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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 4980885" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Session 25, Part 2</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Suniel stood at the very top of the Spire, overlooking the moaning horde of the dead that still pressed endlessly against the Span Wall. The corpse ramp here was taller now, almost three-quarters of the way up, the dead awkwardly slipping an falling over the bodies of the others only to be picked off by the Crystal Towers defenders – but it seemed there was no end to the walking dead, still stretching across the Span as far as Suniel could see.</p><p></p><p> Suniel raised the Lightning Stone to the sky and focused on the key he'd discovered to unleashing the immense elemental energies contained within. A rippling boom passed through the clouds overhead and Suniel felt as though raw lightning was flowing through his skin. The subtle rush that normally accompanied channeling and control magic wasn't at all subtle with the artifact in his upraised hand, it was like he <em>was</em> the lightning.</p><p> </p><p>With a huge grin and gesture he called down the untamed wrath of the skies, laughing with pure glee.</p><p></p><p> ***</p><p></p><p> “You finally done using that thing?” Kormak said, standing up and glancing at the setting sun as the crack and flash of thunder and lightning roared in the background. “You've been blasting apart zombies for hours.”</p><p></p><p> “Its powers, though tremendous, are not unlimited,” Suniel said, turning to Bail and Kormak. The elf's eyes were wide and his face flushed.</p><p></p><p> “Jeez, can I use that thing next time?” Kormak said. “You stood there for five hours and yet you look like... like...”</p><p></p><p> “He looks like he just laid an egg,” Bail said, glancing down at the swath Suniel had blasted through the dead.</p><p></p><p> “Laying an egg makes you look like that?” Kormak said. “I would think it would be uncomfortable.”</p><p></p><p> “The dragons I've seen lay eggs seemed to enjoy it,” Bail said. “Looks like you killed thousands of them Suniel. Maybe tens of thousands. That last wicked storm you summoned is killing more as we speak.”</p><p></p><p> “Did you lay an egg while you were using that thing?” Kormak said, leaning back and forth and tugging at the back of Suniel's robe.</p><p></p><p> “It might have destroyed thousands, but there's millions more,” Suniel said, pulling his robe out of Kormak's hands.</p><p></p><p> They stood and watched as the wrath of the lightning storm Suniel has summoned faded with the last light of the day.</p><p></p><p> “What did I miss?” Harold said, walking up beside them, his clothing rumpled from what had to have been many hours of hard riding to get to the Span Wall.</p><p></p><p> “Suniel killed a bunch of them dead - well, more dead - with lightning,” Kormak said, pointing down the the sea of shambling corpses below them.</p><p></p><p> Harold glanced down.</p><p></p><p> “It's hard to tell exactly where he killed them since new ones have already come in to replace them, but I swear, he hit this one that must have been a cow and pieces of it flew easily a hundred feet high.”</p><p></p><p> “So it didn't stop them,” Harold said, his voice falling. “I thought that thing was supposed to be powerful.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak rolled his eyes.</p><p></p><p> “Believe me, it is powerful. Here it might help slightly, but this battle is too large even for an artifact of this power,” Suniel said. “I think for us to have any hope, we have to do as Velea said, find the other Stones and bring them to the henges. Who knows, maybe the Crystal Towers defenses-”</p><p></p><p>“I have a plan that might save the Crystal Towers,” Harold said. “It is underway as we speak. I just hope they can complete before the Wall is overrun."</p><p> </p><p>Just then, there was some commotion from inside the Spire. Harold jogged over to investigate, returning a few minutes later with a grim expression. “They say a couple miles from here, the corpse ramp has reached the top of the Wall. Worse, one of Thessalock's abominations guards it and slays anyone who tries to approach. If it isn't destroyed, the whole Span Wall could be overrun by tomorrow.”</p><p> </p><p>“Sounds like it's a good time for us to leave to me. Anyone else?” Kormak said, ignoring Harold's baleful glare.</p><p> </p><p>Suniel raised his hands to calm Harold. “Of course we will see if we can help - though afterward, we should depart to gather more of the Stones before we become trapped here.”</p><p></p><p> Kormak didn't think Harold heard anything beyond “we can help”, but he'd let Suniel and Bail worry about it.</p><p> </p><p>Kormak cracked his knuckles. “I have a hankering to kill something terrible. Let's do it.”</p><p></p><p> A minute later they were literally flying across the ground at the base of the Span Wall atop Suniel's carriage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 4980885, member: 60965"] Session 25, Part 2 Suniel stood at the very top of the Spire, overlooking the moaning horde of the dead that still pressed endlessly against the Span Wall. The corpse ramp here was taller now, almost three-quarters of the way up, the dead awkwardly slipping an falling over the bodies of the others only to be picked off by the Crystal Towers defenders – but it seemed there was no end to the walking dead, still stretching across the Span as far as Suniel could see. Suniel raised the Lightning Stone to the sky and focused on the key he'd discovered to unleashing the immense elemental energies contained within. A rippling boom passed through the clouds overhead and Suniel felt as though raw lightning was flowing through his skin. The subtle rush that normally accompanied channeling and control magic wasn't at all subtle with the artifact in his upraised hand, it was like he [I]was[/I] the lightning. With a huge grin and gesture he called down the untamed wrath of the skies, laughing with pure glee. *** “You finally done using that thing?” Kormak said, standing up and glancing at the setting sun as the crack and flash of thunder and lightning roared in the background. “You've been blasting apart zombies for hours.” “Its powers, though tremendous, are not unlimited,” Suniel said, turning to Bail and Kormak. The elf's eyes were wide and his face flushed. “Jeez, can I use that thing next time?” Kormak said. “You stood there for five hours and yet you look like... like...” “He looks like he just laid an egg,” Bail said, glancing down at the swath Suniel had blasted through the dead. “Laying an egg makes you look like that?” Kormak said. “I would think it would be uncomfortable.” “The dragons I've seen lay eggs seemed to enjoy it,” Bail said. “Looks like you killed thousands of them Suniel. Maybe tens of thousands. That last wicked storm you summoned is killing more as we speak.” “Did you lay an egg while you were using that thing?” Kormak said, leaning back and forth and tugging at the back of Suniel's robe. “It might have destroyed thousands, but there's millions more,” Suniel said, pulling his robe out of Kormak's hands. They stood and watched as the wrath of the lightning storm Suniel has summoned faded with the last light of the day. “What did I miss?” Harold said, walking up beside them, his clothing rumpled from what had to have been many hours of hard riding to get to the Span Wall. “Suniel killed a bunch of them dead - well, more dead - with lightning,” Kormak said, pointing down the the sea of shambling corpses below them. Harold glanced down. “It's hard to tell exactly where he killed them since new ones have already come in to replace them, but I swear, he hit this one that must have been a cow and pieces of it flew easily a hundred feet high.” “So it didn't stop them,” Harold said, his voice falling. “I thought that thing was supposed to be powerful.” Kormak rolled his eyes. “Believe me, it is powerful. Here it might help slightly, but this battle is too large even for an artifact of this power,” Suniel said. “I think for us to have any hope, we have to do as Velea said, find the other Stones and bring them to the henges. Who knows, maybe the Crystal Towers defenses-” “I have a plan that might save the Crystal Towers,” Harold said. “It is underway as we speak. I just hope they can complete before the Wall is overrun." Just then, there was some commotion from inside the Spire. Harold jogged over to investigate, returning a few minutes later with a grim expression. “They say a couple miles from here, the corpse ramp has reached the top of the Wall. Worse, one of Thessalock's abominations guards it and slays anyone who tries to approach. If it isn't destroyed, the whole Span Wall could be overrun by tomorrow.” “Sounds like it's a good time for us to leave to me. Anyone else?” Kormak said, ignoring Harold's baleful glare. Suniel raised his hands to calm Harold. “Of course we will see if we can help - though afterward, we should depart to gather more of the Stones before we become trapped here.” Kormak didn't think Harold heard anything beyond “we can help”, but he'd let Suniel and Bail worry about it. Kormak cracked his knuckles. “I have a hankering to kill something terrible. Let's do it.” A minute later they were literally flying across the ground at the base of the Span Wall atop Suniel's carriage. [/QUOTE]
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