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<blockquote data-quote="Hrothgar" data-source="post: 3899481" data-attributes="member: 22226"><p>Kaela and Valurel:</p><p>[sblock]Aislinn screams and thrashes feebly at Valurel's words. <span style="color: DarkOrange">No! Nooooo! My body is rotting! My mind is slipping...I cannot fight these desires any more! Kill me! End my suffering! There never was any Hope! Please!</span> The little, scared girl returns, her words only a whimper now, calm. <span style="color: DarkOrange">Please...Kaela, Valurel. I love all of my friends, more true than my own people who would betray me to Shadow. But...do not let me suffer because you are afraid to be parted from me...we will all meet again. Please, end this now?</span> The Widowmaker scans Kaela's and Valurel's faces. He turns to see the undead horror emerge from above the black pool. Thune crouches with a snarl, his obsidian blades in his hands. With a growl he turns to Kaela, <span style="color: DarkOrange">I know little, witch, other than what she claims. A goddess, yes, but shattered in spirit with the fall of my dark god. Her poison has already spread to the girl...and now both of you two. That is a dark mirror, </span>Thune motions to the pool of inky darkness, <span style="color: DarkOrange">raised under dark skies eons ago with bloody Elven sacrifices. Ancient and forgotten. Yet, </span>he looks at Kaela and Valurel, <span style="color: DarkOrange">this one does not only drink magic. Instead, life. She has usurped it. Destroy it - and sever her connection to this dark forest. In doing so, destroy Aislinn...and yourself.</span> In Kaela's pocket, the green stone begins to grow warm.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Unsure, Herger strides forward, he blade held high. With a roar his axe crashes into the undead, rotting woman...only to have his massive bulk thrown backward. <span style="color: Magenta">Why do you attack me, Newborn? I mean you no harm! I have slept, but felt your pain...my nightmares. And now I return to help, and this is how you treat me? </span>With a crack, a stone slams into the undead creature's head. <span style="color: Magenta">Stop! </span>The decayed, weakened voice is replaced with one of power. Herger and Mardo feel their limbs no longer under their control momentarily, both forced backward a few feet from the battle. On the ground, the Wolf latches onto Starhl and drags him back away from the undead thing. His cries to have Aislinn removed from the area seem to go unheeded. The undead thing almost seems to grow in size, a towering figure, or a trick of the eye? <span style="color: Magenta">I do not wish to fight! Help me remember who I was!</span></p><p></p><p>Then, Lodric is there, a bucket of water reflecting the green light, shaking beneath the towering creature. <span style="color: Magenta">Newborn! Receive me bles- </span>A hideous shriek rends the air as the undead thing's reflection meets her vision. <span style="color: Magenta">What have I become? </span>Now, truly at last does she realize that no longer is it important who she was, but what she has become. She falls to her knees. <span style="color: Magenta">What have I become? I am dead...I have poisoned the land! </span>She raises her hands to the heavens, wailing. <span style="color: Magenta">Take me back to the Celestial fields of green and gold! Help me! </span>Her shriek shatters stone and leaves ears bleeding. Sobbing, her eyes rise to meet the Heroes. <span style="color: Magenta">Izrador...I sense his corruption in you! It was he who did this to me! I will start to exact my vengeance on you! I will strip to flesh from your bones!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hrothgar, post: 3899481, member: 22226"] Kaela and Valurel: [sblock]Aislinn screams and thrashes feebly at Valurel's words. [COLOR=DarkOrange]No! Nooooo! My body is rotting! My mind is slipping...I cannot fight these desires any more! Kill me! End my suffering! There never was any Hope! Please![/COLOR] The little, scared girl returns, her words only a whimper now, calm. [COLOR=DarkOrange]Please...Kaela, Valurel. I love all of my friends, more true than my own people who would betray me to Shadow. But...do not let me suffer because you are afraid to be parted from me...we will all meet again. Please, end this now?[/COLOR] The Widowmaker scans Kaela's and Valurel's faces. He turns to see the undead horror emerge from above the black pool. Thune crouches with a snarl, his obsidian blades in his hands. With a growl he turns to Kaela, [COLOR=DarkOrange]I know little, witch, other than what she claims. A goddess, yes, but shattered in spirit with the fall of my dark god. Her poison has already spread to the girl...and now both of you two. That is a dark mirror, [/COLOR]Thune motions to the pool of inky darkness, [COLOR=DarkOrange]raised under dark skies eons ago with bloody Elven sacrifices. Ancient and forgotten. Yet, [/COLOR]he looks at Kaela and Valurel, [COLOR=DarkOrange]this one does not only drink magic. Instead, life. She has usurped it. Destroy it - and sever her connection to this dark forest. In doing so, destroy Aislinn...and yourself.[/COLOR] In Kaela's pocket, the green stone begins to grow warm.[/sblock] Unsure, Herger strides forward, he blade held high. With a roar his axe crashes into the undead, rotting woman...only to have his massive bulk thrown backward. [COLOR=Magenta]Why do you attack me, Newborn? I mean you no harm! I have slept, but felt your pain...my nightmares. And now I return to help, and this is how you treat me? [/COLOR]With a crack, a stone slams into the undead creature's head. [COLOR=Magenta]Stop! [/COLOR]The decayed, weakened voice is replaced with one of power. Herger and Mardo feel their limbs no longer under their control momentarily, both forced backward a few feet from the battle. On the ground, the Wolf latches onto Starhl and drags him back away from the undead thing. His cries to have Aislinn removed from the area seem to go unheeded. The undead thing almost seems to grow in size, a towering figure, or a trick of the eye? [COLOR=Magenta]I do not wish to fight! Help me remember who I was![/COLOR] Then, Lodric is there, a bucket of water reflecting the green light, shaking beneath the towering creature. [COLOR=Magenta]Newborn! Receive me bles- [/COLOR]A hideous shriek rends the air as the undead thing's reflection meets her vision. [COLOR=Magenta]What have I become? [/COLOR]Now, truly at last does she realize that no longer is it important who she was, but what she has become. She falls to her knees. [COLOR=Magenta]What have I become? I am dead...I have poisoned the land! [/COLOR]She raises her hands to the heavens, wailing. [COLOR=Magenta]Take me back to the Celestial fields of green and gold! Help me! [/COLOR]Her shriek shatters stone and leaves ears bleeding. Sobbing, her eyes rise to meet the Heroes. [COLOR=Magenta]Izrador...I sense his corruption in you! It was he who did this to me! I will start to exact my vengeance on you! I will strip to flesh from your bones![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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