Paths of Legend - Tragedy at Silvergard

[Yttermayn]

"Norali... Do you think it's tuned to Estelle? I wonder what would happen if we held it close to her..." Aohdan mused out loud.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Norali shakes her head, "The stone is attuned to the viewer, not the viewed. Whoever holds the stone is the one who can be scryed upon. The one doing the scrying...I think that's what the black veins represent. The viewer is not who it is supposed to be."

 

[shadowmask]

Corath tips her head far to the right. Now that her companions have calmed, she places herself more firmly between Alaric and the zombies in the quarry.

"Destroy it. If it is being used by one who is no friend to us...destroy it." Her voice is cold and matter-of-fact.

 

[Arkhandus]

"Aye, just smash it already. It's likely no good to us, an' could be dangerous. I doubt there's anything positive to come from keepin' it around." Alaric comments. "And let's go. No good sittin' around here with zombies afoot while we hem an' haw about what t' do."

 

[Helfdan]

Valen

Valen nods at Corath and Alaric. "That is what I meant. Let us destroy it, and leave this place. I have some more questions, but they are best asked when that stone is no more."

 

[Yttermayn]

With Noralis answer, Aohdan needed no further prompting and he smashed the stone onto another ordinary stone before his companions could even finish voicing their suggested actions.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

OOC: Please wait until Wednesday's update before moving past the stone smashing...big badaboom in store there.

 

[Amaury]

"Thank you Norali.. this was most interesting.. Would our employers mistrust us? And why or how has it been 'corrupted'?? The mistery deepens..

As to destroying it, I don't know.. It doesn't look a good idea to me.. It could explode in our faces.."

Johen checks in the mine for the workers making sure they are still at a safe distance.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Turning Point​

As Aohdan slams the silvery, black veined rock against the ground...

Aohdan

The voice in his mind echoes almost painfully, "Well done...but beware. You have been noticed. Forces will align against you. Be ready."

Estelle

A horrific scream rips through her mind. As the world fades from view and her consciousness slips, the voice whispers, "I will find you again...my daughter."

Corath

A wave of black energy issues forth from the stone. As it washes over Corath, a curious sensation tingles across her body. For the briefest of moments, the illusion of flesh that she cloaks herself in becomes real. She feels the breeze across her face, the taste of dust on her tongue, the warmth of the sun on her skin...and the smell of the dead. And then the sensations are gone.

William

A wave of black energy issues forth from the stone. The sensation of inescable evil washes over William. An evil beyond his comprehension. And a sense of urgency...William cannot shake the feeling that that evil is coming...soon.

Muzdum

As the black energy erupts from the stone, Muzdum is suddenly back in the capital. His brother is handing him his pack, clasping his hand, saying "farewell." Muzdum can feel the stone like a dead weight in his pack...and he sees the stone's black veins snaking their way across his brother's face, filling his eyes with the same black energy that issues forth from the shattered stone. Then the vision passes.

Johen

The black energy is coyingly familiar somehow...Johen knows it, has felt it before, although he didn't know it at the time. It is the same energy that issued forth ever so briefly from the dagger that killed his mentor.

Alaric

The black energy is familiar to Alaric as well. He had seen Entan, his mentor, attempt to harness such energy...once. It was the only time he'd ever seen Entan visibly shaken by something. It was something beyond mere Necromancy...it was the power of pure evil, undiluted by consciousness or intent.

Valen

For a moment it seems that everyone around him is lost, as if the black energy had robbed them of their senses. Valen alone remains aware of his surroundings. He sees Estelle fall to the ground, unconscious. He sees the zombies in the quarry and the undead horses dragging the wagons suddenly collapse. The massive stone wagons teeter on the edge of the quarry, their momentum carrying them forward, toppling downward. The stone blocks rumble to the bottom, crushing the now truly dead workers, as well as the scaffolding. A great cloud of dust and dirt rises into the air from the quarry. And he sees Norali, her eyes unfocused, her small form shaking, her mouth forming words but no sound issuing forth. And he sees her hair literally go white.

Aftermath

The black energy passes. As everyone comes back to their senses, they see Estelle, lying unconscious on the ground and the stone, now so much silvery dust. A great cloud of dust and dirt swirls about from the quarry. Norali, her hair now white, is sitting on the ground rocking back and forth, crying.

OOC: Everyone gets 900 experience points. See the OOC thread for level-up procedures.

 

[Helfdan]

Valen

The ranger feels at Estelle's neck for a pulse, and gently trie to wake her. "Johen, please check on Norali."