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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 8003333" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(Oh and yep, we somehow managed to avoid the ambush set by Krampus the Satyr by leaving too soon and using anti-divination measures. Also, while we are no Austrians, we still see what you did there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</span></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>A caged Lion</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Trekholm is next on our list, so we travel there directly and ask for Leone at the train station. To our surprise, we learn that the man used his money to buy two old wagons of the Avery Coast Railyway (didn't know they were selling these to private buyers). When we ask what he'd do with two wagons and no locomotive, the railway personnel explains that it isn't too unusual for rich people to buy private carriages which they can then attach to regular trains for a fee. We're quite astonished by this system and now at least know that finding Leone won't be too easy as he could be at any place with a connecting railway. So we thank the personnel for their help and take a moment to discuss our further proceedings.</p><p></p><p>First, we're facing the problem that Leone is protected by the Obscurati's divination shield, which makes gathering information directly impossible. But we do know that he got people accompanying him and also got a damn good description on how they'd look like. So we decide to give it a try and scry for one of the guys. Fortunately, the first try is a hit as we spot one of the others right next to him in what appears to be a dwarvish looking inn.</p><p></p><p>Auryn uses the full duration of the spell to memorize a good landing spot and then shares these memories with Carlyle via modify memory. Then, we decide to go all out by turning invisible and daring to teleport to exactly the same spot she communicated.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(And Carlyle's teleport luck didn't fail us this time either)</span></p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Carlyle manages to arrive at exactly the spot he had planned to. So we stay still in one corner of the pub and simply watch the events unfold under the veil of invisibility. After a while, we get the impression that these two guys seem to await some kind of attack as they're looking nervously at the entrance and got their weapons ready. So before we'd have to re-cast the invisibility, we both go to our respective bathrooms, don a disguise and emerge under the guise of being mere travelers.</p><p></p><p>We order drinks and continue to keep an eye on the two buddies while also keeping our ears open for information. This way, we learn that we apparently arrived in Mirsk and that these two guys appear to be sellswords. They don't seem to be running back to Leone, so we rent a room in the inn and continue to watch the mercenaries.</p><p></p><p>After a couple of days, we finally see them move out towards the Mirsk train station. So we follow then invisibly, see them enter a train and follow them further inside. There, we first take some time to get more familiar with our surroundings and it appears as if someone made sure that this wagon is entirely clad in metal.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(how convenient for our Metalbender...</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">For those who'd ask themselves how Carlyle and Auryn would be able to coordinate each other when they cannot see the other one: At first, they'd use a see invisibility spell. Then they'd actually train working under these conditions, using whispers or small signs. Plus, Carlyle has such a damn good perception that he'd be able to see Auryn move even when she is invisible. Carlyle learned even more convenient tricks later, but that would have to wait until “the chimney”)</span></p><p></p><p>We continue to sneak through the wagon and then hear someone playing the piano. Someone who's asking for a glass of wine not much later and who definitely speaks in Leone's voice. So it seems as if we finally found the man. Auryn whispers that using their weapons would be futile against Leone and that they'd also be in a deadly trap if they tried to fight Leone in a room that's basically one big weapon for a Steel Shaper. So if they'd try to ambush him they'd have to hit him hard at once.</p><p></p><p>Carlyle shakes his head and replies that while this could work, it'd also be risky.</p><p></p><p>“I have another plan, but it would leave you vulnerable. Leone is so much less threatening when he cannot use his powers.”, he whispers quietly.</p><p></p><p>“You can block them?” Auryn replies silently.</p><p></p><p>“With an antimagic field, I can block all magic. Yours, mine and Leone's. It'd be centered on me. So do you trust me with this one?”</p><p></p><p>“Of course.”</p><p></p><p>So Carlyle proceeds to cast the spell and we enter the room where Leone is still sitting at the piano, drinking wine. We leave him the opportunity to surrender, but he goes from cultivated gentleman to violent brute in a split second, promising that this would be the last time we'd try to thwart his plans. He then points his hand at the metal-clad piano, only to be utterly shocked when nothing happens.</p><p></p><p>“Trying to use the piano as a projectile?! This is outrageous! You savage!” Auryn exclaims before jumping right at Leone.</p><p></p><p>“She's right. For a man of such supposedly high taste, you got no manners at all.” Carlyle adds as he joins the fight.</p><p></p><p>During the rather short encounter with Leone, he makes sure to stay as close to the Steel Shaper as possible. His goonies, bodyguards and mages, arrive not much later but don't pose much of a threat as well.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(Using an antimagic field was a brilliant move from Carlyle. Usually, we find it really hard to make a good use of that spell as the one who casts it would usually also rely on magic, but this time it made perfectly sense)</span></p><p></p><p>After we knocked out everyone who tried to attack us, we place them in the Absurdist's Web, return to the RHC and leave the mercenaries to rot in their respective cells for a while.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(well... interrogating them is what rookies are for. They won't have much info, but they are good for practice)</span></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, we bring Leone to a specially prepared antimagic cell with ironwood bars. Being sure that Leone won't be able to shift out of this prison like Sijhen, Auryn casts a curative spell on Leone and waits for him to awake.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say that Leone is very much not amused to find himself a prisoner in our cells. Even behind bars, he's still boasting that he'll break out soon and come to kill us. We reply that he already tried to do that a couple of times and failed, so no there's no use for empty threats. We also gently remind him that he picked a fight with the wrong people.</p><p></p><p>This enrages choleric Leone Quintal for a moment, so he turns to Carlyle with a furious gaze and calls him a traitor who betrayed his own grand nation of Crisillyir. But Carlyle just shrugs in response.</p><p></p><p>“If only I'd care for what they think after I've left Crisillyir 500 years ago. Risur is my home now, that much you should know. Also, aren't you the one who betrayed his nation by conspiring with the Obs? Weren't you going to destroy the foundation of the Clergy anyway?”</p><p></p><p>Leone regains his posture a bit too soon to fall into this verbal trap of Carlyle and grins at him with bared teeth. We silently agree to let him talk a bit about himself (he seems to enjoy that) and learn that Leone hasn't changed one bit. He seems still convinced that he only does what he deems to be right for this world and that the Obs will change circumstances for everyone for the better. He also brags that his grand composition will erect a monument for eternity and that the grand plan will make him and his deeds immortal.</p><p></p><p>Again, Carlyle can only shrug at such a fixation on immortality. He explains that he had given Leone a chance of immortality back when he released his soul from the Witchoil, but he had refused his offer. Back then, he had thought that Leone had still some sense of honor left in him and that they had found a bit of common ground.</p><p></p><p>Leone returns that no one will ever be able to understand him or the Obscurati besides Kasvarina and Nicodemus, which is why the organization has to work from the shadows. We argue that apparently no one ever tried to contact King Aodhan and explain the Obs' ideas, so even if they had genuinely good intentions how could we know? We, again, remind him that Aodhan is a wise and unconventional monarch who agreed to listen to even unorthodox ideas.</p><p></p><p>But Leone doesn't want to hear anything about it. Instead, he continues trying to rub salt into our wounds as he states that at least he managed to erase that pest Alexander Grappa once and for all. The very same person who had done such horrible things as erasing dear Kasvarina's memories.</p><p></p><p>Finally, Auryn rolls her eyes at one too many mentions of Kasvarina, so she turns to Leone and looks him straight in the eyes.</p><p></p><p>“And you think that we're happy about Kasvarina's state of mind? In case you didn't notice, I, the woman you tried to kill multiple times, am her direct and last descendant. Her family. I care for her. Do you truly believe Kasvarina would have welcomed you with open arms had you succeeded? You know nothing about Elfaivar and the meaning of family, <em>Cirsillyiri</em>.”</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(For a man as resourceful as Leone, failing to realize their connection felt really strange, that's for sure. I guess Tiz chose that lapse to let Leone go all out against Auryn without having to have any second thought) </span></p><p></p><p>For a quick moment, Leone gazes at Auryn as if he's finally drawing the connection between the two Eladrin women. Then he shakes his head and bites his lip.</p><p></p><p>“This changes nothing. You are still my enemy. And Kasvarina doesn't need someone as weak and indecisive as you.”</p><p></p><p>Auryn sighs in return, sensing that Leone has crossed the fanatic's threshold one too many times.</p><p></p><p>“Listen, I know that she means much to you. I truly believe that she'll regain her memories and her family will help her during this time of troubles. She will see that she is not alone.”</p><p></p><p>“And you are a fool to believe that Kasvarina will change her ways, her very nature. I still see her whenever I close my eyes, that magnificent woman. The strongest I've ever seen. No way she'd leave the path she has set to walk centuries ago. I'm looking forward to the day when I'll be able to see her again in her full glory.”</p><p></p><p>“Then we won't come to an agreement here. I believe in change and second chances. Mr. Carlyle offered you one out of respect and because of his beliefs that every spirit deserves freedom. Testamenta Suchdol offered you another one out of love and affection. You rejected both of them. You could have lead your second life in peace with your lover. But instead you simply returned to your place as an Obscurati henchman. I pity you, Leone Quintal.”</p><p></p><p>Auryn finishes her last sentence with a certain sense of melancholy and true pity in her otherwise clear voice. She had felt deep respect for Gabriel when he set his worst enemy free and was at peace with his decision even if she would have let Leone's soul rot in the Witchoil. She knew how much he had risked by reaching out to so many souls. And here they spoke to one of them and were met with such ingratitude that it hurt.</p><p></p><p>She continues to talk about Elfaivar and its people, who also tried to use their second chance to forge a new future. She weaves all of that into a vision where the nations of the south unite in a strive for freedom, peace and independence, thus creating a current strong enough to even drag Danor and Crisillyir with them. But this doesn't seem to overlap with Leone's vision of a “better future”, even if he doesn't wish to talk about it.</p><p></p><p>All in all, we realize that Leone and we are quite polar opposites as we continue to talk with Leone: While we are quite scrupulous, Leone has no qualms using Testamenta for his own gains, going so far as marrying her to secure her and her family's support, sees Borne (whom we regard as innocuous child in a colossus' body) as powerful tool for the Ob and believes in Nicodemus whom he calls omnipotent, whereas we'd prefer a “lent” power like that of the risuri monarchs.</p><p></p><p>As we are no monsters, we let Leone have a cup of wine and a bit of cheese (no bromaggio for him though, this one we'll keep for later) and continue our talk until he gets tired and falls asleep. As we expected, his body starts moving again shortly after and “Leone” greets us with a friendly, dizzy smile.</p><p></p><p>But this time, it is Grappa who's talking to us. The old man appears to be surprised to be back in the RHC so soon, but he's glad to see our faces once again. Grappa explains that he needed some time to adapt to his new existence at the edge of Leone's consciousness and says that he's quite sure that Leone didn't notice his presence until now.</p><p></p><p>We confirm his theory as Leone just bragged about having gotten rid of Grappa, so it seems as if his espionage skills have increased by a good amount. Grappa agrees and then tells us that he managed to take selected peeks into Leone's mind and found out that this guy is actually planning a grand Obscurati meeting at a secluded place. He quickly adds that the Obs being the Obs, they will make sure that this meeting will happen under extreme security conditions. Which is why sneaking into said meeting would be next to impossible under normal circumstances.</p><p></p><p>Still, he managed to find a way of getting us into this convention. If we're willing to utilize really ancient help that is. When we ask Grappa what kind of “ancient help” he'd have in mind, Grappa states that he just learned about an imprisoned, thousand years old Lich who's currently somewhere laying in the ice of Knütpara. A Lich who's known for his prowess in soul magic.</p><p></p><p>At first, we're very much shocked that a sweet, nice man like Grappa would even suggest a help like that, but we ask him to explain further. The Mind Maker goes on to explain that the Lich had been around during the peak of the demonocracy where he was highly regarded for his ability to transfer the souls of demons into mortals and vice versa. Then, Triegenes leveled the city to the ground by summoning a meteor from the sky and sealing off the ancient power with a divine seal.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(anyone else getting massive Sephiroth/Jenova vibes from this tale? Northern Ice? Summoned Meteor? Ancient civilization? All check. Well, I didn't really believe that Triegenes would turn out to be the big bad of this story, but that part set off so many alarm bells.)</span></p><p></p><p>Grappa then says that he already made contact with the Lich via sending and said Lich agreed to teach us his infamous ritual if we set him free in return. As our jaws drop at this mere suggestion, Grappa adds that while we'd have to release the Lich from his prison, we wouldn't necessarily have to not attack him on the spot. Which seems like a plausible, yet very much deceitful suggestion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 8003333, member: 6816692"] [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](Oh and yep, we somehow managed to avoid the ambush set by Krampus the Satyr by leaving too soon and using anti-divination measures. Also, while we are no Austrians, we still see what you did there ;) )[/COLOR] [I][B] A caged Lion[/B][/I] Trekholm is next on our list, so we travel there directly and ask for Leone at the train station. To our surprise, we learn that the man used his money to buy two old wagons of the Avery Coast Railyway (didn't know they were selling these to private buyers). When we ask what he'd do with two wagons and no locomotive, the railway personnel explains that it isn't too unusual for rich people to buy private carriages which they can then attach to regular trains for a fee. We're quite astonished by this system and now at least know that finding Leone won't be too easy as he could be at any place with a connecting railway. So we thank the personnel for their help and take a moment to discuss our further proceedings. First, we're facing the problem that Leone is protected by the Obscurati's divination shield, which makes gathering information directly impossible. But we do know that he got people accompanying him and also got a damn good description on how they'd look like. So we decide to give it a try and scry for one of the guys. Fortunately, the first try is a hit as we spot one of the others right next to him in what appears to be a dwarvish looking inn. Auryn uses the full duration of the spell to memorize a good landing spot and then shares these memories with Carlyle via modify memory. Then, we decide to go all out by turning invisible and daring to teleport to exactly the same spot she communicated. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](And Carlyle's teleport luck didn't fail us this time either)[/COLOR] Fortunately, Carlyle manages to arrive at exactly the spot he had planned to. So we stay still in one corner of the pub and simply watch the events unfold under the veil of invisibility. After a while, we get the impression that these two guys seem to await some kind of attack as they're looking nervously at the entrance and got their weapons ready. So before we'd have to re-cast the invisibility, we both go to our respective bathrooms, don a disguise and emerge under the guise of being mere travelers. We order drinks and continue to keep an eye on the two buddies while also keeping our ears open for information. This way, we learn that we apparently arrived in Mirsk and that these two guys appear to be sellswords. They don't seem to be running back to Leone, so we rent a room in the inn and continue to watch the mercenaries. After a couple of days, we finally see them move out towards the Mirsk train station. So we follow then invisibly, see them enter a train and follow them further inside. There, we first take some time to get more familiar with our surroundings and it appears as if someone made sure that this wagon is entirely clad in metal. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](how convenient for our Metalbender... For those who'd ask themselves how Carlyle and Auryn would be able to coordinate each other when they cannot see the other one: At first, they'd use a see invisibility spell. Then they'd actually train working under these conditions, using whispers or small signs. Plus, Carlyle has such a damn good perception that he'd be able to see Auryn move even when she is invisible. Carlyle learned even more convenient tricks later, but that would have to wait until “the chimney”)[/COLOR] We continue to sneak through the wagon and then hear someone playing the piano. Someone who's asking for a glass of wine not much later and who definitely speaks in Leone's voice. So it seems as if we finally found the man. Auryn whispers that using their weapons would be futile against Leone and that they'd also be in a deadly trap if they tried to fight Leone in a room that's basically one big weapon for a Steel Shaper. So if they'd try to ambush him they'd have to hit him hard at once. Carlyle shakes his head and replies that while this could work, it'd also be risky. “I have another plan, but it would leave you vulnerable. Leone is so much less threatening when he cannot use his powers.”, he whispers quietly. “You can block them?” Auryn replies silently. “With an antimagic field, I can block all magic. Yours, mine and Leone's. It'd be centered on me. So do you trust me with this one?” “Of course.” So Carlyle proceeds to cast the spell and we enter the room where Leone is still sitting at the piano, drinking wine. We leave him the opportunity to surrender, but he goes from cultivated gentleman to violent brute in a split second, promising that this would be the last time we'd try to thwart his plans. He then points his hand at the metal-clad piano, only to be utterly shocked when nothing happens. “Trying to use the piano as a projectile?! This is outrageous! You savage!” Auryn exclaims before jumping right at Leone. “She's right. For a man of such supposedly high taste, you got no manners at all.” Carlyle adds as he joins the fight. During the rather short encounter with Leone, he makes sure to stay as close to the Steel Shaper as possible. His goonies, bodyguards and mages, arrive not much later but don't pose much of a threat as well. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)] (Using an antimagic field was a brilliant move from Carlyle. Usually, we find it really hard to make a good use of that spell as the one who casts it would usually also rely on magic, but this time it made perfectly sense)[/COLOR] After we knocked out everyone who tried to attack us, we place them in the Absurdist's Web, return to the RHC and leave the mercenaries to rot in their respective cells for a while. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](well... interrogating them is what rookies are for. They won't have much info, but they are good for practice)[/COLOR] Meanwhile, we bring Leone to a specially prepared antimagic cell with ironwood bars. Being sure that Leone won't be able to shift out of this prison like Sijhen, Auryn casts a curative spell on Leone and waits for him to awake. Needless to say that Leone is very much not amused to find himself a prisoner in our cells. Even behind bars, he's still boasting that he'll break out soon and come to kill us. We reply that he already tried to do that a couple of times and failed, so no there's no use for empty threats. We also gently remind him that he picked a fight with the wrong people. This enrages choleric Leone Quintal for a moment, so he turns to Carlyle with a furious gaze and calls him a traitor who betrayed his own grand nation of Crisillyir. But Carlyle just shrugs in response. “If only I'd care for what they think after I've left Crisillyir 500 years ago. Risur is my home now, that much you should know. Also, aren't you the one who betrayed his nation by conspiring with the Obs? Weren't you going to destroy the foundation of the Clergy anyway?” Leone regains his posture a bit too soon to fall into this verbal trap of Carlyle and grins at him with bared teeth. We silently agree to let him talk a bit about himself (he seems to enjoy that) and learn that Leone hasn't changed one bit. He seems still convinced that he only does what he deems to be right for this world and that the Obs will change circumstances for everyone for the better. He also brags that his grand composition will erect a monument for eternity and that the grand plan will make him and his deeds immortal. Again, Carlyle can only shrug at such a fixation on immortality. He explains that he had given Leone a chance of immortality back when he released his soul from the Witchoil, but he had refused his offer. Back then, he had thought that Leone had still some sense of honor left in him and that they had found a bit of common ground. Leone returns that no one will ever be able to understand him or the Obscurati besides Kasvarina and Nicodemus, which is why the organization has to work from the shadows. We argue that apparently no one ever tried to contact King Aodhan and explain the Obs' ideas, so even if they had genuinely good intentions how could we know? We, again, remind him that Aodhan is a wise and unconventional monarch who agreed to listen to even unorthodox ideas. But Leone doesn't want to hear anything about it. Instead, he continues trying to rub salt into our wounds as he states that at least he managed to erase that pest Alexander Grappa once and for all. The very same person who had done such horrible things as erasing dear Kasvarina's memories. Finally, Auryn rolls her eyes at one too many mentions of Kasvarina, so she turns to Leone and looks him straight in the eyes. “And you think that we're happy about Kasvarina's state of mind? In case you didn't notice, I, the woman you tried to kill multiple times, am her direct and last descendant. Her family. I care for her. Do you truly believe Kasvarina would have welcomed you with open arms had you succeeded? You know nothing about Elfaivar and the meaning of family, [I]Cirsillyiri[/I].” [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](For a man as resourceful as Leone, failing to realize their connection felt really strange, that's for sure. I guess Tiz chose that lapse to let Leone go all out against Auryn without having to have any second thought) [/COLOR] For a quick moment, Leone gazes at Auryn as if he's finally drawing the connection between the two Eladrin women. Then he shakes his head and bites his lip. “This changes nothing. You are still my enemy. And Kasvarina doesn't need someone as weak and indecisive as you.” Auryn sighs in return, sensing that Leone has crossed the fanatic's threshold one too many times. “Listen, I know that she means much to you. I truly believe that she'll regain her memories and her family will help her during this time of troubles. She will see that she is not alone.” “And you are a fool to believe that Kasvarina will change her ways, her very nature. I still see her whenever I close my eyes, that magnificent woman. The strongest I've ever seen. No way she'd leave the path she has set to walk centuries ago. I'm looking forward to the day when I'll be able to see her again in her full glory.” “Then we won't come to an agreement here. I believe in change and second chances. Mr. Carlyle offered you one out of respect and because of his beliefs that every spirit deserves freedom. Testamenta Suchdol offered you another one out of love and affection. You rejected both of them. You could have lead your second life in peace with your lover. But instead you simply returned to your place as an Obscurati henchman. I pity you, Leone Quintal.” Auryn finishes her last sentence with a certain sense of melancholy and true pity in her otherwise clear voice. She had felt deep respect for Gabriel when he set his worst enemy free and was at peace with his decision even if she would have let Leone's soul rot in the Witchoil. She knew how much he had risked by reaching out to so many souls. And here they spoke to one of them and were met with such ingratitude that it hurt. She continues to talk about Elfaivar and its people, who also tried to use their second chance to forge a new future. She weaves all of that into a vision where the nations of the south unite in a strive for freedom, peace and independence, thus creating a current strong enough to even drag Danor and Crisillyir with them. But this doesn't seem to overlap with Leone's vision of a “better future”, even if he doesn't wish to talk about it. All in all, we realize that Leone and we are quite polar opposites as we continue to talk with Leone: While we are quite scrupulous, Leone has no qualms using Testamenta for his own gains, going so far as marrying her to secure her and her family's support, sees Borne (whom we regard as innocuous child in a colossus' body) as powerful tool for the Ob and believes in Nicodemus whom he calls omnipotent, whereas we'd prefer a “lent” power like that of the risuri monarchs. As we are no monsters, we let Leone have a cup of wine and a bit of cheese (no bromaggio for him though, this one we'll keep for later) and continue our talk until he gets tired and falls asleep. As we expected, his body starts moving again shortly after and “Leone” greets us with a friendly, dizzy smile. But this time, it is Grappa who's talking to us. The old man appears to be surprised to be back in the RHC so soon, but he's glad to see our faces once again. Grappa explains that he needed some time to adapt to his new existence at the edge of Leone's consciousness and says that he's quite sure that Leone didn't notice his presence until now. We confirm his theory as Leone just bragged about having gotten rid of Grappa, so it seems as if his espionage skills have increased by a good amount. Grappa agrees and then tells us that he managed to take selected peeks into Leone's mind and found out that this guy is actually planning a grand Obscurati meeting at a secluded place. He quickly adds that the Obs being the Obs, they will make sure that this meeting will happen under extreme security conditions. Which is why sneaking into said meeting would be next to impossible under normal circumstances. Still, he managed to find a way of getting us into this convention. If we're willing to utilize really ancient help that is. When we ask Grappa what kind of “ancient help” he'd have in mind, Grappa states that he just learned about an imprisoned, thousand years old Lich who's currently somewhere laying in the ice of Knütpara. A Lich who's known for his prowess in soul magic. At first, we're very much shocked that a sweet, nice man like Grappa would even suggest a help like that, but we ask him to explain further. The Mind Maker goes on to explain that the Lich had been around during the peak of the demonocracy where he was highly regarded for his ability to transfer the souls of demons into mortals and vice versa. Then, Triegenes leveled the city to the ground by summoning a meteor from the sky and sealing off the ancient power with a divine seal. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](anyone else getting massive Sephiroth/Jenova vibes from this tale? Northern Ice? Summoned Meteor? Ancient civilization? All check. Well, I didn't really believe that Triegenes would turn out to be the big bad of this story, but that part set off so many alarm bells.)[/COLOR] Grappa then says that he already made contact with the Lich via sending and said Lich agreed to teach us his infamous ritual if we set him free in return. As our jaws drop at this mere suggestion, Grappa adds that while we'd have to release the Lich from his prison, we wouldn't necessarily have to not attack him on the spot. Which seems like a plausible, yet very much deceitful suggestion. [/QUOTE]
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