Ever Dream Deity Roleplay(Always Open)

[Tonguez]

"Back to the point of this meeting.. And I think Othar's appearance here and comments shows that my fears may become true."

Jemal turned then to Traume "You see, Father, I did NOT subvert that angel.. It was something in this Universe itself. .... None of them have SOULS!"

"It is my theory that Eventually there will be nothing left but Soulless beings and Gods, and when that happens..."
Jemal left the thought hanging, looking curiously at Othar.

Traume listens in silence to the words of before Othar and Jemal, his demeanour softening towards Jemal as a wayward son, and also it would some another of his many progeny the Timemaster Othar. The revelations of Othar confirming the impending oblivion and this warning brought by Jemal weigh heavy upon the God of Death for beyond the Glistening Path is the shadow and beyond shadow the brilliant clarity of the eternal void. Traume has looked upon it many times and wondered as to the true nature of existence which both Jemal, Othar and even Xavax now bring a lens forwhich to examine.

But before such consideration can even began the posturing of the godlings begins as each makes claim to its own invunerability and supposed eternity. He is about to speak when Shara enters and calls attention back to the formation of a council.

"Thank you Good Matriarch" Traume acknowledges her "yes it seems that we have grave need to meet in council with your gracious mediation to curb our excesses and I welcome that intercession.

My brethren" Traume turns to the godlings his gaze lingering for a while upon the faces of Jemal, Othar and Jo'Karr - the three to which he is most directly linked as Sire - "we have each heard the warnings presented before us and though we may not wish to acknowledge their veracity there is no wisdom in discounting them without investigation.

We must ponder each claim and find a collective solution not merely trust in our own capacity. Only in this manner will the Worlds of Life flourish and we guarantee our own divinity.

Remember the Humans and the Aelves and other mortals are my own progeny given form by the hands of others, my interest is that of any good father."


ooc btw great theory Jemal, its a great premise to build a story upon especially in light of the direction that Othar has introduced.

[sblock]And guys I think we should take this as a plot development and run with it not discount it as a flawed theory. Of course it maybe that you guys are just posturing in character and that we are running with it and I'm worrying for nothing - if so cool[/sblock]

 

[Albedo]

While the Gods have their meeting in the realm of death, Albedo decides he must do more to stop Jo'karr's angels. While Jo'karr is away, Albedo mounts an assault on Jo'karr's forge, using his skills in magic to gain entry. Standing in the forge, surrounded by Angels and ready to do battle, Albedo calls out to his foes, "Is there a representative who will talk with me, or should the slaughter begin?"

 

[periculum]

Tocho then speaks, rather out of character for such a conflict oriented god: "Perhaps we could take a page from the lord of flame and magic and create some kind of binding document, the laws of nature if you will, infused with the power of a multitude of deities and thus unbreakable by any deity acting alone. The first amendment could settle the issue about involvement upon the mortal plane. personally i do not enjoy the idea of banishment from that realm of existence, but I would be willing to agree to limit my presence there. I propose we make ourselves unable to manifest the entirety of our divine being on that plane, therefore we would have to make do through avatars and followers. Our powers would still hold true for that realm, we just couldnt go there ourselves.
I also propose a Free Will Clause, thereby granting mortals a level of independence from the gods. Deities would no longer be able to directly control the actions of mortals, nor force a path to be taken by a mortal. Though deities could still make suggestions or place obstacles for mortals, they can not force a course of action. For example, I give a divine edict to a mortal, that mortal will have the ability, though maybe not the heart, to refuse my edict. I may then make life unbearably harsh upon the mortal for refusing to do as I bid, but I can not force him to change his mind and everything I place before the mortal has to have several ways of being approached/overcome by the mortal, not just the way I want."

As the other deities stare at this uncharacteristic move by the god of beasts, he actually agreeing to relinquish some of his power, he scowls and wrinkles his muzzle in a snarl. "Just thinking out loud."

OOC: neither of these articles would really impact gameplay in a big way, only if someone clearly oversteps themselves. But they will provide nice storyline and a reason for balance.

IC: Meanwhile, a lycanthrope discovers the king of Anlan is actually a vampire, risen to power despite the rites of the glittering path being as commonly practiced here as in other human settlements. The lycanthrope reveals the kings identity and attempts assassination, which fails in the death of the werewolf. News of the vampire king ignites a civil war, but is quickly put down since most of the military brass already new of their undead master. Thus an empire born in fire and steel turns cold as the grave.

 

[Endovior]

Endovior shakes his head at Jemal's distress.

"Actually, soulless beings are rather common in all other universes. Only Mortals have souls, it seems."

Endovior openly laughs at Othar's prediction of his death. After a moment, he stops.

"Now I know you're lying. I was once mortal, I am not the embodiment of a concept; therefore, I cannot fail from it's absence. I know this from experience. I have outlived 27 universes so far. The fall of this one will not mean my death, it will merely mean number 28. Furthermore..."

Xavax abruptly dissapears, and Endovior's flames shift through a rainbow of colors for a moment.

"Fool. Damned fool! Your tampering with reality is causing a ripple effect."

Endovior dissapears.

-Elsewhere-

With a sound like the ringing of a huge bell, Endovior's old palace reappears; but it is not a school of mages, as before. Instead, it is linked to Forges throughout the planes.
Air: Mindforge
Fire: Soulforge
Earth: Lifeforge
Water: Fateforge
Chaos: Antiforge
Evil: Darkforge
Good: Lightforge
Law: Ruleforge
Astral: Nullforge
Shadow: Shadowforge
Magic: Spellforge

Xavax and Endovior appear together in Endovior's Palace (although whether it still deserve the name is questionable).

Endovior speaks first, "Clearly, history has changed. As this place was critical to the last godwar, the realm distortion must have brought it back when that war failed to occur... although I do have vague memories of such NOT occuring in the way I remember more clearly... this change in reality makes things complicated."

Xavax smiles, "Indeed. But more then that has changed. Note the Forges. All of them are present, and I am a part of them all."

"But you forget the limitation of such: as all are present AND linked, the power of them is weakened: you can only regulate the flow."

"Alas, it is true. But it must be done, and I suppose it falls upon me to do it."

"As you will. I cede this construct to you, then. I must be getting back... that meeting is probably important."

Xavax nods, "Do what you must. For my part, I will be busy regulating the universe."

And so, it is done. All beings and powers are regulated through the Palace, renamed Nexus. Though this sounds like a great deal of power, it really is not: any imbalance threatens the entire system, and would ruin Nexus and the Forges first, so all things must be done fairly and equally. Of necessity, Xavax becomes a Power of absolute neutrality.

Meanwhile, Endovior returns.

"That was quite foolish, Othar. I can vaguely remember going to a great deal of effort to stop your foolishness from destroying the continuity of existence, so don't try that again. I don't think the fabric of reality can take another rewrite."

 

[magic_gathering2001]

"As they say in the end ignorance is bliss. You will all believe what you want about the end but that doesn't make you right."

OOC: you can't create a spellforge on the plane of magic because that would cause the spellforge to try to absorb the entire plane thus disrupting the plane and destroying itself in the effort. how do you type spoilers?

IC: to Endovior "You would think that it would allow one-hundred jumps or something nice but noooo it allows fity two and one half so i get three more

 

[Tonguez]

ooc [sblock]spoilers[sblock] don't forget the /

 

[periculum]

[sblock]just trying it out[/sblock]

 

[Jochannan]

Jo'Karr speaks:

"Excuse me."

 

[Jochannan]

Jo'Karr appears before Albedo, bearing a great chain in one hand, and a great warhammer in the other.

"You call me a coward? You who would not face me until I was with your master and the others at the council? Your impudence is staggering. Fine, you shall have your battle. ALEXANDRA!!!"

Ranks of angels part and the most beautiful creature that Albedo had ever laid eyes on steps forth, her very presence moving the millions around her. She walks casually up to Jo'Karr, glancing about as though she might be there by accident. He kisses her gently upon the cheek, and Albedo feels a new hatred for Jo'Karr.

"Alexandra, my greatest archangel, this is the one who murdered your breatheren in cold blood. This is the one who insults me and expects I will not smite him. This is the one who used my own divine bow to create the first demon. But he is mortal, and as such, I cannot simply kill him. This is a mortal affair, and as greatest amongst the mortals, what do you want to do with him?"

Alexandra glances at her opponent, but her gaze is without malace or hatred.

"I will humble him, it is the worst thing I can do to him, and he has earned it."

The statement is almost as a sentence of death, Albedo feels as though he might flee. Alexandra sings a long, clear note of the magic music invented by the aelves, for she was the one who gave the inspiration to the music's creator. But this music is greater, her voice brings the ranks of angels to their knees. Albedo finds himself kneeling before her, and he finds he can only stare at her and listen. He doesn't struggle or care when the Bow of Jo'Karr is taken from him. He doesn't flinch when the divine chain of Jo'Karr binds him and he is dragged away by the god to the council. Only when he can no longer hear the music does he struggle. He writhes and fights and tries to cast a spell, but cannot.

"I once killed a titan then destroyed a sphere of annihilation within minutes of each other, I can hold you if I please, mortal."

Albedo stops struggling and only feels the heartbreak from the bitter silence.

"I understand now, I understand you, Jo'Karr. I'm sorry."

"I know."

Jo'Karr and his captive reapear in the council.

"Sorry about that... but my attention was... required. I feared the retribution of certain members of this council would harm many innocents should he be killed, after all, who wants to see all their hard work destroyed? When we are done with the present matters, I request a vote on what should be done with him... so that it is fair according to all. For my part, I will accept this council's wisdom on the matter."

 

[Albedo]

OOC: Ok, Jochannan is dreadfully confused. Albedo was not on the mortal plane as of my last post. This means that an army of one million mortal men would have had to have been at Jo'karrs forge. I'll ignore this indescetion for now, and just say he has done what he came to do at the frorge and left. I would also point out that Jo'karr hasn't been reading my other posts very carefully either.

post #199 by Albedo:

"These Two also have a very unusual trait. You will notice that aside from gazing upon them with your own eyes, you cannot detect them. They are undetectable to Gods, and immune to most affects that Gods use. This is strange because they can be sensed and affected by mortal magic and actions. They are very unusaul beings indeed."

IC: Albedo dissapears and re-appears outside of his chains. He turns to the shocked Jo'karr and laughs. "You fool. I am un-affected by Godly magic. You should have had one of your mortal stooges bind me. And you actually think I am making decisions for one of my species. I am not HUMAN Jo'karr. I am something more. And I think now is the time to prove it." With that, A huge explosion rips through Jo'karrs forge, killing most of the Angels within it. The huge aftermath of Albedo's undetected spell leaves Jo'karrs forge in ruin. Albedo turns to Endovior, "That book you sent turned out to be very useful afterall, God of Magic. I give my thanks. Now as for you Jo'karr, my crusade against your angels is finished, as there isn't really enough of them to manipulate the mortals the way you want anymore. Well.... there are, but they will have to get past the fiends first. I have, through your forge, opened a gateway to hell, and as we speak, many fiends created by your OWN bow are pouring through to wreak havok on your little meddlers. As for the mortal world, I make no effort to control mortals. You seem to be rather paraniod about that. My job is to make sure that YOU are not contolling all the mortals. If you insist on getting revenge on me, I will wait for you in Malkavia, but you will not find us an easy target, even for your little "Million Man army" of brain controlled fools you wield like a toy. Do noyt underestimate me Jo'karr. I am just as much of a foe as Failure, and you needed Jemal to help you win that fight." With that, Albedo leaves the plane of death and returns to his city, waiting for Jo'karr to make the next move.