><p>I thought back at him: </p><p> </p><p>“I’ll be fine; in magic parlance, this spell is known as a Resilient Sphere. It’s impervious to almost anything. If we crash, I will be fine! It’s you and the army above I’m worried about.”</p><p> </p><p>His eyes widened: </p><p> </p><p>“Oh gods, the army above! They’ll be crushed!”</p><p> </p><p>The others were talking and I could see them gather up Pilus’s body; probably to stop some enterprising Inquisitor from Ragesia trying to rescue his soul and bind it. As soon as that was done, the others went to the various bodies of the guards and monks to gather any spoils of war; Victor was the odd man out as he flew up to the unicorn that was still enmeshed in the coils of the dying ship and began to cut it out. It struggled feebly but still seemed almost dead; I hoped that the warrior was in time to save the poor creature.</p><p> </p><p>Then John was back: </p><p> </p><p>“Righ! We have a new plan! It is mad but this is a mad situation! First, Drudge is going to have to shoot Longhelim; render him unconscious otherwise the paladin will try to smash anyone who gets near him. We’ve got the get him out of here so we can cure him.”</p><p> </p><p>As he was telling me this, I could see that Drudge had already aimed and shot several arrows at Longhelim who slumped to the ground. Judging by the depth of the arrows and the blood, I hoped that the archer had calculated their power correctly.</p><p> </p><p>“Umm, he looks quite seriously hurt.”</p><p> </p><p>John whipped around and ran to the paladin, checking him anxiously. Then he looked relieved and shouted at the others as he thought at me. </p><p> </p><p>“He’s all right! Drudge got it just right!”</p><p> </p><p>Then he returned to me and said: </p><p> </p><p>“For the next part of the plan, the Living Blade of Innenotdar gives me a very powerful magic to alter reality; but it will extract a very high price: my soul. Nevertheless, I plan to use it and alter reality in such as way as we can transport ourselves and our army above back to Seaquen. This will trigger the Blade’s price but it will also allow it to be returned to Victor, who should have had it all this time anyway. Once it is returned, I am relying on Felix to incant his magic to retrieve my soul.”</p><p> </p><p>I thought about quickly and then just thought: </p><p> </p><p>“You’re a brave man! Let’s go with it!”</p><p> </p><p>The others had obviously already heard the plan as they were waiting on the platform, bracing themselves on the ship which was listing ever more severely. John concentrated on the Living Blade of Innenotdar and a moment later, I found myself in a field with the town of Seaquen in the distance. I was among the others who in turn were in the middle of a large army, all looking befuddled and confused. </p><p> </p><p>“What happened……?”</p><p> </p><p>“I thought I was a goner there…..”</p><p> </p><p>“It’s a miracle…….”</p><p> </p><p>“That giant nearly had me……”</p><p> </p><p>I was paying little attention to these exclamations as I saw John collapse. Victor was right next to him and caught his body. We extricated ourselves from the group and quickly marched to the Lyceum in Seaquen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cafu, post: 6911888, member: 6692807"] I knew of the spell and malady affecting Longhelim and as I was still unseen, I kept well away from the paladin. The magic was going to make him completely unpredictable. I moved up to Felix and Victor, quickly keeping off the ground. Quickly, I tugged at Felix’s robe, just to make sure that he knew I was there. I cast a little spell; very useful to us and very annoying for him. A cloud of glittering motes appeared on most of the platform and suddenly it covered his figure, outlining and negating his unseen magic. It would also stop him from turning invisible in the future until my spell ran out. As he did so, I heard him say a very nasty word. Not magical, just nasty. Suddenly, another wall appeared in front of us. Thankfully, I still had some travelling spells left and I used it only to find that Pilus had somehow managed to conjure yet more magical walls in front of us. These now separated Felix from Victor and I but put the cleric within reach of the Khagan. Thus, I could hear some fast casting from Felix which I hoped was making life uncomfortable for his opponent. The walls were still opaque to me as I had my magical sight in place. Suddenly, yet more walls appeared while others disappeared, presumably the durations had expired. They were in a different configuration this time; suddenly I was next to the Khagan and Pilus, but separated from Victor and Felix; this opportunity could not be missed, despite the danger. I took out my wand and fired off a bolt of lightning at the biomancer; as expected, it bounced straight back at me but thankfully, I was protected against it; however, it did begin to give me an idea of his abilities and defences. Unfortunately, it also made me visible and the Khagan pounced and struck me several times. I realised that I would have to deal with the warrior before I continued my duel with Pilus. Casting rapidly, a powerful lash of lighting erupted from my hands this time and hit the Khagan, causing him to grunt and take a step back; amazingly, he still stood although he did look considerably annoyed. Pilus in the meantime had managed to cast a spell at me which dissolved some of my magic, including the ability to see invisible beings; the good part of that was that the magical walls stopped being opaque and suddenly they became transparent. So, I could see that the others were now looking at the magical walls and having a quick discussion. Drudge and John were still together; Victor and Felix were in a different section of the room and Longhelim was still wondering around on his own, babbling, running and every so often, trying vainly to hit Pilus through the wall. Basically, he was still insane as a result to being hit with the magical rainbow. Suddenly, there was a new development as another of those figures that looked like Pilus grew from the flesh of the ship and cast a spell at Felix, attempting to dissolve his magic. Victor flew forward and sliced the creature several times but not before it was able to cast another of those spells. I could see Felix grimacing, so something must have happened. In the meantime, I had my own problems, as the Khagan sliced his falchion into me again. This was now getting concerning so I cast one of my two most damaging spells against him; as the moisture was sucked from his body, yet again, he staggered, grimaced but still stood. Unbelieving, I looked at him; he had already stood under two of Felix’s fire spells; I assumed that he had defences against the element but he must have been hurt to an extent. Yet, he still stood. He looked at me. Then he hefted his sword and swung again. I tried to duck but he was far too canny a warrior and yet again I felt the weapon biting. Pilus was casting and suddenly he turned invisible again; he must have managed to get rid of the little sparkling motes I put on him. Annoying and I wish I could have done something about it but I had my own problems; again, I had to cast my most powerful damaging spell on Onamdahmin and yet again he still stood there and took it. In turn, he cast a spell in our little space; it seems that not only was he a great warrior, but a spell caster as well. A ball of fire was concentrated in this tiny area and burned – very badly. I could see that he was not affected as he must have been magically warded. Unfortunately, fire was one of the few elements against which I did not have a ward this time. This was getting extremely worrying as I was now very badly wounded; so much so in fact and I had to get out of there otherwise I would probably die. So, casting adroitly, I used my last spell of magical transport and put myself next to Felix. Glancing quickly towards Victor and Felix, I saw that the warrior had dealt with another of the flesh constructs while Drudge and John had managed to approach the real Pilus; one of the magical walls must have finally gone down at the far end of the room. Of course that still left one of the walls next to him so “approach” was a relative term; they were still cut off from him. In the meantime, yet another of the constructs appeared and cast another spell which dissolved more of Felix’s defensive magic. Thankfully, the cleric began to heal me while I started delving into my possessions to find as many healing potions as I had stashed away. I began to drink those as fast as I could. Strangely, I could see that Onamdaahmin was doing exactly the same. I could no longer see Pilus; as I mentioned earlier, Pilus had managed to dissolve the spell I had cast on him to negate his own spell of unseeing. I was still taking an opportunity to drink healing potions while Felix was still healing me. Longhelim was still wondering around aimlessly but I noticed that several of the more recent flesh constructs had appeared in the segment of the room where John and Drudge were segregated; as it happened, it was the same segment as the paladin but thankfully, nothing untoward had happened yet. Suddenly, there was another development as Onamdaahmin, looking much healthier, approached again. I was far more wary of him this time; the Khagan was a very powerful warrior with some ability with magic; while Victor may have been his equal, it was imperative that our warriors were fit to fight against Pilus. Longhelim was already unfit for the conflict so that left only Victor. With this in mind, I put a small cell of force around the Khagan. I hoped that he would not have a spell of magical transport left in his repertoire. I told Felix what I had done and the cleric cackled in glee. Then he asked: “What’s happening with the others?” “I don’t know. I can sense that John is waiting for Longhelim to at least show some signs of normalcy. Once that happens, he has a plan although I can’t quite tell what it is……urk” That last came as I felt a spell come hurtling towards me. Pilus was very unhappy that I had neutralized his main warrior. Unfortunately, I was not nimble enough and found myself encased in a sphere of force. I recognised the spell; it was a nuisance but it did not last very long. Not nearly as long as the prison around Onamdaahmin; however, it would keep me out of the fight against Pilus. At that moment, I felt I surge of triumph from John and there was a shout: “Quick, Longhelim, drop your cloak!” I saw the paladin doing so and I remembered that that cloak, as well as being magically active as a defense, also had several additional powers, one of them being the ability to use magical transport in a limited manner. Moments later, both Victor and Felix were next to Pilus, but held back by yet another wall; or so I thought, until I saw Victor take a swing at the Master of the East Wind, or at a particular position; his sword certainly seemed to be hitting something so he must have had some magic that allowed him to see the biomancer. Then Victor stopped, so I assumed that Pilus must have put another wall to intercede between himself and the warrior. I also saw the barrier of fire flare up as Victor struck, burning the warrior. At this point, John and Drudge had managed to get to Felix; another wall must have disappeared, the magic expired. A moment later, all three of them disappeared, and this time they appeared above the position where I thought Pilus was. John was flying, hovering to be exact while Drudge was walking on the ceiling, using his magical shoes which allowed him to grip any surface he wished. Somehow, Pilus managed to insert another magical wall which isolated John and Drudge from Felix and then begun fighting Felix; as Pilus struck the priest, it quickly became obvious that the monk was someone who had trained in the martial arts all his life and even though he was also a sorcerer and biomancer of incredible power, he was also a formidable combatant; almost as if to prove this, he rapidly cast a spell which I had seen him use before. I saw a distinct flash of electricity that accompanied the strike he landed on the priest. Felix began to cast frantically; I recognised the movements and the incantations; and indeed, moments later, a shimmering in the air provided a barrier between Pilus and Felix. Although I could not see them, I knew that there was an impenetrable wall of whirling blades in front of the priest. Seeing this spell, Pilus turned his attention onto Drudge and John, who were still above him; he cast another of his multi coloured rainbows at them but thankfully, this time, neither of his targets were visible affected. John tried to cast a spell on Pilus which I did not see but it didn’t work and then the sorcerer reached and struck Drudge. The blow was powerful and precise; so much so that the ranger seemed to be out of it momentarily and dropped his bow. I winced; that was not good. Drudge’s most powerful weapon was his bow and without it he was at a huge disadvantage. The ranger shook his head and immediately tried to slip past Pilus towards his primary weapon; just in case, he was also drawing his spare bow. Unfortunately, Pilus was ready for that and struck out again and hit him resulting in Drudge falling to the ground and losing his spare bow this time. Pilus then turned and cast a spell at John; the same spell he cast at me but John was far more nimble than I and dodged the magic. John rapidly cast his spell of speed and Drudge now had to draw an arrow and begin trying to stab Pilus with it. At this point, something important happened. Two of the magical walls that defended Pilus from Victor and Longhelim, finally expired; Victor stepped up and performed a flawless maneuver, slicing deeply into Pilus and eliciting a howl of agony that seemed to echo through the ship. Pilus could not withstand Victor’s power and he slumped to the ground; the ship suddenly listed and began to fall. I could only think of the poor soldiers on deck. John quickly began talking to me mind to mind: “How do we control this thing? Faden, any ideas? If we crash, it could be very, very bad!” I was thinking furiously but then I remembered: “When we first saw him, Pilus said that he had learned from our last meeting. So he had become part of the ship and the ship was part of him; if we killed him, then we killed the ship. There is nothing to control! The ship is dead! Save yourselves if you can!” “What about you? You’re still in that magical bubble!” I thought back at him: “I’ll be fine; in magic parlance, this spell is known as a Resilient Sphere. It’s impervious to almost anything. If we crash, I will be fine! It’s you and the army above I’m worried about.” His eyes widened: “Oh gods, the army above! They’ll be crushed!” The others were talking and I could see them gather up Pilus’s body; probably to stop some enterprising Inquisitor from Ragesia trying to rescue his soul and bind it. As soon as that was done, the others went to the various bodies of the guards and monks to gather any spoils of war; Victor was the odd man out as he flew up to the unicorn that was still enmeshed in the coils of the dying ship and began to cut it out. It struggled feebly but still seemed almost dead; I hoped that the warrior was in time to save the poor creature. Then John was back: “Righ! We have a new plan! It is mad but this is a mad situation! First, Drudge is going to have to shoot Longhelim; render him unconscious otherwise the paladin will try to smash anyone who gets near him. We’ve got the get him out of here so we can cure him.” As he was telling me this, I could see that Drudge had already aimed and shot several arrows at Longhelim who slumped to the ground. Judging by the depth of the arrows and the blood, I hoped that the archer had calculated their power correctly. “Umm, he looks quite seriously hurt.” John whipped around and ran to the paladin, checking him anxiously. Then he looked relieved and shouted at the others as he thought at me. “He’s all right! Drudge got it just right!” Then he returned to me and said: “For the next part of the plan, the Living Blade of Innenotdar gives me a very powerful magic to alter reality; but it will extract a very high price: my soul. Nevertheless, I plan to use it and alter reality in such as way as we can transport ourselves and our army above back to Seaquen. This will trigger the Blade’s price but it will also allow it to be returned to Victor, who should have had it all this time anyway. Once it is returned, I am relying on Felix to incant his magic to retrieve my soul.” I thought about quickly and then just thought: “You’re a brave man! Let’s go with it!” The others had obviously already heard the plan as they were waiting on the platform, bracing themselves on the ship which was listing ever more severely. John concentrated on the Living Blade of Innenotdar and a moment later, I found myself in a field with the town of Seaquen in the distance. I was among the others who in turn were in the middle of a large army, all looking befuddled and confused. “What happened……?” “I thought I was a goner there…..” “It’s a miracle…….” “That giant nearly had me……” I was paying little attention to these exclamations as I saw John collapse. Victor was right next to him and caught his body. We extricated ourselves from the group and quickly marched to the Lyceum in Seaquen. [/QUOTE]
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