Posted by Anabstercorian
Then it shall be thus!
Anabstercorian points to the now fading afterimage of the magical sending, as if to indicate the destruction that was just wrought.
<< That is what we will do! We will cleanse Oerth, we will cleanse it indeed. We will reduce its past to chaff and ashes, turns its present in to a madness undescribable, and remake its future in to something glorious and amazing, and ours. >>
<< I will lead your army. We will remake the world in our image. We will shatter Oerth beyond recognition. >>
<< I promise you this! One hundred years hence, there will be no elves on all of Oerth! There will be nothing but the drow and the Illithid! Over time, as the drow learn the wisdom of my path, there will only be the Illithid, but the Drow will not miss their past, and Lloth will grow stronger, and never be forgotten. The Queen of the Demonweb Pits will exist forever alongside Ilsensine, my brethren and my allies! It will be difficult, it will be strenuous, and it will require great skill and wit, but we will crush Oerth - We will crush it utterly. And we'll have a damn good time doing it! >>
He raises his staff, nothing but wood, and ululates loudly. The other warriors of the Illithid and Drow raise their weapons and scream with him, a sound like hundreds of innocents being murdered...
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So be it.
An enormous cheer, a roar that would rival a jet fighter at full throttle, erupts from the countless millions in the Army of Darkness.
The symbols of Ilsensine and Lolth are brandished, and a million swords are swept from scabbards.
FOR ANABSTERCORIAN
FOR LOLTH.
FOR ILSENSINE.
DEATH TO THE OERTHIANS!!!
And now you, Anabstercorian, are their leader.
The Army of Darkness has a player, and that player is Anabstercorian.
4,000 PL strong is the Army of Darkness.
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The Angels gather, and speak to Alzem
'We have decided ...'
'We have chosen ...'
'The end does not justify the means ...'
'To consort with Malys the Red Marauder we will not do ...'
'To ally with the Dragon Overlords we will not do ...'
'Malys has killed tens of thousands of innocents ...'
'Khellendrous metamorphoses innocents into hideous monsters ...'
'Darkness is in the hearts of the Dragon Overlords, and you ally with them ...'
'We shall protect Hope Isle, Toril'
'We shall protect Hope Isle, Oerth'
'We shall protect Realmspace from the Elder Ones'
'We shall protect Realmspace from the Red Death'
Then a single Angel speaks softly:
'We will aid the innocent of Oerth, should they call to us.
Those who schemed, those who plotted, who brought ill knowingly on themselves and others, on those who are bent on conquest and murder, we will not help'
'We will help the innocent.'
'Their hearts will call to us, and we will come.'
In other words, the Angels will not help, unless their help is actually requested in a Post to this board.
Then, whether they will help depends on who is requesting their help, and why.
The Angels are no longer under Alzem's control - he has released them.
Although this was excellent roleplaying on Alzem's part, it is very unfortunate for some of you in the IR - it just took 4,000 PL in Angelic strength away from you that you could not afford to lose right now.