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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 835145" data-attributes="member: 1210">Tale of the New Gods"Yeah, if it wasn't for me there wouldn't even be a Boccob, or a Zelman," Lester says.He, Angelfire, Orbius, Sybele and Thrush have gone out for a night on the town and are partying it up.  He's bragging about his old adventures (as usual).  Sybele is trying to forget about her missing daughter for the night.  "Well, my old buddies- Malford, Hobbes, Thimbleton, Dexter- heck, there were a bunch of us- had to go back in time because of Fuligin.  He was this totally crazy, totally evil guy that singlehandedly took over Dorhaus and ravaged it with hordes of demons and devils and stuff.  It was ugly.  We couldn't stop him; we had to go to Darkhold to go back in time to get some stuff to bind his master."  He pauses to take a long gulp from his stein.  "Man, I hope we don't have to fight the Master of Darkhold.  He's the one that helped us go back in time... I guess to another previous universe.  He's got this weird metal, called Darkhold metal, that's all black and totally nasty.  It's totally indestructable, and if you try to smack it, the force is reflected back or something.  Anyway, you shouldn't do it.  That's how the Master of Darkhold held Fuligin imprisoned for billions of years."  He scratches at his beard.  "So how'd he get loose?" Angelfire asks, more than a little tipsy.  He orders another round for our fast-drinking heroes, though Orbius is still on his first and politely declines another."Oh, uh, I pulled a lever.  But it was an accident!  And besides, we killed him later, after we returned.  He was a gibbering idiot by then; the loss of his master pretty much did his mind in.""Who was his master?" Sybele pipes in."Some immense overgod thing called Tharizdun that ate the previous universe.  Anyhow, that's where Boccob and those guys came from.  They're from that universe.""Wow," says Angelfire, "so how many of these gods did you bring with you?  And why?""It wasn't really on purpose, but that's okay."  He leans back, thinking.  "I'm not exactly sure how many came with us, for sure.  There's Boccob, of course, and Zelman.  And there's Garnet- she's the goddess of twins or something like that.  Let's see, and Tade, Carella, Coila, Froth... hm, that's all I know of.""Froth?""Oh, man, he's sick.  He's the god of necrophilia, cowardice, rape and perversion.""That's disgusting!" Sybele interjects drunkenly."No kidding!  But get this- I guess he used to be a mortal elf!  Well, he's never done anything bad to me, but I wouldn't want him around my corpse, that's for sure."  Lester finishes his beer and orders another round for the group.  "Froth's the one who taught me to do this."  He extends his forefinger and a small flame springs from it.  "Just enough to light up a pipe.  Hail Froth!" he yells drunkenly, and the party laughs and whoops along with him.  They get rowdy; Angelfire exposes himself and Lester spanks him, calling him a bad boy.  Sybele and Thrush make out, eventually heading upstairs hand in hand.  Orbius just watches, alert for danger.Sheva, meanwhile, casts her sending to Zelman.  Sheva, priestess of Coila, begs an audience with you concerning Darkhold and a missing person.  I only want to confer, let's meet, your choice.  She waits for a response- and a moment later it comes.  I will consider it if you tell me where you were born.Puzzled, Sheva casts a second sending.  I was born on Tirchond, in Aris.  I am the High Priestess of the church in the Shining City.Again there is a response.  Perhaps I will contact you.Well, it's better than nothing, thinks the red-haired Coilite. Next Time: Zelman contacts Sheva!  Meeting two gods!  Sybele gets a surprise!  And a very important commune!</blockquote>

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