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<blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 4509668" data-attributes="member: 34958"><p>As Varrel listens to Dartis words he begins to visibly shake as the nobleman's words of faith shatter what remains of his own. <span style="color: red">"I am no longer sure what to believe, humans. But I do know that when the Avariel had a similar crisis one of their number declared 'Let there be the Metamorphisis!' And now I will use the power of the crystal and the remnants of my own spirit. To save my people... let there be... the Sundering!"</span> Tears appear in the Council Voice's eyes as the crystal glows increasingly brighter, starts to hum, and then show cracks along its surface. You close your eyes and throw your hands up as the intensity of the light and humming peaks at an intense crescendo. In your blindness and deafness you feel yourself rocked by an explosion and small shards make small abrasions against your exposed flesh, though do little damage to all present except Silas who has a shard bury itself into his right hand and embed past the skin and into his bone (<span style="color: red">-2 hps to Silas</span>. The entrance wound seals itself from the heat of the shard, and as your vision returns, you see shards covering the floor sputter with glowing light briefly before fading away completely.</p><p></p><p>The Magi elves of the Council rise as if awakened from a dream. Celeste confronts Dartis, who explains everything that happened after she was knocked out. She in turn informs her fellow Magi of what occured and she also finds out that the crystal was using their strength to further the Voice's attempts at magical defense. Dartis explains that they will need to hurry in order to stop the fighting. <span style="color: white"><strong>"I agree. We will tell our forces to stand down if you can convince your allies to do the same. We will agree to hand over the cure, but if they are going to agree to a peace you will have to convince them that without the crystal we no longer have the capability to wage magical genocide."</strong></span></p><p></p><p>It's not an easy endeavor, but the <em>Shield of Kings</em> makes it possible. The leaders amongst the Dorinthians and the Imperials agree to a cease fire because of their trust in Dartis and Silas and their reluctance to lose a significant portion of the humanity's remnants. The dwarves and gnomes do not agree, but are forced to acquiesce as they lack the forces to push ahead on their own.</p><p></p><p>The elves allow for the allied leaders to see the destroyed crystal along with the recorded cure. As the army sits outside for a night the simple herbs are gathered up and tested on the sickest of men. By the morning the men are on the road of recovery, and the armies satisfied after prodding by Dartis and Silas. Also, it helps that the elves seem somewhat different then before. It's hard to pinpoint, but their appearances and mannerisms seem to be slightly more cosmopolitan, with elves that look and behave alike grouping together. It's a strange and unnerving sight and makes the soldiers realize that they are on alien turf and that they want to return home. The final agreement is that the elves will send a delegation with supplies of the cure to Tallione and New Dorinth in order to undo their damage that much faster. Also, a small force of gnomes have agreed to be neutral observers to the peace. They have a vested interest in doing so as it seems their leader, Phly, has disappeared and this will enable them to continue to search for him.</p><p></p><p>Dartis and Silas confront Commander Sassarius about relinquishing control of old Dorinthian territory, a demand that he laughs aloud at. <span style="color: lightskyblue">"You want us to discuss terms on who controls the land between New Dorinth and Tallione? No human nation does, my friend! No human nation can! Our numbers are ruined and depleted and now we must look to our cities as if they are once more simply city-states in a sea of chaos. Go home, Dartis and help heal your people and I will do the same. If my people flourish we will reclaim our old lands, then maybe old Dorinthia. If your people flourish, do the same. But for right now it's a no man's land and the gods help us what might occur there without our attention and control. I will do you one favor, however. I will declare the wars with Dorinthia over. The area the people inhabit is different now, the faith in their gods diminished, and the culture changed. I think I will call your people Kalnians from here on."</span> With a smirk he walks off, leaving both Dartis and Silas alone in the night.</p><p></p><p>Before the two can talk with one another they hear a dark voice from beneath the shadow of a nearby set of fallen, decaying trees. Dartis recognizes the voice... Banbosel watches the pair of heroes while in the form of a muscular, red-skinned gnoll with fiery eyes. <span style="color: darkred">"He is right. You may have won this little battle and admittedly given myself and my master a set back, but you have not won the war. Your land is demolished and the age of humanity has finally been set to its twilight. Those that share allegiance to me will claim the territory as their own in a few human generations. We will have our own empire in between your weakened civilizations, and then I will lead the races to the final conquest. You will have been long dead, and your descendants slaughtered after a time of false hope. Leave the cure behind, Dartis and Silas. Let humanity go quietly to extinction and save your people the future horror. If I did not think the end was inevitable I would not take the side I am on... I have been around a long, long time and know that in the end the chaos will consume all of us."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deuce Traveler, post: 4509668, member: 34958"] As Varrel listens to Dartis words he begins to visibly shake as the nobleman's words of faith shatter what remains of his own. [color=red]"I am no longer sure what to believe, humans. But I do know that when the Avariel had a similar crisis one of their number declared 'Let there be the Metamorphisis!' And now I will use the power of the crystal and the remnants of my own spirit. To save my people... let there be... the Sundering!"[/color] Tears appear in the Council Voice's eyes as the crystal glows increasingly brighter, starts to hum, and then show cracks along its surface. You close your eyes and throw your hands up as the intensity of the light and humming peaks at an intense crescendo. In your blindness and deafness you feel yourself rocked by an explosion and small shards make small abrasions against your exposed flesh, though do little damage to all present except Silas who has a shard bury itself into his right hand and embed past the skin and into his bone ([color=red]-2 hps to Silas[/color]. The entrance wound seals itself from the heat of the shard, and as your vision returns, you see shards covering the floor sputter with glowing light briefly before fading away completely. The Magi elves of the Council rise as if awakened from a dream. Celeste confronts Dartis, who explains everything that happened after she was knocked out. She in turn informs her fellow Magi of what occured and she also finds out that the crystal was using their strength to further the Voice's attempts at magical defense. Dartis explains that they will need to hurry in order to stop the fighting. [color=white][b]"I agree. We will tell our forces to stand down if you can convince your allies to do the same. We will agree to hand over the cure, but if they are going to agree to a peace you will have to convince them that without the crystal we no longer have the capability to wage magical genocide."[/b][/color][b][/b] It's not an easy endeavor, but the [i]Shield of Kings[/i] makes it possible. The leaders amongst the Dorinthians and the Imperials agree to a cease fire because of their trust in Dartis and Silas and their reluctance to lose a significant portion of the humanity's remnants. The dwarves and gnomes do not agree, but are forced to acquiesce as they lack the forces to push ahead on their own. The elves allow for the allied leaders to see the destroyed crystal along with the recorded cure. As the army sits outside for a night the simple herbs are gathered up and tested on the sickest of men. By the morning the men are on the road of recovery, and the armies satisfied after prodding by Dartis and Silas. Also, it helps that the elves seem somewhat different then before. It's hard to pinpoint, but their appearances and mannerisms seem to be slightly more cosmopolitan, with elves that look and behave alike grouping together. It's a strange and unnerving sight and makes the soldiers realize that they are on alien turf and that they want to return home. The final agreement is that the elves will send a delegation with supplies of the cure to Tallione and New Dorinth in order to undo their damage that much faster. Also, a small force of gnomes have agreed to be neutral observers to the peace. They have a vested interest in doing so as it seems their leader, Phly, has disappeared and this will enable them to continue to search for him. Dartis and Silas confront Commander Sassarius about relinquishing control of old Dorinthian territory, a demand that he laughs aloud at. [color=lightskyblue]"You want us to discuss terms on who controls the land between New Dorinth and Tallione? No human nation does, my friend! No human nation can! Our numbers are ruined and depleted and now we must look to our cities as if they are once more simply city-states in a sea of chaos. Go home, Dartis and help heal your people and I will do the same. If my people flourish we will reclaim our old lands, then maybe old Dorinthia. If your people flourish, do the same. But for right now it's a no man's land and the gods help us what might occur there without our attention and control. I will do you one favor, however. I will declare the wars with Dorinthia over. The area the people inhabit is different now, the faith in their gods diminished, and the culture changed. I think I will call your people Kalnians from here on."[/color] With a smirk he walks off, leaving both Dartis and Silas alone in the night. Before the two can talk with one another they hear a dark voice from beneath the shadow of a nearby set of fallen, decaying trees. Dartis recognizes the voice... Banbosel watches the pair of heroes while in the form of a muscular, red-skinned gnoll with fiery eyes. [color=darkred]"He is right. You may have won this little battle and admittedly given myself and my master a set back, but you have not won the war. Your land is demolished and the age of humanity has finally been set to its twilight. Those that share allegiance to me will claim the territory as their own in a few human generations. We will have our own empire in between your weakened civilizations, and then I will lead the races to the final conquest. You will have been long dead, and your descendants slaughtered after a time of false hope. Leave the cure behind, Dartis and Silas. Let humanity go quietly to extinction and save your people the future horror. If I did not think the end was inevitable I would not take the side I am on... I have been around a long, long time and know that in the end the chaos will consume all of us."[/color] [/QUOTE]
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