[IC] Ever Dream, The Worlds of Life (Closed)

[Tonguez]

His attack, unprovoked and unanounced, took the realm of Traume off gaurd. And with a deity leading the charge, countless souls were captured in the first few moments of battle and a beachhead established.

ooc and as quickly as I posted everything changed!!!

[sblock]From its place hovering above the Soulforge the Nightwing screeched in pain and alarm as it felt the anguish of the souls now captured by Tocarus and immediately it left and returned to Traume.

When it arrived it saw the disorder the the invasion had caused the Glistening path was in disarray with souls unattended as the Watchers turned their attention to defense of the realm.

Traume stood forth his form vast in its extent both tall and wide, for he dominated his realm and Traume called the MAd god Tocarus to come before him and worlds shook for the fury in his words

"Mad God you dare defile the Place which I have made! This is not your place and you shall not remain. Submit and leave now or you shall know the finality of what I am"


The Nightwing did not pause to witness this, its task was also clear and it summoned from amongst the ranks of the dead the greatest of mortal heroes - Kyto stood forth in resplendent glory his army blazing, the Cleric Huil was there still filled with fervour and praise for his god, and Taemyrin the Bard, the Aelf who had first revealed the magic of song to mortal hearts also stood amongst the dead, his song would bolster the assembled masses and bring comfort. With them were lesser known heroes like the Elder Treant Karvalho whose fame was amongst the children of Moss alone, the Dragon Queimado and the hag Sabia who had been amongst the Fey

The Watchers of the Third company stood there also. In the Worlds of Mortals they appeared as mere shadows at the edge of vision but here and today they had taken on more solid form tall and gaunt they were with eyes of liquid silver.

The Nightwings own forces, the Watchers of the Fourth Company though, they were still dispersed to their many tasks. Some attending to Kerion and others at the Soulforge and some yet stood before the gates of hell as yet unaware that Tocarus was no longer there.

The Nightwing put the call forth to them all, some would choose to stay at the Soulforge their duty to defend it with the angels but all others accepted and were bound to return. Kerion would not come, but he placed the Tienkou into the hands of his brother Sojobo and revealed to him its secret.

"All gods everywhere know this" Traume sent his beacon call "the mad god Tocarus who was once Tocho has invaded the Place of Traume and threatens the sanctity and peace of the dead. I beseech you to send what reinforcements you can spare"

A messenger was also sent to the greatest of Titans to Jo'Karr and Tensok, Albedo and Alyssa asking for their aid also "The Place of Traume has been defiled" his messenger called to the greatet of Titans "the souls of the dead cry out in terror at the coming of Tocarus. We have need of you - the glistening path is unattended and the souls shall be condemn to wander"

In the village of Brule three miles south of Ilen, a scream was heard, for a man dead for three days had opened his eyes and risen up before his mourning family - his soul had nowhere else to go...[/sblock]

New tactics
From its place hovering above the Soulforge the Nightwing screeched in pain and alarm as it felt the anguish of the souls now captured by Tocarus and immediately it left and returned to Traume.

When it arrived it saw the disorder the the invasion had caused, the Glistening path was in disarray with souls unattended as the Watchers turned their attention to defense of the realm.

Traume stood forth his form vast in its extent both tall and wide, for he dominated his realm and Traume called the MAd god Tocarus to come before him and worlds shook for the fury in his words

"Mad God you dare defile the Place which I have made! This is not your place and you shall not hold those who seek peace in my realm. Submit and return what you have stolen or you shall know the finality of what I am"


The Nightwing did not pause to witness this, its task was also clear and it summoned from amongst the ranks of the dead the greatest of mortal heroes - Kyto stood forth in resplendent glory his army blazing, the Cleric Huil was there still filled with fervour and praise for his god, and Taemyrin the Bard, the Aelf who had first revealed the magic of song to mortal hearts also stood amongst the dead, his song would bolster the assembled masses and bring comfort. With them were lesser known heroes like the Elder Treant Karvalho whose fame was amongst the children of Moss alone, the Dragon Queimado and the hag Sabia who had been amongst the Fey

The Watchers of the Third company stood there also. In the Worlds of Mortals they appeared as mere shadows at the edge of vision but here and today they had taken on more solid form tall and gaunt they were with eyes of liquid silver. They would have he responsibility of rebuilding what Tocarus had destroyed and for restoring order

The Nightwings own forces, the Watchers of the Fourth Company though, they were still dispersed to their many tasks. Some attending to Kerion and others at the Soulforge and some stood before the gates of hell eafer to enter there.

The Nightwing put the call forth to them all, some would choose to stay at the Soulforge their duty to defend it with the angels but all others accepted and were bound to return. Kerion would not come, but he placed the Tienkou into the hands of his brother Sojobo and revealed to him its secret.

A messenger was also sent to the greatest of Titans to Jo'Karr and Tensok, Albedo and Alyssa asking for their aid also "The Place of Traume has been defiled" his messenger called to the greatet of Titans "the souls of the dead cry out in terror at the deed of Tocarus. We have need of you - for Traume marches into the pit of Hell to restore that which has been stolen"

In the village of Brule three miles south of Ilen, a scream was heard, for a man dead for three days had opened his eyes and risen up before his mourning family - his soul had nowhere else to go.

 

[Jochannan]

"It was a trick question... we are titans, free agents in the universe, we serve noone but our own agendas and loyalties. But since you sought me out, and offered your aid, I propose thus. Come with me to Zyhreus, that you and I may properly arm ourselves from the Forge for an assault. We will go out and DO SOMETHING about this defilement of Traume's place. Will you help me fight, great hunter?"

 

[Jochannan]

Alexandra began to grow bored. She worked a bit of divine power about the SoulForge so that only a true god who wanted to protect the SoulForge could even find it. The Efreeti armies dispersed, beleiving their goal had dissapeared right in front of their eyes. Alexandra then left a sort of beacon that would alert her if the SoulForge ever came under any real threat again. She and her archangels returned to Zyhreus, to live in peace for as long as possible.

When they returned to the Forge of Alexandra (formerly of Jo'Karr), they found that the two Titans had already come and gone. Tensok and Jo'Karr took some weapons from the armory, and from the sarcophagus, and left for the Glistenning Path.

OOC: Just so we're clear, the defense of the SoulForge is an absolute act of divinity, no mortal, immortal, or titan can breach it. Period. Not even Albedo... just so we're clear.

 

[periculum]

The sliver of the glittering path stolen, and his armies withdrawn, Tocarus grins defiantly at the god of death and takes his leave. He weaves the sliver into the fabric of the abyss itself, making any attempt at extraction a long and difficult one. He then locked up his plane, preventing portals from leading directly into the realm, and set blockades at the two entrances into the abyss, one at Katryra and one at Hel, setting the bulk of his defenses between the Abyss and Hel, believing few could make their way through Katryra to him (though the demon citidel on Katryra still stands to bar entry into the Abyss should any try). His raid successful and his forces locked up tight, Tocarus renews his games upon fresh victims.
Later, the deities Shara, Traume, Alexandra, and U-Do receive some anonymous "gifts". Upon opening of these gifts they horrifyingly discover various mutilated body parts. Traume receives the head of Alyssa, who was captured by a roving demon band. Her passing was neither quick nor painless. (forget if she had a soul or not, if so it is now trapped within the Abyss).

As Tensok and Jo'karr make their way towards the defense of the glittering path, they encounter the agents of Tocarus around near every turn. Most of the titans who heard his proclomation had found more important matters to attend to than hunting down a former god, so the foes they did face were little match, but nonetheless, the constant onslaught hindered their progress and weakened the pair terribly.

 

[Jochannan]

A great demon, sixteen feet tall with long claws and protruding fangs stood at a massacre site in the Glistening Path. He was eating some freshly killed meat in a pot. What that meat was, would have been difficult to acertain... A stone struck him on the temple. His armored skin rendered that a harmless blow, but the strike angered him greatly. He began posturing and threatening, bellowing feircely. A second stone struck him. He saw two figures vaguely outlined in the thick surrounding, blood colored mist. The figures vanished, the demon charged their last position, but he made it no more than a few feet before the two figures simultaneously landed a kick on the demon's shoulders from the air. The demon fell hard, shoulders broken. The figures jumped away again. The demon cursed in the foulest tongue it knew.

Within a half hour of interrogation, the demon's head adorned a broken spear stuck in the ground, and the two titans made their way to Traume. They had much blood on them, most of it demon's blood.

"This place has gone to hell Traume, did you fire your cleaning service since the last time I visited?"

 

[Albedo]

OOC: lol periculum, you missed one fact. Alyssa, like Albedo, is not in any way dependant on her physical form. This means that even if demons captured her, all she would do is leave her body and reform like her brother aslready did once before. Also, I would like to point out that from now on, since Albedo cast his spell, all armies that travel to other realms must FIRST go through the plane of war. There is no more instant transportation, so people can defend their realms from there if they want to. Or Kerion could step in if the circumstances warrant it. So stop instantly transporting armies in the future k?

Alyssa a few days later returns to the realm of the dead and rejoins with her teacher. As for the Abyss, a new visiter shows up, one who has not shown himself in some time. U-DO steps into the plane and looked around. He spotted the sliver of Traume's realm and moved towards it. Gathering the energy flowing around the sliver, he reformed the whole thing into a ball that captured the spirits within it instead of releasing them into the Abyss. He looks around, and finds he is surrounded by demons, but all he does is smile. "Things have gotten a little out of hand. I am here to fix this." He snaps his fingers and a portal opens up before the demons, and drops the entirety of the spellforge, plus its entire angel escort, into the Abyss. "Go ahead, and fight for the power to destroy or save the universe." U-DO then entered the portal to Endovior's realm where he confronted Xavax. "As a nuetral being in nature, creation of the orb, you seem to have some trouble bringing your will to reality. Remember that the Spellforge is a part of you and its up to you to control it. And so I brought you something to assist you." U-DO presents Xavax the orb that was the piece of the plane of death. "Use this, and consume the access energy these souls waste on their way to the afterlife. It is no use to them, but can make you strong enough to easily command the Spellforge. No matter where it is or who possesses it, you are its controller now."

OOC: yes, I know I transported the army, but I used a piece of Traume's realm, a portal in its own right, to do it.

 

[Jochannan]

OOC: DUDE!! The angels went back to Shara's Heaven! They weren't there! The rest of that post is fine though, since you ULTIMATELY were trying to protect the SoulForge, there was no contest between your intentions and what Alexandra did to it.

 

[Albedo]

OOC: My bad, I missed your last post. But either way, the Spellforge is now in the Abyss with the demons, so whether or not the Angels think of this as a bad thing is up to you.

 

[Suicidal Llama]

And so Umbryn Enters the universe recognizing Othar on site, then slowly sinks into the shadows of the universe and plans hiis next move.

 

[FreeXenon]

@ Prime II

Malkavian Diplomacy
Tarmina was greeted by the Malkavian diplomat by Princess Quaeress, a noble, gentle and open creature of the courts. The guards that escourted her were rather uneasy in the precence of the Humans and did not knw what to expect in the coming interaction with their hated enemies of millenia.

Princess Quaeress, greets Tarmina and follows normal protocols like she had been doing it all of her life, if she were a human she would have been doing it for several hundred Human lifetimes. She speakes on behalf of the Aelven Nation of Shaeress, and for Queen Chaerys, our Soverign. She happily accepts what aid the humans offer and proposes their aid in exchange for Aelven technologies and trade.

Civil War and Children
Word spreads, as does the presence of Human aid in Aelven lands which creates a great schism amongst the ffolk. Great riots break out and small civil wars ensue with the one word on the revoltee's lips "Humans!!!" Two distinct factions grow those that are pro-Human/pro-Crown and those that are not. Over many years Aelves that are pro-Crown gather in the continent of the capital of the Aelven peoples. Those that are anti-human move to the other continent either through magic or by physcially traveling there.

Marriage
Princess Quaeress falls in love with and eventually marries a very, very high ranking human of the Malkavian Aristocracy (Albedo?? ) and the marriage helps to heal some of the wounds of war and hatred. The result of that union is a son "Albaedi, the Half-Alven. A great man of great dedication, physical prowess, and skill that spends his life dedicated to healing the relations of Humans and Aelves.

Assassination
Late in the night Aelves, with dark thoughts and dark deeds on their minds stealthily work their way through the darkness and shadows under the moon to their royal target. Their work is done and they leave silently and without a trace. In the morning the queen is found dead and the Empire is in chaos. The Crowned Prince Rhaether is found missing and turns up as the new king of the new Country of Strausa in the second continent. Both countries mourn for the loss of thier beloved Queen, and the Princess Quaeress comes back home to govern her people and Prince Albaedi continues his role as Human-Aelven diplomat.

Relations are strained greatly as accusations that Prince Raether arranged for the death of his mother to end the pro-Human movements. He has always spoken against the evils of Humans and their ways. War is looming and both leaders are hesitant to bring their peoples to shed their kin's blood, and follow in the footsteps of their mortal kin, the Humans.

Shara, The Light Bringer (Light, Life, and Wisdom)