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<blockquote data-quote="Delemental" data-source="post: 4457246" data-attributes="member: 5203"><p>A quick survey of the room revealed that the door was warded by a pair of glyphs, one set to kill whoever opened it, the other set to affect everyone else in the room. The insubstantial wall opposite it hid a small corner, with another hole leading upward. It took Osborn only a few minutes to counteract the glyphs, and once it was safe to open the door revealed another chamber that was filled with all manner of crystals, books, scrolls, and other psionic implements.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Some sort of lab,</span> Kyle guessed.</p><p></p><p> Some of the books and scrolls were unloaded into Autumn’s portable hole, and then the party went through the ethereal wall and up to the next room. It led to another small, square chamber, with another hazy wall in front of them and a shimmering portal to their right.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">I think this leads back to the material world,</span> Tolly said, examining the portal.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Then should we use it, or continue on?</span> Autumn asked.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Well, let’s at least see what’s on the other side of this wall,</span> Kyle said. He stuck his head through the wall, but moments later he cried out and staggered back, blood streaming from two deep gashes in his head. Yuri reached out with the end of her spear and quickly pushed the wizard back, even as Osborn, Autumn, and Arrie leapt through the wall to confront Kyle’s assailants. They were faced by a pair of half-giants wielding massive glaives. Autumn and Osborn paired up against one, while Arrie attacked the second with her spiked chain, followed closely by Tolly, who had converted his soulsteel into a long spear to compensate for the long reach of the glaives.</p><p></p><p> Arrie’s chain whipped out and left a long gash on the half-giant’s midsection. Roaring in pair, the guard brought his glaive around in an arc that connected with the whirling weapon, snapping it cleanly in two. The other guard made a similar attempt with Autumn’s falchion, but the sentinel parried the blow, and then with a backhand sweep decapitated the half-giant. The other guard, who was surprised to learn that breaking Arrie’s weapon had done little to deter her attack, swept aside the pair of short chains flailing at him and bolted for a door on the far wall, with the rest of the Legacy in pursuit. Kyle, having been healed by Lajila, stepped through and launched a <em>fireball </em>at the fleeing giant, even as the weapons of the rest of the party landed devastating blows. Only through the use of his own psionic power was the half-giant able to remain on his feet and make it to another door. Just as he pulled the door open, Tolly’s spear struck him in the back, and then a volley of <em>magic missiles</em> from Kyle sent him to his death.</p><p></p><p> Tolly peered into the chamber beyond where the guard had fallen. In the far corner stood a massive construct made entirely of red crystal, which was beginning to stir. He could see that there was nothing else in the room that would warrant a battle with the construct, so Tolly pulled the door closed, leaving the body of the guard inside with the crystal golem.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">You sure that door will hold?</span> Yuri asked after Tolly relayed what he had seen to the others. They could hear the golem pounding against the door behind them.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">It doesn’t matter,</span> he replied. <span style="color: Blue">The golem is too large to fit through the doorway.</span></p><p></p><p> They found another hole in the ceiling in the room where the guards had been stationed, but unlike the others, a strange, greenish glow emanated faintly from above.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">I think we should check that out,</span> suggested Arrie.</p><p></p><p> One by one, they floated up to the next level. Unlike the rest of the tower, the chamber they entered was a huge, roughly triangular chamber with arched ceilings twenty feet high. The room was decorated from floor to ceiling with gilded statues, bas reliefs, and tapestries that looked like they had been looted from every major temple in Aelfenn, but all the décor depicted icons and symbols revering psionics. Stained-glass panels near the ceiling depicted Silko’s rise to power in the pre-Cataclysm days, including the vanquishing of a blank-faced deific figure that could only be the Consort, and another depicting Silko triumphant over the other gods of their world.</p><p></p><p> At the apex of the chamber, a large crystal throne sat atop a raised platform. A figure sat in the throne, eyes closed. His hair was jet black, and his features youthful. He was dressed in exquisite robes of fine silk and gold thread. At the base of the platform knelt two robed and hooded figures, one male and one female, facing each other. Hovering above the throne was a single massive green crystal, triangular in shape, which glowed brightly.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Someone thinks highly of themselves,</span> Osborn commented.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Heresy, </span>Tolly growled.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">How can there be heresy if there are no gods?</span> said a calm voice, intruding into the Legacy’s telepathic conversation. The voice clearly belonged to the figure on the throne.</p><p></p><p> The Legacy slowly began moving into the chamber, spreading out from the hole they had arrived from. “There are still gods, you realize,” Tolly said aloud.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">For now.</span></p><p></p><p> "So, who do we have the honor of addressing?" Yuri asked.</p><p></p><p> They all heard a mental sigh. <span style="color: Green">A shame that after all this time we’ve pursued each other, you wouldn’t know me when we met.</span></p><p></p><p> “Kristyan, I presume,” Kyle said.</p><p></p><p> The figure on the throne nodded his head.</p><p></p><p> Arrie stepped forward. “Where are they, Kristyan? You know who I’m talking about.”</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">You will be able to see them soon,</span> Kristyan told her. <span style="color: Green">Now, as I was saying, how can there be heresy when the gods no longer exist?</span></p><p></p><p> “You define the concept too narrowly,” Tolly said. “Your actions are an abomination to all life, and to the principles embodied by the gods, regardless of their physical forms.”</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">My actions are necessary to free us all,</span> Kristyan replied. <span style="color: Green">And once I have drained Silko’s power, I will be able to reshape the world as it should be.</span></p><p></p><p> “How?” Kyle asked.</p><p></p><p> Kristyan smiled. <span style="color: Green">I will bring Aelfenn <em>here</em>.</span></p><p></p><p> “You will destroy Aelfenn in the attempt, and you will be left with nothing!” Tolly shouted. “You are like a child playing with his father’s sword, who doesn’t realize that his play brings death!”</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">You have no understanding of what I am doing,</span> Kristyan said. <span style="color: Green">You mortals need to grow up. You have lived under the yoke of the gods for too long, and they will not allow you to mature and move beyond them. Instead, like poor parents, they would keep you under their wing for eternity.</span></p><p></p><p> “So instead, you offer us servitude under you?” Arrie asked. “Doesn’t sound like much of a trade.”</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">I do not demand blind obedience, only respect,</span> Kristyan said. <span style="color: Green">Though at first I will have to take a firm, guiding hand in leading the sentient races to a new age, I will be a far better parent that Erito and her ilk ever were. I will allow you to grow and choose as you will.</span></p><p></p><p> “Until that choice no longer includes seeing you as the supreme being,” Arrie muttered. </p><p> </p><p> Kristyan regarded the Legacy for a few moments. <span style="color: Green">I suppose that I should be a courteous host and offer you the chance to join my cause. What would convince you to work for me?</span></p><p></p><p> “What are you offering?” Yuri asked.</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">Anything you desire.</span> Images suddenly filled Yuri’s mind, showing her every one of her wants and desires fulfilled, no matter how extreme, or decadent. She even saw a vision of herself as the ruler of her own world.</p><p></p><p> Yuri thought back at Kristyan. <span style="color: Blue">I want my world back the way it was before, with the gods restored.</span></p><p></p><p> Kristyan smiled sadly at her. <span style="color: Green">That I will not do. I would be remiss were I to deny you the opportunity for growth you desperately need.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">Then see? You really aren’t willing to give me anything I want.</span></p><p></p><p> Arrie stepped forward again. “This debate is pointless. You won’t convince us that your side is right, and we can’t convince you that what you’re doing is going to destroy reality. I think this is the time when we start trying to kill each other.”</p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Green">I suppose it is,</span> Kristyan said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Delemental, post: 4457246, member: 5203"] A quick survey of the room revealed that the door was warded by a pair of glyphs, one set to kill whoever opened it, the other set to affect everyone else in the room. The insubstantial wall opposite it hid a small corner, with another hole leading upward. It took Osborn only a few minutes to counteract the glyphs, and once it was safe to open the door revealed another chamber that was filled with all manner of crystals, books, scrolls, and other psionic implements. [color=Blue]Some sort of lab,[/color] Kyle guessed. Some of the books and scrolls were unloaded into Autumn’s portable hole, and then the party went through the ethereal wall and up to the next room. It led to another small, square chamber, with another hazy wall in front of them and a shimmering portal to their right. [color=Blue]I think this leads back to the material world,[/color] Tolly said, examining the portal. [color=Blue]Then should we use it, or continue on?[/color] Autumn asked. [color=Blue]Well, let’s at least see what’s on the other side of this wall,[/color] Kyle said. He stuck his head through the wall, but moments later he cried out and staggered back, blood streaming from two deep gashes in his head. Yuri reached out with the end of her spear and quickly pushed the wizard back, even as Osborn, Autumn, and Arrie leapt through the wall to confront Kyle’s assailants. They were faced by a pair of half-giants wielding massive glaives. Autumn and Osborn paired up against one, while Arrie attacked the second with her spiked chain, followed closely by Tolly, who had converted his soulsteel into a long spear to compensate for the long reach of the glaives. Arrie’s chain whipped out and left a long gash on the half-giant’s midsection. Roaring in pair, the guard brought his glaive around in an arc that connected with the whirling weapon, snapping it cleanly in two. The other guard made a similar attempt with Autumn’s falchion, but the sentinel parried the blow, and then with a backhand sweep decapitated the half-giant. The other guard, who was surprised to learn that breaking Arrie’s weapon had done little to deter her attack, swept aside the pair of short chains flailing at him and bolted for a door on the far wall, with the rest of the Legacy in pursuit. Kyle, having been healed by Lajila, stepped through and launched a [i]fireball [/i]at the fleeing giant, even as the weapons of the rest of the party landed devastating blows. Only through the use of his own psionic power was the half-giant able to remain on his feet and make it to another door. Just as he pulled the door open, Tolly’s spear struck him in the back, and then a volley of [i]magic missiles[/i] from Kyle sent him to his death. Tolly peered into the chamber beyond where the guard had fallen. In the far corner stood a massive construct made entirely of red crystal, which was beginning to stir. He could see that there was nothing else in the room that would warrant a battle with the construct, so Tolly pulled the door closed, leaving the body of the guard inside with the crystal golem. [color=Blue]You sure that door will hold?[/color] Yuri asked after Tolly relayed what he had seen to the others. They could hear the golem pounding against the door behind them. [color=Blue]It doesn’t matter,[/color] he replied. [color=Blue]The golem is too large to fit through the doorway.[/color] They found another hole in the ceiling in the room where the guards had been stationed, but unlike the others, a strange, greenish glow emanated faintly from above. [color=Blue]I think we should check that out,[/color] suggested Arrie. One by one, they floated up to the next level. Unlike the rest of the tower, the chamber they entered was a huge, roughly triangular chamber with arched ceilings twenty feet high. The room was decorated from floor to ceiling with gilded statues, bas reliefs, and tapestries that looked like they had been looted from every major temple in Aelfenn, but all the décor depicted icons and symbols revering psionics. Stained-glass panels near the ceiling depicted Silko’s rise to power in the pre-Cataclysm days, including the vanquishing of a blank-faced deific figure that could only be the Consort, and another depicting Silko triumphant over the other gods of their world. At the apex of the chamber, a large crystal throne sat atop a raised platform. A figure sat in the throne, eyes closed. His hair was jet black, and his features youthful. He was dressed in exquisite robes of fine silk and gold thread. At the base of the platform knelt two robed and hooded figures, one male and one female, facing each other. Hovering above the throne was a single massive green crystal, triangular in shape, which glowed brightly. [color=Blue]Someone thinks highly of themselves,[/color] Osborn commented. [color=Blue]Heresy, [/color]Tolly growled. [color=Green]How can there be heresy if there are no gods?[/color] said a calm voice, intruding into the Legacy’s telepathic conversation. The voice clearly belonged to the figure on the throne. The Legacy slowly began moving into the chamber, spreading out from the hole they had arrived from. “There are still gods, you realize,” Tolly said aloud. [color=Green]For now.[/color] "So, who do we have the honor of addressing?" Yuri asked. They all heard a mental sigh. [color=Green]A shame that after all this time we’ve pursued each other, you wouldn’t know me when we met.[/color] “Kristyan, I presume,” Kyle said. The figure on the throne nodded his head. Arrie stepped forward. “Where are they, Kristyan? You know who I’m talking about.” [color=Green]You will be able to see them soon,[/color] Kristyan told her. [color=Green]Now, as I was saying, how can there be heresy when the gods no longer exist?[/color] “You define the concept too narrowly,” Tolly said. “Your actions are an abomination to all life, and to the principles embodied by the gods, regardless of their physical forms.” [color=Green]My actions are necessary to free us all,[/color] Kristyan replied. [color=Green]And once I have drained Silko’s power, I will be able to reshape the world as it should be.[/color] “How?” Kyle asked. Kristyan smiled. [color=Green]I will bring Aelfenn [i]here[/i].[/color] “You will destroy Aelfenn in the attempt, and you will be left with nothing!” Tolly shouted. “You are like a child playing with his father’s sword, who doesn’t realize that his play brings death!” [color=Green]You have no understanding of what I am doing,[/color] Kristyan said. [color=Green]You mortals need to grow up. You have lived under the yoke of the gods for too long, and they will not allow you to mature and move beyond them. Instead, like poor parents, they would keep you under their wing for eternity.[/color] “So instead, you offer us servitude under you?” Arrie asked. “Doesn’t sound like much of a trade.” [color=Green]I do not demand blind obedience, only respect,[/color] Kristyan said. [color=Green]Though at first I will have to take a firm, guiding hand in leading the sentient races to a new age, I will be a far better parent that Erito and her ilk ever were. I will allow you to grow and choose as you will.[/color] “Until that choice no longer includes seeing you as the supreme being,” Arrie muttered. Kristyan regarded the Legacy for a few moments. [color=Green]I suppose that I should be a courteous host and offer you the chance to join my cause. What would convince you to work for me?[/color] “What are you offering?” Yuri asked. [color=Green]Anything you desire.[/color] Images suddenly filled Yuri’s mind, showing her every one of her wants and desires fulfilled, no matter how extreme, or decadent. She even saw a vision of herself as the ruler of her own world. Yuri thought back at Kristyan. [color=Blue]I want my world back the way it was before, with the gods restored.[/color] Kristyan smiled sadly at her. [color=Green]That I will not do. I would be remiss were I to deny you the opportunity for growth you desperately need.[/color] [color=Blue]Then see? You really aren’t willing to give me anything I want.[/color] Arrie stepped forward again. “This debate is pointless. You won’t convince us that your side is right, and we can’t convince you that what you’re doing is going to destroy reality. I think this is the time when we start trying to kill each other.” [color=Green]I suppose it is,[/color] Kristyan said. [/QUOTE]
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