Morvior2008-01-08 23:38:13
(Order): Fain says, "Morvior, I have need of you."
(Order): You say, "I am Yours to command. Where shall I go to, My Lord?"
A strange sensation of being in the wrong place overtakes you before the area before you parts suddenly, and you are pulled into a swirling mass of colour and twisting shapes. A brief moment passes before your incomprehensible surroundings peel away to reveal you standing before Fain.
Massive throne room.
Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room.
You see a single exit leading south.
You grovel in the dirt.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I stand invisible to all but you."
Massive throne room.
Only fit for a God, the throneroom sears the mind with envy and bewilderment. Divine scripture written from liquid gold adorns the walls, telling of conflicts and hatreds in times past. Flush against the western wall, obsidian rods support a marble platform which holds various trophies and valued possessions. A crimson rug of the finest cloth extends to the doorway where two stone sentinels, carved as orclach guards, stand next to the carpet rolled out for their Lord. Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room. (Fain, of the Red Masque stands here surrounded by a crimson miasma of wailing souls.)
You see a single exit leading south.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "But a month ago, Ashteru, once Mine, defied Me here in this throneroom."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "He seeks an audience now."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "You will speak on My behalf."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Remember that he may not see Me."
In a rasping voice, you say, "As You wish, My Lord. I am but Your tool."
The crimson miasma of souls about Fain's shrouded figure churns with sudden vehemence.
The thrumming around a vibrating Divine portal increases momentarily as Ashteru steps through it, emerging from the aetherways themselves.
With a flourish of his arm, Ashteru bows deeply.
You stand straight up.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "Hail."
Fain, of the Red Masque steps insubstantially through Ashteru and mounts His throne.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight asks you, "Am I to speak with you?"
In a rasping voice, you say, "Hail, Ashteru. I am to serve as Fain's voice for the duration of this conversation."
You nod your head emphatically.
A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.
Ashteru nods solemnly.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "I did not wish to anger Him last month."
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "This is why I have come to offer Him peace and the repaying of my debt."
An icy chill grasps your heart as you feel the touch of Fain's displeasure.
Morvior lifts a hand and rests it on his chest momentarily.
(Order): Fain says, "How shall he repay Me, Morvior?"
In a rasping voice, you say, "In what way do you seek to bring My Lord proper tribute, Ashteru?"
Morvior shifts momentarily, lifting the hand on his chest to fix his mask upon his face.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight leans heavily on his axe and looks at it's sharp blade.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "In any way He wants, as long as it does not conflict with my work as a Blade for Lord Elostian, or my order in general."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You would submit yourself to My Lord's will, as long as it.. Mmm.. Does not conflict with the Order of Lord Elostian?"
Morvior tilts his head to one side an inch, staring at you curiously.
The crimson miasma about Fain churns furiously as He ponders.
Peering at you from behind his axe, Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "Mmhmm. As long as it does not interfere with my work as Blade for Lord Elostian, or anything regarding His order."
You chuckle long and heartily.
(Order): You say, "What is Your will, My Lord? He submits himself to You."
Morvior clicks his tongue in his mouth, casually beginning to pace in a large circle around you.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "As I said, I owe Him a lot."
(Order): Fain says, "Then let it be as follows."
(Order): Fain says, "Subject to his constraints, My order may call upon him thrice to aid them."
(Order): Fain says, "Either as assassin against My enemies, or as sanctifyer or defender of My shrines."
(Order): Fain says, "Your thoughts."
Ashteru peers about himself unscrupulously.
(Order): You say, "Perhaps he may also offer a tribute of essence to you also? Perhaps.. Of his own race, My Lord. A small tribute, so that it does not remove usage from his callings."
(Order): You say, "That way, You might gain the added pleasure of both a Pawn, as well as blood."
Morvior pauses, tilting his head to one side and raising it upwards, as if listening.
You feel the very presence of Fain's hand in this place, His power within everything here.
(Order): Fain says, "As you wish."
(Order): Fain says, "Express My..."
(Order): Fain says, "...sadness that he will not join with Me once more."
(Order): Fain says, "And imply that the gate to My order remains open to him."
(Order): Fain says, "He was ever a fool."
(Order): Fain says, "But he was useful, oh so very useful."
In a rasping voice, you say, ".. My Lord, Ashteru d'Illici."
Morvior pauses momentarily, thinning his lips behind his mask.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight tilts his head, his jaw clenched tight.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Is still ever saddened by your leaving of His Order.. And it is His will to make it known to you that His gates are ever open, if you might decide to.. Return to us."
Morvior begins pacing once more, coming to a stop infront of you and turning on a heel to face you, his arms raising as he clasps his hands together.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "I thank Him for His offer."
In a rasping voice, you say, "However.. My Lord still has use of you, Ashteru d'Illici, as you have agreed to.. As long as it does not interfere with your work as a.. Blade.. For Lord Elostian and a member of His Order."
Morvior pauses for a few moments, drawing his hands apart and offering his empty palms out towards you.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "Indeed, as I said. It is to repay debts of old."
Fain, of the Red Masque begins to tap an iron gauntlet impatiently against the bloody surface of His throne.
In a rasping voice, you say, "His will is this. You are to bring him tribute of blood. A small tribute, but tribute none the less. My Lord wishes for you to bring the corpses of your species to his Shrines, and give up essence in tribute to him.. As well as.. As long as it does not conflict, of course.. Usage of your skills in either as an assassin, or a sanctifier or defender of his Shrines, for Three Callings."
Your vision blurs as icy laughter reverberates within your skull.
(Order): Fain says, "Excellent."
In a rasping voice, you say, "As none of this conflicts with your workings as a Blade, or a member of Lord Elostian's order, you are obliged to submit to His will, as you agreed upon."
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight trembles slightly for a second but quickly regains his composure, answering with a stiff nod.
You smirk at Ashteru.
(Order): Fain says, "Throw your hands about and mouth some nonsense."
(Order): Fain says, "We will let him think that the portal I will summon for him is conjured by you."
(Order): You say, "As You wish, My Lord."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Then it is agreed, His Will is such."
Nodding once, Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "It is agreed."
Morvior draws in a breath and splays his hands outwards, his voice raising as he spins upon a heel.
In a rasping voice, you say, "In His name, I invoke the ritae of Teleportation, your services are no longer required, Ashteru d'Illici, until he calls upon you. Begone!"
A shimmering curtain of multi-coloured light surrounds you for an instant as your wounds are healed by divine intervention.
A sudden thrumming fills the air as a vibrating Divine portal opens up directly before Ashteru, wavering madly before settling in the air.
The thrumming around a vibrating Divine portal increases momentarily as Ashteru steps into it, disappearing instantly.
The earth itself shudders as Fain utters a deep, booming laugh.
You kneel before Fain, swearing your allegiance to Him.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "If you did not stand already Highly within My favour, Morvior, you would once more. You please Me well."
A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Now, begone."
Fain dismisses you with a wave of His hand.
You are transported by the power of the Divine.
(Order): You say, "I am Yours to command. Where shall I go to, My Lord?"
A strange sensation of being in the wrong place overtakes you before the area before you parts suddenly, and you are pulled into a swirling mass of colour and twisting shapes. A brief moment passes before your incomprehensible surroundings peel away to reveal you standing before Fain.
Massive throne room.
Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room.
You see a single exit leading south.
You grovel in the dirt.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I stand invisible to all but you."
Massive throne room.
Only fit for a God, the throneroom sears the mind with envy and bewilderment. Divine scripture written from liquid gold adorns the walls, telling of conflicts and hatreds in times past. Flush against the western wall, obsidian rods support a marble platform which holds various trophies and valued possessions. A crimson rug of the finest cloth extends to the doorway where two stone sentinels, carved as orclach guards, stand next to the carpet rolled out for their Lord. Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room. (Fain, of the Red Masque stands here surrounded by a crimson miasma of wailing souls.)
You see a single exit leading south.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "But a month ago, Ashteru, once Mine, defied Me here in this throneroom."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "He seeks an audience now."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "You will speak on My behalf."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Remember that he may not see Me."
In a rasping voice, you say, "As You wish, My Lord. I am but Your tool."
The crimson miasma of souls about Fain's shrouded figure churns with sudden vehemence.
The thrumming around a vibrating Divine portal increases momentarily as Ashteru steps through it, emerging from the aetherways themselves.
With a flourish of his arm, Ashteru bows deeply.
You stand straight up.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "Hail."
Fain, of the Red Masque steps insubstantially through Ashteru and mounts His throne.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight asks you, "Am I to speak with you?"
In a rasping voice, you say, "Hail, Ashteru. I am to serve as Fain's voice for the duration of this conversation."
You nod your head emphatically.
A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.
Ashteru nods solemnly.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "I did not wish to anger Him last month."
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "This is why I have come to offer Him peace and the repaying of my debt."
An icy chill grasps your heart as you feel the touch of Fain's displeasure.
Morvior lifts a hand and rests it on his chest momentarily.
(Order): Fain says, "How shall he repay Me, Morvior?"
In a rasping voice, you say, "In what way do you seek to bring My Lord proper tribute, Ashteru?"
Morvior shifts momentarily, lifting the hand on his chest to fix his mask upon his face.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight leans heavily on his axe and looks at it's sharp blade.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "In any way He wants, as long as it does not conflict with my work as a Blade for Lord Elostian, or my order in general."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You would submit yourself to My Lord's will, as long as it.. Mmm.. Does not conflict with the Order of Lord Elostian?"
Morvior tilts his head to one side an inch, staring at you curiously.
The crimson miasma about Fain churns furiously as He ponders.
Peering at you from behind his axe, Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "Mmhmm. As long as it does not interfere with my work as Blade for Lord Elostian, or anything regarding His order."
You chuckle long and heartily.
(Order): You say, "What is Your will, My Lord? He submits himself to You."
Morvior clicks his tongue in his mouth, casually beginning to pace in a large circle around you.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "As I said, I owe Him a lot."
(Order): Fain says, "Then let it be as follows."
(Order): Fain says, "Subject to his constraints, My order may call upon him thrice to aid them."
(Order): Fain says, "Either as assassin against My enemies, or as sanctifyer or defender of My shrines."
(Order): Fain says, "Your thoughts."
Ashteru peers about himself unscrupulously.
(Order): You say, "Perhaps he may also offer a tribute of essence to you also? Perhaps.. Of his own race, My Lord. A small tribute, so that it does not remove usage from his callings."
(Order): You say, "That way, You might gain the added pleasure of both a Pawn, as well as blood."
Morvior pauses, tilting his head to one side and raising it upwards, as if listening.
You feel the very presence of Fain's hand in this place, His power within everything here.
(Order): Fain says, "As you wish."
(Order): Fain says, "Express My..."
(Order): Fain says, "...sadness that he will not join with Me once more."
(Order): Fain says, "And imply that the gate to My order remains open to him."
(Order): Fain says, "He was ever a fool."
(Order): Fain says, "But he was useful, oh so very useful."
In a rasping voice, you say, ".. My Lord, Ashteru d'Illici."
Morvior pauses momentarily, thinning his lips behind his mask.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight tilts his head, his jaw clenched tight.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Is still ever saddened by your leaving of His Order.. And it is His will to make it known to you that His gates are ever open, if you might decide to.. Return to us."
Morvior begins pacing once more, coming to a stop infront of you and turning on a heel to face you, his arms raising as he clasps his hands together.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "I thank Him for His offer."
In a rasping voice, you say, "However.. My Lord still has use of you, Ashteru d'Illici, as you have agreed to.. As long as it does not interfere with your work as a.. Blade.. For Lord Elostian and a member of His Order."
Morvior pauses for a few moments, drawing his hands apart and offering his empty palms out towards you.
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "Indeed, as I said. It is to repay debts of old."
Fain, of the Red Masque begins to tap an iron gauntlet impatiently against the bloody surface of His throne.
In a rasping voice, you say, "His will is this. You are to bring him tribute of blood. A small tribute, but tribute none the less. My Lord wishes for you to bring the corpses of your species to his Shrines, and give up essence in tribute to him.. As well as.. As long as it does not conflict, of course.. Usage of your skills in either as an assassin, or a sanctifier or defender of his Shrines, for Three Callings."
Your vision blurs as icy laughter reverberates within your skull.
(Order): Fain says, "Excellent."
In a rasping voice, you say, "As none of this conflicts with your workings as a Blade, or a member of Lord Elostian's order, you are obliged to submit to His will, as you agreed upon."
Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight trembles slightly for a second but quickly regains his composure, answering with a stiff nod.
You smirk at Ashteru.
(Order): Fain says, "Throw your hands about and mouth some nonsense."
(Order): Fain says, "We will let him think that the portal I will summon for him is conjured by you."
(Order): You say, "As You wish, My Lord."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Then it is agreed, His Will is such."
Nodding once, Ashteru d'Illici, Avatar of Twilight says, "It is agreed."
Morvior draws in a breath and splays his hands outwards, his voice raising as he spins upon a heel.
In a rasping voice, you say, "In His name, I invoke the ritae of Teleportation, your services are no longer required, Ashteru d'Illici, until he calls upon you. Begone!"
A shimmering curtain of multi-coloured light surrounds you for an instant as your wounds are healed by divine intervention.
A sudden thrumming fills the air as a vibrating Divine portal opens up directly before Ashteru, wavering madly before settling in the air.
The thrumming around a vibrating Divine portal increases momentarily as Ashteru steps into it, disappearing instantly.
The earth itself shudders as Fain utters a deep, booming laugh.
You kneel before Fain, swearing your allegiance to Him.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "If you did not stand already Highly within My favour, Morvior, you would once more. You please Me well."
A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Now, begone."
Fain dismisses you with a wave of His hand.
You are transported by the power of the Divine.
Unknown2008-01-09 00:04:53
Pimp, I'm trying to get into that order.
Tekora2008-01-09 00:10:31
So cool.
I've been thinking about joining Fain's order for a while, but I'm having a bit of difficulty trying to figure out how an Illithoid would go about doing that. I've been leaning towards 'immersion for the sake of research into why mortals dedicate themselves to the Elders', but looking at that log, I can't see Fain accepting me into His order if I remain loyal to Illith.
I've been thinking about joining Fain's order for a while, but I'm having a bit of difficulty trying to figure out how an Illithoid would go about doing that. I've been leaning towards 'immersion for the sake of research into why mortals dedicate themselves to the Elders', but looking at that log, I can't see Fain accepting me into His order if I remain loyal to Illith.
Ashteru2008-01-09 00:23:55
Standing between two giant pines. (Razine Mountain Range.)
You see exits leading southeast, west, and through a shroud of twilight.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
Your will is suppressed by Divine mandate, making you unable to perform any
action.
Your will is suppressed by Divine mandate, making you unable to perform any
action.
Your will is suppressed by Divine mandate, making you unable to perform any
action.
Your will is suppressed by Divine mandate, making you unable to perform any
action.
A terrible pain fills your mind and your will wavers.
Your will is suppressed by Divine mandate, making you unable to perform any
action.
Fain, of the Red Masque relaxes His oppressive will, allowing all free action
once again.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Standing between two giant pines. (Razine Mountain Range.)
You see exits leading southeast, west, and through a shroud of twilight.
You peer about yourself unscrupulously.
Standing between two giant pines. (Razine Mountain Range.)
You see exits leading southeast, west, and through a shroud of twilight.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
Before the Cathedral of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading south and in.
(Ays Chaeyr): You say, "Looord Elostian."
(Ays Chaeyr): You say, "This is NOT good."
You cease to wield a golden webbed klangaxe.
You start to wield Enigma in your hands.
You peer about yourself unscrupulously.
Before the Cathedral of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see exits leading south and in.
The atrium of the cathedral. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, east, and out.
Ashteru A terrible headache fills your consciousness, forcing you back to the
mountains.
The Nave of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north and south.
The atrium of the cathedral. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, east, and out.
Before the Cathedral of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading south and in.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby. A shroud of twilight covers the surrounding area, casting
the environment in a deep blue ambiance.
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
You mutter discontentedly.
You have emoted: Ashteru rubs his head.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Standing between two giant pines. (Razine Mountain Range.)
The shadowy outline of a twisted forest casts a dark gloom here. The stars
twinkle in the clear night sky. A glass seer's candle floats freely in the air,
its cold flame bathing the area in a mysterious, deep blue light. A shroud of
twilight covers the surrounding area, casting the environment in a deep blue
ambiance. Clad in voluminous crimson robes, a priest of Fain regards you
malevolently from behind his steel mask.
You see exits leading southeast, west, and through a shroud of twilight.
A crimson-robed priest says, "Greetings."
"shrine37131" a healing shrine of Elostian
"shroud76666" a shroud of twilight
"priest111488" a crimson-robed priest
Number of objects: 3
You say to a crimson-robed priest, "Hail."
A crimson-robed priest says, "Enter."
Shrouded in hooded voluminous robes of deepest crimson, little can be determined
about this priest's race or provinence. Burning eyes of purple flame stare out
implacably at you from behind a blackened steel mask, and delicate black gloves
adorn his skeletal fingers.
A crimson-robed priest is quite powerful.
The sound of rushing water reaches you in the silence of the night.
You have emoted: Ashteru scratches his chin and looks at the priest, but then
turns around.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby. A shroud of twilight covers the surrounding area, casting
the environment in a deep blue ambiance.
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
Before the Cathedral of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading south and in.
The atrium of the cathedral. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, east, and out.
The Nave of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north and south.
The Great Transept. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, south, west, and northwest.
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The floor here radiates a comfortable energy that speaks of sanctity. A glass
seer's candle floats freely in the air, its cold flame bathing the area in a
mysterious, deep blue light.
You see a single exit leading south.
Hideous chanting fills your ears as a crimson-robed priest manifests before you.
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading south.
A crimson-robed priest mutters gutteral words and a thick impenetrable shield
rises about him.
You ask, "This isn't just a visit to congratulate me on becoming Avatar, right?"
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
Dark structures of elaborately carved mahogany hide the white sandstone from
view, giving the sanctuary a more comfortable and private ambiance than the rest
of the cathedral. Rows of wooden benches line the dark walls, facing the lectern
positioned in the centre between endless rows of blue candles. A gargantuan
organ towers above the sanctuary, its skysilver pipes shimmering softly in the
twilight. On the north side of the sanctuary, the mahogany panels give way the
brilliantly sculptured sandstone, where several steps lead up to a beautiful
altar. A low wall covered in carvings stands behind the altar, providing a
magnificent view of the eye of twilight in the back of the cathedral. The floor
here radiates a comfortable energy that speaks of sanctity. A glass seer's
candle floats freely in the air, its cold flame bathing the area in a
mysterious, deep blue light. Clad in voluminous crimson robes, a priest of Fain
regards you malevolently from behind his steel mask.
You see a single exit leading south.
A crimson-robed priest says, "My Master commands your attendance."
A crimson-robed priest says, "But be quick."
You ask, "In His temple?"
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading south.
You ask a crimson-robed priest, "In His temple?"
A crimson-robed priest begins to chant slow gutteral words and a crimson mist
begins to flare about him.
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading south.
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading south.
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading south.
The deep, resonant chime of Great Tom reverberates through the cathedral,
heralding a new period of Twilight.
A crimson-robed priest gestures with a skeletal hand, mouthing blasphemous
praises to his Master.
A sudden thrumming fills the air as a vibrating Divine portal opens up directly
before you, wavering madly before settling in the air, strange colours and
pathways flowing beyond.
The Sanctuary of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
You see exits leading south and through a vibrating Divine portal.
You suck thoughtfully on your teeth.
A crimson-robed priest says, "Enter, ENTER."
You say, "I guess I owe that much."
As you step into a vibrating Divine portal you are momentarily deafened by the
thrumming of the portal, distracting you from the fact that you have just
stepped out into nothingness, though this uneasy realisation has barely struck
you before your legs are compelled to take another step, and you emerge through
an identical portal.
Massive throne room.
Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room.
Filling the air with a low-pitched thrum, a vibrating Divine portal floats here.
You see exits leading south and through a vibrating Divine portal.
The thrumming around a vibrating Divine portal increases momentarily as a
crimson-robed priest steps through it, emerging from the aetherways themselves.
A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment
before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.
The temple fills with a chilling howl, as Makfir offers praises to His master.
Massive throne room. (lost)
Only fit for a God, the throneroom sears the mind with envy and bewilderment.
Divine scripture written from liquid gold adorns the walls, telling of conflicts
and hatreds in times past. Flush against the western wall, obsidian rods support
a marble platform which holds various trophies and valued possessions. A crimson
rug of the finest cloth extends to the doorway where two stone sentinels, carved
as orclach guards, stand next to the carpet rolled out for their Lord.
Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room.
Clad in voluminous crimson robes, a priest of Fain regards you malevolently from
behind his steel mask.
You see a single exit leading south.
You peer at a crimson-robed priest unscrupulously.
The Halls of Hatred.
A comforting feeling of privacy pervades the area. A black lever juts out from
one of the pillars here.
You can see no further.
A crimson-robed priest says, "My master wishes to speak with you, Demigod."
Shrouded in hooded voluminous robes of deepest crimson, little can be determined
about this priest's race or provinence. Burning eyes of purple flame stare out
implacably at you from behind a blackened steel mask, and delicate black gloves
adorn his skeletal fingers.
A crimson-robed priest is quite powerful.
You say, "You are new to the order, aren't you."
A crimson-robed priest says, "Do not forget your manners."
With a single muttered word, a crimson-robed priest dissolves into the aether.
You shrug helplessly.
You say, "I never do."
Massive throne room.
You see a single exit leading south.
Massive throne room.
Only fit for a God, the throneroom sears the mind with envy and bewilderment.
Divine scripture written from liquid gold adorns the walls, telling of conflicts
and hatreds in times past. Flush against the western wall, obsidian rods support
a marble platform which holds various trophies and valued possessions. A crimson
rug of the finest cloth extends to the doorway where two stone sentinels, carved
as orclach guards, stand next to the carpet rolled out for their Lord.
Shimmering with a dark aura, a crimson throne looms in the centre of the room.
Fain, of the Red Masque stands here surrounded by a crimson miasma of wailing
souls. He wields a sleek katana forged of blackened steel and wreathed in flames
with both hands.
You see a single exit leading south.
You say to Fain, "Hail, Lord Fain."
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Greetings, Ashteru d'Illici."
You ask, "You requested my presence?"
Fain, of the Red Masque steps up to His throne and seats Himself.
The ambient temperature drops perceptibly as Fain's mask twists into a frown.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "You owe Me your allegiance, Ashteru. I
have not forgotten."
Leaning onto his great axe, you say, "I know, Lord Fain. Mostly forgotten by
others, but I still remember."
From behind His mask, Fain's eyes burn with a malignant humour.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "It has been four decades since you left to
convert the woodspeople to My worship."
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "How do you measure your success."
You say, "I tried at first. But they were resistant. And You never graced me
with your presence again."
A wind of cold air passes over your skin making it shiver with dread.
Gazing down upon you, Fain's eyes smolder with a dreadful intensity.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I am curious, Ashteru. Why would I have
done?"
Tensing, you say, "And, m'Lord, as much as I liked following You, it gave me bad
dreams for a while after I left Your order."
You say, "Because You favored me above everyone else before Aiakon came back."
Twisting hideously, Fain's mask contorts into the semblance of a smile.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Indeed I did, Ashteru. You were My highest
servant."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "And now you are Elostian's Avatar."
Your vision blurs and swims as tangible waves of malevolence project from Fain's
ghastly visage.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "His insubstantial essence swims in your veins."
Taken aback, you say, "Indeed, now I am, m'Lord."
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "He will determine that you are here. What
will you say to Him."
You say, "His teachings are as if they were made for me."
You say, "I will tell Him the truth, of course."
Fain, of the Red Masque raises a hand and a shaft of crimson energy shoots
insubstantially through you.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "He is not within you now."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Your oath to Me is broken."
The crimson miasma of souls about Fain's shrouded figure churns with sudden
vehemence.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "How will you redeem yourself?"
You have emoted: Ashteru shocked by the energy, Ashteru takes a few steps back.
A blaze of crimson energy flares around Fain as He stands and floats toward you.
Gripping his axe so thightly that his knuckles become white, you say, "I serve
Lord Elostian with every fibre of my being, Lord Fain."
Silkily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "It is a simple matter, Ashteru, just a
small betrayal."
Every word oozing a seductive sweetness, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Cast Him
away, Ashteru, cast Him away and serve Me again."
Fain, of the Red Masque caresses your face with an iron gauntlet and a terrible
chill fills your soul.
You feel the very presence of Fain's hand in this place, His power within
everything here.
Unflinchingly, you say, "Lord Fain, as much as I learnt from You, I fear I can
not. My loyalty to the Enigma will not falter."
The ambient temperature drops sharply and the room darkens and seems to shrink
as a sense of overwhelming hatred grips you with an overpowering dread. Burning
within a crimson inferno, Fain swells in size, towering over you, and a chorus
of ethereal shrieks sound in your ears.
With words that burn across your consciousness, Fain, of the Red Masque says,
"HOW DARE YOU."
11511h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:28:27.515/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10678h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:28:34.656/<>-
CURED ablaze
10678h, 3643m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:28:39.000/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9845h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:28:39.687/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10546h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:28:44.687/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9713h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:28:49.687/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10414h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:28:54.718/<>-
CURED ablaze
10414h, 3642m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:28:59.000/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9581h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:28:59.703/<>-
You have emoted: Ashteru takes a step away from Fain, dousing the flames on his
pelt with his hands.
9581h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrk /00:29:00.062/<>-
The Portal of Fate flashes as Gorvannon steps through, now ready to begin a
fresh life in Lusternia.
9581h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrk /00:29:00.468/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10156h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:29:01.312/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10282h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:29:04.703/<>-
Crimson flames lick about you, scalding and burning your flesh.
10282h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:29:09.234/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9449h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:09.703/<>-
Thani has been beaten to a pulp by a demonic nagaradja.
10024h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:29:11.765/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10150h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:14.703/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9317h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:29:19.718/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10018h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:29:24.687/<>-
CURED ablaze
10018h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:29:29.000/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9185h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:29.734/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
8927h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:34.703/<>-
CURED ablaze
9886h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:39.015/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9053h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:39.718/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
8795h, 3640m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:29:44.718/<>-
A wind of cold air passes over your skin making it shiver with dread.
9754h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:29:48.015/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
8921h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:29:49.703/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
8663h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:54.718/<>-
CURED ablaze
9622h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:59.000/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
8789h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:29:59.750/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
8531h, 3642m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:30:06.500/<>-
sip health
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
11459h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:30:06.906/<>-
CURED ablaze
11459h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:09.000/<>-
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
11459h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:30:10.671/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10626h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:11.390/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10368h, 3640m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:16.406/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10494h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:21.406/<>-
Fain, of the Red Masque raises a gauntlet and a blinding aura of power masses
it, malevolently.
Frantically putting out the flames on his body, you say, "I serve the Enigma
until my essence fades into the wind and my last battlecry will be heard!"
11069h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:26.296/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10236h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:26.765/<>-
CURED ablaze
11195h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:28.984/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10362h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:31.406/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10104h, 3638m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:36.406/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10230h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:30:41.390/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9972h, 3638m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:30:46.406/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
10098h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:30:51.406/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9840h, 3640m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:30:56.421/<>-
CURED ablaze
10799h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:30:59.000/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9966h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:31:01.406/<>-
Floating closer to you, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I will rend your skin
from your flesh and rip your spine and pick My teeth with it."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Now now, is this
really necessary?"
10667h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:31:08.921/<>-
(Ays Chaeyr): You say, "Lord Elostian, how about a hand! Or a big bucket of
water.."
10667h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:31:09.421/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9834h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:31:11.406/<>-
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
9576h, 3641m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:31:16.406/<>-
CURED ablaze
10535h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:31:19.015/<>-
Fain, of the Red Masque glides back, His mask twisted in sudden fury.
11511h, 3624m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxk /00:31:48.953/<>-
You have emoted: Ashteru putting out the flames on his armour, Ashteru moves
closer to the direction of the disembodiet voice, allthewhile trying not to
burn.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrk /00:31:50.750/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:31:52.187/<>-
Furiously, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "You dare, Elostian?"
Panting heavily, you say, "That's right on time, m'Lord!"
Malevolently, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Insubstantial fool, you dare step
between Me and My prey?"
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Greetings, dear
Cousin. And I indeed object, I do seem to recall it was your priest that walked
through the bounds of Sanctity."
You feel the very presence of Fain's hand in this place, His power within
everything here.
Fain, of the Red Masque waves His hands and a glistening wall of energy forms in
front of Him.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Oh, but I am not
actually here, dear Cousin. Who are you going to strike out at? The air?"
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Then your creature will die."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "May I pose a
question before you, dear Fain?"
Seeming to burst from Fain's blackened breastplate, evanescent tendrils of
crimson darkness fade in and out of view, swirling about Fain in uneven orbits,
and tracing icy trails across your skin.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Ask."
The temple fills with a chilling howl, as Makfir offers praises to His master.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "MAKFIR."
A fell chill fills the area as a black direwolf steps from the shadows, his
dreadful burning eyes regarding you inscrutably.
You have emoted: Ashteru leans onto his axe, breathing heavily after putting out
the flames, just to back away from the tendrils as he feels them.
A black direwolf bears his jaws.
You have emoted: Ashteru turns to face this new danger, just to have slight grin
cross his face.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "What use would
that be to either of us? You have purpose for him, I can tell, or you would not
have taken the effort to call him here. I Myself would rather dislike having to
do without a particle of My essence. Would not disposing of him now be a
situation that would account a loss to both of Us?"
You peer about yourself unscrupulously.
The earth itself shudders as Fain utters a deep, booming laugh.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Kill, Makfir."
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
11511h, 3640m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:37:17.781/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
11511h, 3640m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxk /00:37:18.796/<>-
Quick as a flash, a black direwolf catches your hand within his fanged jaws,
tearing it from your arm in a fountain of blood.
10979h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxk /00:37:19.796/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
10361h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:20.812/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
10361h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:21.656/<>-
nightsight
compose
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9167h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:21.953/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9167h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:22.406/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You move sluggishly into action.
9167h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:22.546/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9167h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:22.937/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
7955h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrkp /00:37:23.000/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
7955h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:23.796/<>-
sip quicksilver
nightsight
compose
sip health
Quick as a flash, a black direwolf catches your hand within his fanged jaws,
tearing it from your arm in a fountain of blood.
7309h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:24.031/<>-
outr sparkleberry
eat sparkleberry
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
7309h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:24.187/<>-
ONDEF nightsight
7309h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:24.343/<>-
CURED fear
7309h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:24.421/<>-
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
9896h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:24.578/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
9896h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:24.703/<>-
You bleed 424 health.
9472h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:24.921/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You remove 1 sparkleberry, bringing the total in the Rift to 793.
9472h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:25.140/<>-
You eat a sparkleberry.
You feel your health, mana and ego replenished.
10623h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:25.250/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
9535h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:25.312/<>-
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9535h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:25.453/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 167.
9535h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:25.515/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
9535h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrkp /00:37:26.078/<>-
: Targeting: mafkir
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8281h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrkp /00:37:26.312/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
8281h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxkp /00:37:26.421/<>-
Quick as a flash, a black direwolf catches your hand within his fanged jaws,
tearing it from your arm in a fountain of blood.
A magic aura flares around you and completely absorbs the damage.
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxkp /00:37:26.828/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21896w elrxkp /00:37:27.359/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:27.859/<>-
compose
CURED fear
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:28.156/<>-
swing mafkir
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:28.562/<>-
Your right arm must be free.
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:29.046/<>-
apply mending to arms
ONDEF speed
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:29.328/<>-
CURED ablaze
8856h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:29.437/<>-
You take out some salve and quickly rub it on your arms.
swing mafkir
CURED broken right arm
8856h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21900w elrxkp /00:37:29.906/<>-
You bleed 566 health.
8290h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:30.171/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
sip health
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
8290h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:30.468/<>-
stand
You may eat another sparkleberry.
8290h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:30.625/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 166.
8290h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:30.656/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
8290h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:30.968/<>-
You may apply another salve to yourself.
8290h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:31.125/<>-
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
10259h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:31.296/<>-
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
10259h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:31.421/<>-
focus body
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
10259h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21897w elrxkp /00:37:31.687/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
11218h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrxkp /00:37:31.781/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrkp /00:37:31.937/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrkp /00:37:32.390/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
swing mafkir
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrkp /00:37:32.843/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 165.
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrkp /00:37:32.921/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrkp /00:37:33.328/<>-
You must regain balance first.
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrkp /00:37:33.484/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10130h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21825w elrxkp /00:37:33.562/<>-
stand
swing mafkir
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing mafkir
10130h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:33.906/<>-
You cannot see that being here.
10130h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:34.265/<>-
Nothing can be seen here by that name.
10130h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:34.750/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
10130h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:34.828/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
10130h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:35.187/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 164.
10130h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:35.343/<>-
You bleed 633 health.
9497h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:35.531/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
9497h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21821w elrxk /00:37:35.906/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8916h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21835w elrxkp /00:37:36.875/<>-
ih
You may eat or smoke another herb.
8916h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21835w elrxkp /00:37:37.171/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
"throneA44" a crimson marble throne
"direwolf3530" a black direwolf
Number of objects: 2
8916h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21835w elrxkp /00:37:37.484/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 163.
8916h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21835w elrxkp /00:37:37.671/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
8916h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21835w elrxkp /00:37:38.093/<>-
CURED ablaze
8916h, 3392m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21832w elrxkp /00:37:39.140/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
8916h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21832w elrxkp /00:37:39.531/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
8916h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21846w elrxkp /00:37:39.890/<>-
compose
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 162.
8916h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21846w elrxkp /00:37:40.046/<>-
: Targeting: direwolf
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
8916h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21846w elrxkp /00:37:40.468/<>-
swing direwolf
CURED fear
8916h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21846w elrxkp /00:37:40.625/<>-
Your state of paralysis prevents you from doing that.
8916h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21846w elrxkp /00:37:41.140/<>-
focus body
You bleed 452 health.
8464h, 3467m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21846w elrxkp /00:37:41.453/<>-
sip health
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
9423h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21771w elrxkp /00:37:41.640/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
9423h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21771w elrxkp /00:37:41.796/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
11511h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21771w elrxkp /00:37:42.187/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
11511h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21771w elrxkp /00:37:42.281/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 161.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21767w elrxkp /00:37:42.312/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21767w elrxk /00:37:42.453/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21767w elrxk /00:37:42.906/<>-
The earth itself shudders as Fain utters a deep, booming laugh.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21781w elrxk /00:37:43.906/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35400en, 21781w elrxk /00:37:44.250/<>-
swing direwolf
outr chervil
eat chervil
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. Your weapon cuts through the air, missing
completely.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21781w elrk /00:37:44.500/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 160.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21781w elrk /00:37:44.703/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21781w elrk /00:37:45.203/<>-
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
11511h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21781w elrk /00:37:45.953/<>-
You bleed 314 health.
11197h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21778w elrk /00:37:46.421/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
11197h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21778w elrk /00:37:46.562/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11511h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21778w elrxk /00:37:46.859/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
10181h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35334en, 21778w elrkp /00:37:47.343/<>-
swing direwolf
You must regain balance first.
10181h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35354en, 21792w elrkp /00:37:47.625/<>-
swing direwolf
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10181h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35354en, 21792w elrxkp /00:37:48.390/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10181h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35354en, 21792w elrxkp /00:37:48.796/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
10181h, 3390m, 7590e, 10p, 35354en, 21792w elrxk /00:37:49.015/<>-
You stand straight up.
10181h, 3465m, 7590e, 10p, 35354en, 21792w elrxk /00:37:49.468/<>-
swing direwolf
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
10181h, 3465m, 7590e, 10p, 35288en, 21792w elrk /00:37:49.843/<>-
You bleed 423 health.
10717h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35308en, 21802w elrk /00:37:51.937/<>-
swing direwolf
outr chervil
eat chervil
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
9665h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35308en, 21802w elrkp /00:37:52.156/<>-
You must regain balance first.
9665h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35308en, 21802w elrkp /00:37:52.281/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 159.
9665h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35308en, 21802w elrkp /00:37:52.484/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
9665h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35308en, 21802w elrkp /00:37:53.156/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
9665h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35308en, 21802w elrkp /00:37:54.140/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
9665h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:55.843/<>-
swing direwolf
diag
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
9665h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:56.203/<>-
stand
You are:
AFF prone
DEF insomnia
9665h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w lrxkp /00:37:56.578/<>-
You must possess equilibrium in order to do that.
10240h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w lrxkp /00:37:56.640/<>-
You must possess equilibrium in order to do that.
10240h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w lrxkp /00:37:56.890/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9194h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w lrxkp /00:37:57.312/<>-
You bleed 503 health.
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w lrxkp /00:37:57.484/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You have recovered equilibrium.
swing direwolf
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:57.718/<>-
stand
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:57.890/<>-
compose
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 158.
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:57.968/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:58.500/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:58.640/<>-
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:58.750/<>-
focus body
CURED fear
8691h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21812w elrxkp /00:37:59.015/<>-
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
8691h, 3638m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21808w elrxkp /00:37:59.187/<>-
CURED ablaze
8691h, 3638m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21808w elrxkp /00:37:59.281/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35328en, 21733w elrxkp /00:37:59.546/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxkp /00:38:00.031/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
swing direwolf
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxkp /00:38:00.328/<>-
stand
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 157.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxkp /00:38:00.453/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxkp /00:38:00.750/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxkp /00:38:00.906/<>-
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing direwolf
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxk /00:38:01.125/<>-
You stand straight up.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35348en, 21747w elrxk /00:38:01.312/<>-
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35282en, 21747w elrk /00:38:01.625/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
A magic aura flares around you and completely absorbs the damage.
8691h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35282en, 21747w elrkp /00:38:02.125/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
9650h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35282en, 21747w elrkp /00:38:02.546/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You bleed 382 health.
9268h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35282en, 21743w elrkp /00:38:03.015/<>-
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 156.
9268h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35282en, 21743w elrkp /00:38:03.125/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
9268h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35282en, 21743w elrkp /00:38:03.609/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
9268h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35302en, 21757w elrkp /00:38:04.812/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9843h, 3637m, 7590e, 10p, 35302en, 21753w elrkp /00:38:07.359/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
9843h, 3637m, 7590e, 10p, 35302en, 21753w elrxkp /00:38:07.437/<>-
swing direwolf
You move sluggishly into action.
9843h, 3637m, 7590e, 10p, 35322en, 21767w elrxkp /00:38:08.281/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You bleed 280 health.
9563h, 3637m, 7590e, 10p, 35322en, 21767w elrxkp /00:38:08.562/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9563h, 3637m, 7590e, 10p, 35322en, 21767w elrxkp /00:38:08.781/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
9563h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35322en, 21767w elrxkp /00:38:09.718/<>-
sip quicksilver
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
9563h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35322en, 21767w elrxkp /00:38:09.984/<>-
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9563h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35322en, 21763w elrxkp /00:38:11.046/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8457h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:11.906/<>-
sip health
swing direwolf
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
10498h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:12.281/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
11457h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:12.515/<>-
stand
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
11457h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:12.734/<>-
compose
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
11457h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:12.937/<>-
focus body
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
11457h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:13.140/<>-
swing direwolf
CURED fear
11457h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21777w elrxkp /00:38:13.328/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
11457h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21702w elrxkp /00:38:13.546/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
11457h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21702w elrxkp /00:38:14.015/<>-
You bleed 217 health.
11240h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21702w elrxkp /00:38:14.171/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
swing direwolf
11240h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21702w elrxkp /00:38:14.375/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing direwolf
11240h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35342en, 21702w elrxk /00:38:14.578/<>-
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
11240h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35276en, 21702w elrk /00:38:14.703/<>-
swing direwolf
You must possess balance in order to do that.
11240h, 3430m, 7590e, 10p, 35276en, 21702w elrk /00:38:14.906/<>-
You must regain balance first.
11240h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35276en, 21698w elrk /00:38:15.109/<>-
ONDEF speed
11240h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35276en, 21698w elrk /00:38:15.203/<>-
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "It appears you
have not changed, dear Cousin. A pity. Consider the debt ashteru had to You
void."
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Save your avatar, Elostian."
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
11511h, 3410m, 7590e, 10p, 35296en, 21712w elrk /00:38:17.109/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11511h, 3391m, 7590e, 10p, 35296en, 21709w elrxk /00:38:19.000/<>-
swing direwolf
CURED ablaze
11511h, 3391m, 7590e, 10p, 35296en, 21709w elrxk /00:38:19.343/<>-
You bleed 159 health.
11352h, 3466m, 7590e, 10p, 35296en, 21709w elrxk /00:38:19.484/<>-
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
11352h, 3466m, 7590e, 10p, 35230en, 21709w elrk /00:38:19.718/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
10028h, 3466m, 7590e, 10p, 35250en, 21723w elrkp /00:38:21.921/<>-
You bleed 340 health.
10647h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35270en, 21733w elrkp /00:38:25.062/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10647h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35270en, 21733w elrxkp /00:38:25.312/<>-
swing direwolf
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10647h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35270en, 21733w elrxkp /00:38:25.656/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing direwolf
10647h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35270en, 21733w elrxk /00:38:25.875/<>-
You stand straight up.
10647h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35270en, 21733w elrxk /00:38:26.078/<>-
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
You have scored an ANNIHILATINGLY POWERFUL CRITICAL hit!
10647h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35204en, 21733w elrk /00:38:26.265/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9984h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35204en, 21733w elrkp /00:38:27.281/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
9984h, 3641m, 7590e, 10p, 35204en, 21730w elrkp /00:38:27.703/<>-
compose
CURED fear
9984h, 3641m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21744w elrkp /00:38:28.031/<>-
CURED ablaze
9984h, 3641m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21744w elrkp /00:38:29.140/<>-
You bleed 276 health.
9708h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21744w elrkp /00:38:30.453/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
9708h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21744w elrxkp /00:38:31.218/<>-
swing direwolf
Frustratingly, your body won't respond to your call to action.
9708h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:31.562/<>-
focus body
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8547h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21754w elrxkp /00:38:31.921/<>-
sip health
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
8547h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21679w elrxkp /00:38:32.218/<>-
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
11323h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21679w elrxkp /00:38:32.703/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
swing direwolf
11323h, 3408m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21679w elrxk /00:38:33.078/<>-
(Skeleton Hearth): Halamir (from the Aetherways) says, "But with your afk-ness
and such, I couldn't."
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21679w elrxk /00:38:33.218/<>-
peer direwolf
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35178en, 21679w elrk /00:38:33.562/<>-
You peer at a black direwolf unscrupulously.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35178en, 21679w elrk /00:38:34.000/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
You must regain balance first.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35178en, 21679w elrk /00:38:34.078/<>-
compose
CURED fear
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35178en, 21679w elrk /00:38:34.390/<>-
You bleed 215 health.
11296h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35198en, 21689w elrk /00:38:35.968/<>-
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
11296h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35198en, 21689w elrk /00:38:36.437/<>-
Quick as a flash, a black direwolf catches your hand within his fanged jaws,
tearing it from your arm in a fountain of blood.
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35198en, 21689w elrk /00:38:37.234/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35198en, 21689w elrxk /00:38:37.765/<>-
swing direwolf
You are not wielding a weapon to do that with.
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35198en, 21689w elrxk /00:38:38.187/<>-
apply mending to arms
You take out some salve and quickly rub it on your arms.
swing direwolf
CURED broken left arm
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35198en, 21689w elrxk /00:38:38.750/<>-
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35132en, 21689w elrk /00:38:38.859/<>-
CURED ablaze
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35132en, 21689w elrk /00:38:39.156/<>-
You may apply another salve to yourself.
10929h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35132en, 21685w elrk /00:38:39.796/<>-
You bleed 265 health.
10664h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35152en, 21699w elrk /00:38:41.484/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
9447h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35152en, 21699w elrkp /00:38:41.968/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10406h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35172en, 21710w elrxkp /00:38:44.812/<>-
swing direwolf
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10406h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35172en, 21710w elrxkp /00:38:45.203/<>-
stand
A crimson aura flares about a black direwolf, and his wounds heal.
10406h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35172en, 21710w elrxkp /00:38:45.375/<>-
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing direwolf
10406h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35172en, 21710w elrxk /00:38:45.609/<>-
You stand straight up.
10406h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35172en, 21710w elrxk /00:38:45.828/<>-
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
10406h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35106en, 21710w elrk /00:38:46.281/<>-
You bleed 366 health.
10615h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35106en, 21710w elrk /00:38:46.984/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
10615h, 3662m, 7590e, 10p, 35106en, 21710w elrk /00:38:47.281/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10615h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35126en, 21720w elrxk /00:38:50.265/<>-
swing direwolf
You move sluggishly into action.
10615h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35126en, 21720w elrxk /00:38:50.750/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You move sluggishly into action.
10615h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35126en, 21720w elrxk /00:38:50.953/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
10615h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxk /00:38:52.265/<>-
sip quicksilver
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9498h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxkp /00:38:52.406/<>-
You bleed 302 health.
9196h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxkp /00:38:52.578/<>-
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
9196h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxkp /00:38:52.750/<>-
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9196h, 3658m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxkp /00:38:53.515/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
10155h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxkp /00:38:54.718/<>-
compose
CURED fear
10155h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35146en, 21730w elrxkp /00:38:55.046/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9789h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35166en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:57.000/<>-
ONDEF speed
9789h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35166en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:57.484/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
9789h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35166en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:57.890/<>-
compose
You bleed 238 health.
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35166en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:58.265/<>-
CURED fear
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35166en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:58.671/<>-
CURED ablaze
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35166en, 21740w elrxkp /00:38:59.140/<>-
You say, "My, that's one persistent opponent."
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35186e
Ashteru2008-01-09 00:24:47
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35186en, 21750w elrxkp /00:39:00.125/<>-
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "You know fully
well that I cannot, dear Cousin. Not from here."
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35186en, 21750w elrxkp /00:39:02.031/<>-
You bleed 178 health.
9373h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35186en, 21750w elrxkp /00:39:03.468/<>-
swing direwolf
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
9162h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrkp /00:39:05.046/<>-
You must regain balance first.
9162h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrkp /00:39:05.390/<>-
swing direwolf
You must regain balance first.
9162h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrkp /00:39:06.046/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:06.531/<>-
swing direwolf
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:06.906/<>-
stand
swing direwolf
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:07.125/<>-
focus body
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:07.328/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:07.531/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
9737h, 3409m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21685w elrxkp /00:39:07.750/<>-
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
9737h, 3409m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21685w elrxkp /00:39:08.125/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8620h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:08.625/<>-
sip health
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
swing direwolf
8620h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:08.843/<>-
stand
You bleed 341 health.
8279h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.078/<>-
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
10984h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.281/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10984h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.421/<>-
CURED ablaze
10984h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.500/<>-
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing direwolf
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:09.640/<>-
You stand straight up.
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:09.843/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
The Halls of Hatred.
A comforting feeling of privacy pervades the area. A black lever juts out from
one of the pillars here.
You see exits leading north and down.
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:09.968/<>-
compose
I do not recognize anything called that here.
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:10.234/<>-
CURED fear
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:10.656/<>-
compose
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
10984h, 3443m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21705w elrxk /00:39:13.093/<>-
10984h, 3443m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21705w elrxk /00:39:13.468/<>-
You bleed 278 health.
11233h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21705w elrxk /00:39:14.515/<>-
Massive throne room.
You are transported by the power of the Divine.
11511h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:16.906/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
10388h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrkp /00:39:17.359/<>-
spiritbond nature
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10388h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxkp /00:39:18.734/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10388h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxkp /00:39:19.109/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
10388h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:19.328/<>-
You stand straight up.
10388h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:19.796/<>-
spiritbond nature
You bleed 442 health.
9946h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:20.234/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You call upon all the spirits of Nature, and a whirlwind of power surrounds you,
briefly lifting you from the ground. As every spirit embraces you, you shudder
and tremble in delight.
9946h, 3180m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21680w lrxk /00:39:20.484/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9946h, 3180m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21680w lrxk /00:39:20.562/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:20.796/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:20.984/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:21.406/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:22.234/<>-
sip quicksilver
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:22.484/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 155.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:22.796/<>-
You have recovered equilibrium.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.015/<>-
spiritbond nature
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.484/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.578/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.765/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.859/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:24.312/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
10905h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:24.687/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
10905h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:25.375/<>-
sip quicksilver
outr chervil
eat chervil
You bleed 338 health.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:25.812/<>-
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:25.953/<>-
spiritbond nature
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 154.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:26.000/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:26.359/<>-
You call upon all the spirits of Nature, and a whirlwind of power surrounds you,
briefly lifting you from the ground. As every spirit embraces you, you shudder
and tremble in delight.
10567h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxk /00:39:26.531/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9318h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:26.671/<>-
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9318h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:26.781/<>-
ONDEF speed
9893h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:27.453/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
9893h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:27.796/<>-
You sense the piercing eyes of Synl looking upon you.
9893h, 2926m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w lrxkp /00:39:28.890/<>-
You have recovered equilibrium.
9893h, 2926m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:29.250/<>-
CURED ablaze
9893h, 2926m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:29.359/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8941h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:29.734/<>-
swing direwolf
You are paralysed and cannot do that.
8941h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:30.843/<>-
focus body
You bleed 238 health.
8703h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:31.281/<>-
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Cease, Makfir."
8703h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:31.390/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
8703h, 2751m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21572w elrxkp /00:39:31.593/<>-
sip mana
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
Your mind feels stronger and more alert.
8703h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35324en, 21572w elrxkp /00:39:31.937/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
8703h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35324en, 21572w elrxk /00:39:32.328/<>-
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
9662h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35344en, 21583w elrxk /00:39:36.078/<>-
You bleed 180 health.
9482h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21597w elrxk /00:39:36.484/<>-
l
Massive throne room.
10057h, 3660m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21593w elrxk /00:39:37.515/<>-
time
You think that it is currently day-time up above.
: Daytime!
In your world, it is 2008/01/07 23:39:42 GMT.
See HELP GMT for an explanation of GMT.
10057h, 3660m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21593w elrxk /00:39:39.046/<>-
CURED ablaze
10057h, 3660m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21593w elrxk /00:39:39.500/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9000h, 3680m, 7590e, 3p, 35364en, 21593w elrxkp /00:39:39.562/<>-
You bleed 70 health.
8930h, 3659m, 7590e, 3p, 35384en, 21603w elrxkp /00:39:41.953/<>-
You bleed 10 health.
10454h, 3680m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21614w elrxkp /00:39:47.468/<>-
CURED ablaze
10454h, 3661m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21625w elrxkp /00:39:49.171/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9508h, 3680m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21625w elrxkp /00:39:49.468/<>-
You bleed 2 health.
9506h, 3680m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21639w elrxkp /00:39:53.203/<>-
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "CEASE, MAKFIR."
10465h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21635w elrxkp /00:39:55.765/<>-
CURED ablaze
11040h, 3661m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21646w elrxkp /00:39:59.140/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
A magic aura flares around you and completely absorbs the damage.
11040h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21646w elrkp /00:39:59.515/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11040h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21660w elrxkp /00:40:00.875/<>-
diag
You are:
AFF paralysis
AFF prone
DEF insomnia
11040h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21660w lrxkp /00:40:01.390/<>-
focus body
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w lrxkp /00:40:02.062/<>-
You have recovered equilibrium.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w elrxkp /00:40:02.218/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w elrxkp /00:40:02.859/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w elrxk /00:40:03.171/<>-
swing direwolf
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35334en, 21582w elrk /00:40:03.828/<>-
You watch in amazement as a black direwolf crumbles before your eyes.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 6p, 35354en, 21592w elrk /00:40:05.937/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 6p, 35354en, 21592w elrxk /00:40:08.203/<>-
l
Massive throne room.
You see a single exit leading south.
11511h, 3660m, 7590e, 6p, 35374en, 21602w elrxk /00:40:09.781/<>-
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Ashteru, stand
down."
Grumbling, you say, "Fine, m'Lord."
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Speak of this, Demigod to anyone, and My
servants will raise your god's temple to the ground and his shrines will be
dust."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Now begone."
You say, "Aye then."
Massive throne room.
You see a single exit leading south.
You give the world a smart salute.
Your spread your arms wide, and the air between your hands begins to warp and
twist as you bore a hole through the fabric of the planes, seeking to ascend to
the Divine Havens.
You fold space and a swirling gateway of brilliant light pierces the air before
you, boring a hole through the very fabric of the planes to the Vault of Heaven.
You ascend confidently through the rotating gate, which shimmers and snaps shut
behind you.
The Vault of Heaven.
With outstretched arms, an enormous statue of Estarra stands here vigilantly.
Spirit Warden Exeryte, Keeper of the Bones towers here. He wields a coiling
skeletal rapier in each hand.
You see a single exit leading down.
A wry smile spreads across Exeryte's face.
You wipe the back of your hand across your head in relief as you mutter, "Whew."
A secluded section of the Divine Havens.
You may enter the NEWS from here.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west,
northwest, up, and down.
~~~~~Movement spam~~~~~~~
Standing between two giant pines. (Razine Mountain Range.)
The shadowy outline of a twisted forest casts a dark gloom here. The bright sun
shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. A glass seer's candle
floats freely in the air, its cold flame bathing the area in a mysterious, deep
blue light. A shroud of twilight covers the surrounding area, casting the
environment in a deep blue ambiance.
You see exits leading southeast, west, and through a shroud of twilight.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby. A shroud of twilight covers the surrounding area, casting
the environment in a deep blue ambiance.
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
Before the Cathedral of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading south and in.
The atrium of the cathedral. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, east, and out.
The Nave of Twilight. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north and south.
The Great Transept. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, south, west, and northwest.
The Eye of the Mists. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby. A statue of Lacostian, the Mysterial Lord stands here,
shrouded in plumes of sinuously shimmering mist.
You see a single exit leading east.
The Great Transept. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, south, west, and northwest.
The west Sanctuary aisle. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north and southeast.
The west Transept. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading northeast, south, and west.
The Cloister. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading east.
You shift your eyes suspiciously from side to side.
The Cloister. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading east.
You whisper, "*******."
Twilight shimmers around you, opening up a path to the slype which you quickly
tread as the twilight closes behind you.
The slype. (lost)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, up, and out.
The Chapter House.
You see a single exit leading south.
The Chapter House.
You see a single exit leading south.
You wipe the back of your hand across your head in relief as you mutter, "Whew."
You have emoted: Ashteru sinks back against a wall and places his axe across his
lap.
You sit yourself down.
The Chapter House.
You see a single exit leading south.
You relax your grip.
You cease to wield Enigma.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Now now, dear
Ashteru. I certainly do think you could have handled that more diplomatically."
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
You say, "I thought about it, m'Lord!"
You say, "But I figured, I'd feel as if I broke my oath to You."
You say, "If I had been any more diplomatic, that is."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Did you not
remember what I said when you first applied to My worship?"
You say, "I remember that there are no oaths."
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "You remember but
part of it."
A wry smile spreads across your face.
You say, "Age, m'Lord!"
You say, "But still."
You say, "I didn't want to disappoint, being Your Avatar and all."
You stick out your tongue and say, "Unwavering in faith."
You have emoted: Ashteru peers at one of the black spots on his armour.
The deep, resonant chime of Great Tom reverberates through the cathedral,
heralding a new period of Twilight.
You mutter, "I'l. have to poli.. ..."
You say, "Thank You for Your help in there, m'Lord."
You laughingly say, "I was kind of prepared to die a few times."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Indeed, what did
I do?"
The soft whispers of foreign voices sound through the cathedral, barely audible
on the edge of hearing.
You smile impishly and say, "Not let me die, I guess."
You say, "Though I guess Lord Fain got a problem with You now."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Nonsense, I did
nothing a good ventriloquist could not have done."
The corners of your mouth turn up as you grin mischievously.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Oh, and Lord Fain
has a problem with everyone. I would not worry about it, perhaps it will be a
case for amusement in future."
You laughingly say, "But still, it's nice that You came. Didn't know how to talk
my way out of THAT."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Who knows, He
might even declare you one of His enemies and you'll have some sport."
You suck thoughtfully on your teeth.
You smile impishly and say, "Yeah."
You have emoted: Ashteru breathes out deeply and mutters again while wiping away
the sweat on his forehead.
You laughingly say, "See, that's why You need a pet."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Perhaps you
should regain your breath and consider why this conversation escalated, dear
Ashteru."
Smiling wryly, you say, "So I guess I should keep this between You and me, eh."
You say, "Mmh. Well, He wanted me to return to Him, m'Lord."
You look skeptical and say, "Not something I would call a -little- betrayal."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Indeed, but
remember that unlike the current situation you owe a great deal to this Elder."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "And also remember
that even though Fain has acted in a way that would annul your debt to him, you
perhaps might not consider it fulfilled."
You say, "Aye. I would actually have helped Him in another way, but not by
betraying You, m'Lord."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Then perhaps you
should seek an alternative way in which you may repay Your debt to him. Not even
the Red Masque is fully without reason."
You say, "If You allow, m'Lord. Because You are right, and I know that. I owe
Lord Fain a lot."
You laughingly say, "Not as much as You, but still."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Remember that
there is no gain in pride, Ashteru. That is why this escalated."
You purse your lips, deep in thought.
You ask, "So You say I should try to negotiate with Lord Fain and maybe gain
something in the end as well?"
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Regardless of how
things stand, he is still Lord Fain to you, and worthy of your respect and
worship as you once gave it to him, even if you feel you can no longer give it
to him."
You nod solemnly.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "There is no gain
for you, Ashteru, but experience and learning."
You say, "Aye, m'Lord, I will remember."
The twilight softens the contrasts of the sandstone sculptures, making them seem
almost real.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "If Fain smites
you for your impertinence, well, at least you will know the fault lay not with
you."
The corners of your mouth turn up as you grin mischievously.
You smile impishly and say, "Reassuring."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Consider this,
and consider how you will progress. Find out for yourself what you believe you
owe Him, not for Me."
You say, "I hope You still don't mind my past after it manifested itself
violently like this, m'Lord."
You nod solemnly.
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
You say, "I will, m'Lord."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Don't you know Me
better by now, dear Ashteru?"
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "You just need a
little more practice."
The corners of your mouth turn up as you grin mischievously.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "We shall speak
again."
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
You smile impishly and say, "Aye, m'Lord. Hopefully."
With a flourish of your arm, you bow deeply.
You say, "Now to find a place to think a little."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "You know fully
well that I cannot, dear Cousin. Not from here."
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9551h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35186en, 21750w elrxkp /00:39:02.031/<>-
You bleed 178 health.
9373h, 3660m, 7590e, 10p, 35186en, 21750w elrxkp /00:39:03.468/<>-
swing direwolf
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
9162h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrkp /00:39:05.046/<>-
You must regain balance first.
9162h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrkp /00:39:05.390/<>-
swing direwolf
You must regain balance first.
9162h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrkp /00:39:06.046/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:06.531/<>-
swing direwolf
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:06.906/<>-
stand
swing direwolf
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:07.125/<>-
focus body
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:07.328/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
9737h, 3659m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21760w elrxkp /00:39:07.531/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
9737h, 3409m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21685w elrxkp /00:39:07.750/<>-
You are paralysed and unable to do that.
9737h, 3409m, 7590e, 10p, 35206en, 21685w elrxkp /00:39:08.125/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8620h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:08.625/<>-
sip health
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
swing direwolf
8620h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:08.843/<>-
stand
You bleed 341 health.
8279h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.078/<>-
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
10984h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.281/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10984h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.421/<>-
CURED ablaze
10984h, 3388m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxkp /00:39:09.500/<>-
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
swing direwolf
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:09.640/<>-
You stand straight up.
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35226en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:09.843/<>-
You rush about in a state of utter panic.
The Halls of Hatred.
A comforting feeling of privacy pervades the area. A black lever juts out from
one of the pillars here.
You see exits leading north and down.
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:09.968/<>-
compose
I do not recognize anything called that here.
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:10.234/<>-
CURED fear
10984h, 3463m, 7590e, 10p, 35224en, 21695w elrxk /00:39:10.656/<>-
compose
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
10984h, 3443m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21705w elrxk /00:39:13.093/<>-
10984h, 3443m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21705w elrxk /00:39:13.468/<>-
You bleed 278 health.
11233h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35244en, 21705w elrxk /00:39:14.515/<>-
Massive throne room.
You are transported by the power of the Divine.
11511h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:16.906/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
10388h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrkp /00:39:17.359/<>-
spiritbond nature
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
10388h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxkp /00:39:18.734/<>-
You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
stand up
10388h, 3661m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxkp /00:39:19.109/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
10388h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:19.328/<>-
You stand straight up.
10388h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:19.796/<>-
spiritbond nature
You bleed 442 health.
9946h, 3680m, 7590e, 10p, 35264en, 21716w elrxk /00:39:20.234/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You call upon all the spirits of Nature, and a whirlwind of power surrounds you,
briefly lifting you from the ground. As every spirit embraces you, you shudder
and tremble in delight.
9946h, 3180m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21680w lrxk /00:39:20.484/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9946h, 3180m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21680w lrxk /00:39:20.562/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:20.796/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:20.984/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:21.406/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:22.234/<>-
sip quicksilver
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:22.484/<>-
outr chervil
eat chervil
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 155.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w lrxk /00:39:22.796/<>-
You have recovered equilibrium.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.015/<>-
spiritbond nature
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 5p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.484/<>-
A black direwolf stares at you with his smoldering eyes, and they pulse darkly,
drawing you in as the world slows imperceptibly round you.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.578/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.765/<>-
sip phlegmatic
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:23.859/<>-
You move sluggishly into action.
9946h, 3162m, 7590e, 6p, 35284en, 21677w elrxk /00:39:24.312/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
10905h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:24.687/<>-
You take a drink from a sapphire vial.
You return to the normal timestream.
10905h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:25.375/<>-
sip quicksilver
outr chervil
eat chervil
You bleed 338 health.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:25.812/<>-
You take a drink from a bloodstone vial.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:25.953/<>-
spiritbond nature
You remove 1 chervil, bringing the total in the Rift to 154.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:26.000/<>-
You eat a sprig of chervil.
Your bleeding slows as your blood clots.
10567h, 3448m, 7590e, 6p, 35304en, 21687w elrxk /00:39:26.359/<>-
You call upon all the spirits of Nature, and a whirlwind of power surrounds you,
briefly lifting you from the ground. As every spirit embraces you, you shudder
and tremble in delight.
10567h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxk /00:39:26.531/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9318h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:26.671/<>-
You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
9318h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:26.781/<>-
ONDEF speed
9893h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:27.453/<>-
You may eat or smoke another herb.
9893h, 2948m, 7590e, 1p, 35304en, 21637w lrxkp /00:39:27.796/<>-
You sense the piercing eyes of Synl looking upon you.
9893h, 2926m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w lrxkp /00:39:28.890/<>-
You have recovered equilibrium.
9893h, 2926m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:29.250/<>-
CURED ablaze
9893h, 2926m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:29.359/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
8941h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:29.734/<>-
swing direwolf
You are paralysed and cannot do that.
8941h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:30.843/<>-
focus body
You bleed 238 health.
8703h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:31.281/<>-
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Cease, Makfir."
8703h, 3001m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21647w elrxkp /00:39:31.390/<>-
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
8703h, 2751m, 7590e, 1p, 35324en, 21572w elrxkp /00:39:31.593/<>-
sip mana
You take a drink from a ruby vial.
Your mind feels stronger and more alert.
8703h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35324en, 21572w elrxkp /00:39:31.937/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
8703h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35324en, 21572w elrxk /00:39:32.328/<>-
You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
9662h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35344en, 21583w elrxk /00:39:36.078/<>-
You bleed 180 health.
9482h, 3680m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21597w elrxk /00:39:36.484/<>-
l
Massive throne room.
10057h, 3660m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21593w elrxk /00:39:37.515/<>-
time
You think that it is currently day-time up above.
: Daytime!
In your world, it is 2008/01/07 23:39:42 GMT.
See HELP GMT for an explanation of GMT.
10057h, 3660m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21593w elrxk /00:39:39.046/<>-
CURED ablaze
10057h, 3660m, 7590e, 2p, 35364en, 21593w elrxk /00:39:39.500/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9000h, 3680m, 7590e, 3p, 35364en, 21593w elrxkp /00:39:39.562/<>-
You bleed 70 health.
8930h, 3659m, 7590e, 3p, 35384en, 21603w elrxkp /00:39:41.953/<>-
You bleed 10 health.
10454h, 3680m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21614w elrxkp /00:39:47.468/<>-
CURED ablaze
10454h, 3661m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21625w elrxkp /00:39:49.171/<>-
A black direwolf fixes you with his burning crimson eyes. With mounting fear,
you realise you cannot break his gaze, and, rooted to the spot, you burst into
an inferno of flame.
9508h, 3680m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21625w elrxkp /00:39:49.468/<>-
You bleed 2 health.
9506h, 3680m, 7590e, 4p, 35400en, 21639w elrxkp /00:39:53.203/<>-
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "CEASE, MAKFIR."
10465h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21635w elrxkp /00:39:55.765/<>-
CURED ablaze
11040h, 3661m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21646w elrxkp /00:39:59.140/<>-
A black direwolf springs at you, knocking you prone. Pinning you beneath him, he
tears great bloody chunks of flesh from your throat with jagged fangs.
A magic aura flares around you and completely absorbs the damage.
11040h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21646w elrkp /00:39:59.515/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11040h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21660w elrxkp /00:40:00.875/<>-
diag
You are:
AFF paralysis
AFF prone
DEF insomnia
11040h, 3680m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21660w lrxkp /00:40:01.390/<>-
focus body
You begin focusing your mind on your motor skills.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w lrxkp /00:40:02.062/<>-
You have recovered equilibrium.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w elrxkp /00:40:02.218/<>-
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w elrxkp /00:40:02.859/<>-
stand
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35400en, 21582w elrxk /00:40:03.171/<>-
swing direwolf
You swing Enigma at a black direwolf. You cut him with a light wound.
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
11040h, 3411m, 7590e, 5p, 35334en, 21582w elrk /00:40:03.828/<>-
You watch in amazement as a black direwolf crumbles before your eyes.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 6p, 35354en, 21592w elrk /00:40:05.937/<>-
You have recovered balance on all limbs.
11511h, 3680m, 7590e, 6p, 35354en, 21592w elrxk /00:40:08.203/<>-
l
Massive throne room.
You see a single exit leading south.
11511h, 3660m, 7590e, 6p, 35374en, 21602w elrxk /00:40:09.781/<>-
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Ashteru, stand
down."
Grumbling, you say, "Fine, m'Lord."
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Speak of this, Demigod to anyone, and My
servants will raise your god's temple to the ground and his shrines will be
dust."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Now begone."
You say, "Aye then."
Massive throne room.
You see a single exit leading south.
You give the world a smart salute.
Your spread your arms wide, and the air between your hands begins to warp and
twist as you bore a hole through the fabric of the planes, seeking to ascend to
the Divine Havens.
You fold space and a swirling gateway of brilliant light pierces the air before
you, boring a hole through the very fabric of the planes to the Vault of Heaven.
You ascend confidently through the rotating gate, which shimmers and snaps shut
behind you.
The Vault of Heaven.
With outstretched arms, an enormous statue of Estarra stands here vigilantly.
Spirit Warden Exeryte, Keeper of the Bones towers here. He wields a coiling
skeletal rapier in each hand.
You see a single exit leading down.
A wry smile spreads across Exeryte's face.
You wipe the back of your hand across your head in relief as you mutter, "Whew."
A secluded section of the Divine Havens.
You may enter the NEWS from here.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west,
northwest, up, and down.
~~~~~Movement spam~~~~~~~
Standing between two giant pines. (Razine Mountain Range.)
The shadowy outline of a twisted forest casts a dark gloom here. The bright sun
shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. A glass seer's candle
floats freely in the air, its cold flame bathing the area in a mysterious, deep
blue light. A shroud of twilight covers the surrounding area, casting the
environment in a deep blue ambiance.
You see exits leading southeast, west, and through a shroud of twilight.
You step into the twilight and the surroundings fade into obscurity. When they
come into contrast again you are elsewhere.
Between the rocky slopes. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby. A shroud of twilight covers the surrounding area, casting
the environment in a deep blue ambiance.
You see exits leading north and through a shroud of twilight.
Before the Cathedral of Twilight. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading south and in.
The atrium of the cathedral. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, east, and out.
The Nave of Twilight. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north and south.
The Great Transept. (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, south, west, and northwest.
The Eye of the Mists. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby. A statue of Lacostian, the Mysterial Lord stands here,
shrouded in plumes of sinuously shimmering mist.
You see a single exit leading east.
The Great Transept. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, northeast, east, south, west, and northwest.
The west Sanctuary aisle. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north and southeast.
The west Transept. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading northeast, south, and west.
The Cloister. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading east.
You shift your eyes suspiciously from side to side.
The Cloister. (lost) (Temple of Elostian.)
You see a single exit leading east.
You whisper, "*******."
Twilight shimmers around you, opening up a path to the slype which you quickly
tread as the twilight closes behind you.
The slype. (lost)
The area is suffused with an eerie, deep blue light, signifying a healing shrine
of Elostian nearby.
You see exits leading north, up, and out.
The Chapter House.
You see a single exit leading south.
The Chapter House.
You see a single exit leading south.
You wipe the back of your hand across your head in relief as you mutter, "Whew."
You have emoted: Ashteru sinks back against a wall and places his axe across his
lap.
You sit yourself down.
The Chapter House.
You see a single exit leading south.
You relax your grip.
You cease to wield Enigma.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Now now, dear
Ashteru. I certainly do think you could have handled that more diplomatically."
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
You say, "I thought about it, m'Lord!"
You say, "But I figured, I'd feel as if I broke my oath to You."
You say, "If I had been any more diplomatic, that is."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Did you not
remember what I said when you first applied to My worship?"
You say, "I remember that there are no oaths."
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "You remember but
part of it."
A wry smile spreads across your face.
You say, "Age, m'Lord!"
You say, "But still."
You say, "I didn't want to disappoint, being Your Avatar and all."
You stick out your tongue and say, "Unwavering in faith."
You have emoted: Ashteru peers at one of the black spots on his armour.
The deep, resonant chime of Great Tom reverberates through the cathedral,
heralding a new period of Twilight.
You mutter, "I'l. have to poli.. ..."
You say, "Thank You for Your help in there, m'Lord."
You laughingly say, "I was kind of prepared to die a few times."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Indeed, what did
I do?"
The soft whispers of foreign voices sound through the cathedral, barely audible
on the edge of hearing.
You smile impishly and say, "Not let me die, I guess."
You say, "Though I guess Lord Fain got a problem with You now."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Nonsense, I did
nothing a good ventriloquist could not have done."
The corners of your mouth turn up as you grin mischievously.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Oh, and Lord Fain
has a problem with everyone. I would not worry about it, perhaps it will be a
case for amusement in future."
You laughingly say, "But still, it's nice that You came. Didn't know how to talk
my way out of THAT."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Who knows, He
might even declare you one of His enemies and you'll have some sport."
You suck thoughtfully on your teeth.
You smile impishly and say, "Yeah."
You have emoted: Ashteru breathes out deeply and mutters again while wiping away
the sweat on his forehead.
You laughingly say, "See, that's why You need a pet."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Perhaps you
should regain your breath and consider why this conversation escalated, dear
Ashteru."
Smiling wryly, you say, "So I guess I should keep this between You and me, eh."
You say, "Mmh. Well, He wanted me to return to Him, m'Lord."
You look skeptical and say, "Not something I would call a -little- betrayal."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Indeed, but
remember that unlike the current situation you owe a great deal to this Elder."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "And also remember
that even though Fain has acted in a way that would annul your debt to him, you
perhaps might not consider it fulfilled."
You say, "Aye. I would actually have helped Him in another way, but not by
betraying You, m'Lord."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Then perhaps you
should seek an alternative way in which you may repay Your debt to him. Not even
the Red Masque is fully without reason."
You say, "If You allow, m'Lord. Because You are right, and I know that. I owe
Lord Fain a lot."
You laughingly say, "Not as much as You, but still."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Remember that
there is no gain in pride, Ashteru. That is why this escalated."
You purse your lips, deep in thought.
You ask, "So You say I should try to negotiate with Lord Fain and maybe gain
something in the end as well?"
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Regardless of how
things stand, he is still Lord Fain to you, and worthy of your respect and
worship as you once gave it to him, even if you feel you can no longer give it
to him."
You nod solemnly.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "There is no gain
for you, Ashteru, but experience and learning."
You say, "Aye, m'Lord, I will remember."
The twilight softens the contrasts of the sandstone sculptures, making them seem
almost real.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "If Fain smites
you for your impertinence, well, at least you will know the fault lay not with
you."
The corners of your mouth turn up as you grin mischievously.
You smile impishly and say, "Reassuring."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Consider this,
and consider how you will progress. Find out for yourself what you believe you
owe Him, not for Me."
You say, "I hope You still don't mind my past after it manifested itself
violently like this, m'Lord."
You nod solemnly.
The air vibrates with a profound sense of amusement.
You say, "I will, m'Lord."
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "Don't you know Me
better by now, dear Ashteru?"
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "You just need a
little more practice."
The corners of your mouth turn up as you grin mischievously.
Emanating from the aether, a sonorous multi-toned voice says, "We shall speak
again."
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
You smile impishly and say, "Aye, m'Lord. Hopefully."
With a flourish of your arm, you bow deeply.
You say, "Now to find a place to think a little."
Daganev2008-01-09 00:35:15
*sniffle*
Reminds me of the good ol days... oh how I miss them.
Reminds me of the good ol days... oh how I miss them.
Unknown2008-01-09 00:41:42
man I wish I was in Fain's order sometimes
Daganev2008-01-09 00:45:00
The first 30 IC years of Daganev's life was full of this sort of stuff. Though with much less mob support.
Unknown2008-01-09 00:48:00
I still need to dissect that kephera.
Richter2008-01-09 02:18:14
Fain is fantastic.
Neuf2008-01-09 13:09:38
QUOTE(Richter @ Jan 9 2008, 02:18 AM) 474688
Fain is fantastic.
Seconded.
even if I have to sit with a dictionary open whenever he comes to chat.
Unknown2008-01-09 16:47:41
Google works for gods who use fancy sentences.. and big words.. and those not so big words..
Morvior2008-02-11 17:16:43
QUOTE
A sense of urgency rouses you from your reveries, as you imagine the shadowy figures of trespassers within the library of your Master.
Quickly, in a rasping voice, you say, "If you'll excuse me, I have urgent manners to attend to."
Surrounded by blood-stained shelves.
Iron sconces bear spluttering crimson flames which dance and twist without a draught, casting a scarlet glint upon the dark and polished walls, and scattering jagged, malevolent shadows over the room. Ancient, hulking bookcases of black and withered wood support a vast library of shadowy tomes. Many are chained to their shelves, others bear legends in lost languages upon their spines. On sturdy tables books lie open, filled with incomprehensible diagrams and the stilted script of high divine. The room is cold, paved with frigid flagstones and capped with a vault of stone that echoes every sound. Breaking the stillness, a regular, dull thud, sounds from some distant point far below. Cushioned with creamy pillows, a walnut swivel chair carved in arabesque patterns stands here. Emitting a soft glow, a circular writing desk with ectoplasm inlay stands off to the side here. Its smooth finish gleaming faintly, a darkwood bookshelf rests against the wall here.
In a rasping voice, you say, "What are you doing here?"
You glare at Somaria with intense hatred, and a slight, ominous rumble echoes forth from the ground.
Somaria shivers violently.
The Divine voice of Fain, of the Red Masque echoes in your head, "Maggot her if you wish, My Servant."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Apologies.."
The temple fills with a chilling howl, as Makfir offers praises to His master.
The Divine voice of Fain, of the Red Masque echoes in your head, "Merely call upon My powers and I will dispose of her as she deserves."
You tell Fain, of the Red Masque, "As You will, My Lord. It shall be done. Promptly."
Thick, oily smoke pours out of your mouth and creates an ankle-deep carpet of seething black fog. As the smoke is soaked into the ground, the area turns putrid and foul. This location is now tainted.
Stomping on the ground, you allow your spirit to meld into the taint, becoming one with this location.
Somaria whimpers like a wounded puppy.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Apologies, sadly, are not suitable here and now. Your whimpering makes you seem like a weak and feeble child. Now, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
You face south and sharply clap your hands together, the sound of which is like two bricks being slammed against each other.
The earth erupts and pushes up a massive wall of stone.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I am reading.."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Who gave /you/ permission to read these sacred texts, you impudent maggot?"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found my way in alone."
You roar, "Liar!"
Somaria shakes her head.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I'm not."
You roar, "Impudent whelp! I'll flay the skin from your bones!"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Don't.."
You hiss, "Don't you dare tell me what to do. Worm. How dare you enter this sacred sanctum. How dare you violate it with your unclean hands. Tell me who gave you admittance."
You raise your staff and feel the throbbing pulse of the tainted earth flows through your veins, increasing the magic of your spells.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I came alone.."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I swear it."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You cannot lie to me. I am closer to the Lord of Lies than you could ever imagine, little girl."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Aye, I've heard."
Morvior sucks in a breath and lets his eyes roll back into his head, his body exuding a crimson aura of pure malice for a few scant moments.
In a gutteral tone, you say, "Feel the weight of your lies upon your maggot body, festering wench!"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No."
Somaria mutters and traces a cobalt blue pentagram in the air that remains hovering before her.
You tell Fain, of the Red Masque, "My Lord, I call upon You. Give Somaria your curse of Maggot-hood."
Somaria grabs her stomach and falls to the ground, writhing in agony. Her flesh rips painfully apart, revealing mounds of disgusting, disease-ridden maggots beneath, which burst from her orifices and skin. As the last of Somaria's flesh liquifies, an abnormally large and filthy maggot crawls from the fleshy detritus and a far-away mocking laughter booms through your ears.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Damnit."
Morvior brings his head forwards, eyes rolling back to bear down upon Somaria.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No..."
Comprehension flashes across Somaria's face.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Did you think that your pitiful shield would hold against the Will of the Crimson Lord?"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Forgive me.."
In a rasping voice, you say, "No. Now get out."
Morvior motions with his left hand.
You feel the very presence of Fain's hand in this place, His power within everything here.
As Somaria disappears, a huge set of books and scrolls thump out of the aether onto the floor.
You give a fearsome roar.
(The Scarlet Masquerade): You say, "Who gave you such a right, you festering pus-filled maggot. You are unworthy, and undeserving. You dare to try to take books from His Library. You dare violate His inner sanctum, and for that, you shall be as you are. A maggot."
Karnagan tells you, "Is my assistance needed for some problem, Morvior?"
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Yes."
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Find Somaria."
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Report her location and any who are with her to me."
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Await my teleportation to you."
Karnagan tells you, "At her."
Karnagan tells you, "She's east of the megalith- no companions."
You tug upon the aether strands around you, searching for one that connects to Karnagan.
Marble arch before the Necropolis. (Capital City of the Mighty Dominion of Magnagora.)
The bright sun shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. The large gap in the outer Necropolis wall here is bridged by a massive marble arch. The marble arch, a rare black colour, has been adorned with strange glowing runes all along the underside. The top of the arch is embellished with a large stone skull, fiery rubies fitted in its eye sockets. To the west lies the main building of the Necropolis, black and sinister, with its four spires rising up out of each corner. The outer wall leads away from the arch in either direction, zigzagging as it makes its way around the eastern towers. A statue of Gravynia stands here, memorializing her noble spirit. A shuttered glass gas lamp lies dark and unlit atop a tall, ornately gilded post. A very small milestone lies here, bearing the name 'Serae'. A filthy gutter mutt meanders here, sniffing the ground. Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero is here. He wields a sinister curved katana with both hands. Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind is here, shrouded.
Somaria chews on her lip, deep in thought.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I do hope that you can explain yourself well enough that I don't see fit to have you skinned, Somaria."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You have ten seconds."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found it myself."
Somaria creases her brow in a frown.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Lies. Try again."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No, no lies, Morvior."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You are incapable of breaching into the Inner Sanctum by yourself, this I know."
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "If she lies to me again, make her bleed."
Somaria blinks.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "I suggest you try again. This time, do not try to lie to me."
Frowning as he nods, glancing over to you, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Tactician... what is going on, then."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "It is by your own mistake, Morvior."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "If you harm me, our Lord will hear of it."
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "She has violated the inner sanctum of Our Lord."
As you stare at Somaria, your eyes widen slightly and the corner of your right eye starts to tic uncontrollably.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Whom's power do you think I called down to turn you into a maggot, you idiot."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I am no idiot, I know full and well."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "I think you're beginning to slip into lies again."
You rub your hands together and grin at Somaria with evil satisfaction.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Still, I will inform the Master should you harm me."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Tactician- it is not a good idea to appeal to the Lord when His priest acts in His name. Explain all that has happened, and be prepared to duplicate it at command."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Ah. There is the catch."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "I will not be the one harming you."
Morvior gives a flick of the wrist motion towards Karnagan.
In a rasping voice, you say, "He will."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I request authority to get to the truth of this, Priest Morvior."
In a rasping voice, you say, "I'm patiently waiting for Somaria's proper and truthful explanation of the event."
In a rasping voice, you say, "If I hear another lie, I shall be more than immensely displeased."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found it on my own. Perhaps by His will- perhaps you are not as in tuned with Him as you should think."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found it on my own."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Priest Morvior. There is a simple test of her veracity. Have her lead us back there- if she fails to enter the library, then she is lying."
With a flourish, Karnagan slips a sinister curved katana into a colossus scabbard.
With a flourish, Karnagan draws a warrior's iron greatsword from a colossus scabbard.
Karnagan's knuckles grow momentarily white as he strengthens his grip.
(Crimson Council): You say, "Somaria has managed to break into the Inner Sanctum, and into Your Library, My Lord. It would be impossible for her to do it normally, and she took it upon herself to take a copy of every book and scroll within the Library in an attempt to read them elsewhere and take a copy out of Your library. The Commandant Karnagan, a loyal servant of Yourself, has proposed that she take us to the Library, if she so claims that she is capable of entering herself."
Somaria ponders the situation.
Somaria murmurs softly to herself.
You smile softly at Karnagan.
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "An excellent idea."
Looking over to you as he warns, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "The will of the Lord is absolute, Tactician... I will follow His command. Pray that the priest accepts this test, and that you do not fail."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Lead us."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I will not."
(Crimson Council): You say, "She denies the will of one of Your priests, My Lord."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Go now, Tactician."
Somaria shakes her head.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No."
You snicker softly to yourself.
You chuckle long and heartily.
You cackle hellishly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I'm going to enjoy making you suffer."
The ground shakes and with a woosh, a blazing inferno of flames explodes about you as Fain manifests, clad in a swirling conflagaration of wailing souls.
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
You grovel in the dirt before Fain.
Both eyebrows raising as he comments, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I'm sure I didn't hear you correctly, Tactician. You will go now."
Somaria grovels in the dirt before Fain.
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before Fain.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Lord be Praised."
Fain, of the Red Masque quenches the flames with a motion of one hand.
His head pressed to the dirt, in a rasping voice, you say, "My Lord."
Somaria kneels before Fain, swearing her allegiance to Him.
Fain, of the Red Masque gestures toward Somaria with a wave of a gauntleted hand, fixing her with a baleful gaze.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind lowers her gaze, tensing.
Somaria shakes her head.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero remains upon one knee, head bowed in the presence of Fain.
Karnagan kneels onto one knee, demonstrating his humility and respect.
Linaeve arrives from the east.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I am amused."
Linaeve curtseys respectfully before Fain.
Linaeve nods her head at you.
Linaeve leaves to the west.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Somaria has been... most amusingly used."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "A tool in the hands of one of My lesser priests."
You hunch slightly and flare your body as you hiss warningly.
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I will not hold you liable for this penetration into the inner sanctums of My temple, Morvior."
Your vision blurs and swims as tangible waves of malevolence project from Fain's ghastly visage.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "...this time."
In a rasping voice, you say, "My many thanks for Your mercy, My Lord."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "My Priests scheme and plot, Somaria."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Seeking My favour."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "And I would have it so. Through conflict are their abilities honed."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Yes, my Lord."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Through adversity may I determine which tools are best suited for each task."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Further, it amuses Me to watch you fight like wrestling ants over little or nothing at all."
The ambient temperature drops perceptibly as Fain's mask twists into a frown.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "But never forget that I ordain a hierarchy for a reason."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "And all scheming and plotting is subject to it."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Knife your superior well and you will take his place."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Defy him and you defy Me."
The crimson miasma of souls about Fain's shrouded figure churns with sudden vehemence.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "It is not a subtle distinction."
Morvior remains obediently silent.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Grakthuln's conspiracy was a small one."
You glare at your surroundings, hatred whirlpooling in your eyes.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "But he will pay the price of failure."
Twisting hideously, Fain's mask contorts into the semblance of a smile.
Fain, of the Red Masque makes a sharp gesture and the aura about Him whirls icily.
The corpse of a crimson-robed priest descends, resting on a golden disc of pure light.
Your eyes widen slightly and the corner of your right eye starts to tic uncontrollably.
Somaria stares implacably at the corpse of a crimson-robed priest.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero grits his teeth as he looks down to the broken body, but remains perfectly still in the presence of Fain.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I would have loved to have strangled the life out of him."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Your training has barely begun, Somaria, and you seem apt."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I hope you will learn from this lesson."
Tendrils of a thick crimson smoke snake out of Fain's hands, spiraling back towards Him and consuming His body whole before dispersing into the aether.
Somaria stretches languidly.
You stand straight up.
With a flourish of your arm, you bow deeply.
You glare at Somaria with intense hatred, and a slight, ominous rumble echoes forth from the ground.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "See that you never. Ever. Lie to me again. Or I will make sure that your end is neither swift, nor pleasant."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Surely I will not, Morvior."
Somaria smirks.
Somaria strokes the corpse of a crimson-robed priest tenderly.
Somaria sits down.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "And when I say swift, or pleasant, I mean that I will have you thrown from the Engine and you will rot a thousand deaths upon the blasted earth of the desert."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Now give me the body."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "It is your's to take, surely."
Filled with disgust, you spit directly into the corpse of a crimson-robed priest's face.
Looking with an appalling smile down to the body, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "You know, Morvior... perhaps we can raise him as a mindless ghast."
You pick up the corpse of a crimson-robed priest.
You stroke the corpse of a crimson-robed priest tenderly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I have thought of that, Karnagan."
In a rasping voice, you say, "I have also thought of using his corpse as kindling for a fire."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "So many options. I would prefer something more drawn out, though... merely dying seems too small a price for a failed conspiracy."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Indeed. Such is the price of failure."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "If your ruse had been successful, you would have been commended, sadly, it ended before it had even begun. Choose a better priest to parley with."
Looking with some interest of to the priest, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I am curious... now that it hardly matters, what happened?"
Somaria clears her throat.
In a rasping voice, you say, "The Inner Sanctum of Our Lord is private, only to those who have been granted access. This priest obviously planned to cause myself to lose repute and gain punishment from Lord Fain by having Somaria enter into the Library."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "A knight was removed from the game and I gained something I had long sought... That is all."
(Crimson Council): Fain says, "She is astute but undiplomatic."
Twirling his sword once above his head, before letting the tip rest at his feet, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Knights are always dangerous pieces to have in play."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says to Karnagan, "Again, worry not over it."
(Crimson Council): Fain says, "But Grakthuln is not lost. He will return to Me in a.. lesser capacity.. when I call him. My servitude is endless, Morvior."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "You will never reach higher than a pawn. Your mind is still weak, and requires more training. Your loyalty to a priest who is weak disgusts me. You should have betrayed him at the first opportunity and gained the advantage."
(Crimson Council): You say, "Such is the price of failure, My Lord. Weaker servitude."
You give Karnagan the once-over, eyeing him suspiciously.
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "You, on the other hand, hold promise."
Running a metal finger along the edge of his blade with a polite nod to Morvior, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I thank you, Priest."
In a rasping voice, shifting his steel mask upon his face for a moment, you say to Karnagan, "I may call upon you again. Unlike the other, you have a chance of being a Knight, or perhaps more."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I await the Lord's command, as always."
With a venom filled smile, you say to Karnagan, "Good. You may now leave, Karnagan. Thank you for your efforts."
In a rasping voice, you say, "They.. Shall not be forgotten."
Somaria's ears perk up with a sudden interest.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I should hope not. Tactician, Morvior- be well."
You doff the hood of an eerie set of blood-red robes cordially to Karnagan.
Somaria gives Karnagan a respectful salute.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero bows shallowly at the waist as he strides off to the west.
Karnagan leaves to the west.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "You may still prove useful. You have talent, but you need to refine it. You may leave."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Thank you for permission, but if i'd somewhere to go, I'd be there by now."
Somaria curtseys respectfully before you.
In a rasping voice, you say, "It was not a permission, not a request. It was an order to remove yourself from my sight. Lest you wish more punishment inflicted. Perhaps, when my temper has died down, we may speak again, and you may understand why I am so angry."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Mm.. I didn't mean to offend, if my answer came about as such. Thinking over it, I see how it might have."
Somaria looks about herself, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Now leave me."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind murmurs, "Ah, right, out of your sight."
Somaria's eyes sparkle with amusement.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Be well, Priest."
Somaria stands up and stretches her arms out wide.
You snarl viciously.
You stroke the corpse of a crimson-robed priest tenderly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Oh... I have such sights to show you."
Quickly, in a rasping voice, you say, "If you'll excuse me, I have urgent manners to attend to."
Surrounded by blood-stained shelves.
Iron sconces bear spluttering crimson flames which dance and twist without a draught, casting a scarlet glint upon the dark and polished walls, and scattering jagged, malevolent shadows over the room. Ancient, hulking bookcases of black and withered wood support a vast library of shadowy tomes. Many are chained to their shelves, others bear legends in lost languages upon their spines. On sturdy tables books lie open, filled with incomprehensible diagrams and the stilted script of high divine. The room is cold, paved with frigid flagstones and capped with a vault of stone that echoes every sound. Breaking the stillness, a regular, dull thud, sounds from some distant point far below. Cushioned with creamy pillows, a walnut swivel chair carved in arabesque patterns stands here. Emitting a soft glow, a circular writing desk with ectoplasm inlay stands off to the side here. Its smooth finish gleaming faintly, a darkwood bookshelf rests against the wall here.
In a rasping voice, you say, "What are you doing here?"
You glare at Somaria with intense hatred, and a slight, ominous rumble echoes forth from the ground.
Somaria shivers violently.
The Divine voice of Fain, of the Red Masque echoes in your head, "Maggot her if you wish, My Servant."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Apologies.."
The temple fills with a chilling howl, as Makfir offers praises to His master.
The Divine voice of Fain, of the Red Masque echoes in your head, "Merely call upon My powers and I will dispose of her as she deserves."
You tell Fain, of the Red Masque, "As You will, My Lord. It shall be done. Promptly."
Thick, oily smoke pours out of your mouth and creates an ankle-deep carpet of seething black fog. As the smoke is soaked into the ground, the area turns putrid and foul. This location is now tainted.
Stomping on the ground, you allow your spirit to meld into the taint, becoming one with this location.
Somaria whimpers like a wounded puppy.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Apologies, sadly, are not suitable here and now. Your whimpering makes you seem like a weak and feeble child. Now, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
You face south and sharply clap your hands together, the sound of which is like two bricks being slammed against each other.
The earth erupts and pushes up a massive wall of stone.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I am reading.."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Who gave /you/ permission to read these sacred texts, you impudent maggot?"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found my way in alone."
You roar, "Liar!"
Somaria shakes her head.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I'm not."
You roar, "Impudent whelp! I'll flay the skin from your bones!"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Don't.."
You hiss, "Don't you dare tell me what to do. Worm. How dare you enter this sacred sanctum. How dare you violate it with your unclean hands. Tell me who gave you admittance."
You raise your staff and feel the throbbing pulse of the tainted earth flows through your veins, increasing the magic of your spells.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I came alone.."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I swear it."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You cannot lie to me. I am closer to the Lord of Lies than you could ever imagine, little girl."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Aye, I've heard."
Morvior sucks in a breath and lets his eyes roll back into his head, his body exuding a crimson aura of pure malice for a few scant moments.
In a gutteral tone, you say, "Feel the weight of your lies upon your maggot body, festering wench!"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No."
Somaria mutters and traces a cobalt blue pentagram in the air that remains hovering before her.
You tell Fain, of the Red Masque, "My Lord, I call upon You. Give Somaria your curse of Maggot-hood."
Somaria grabs her stomach and falls to the ground, writhing in agony. Her flesh rips painfully apart, revealing mounds of disgusting, disease-ridden maggots beneath, which burst from her orifices and skin. As the last of Somaria's flesh liquifies, an abnormally large and filthy maggot crawls from the fleshy detritus and a far-away mocking laughter booms through your ears.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Damnit."
Morvior brings his head forwards, eyes rolling back to bear down upon Somaria.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No..."
Comprehension flashes across Somaria's face.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Did you think that your pitiful shield would hold against the Will of the Crimson Lord?"
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Forgive me.."
In a rasping voice, you say, "No. Now get out."
Morvior motions with his left hand.
You feel the very presence of Fain's hand in this place, His power within everything here.
As Somaria disappears, a huge set of books and scrolls thump out of the aether onto the floor.
You give a fearsome roar.
(The Scarlet Masquerade): You say, "Who gave you such a right, you festering pus-filled maggot. You are unworthy, and undeserving. You dare to try to take books from His Library. You dare violate His inner sanctum, and for that, you shall be as you are. A maggot."
Karnagan tells you, "Is my assistance needed for some problem, Morvior?"
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Yes."
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Find Somaria."
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Report her location and any who are with her to me."
You tell Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero, "Await my teleportation to you."
Karnagan tells you, "At her."
Karnagan tells you, "She's east of the megalith- no companions."
You tug upon the aether strands around you, searching for one that connects to Karnagan.
Marble arch before the Necropolis. (Capital City of the Mighty Dominion of Magnagora.)
The bright sun shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. The large gap in the outer Necropolis wall here is bridged by a massive marble arch. The marble arch, a rare black colour, has been adorned with strange glowing runes all along the underside. The top of the arch is embellished with a large stone skull, fiery rubies fitted in its eye sockets. To the west lies the main building of the Necropolis, black and sinister, with its four spires rising up out of each corner. The outer wall leads away from the arch in either direction, zigzagging as it makes its way around the eastern towers. A statue of Gravynia stands here, memorializing her noble spirit. A shuttered glass gas lamp lies dark and unlit atop a tall, ornately gilded post. A very small milestone lies here, bearing the name 'Serae'. A filthy gutter mutt meanders here, sniffing the ground. Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero is here. He wields a sinister curved katana with both hands. Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind is here, shrouded.
Somaria chews on her lip, deep in thought.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I do hope that you can explain yourself well enough that I don't see fit to have you skinned, Somaria."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You have ten seconds."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found it myself."
Somaria creases her brow in a frown.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Lies. Try again."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No, no lies, Morvior."
In a rasping voice, you say, "You are incapable of breaching into the Inner Sanctum by yourself, this I know."
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "If she lies to me again, make her bleed."
Somaria blinks.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "I suggest you try again. This time, do not try to lie to me."
Frowning as he nods, glancing over to you, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Tactician... what is going on, then."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "It is by your own mistake, Morvior."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "If you harm me, our Lord will hear of it."
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "She has violated the inner sanctum of Our Lord."
As you stare at Somaria, your eyes widen slightly and the corner of your right eye starts to tic uncontrollably.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Whom's power do you think I called down to turn you into a maggot, you idiot."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I am no idiot, I know full and well."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "I think you're beginning to slip into lies again."
You rub your hands together and grin at Somaria with evil satisfaction.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Still, I will inform the Master should you harm me."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Tactician- it is not a good idea to appeal to the Lord when His priest acts in His name. Explain all that has happened, and be prepared to duplicate it at command."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Ah. There is the catch."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "I will not be the one harming you."
Morvior gives a flick of the wrist motion towards Karnagan.
In a rasping voice, you say, "He will."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I request authority to get to the truth of this, Priest Morvior."
In a rasping voice, you say, "I'm patiently waiting for Somaria's proper and truthful explanation of the event."
In a rasping voice, you say, "If I hear another lie, I shall be more than immensely displeased."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found it on my own. Perhaps by His will- perhaps you are not as in tuned with Him as you should think."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I found it on my own."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Priest Morvior. There is a simple test of her veracity. Have her lead us back there- if she fails to enter the library, then she is lying."
With a flourish, Karnagan slips a sinister curved katana into a colossus scabbard.
With a flourish, Karnagan draws a warrior's iron greatsword from a colossus scabbard.
Karnagan's knuckles grow momentarily white as he strengthens his grip.
(Crimson Council): You say, "Somaria has managed to break into the Inner Sanctum, and into Your Library, My Lord. It would be impossible for her to do it normally, and she took it upon herself to take a copy of every book and scroll within the Library in an attempt to read them elsewhere and take a copy out of Your library. The Commandant Karnagan, a loyal servant of Yourself, has proposed that she take us to the Library, if she so claims that she is capable of entering herself."
Somaria ponders the situation.
Somaria murmurs softly to herself.
You smile softly at Karnagan.
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "An excellent idea."
Looking over to you as he warns, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "The will of the Lord is absolute, Tactician... I will follow His command. Pray that the priest accepts this test, and that you do not fail."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Lead us."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "I will not."
(Crimson Council): You say, "She denies the will of one of Your priests, My Lord."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Go now, Tactician."
Somaria shakes her head.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "No."
You snicker softly to yourself.
You chuckle long and heartily.
You cackle hellishly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I'm going to enjoy making you suffer."
The ground shakes and with a woosh, a blazing inferno of flames explodes about you as Fain manifests, clad in a swirling conflagaration of wailing souls.
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
You grovel in the dirt before Fain.
Both eyebrows raising as he comments, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I'm sure I didn't hear you correctly, Tactician. You will go now."
Somaria grovels in the dirt before Fain.
The roaring inferno engulfs you as you fight to find a way out.
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before Fain.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Lord be Praised."
Fain, of the Red Masque quenches the flames with a motion of one hand.
His head pressed to the dirt, in a rasping voice, you say, "My Lord."
Somaria kneels before Fain, swearing her allegiance to Him.
Fain, of the Red Masque gestures toward Somaria with a wave of a gauntleted hand, fixing her with a baleful gaze.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind lowers her gaze, tensing.
Somaria shakes her head.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero remains upon one knee, head bowed in the presence of Fain.
Karnagan kneels onto one knee, demonstrating his humility and respect.
Linaeve arrives from the east.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I am amused."
Linaeve curtseys respectfully before Fain.
Linaeve nods her head at you.
Linaeve leaves to the west.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Somaria has been... most amusingly used."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "A tool in the hands of one of My lesser priests."
You hunch slightly and flare your body as you hiss warningly.
Icily, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I will not hold you liable for this penetration into the inner sanctums of My temple, Morvior."
Your vision blurs and swims as tangible waves of malevolence project from Fain's ghastly visage.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "...this time."
In a rasping voice, you say, "My many thanks for Your mercy, My Lord."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "My Priests scheme and plot, Somaria."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Seeking My favour."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "And I would have it so. Through conflict are their abilities honed."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Yes, my Lord."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Through adversity may I determine which tools are best suited for each task."
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Further, it amuses Me to watch you fight like wrestling ants over little or nothing at all."
The ambient temperature drops perceptibly as Fain's mask twists into a frown.
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "But never forget that I ordain a hierarchy for a reason."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "And all scheming and plotting is subject to it."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Knife your superior well and you will take his place."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Defy him and you defy Me."
The crimson miasma of souls about Fain's shrouded figure churns with sudden vehemence.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "It is not a subtle distinction."
Morvior remains obediently silent.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Grakthuln's conspiracy was a small one."
You glare at your surroundings, hatred whirlpooling in your eyes.
Fain, of the Red Masque says, "But he will pay the price of failure."
Twisting hideously, Fain's mask contorts into the semblance of a smile.
Fain, of the Red Masque makes a sharp gesture and the aura about Him whirls icily.
The corpse of a crimson-robed priest descends, resting on a golden disc of pure light.
Your eyes widen slightly and the corner of your right eye starts to tic uncontrollably.
Somaria stares implacably at the corpse of a crimson-robed priest.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero grits his teeth as he looks down to the broken body, but remains perfectly still in the presence of Fain.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I would have loved to have strangled the life out of him."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "Your training has barely begun, Somaria, and you seem apt."
Coldly, Fain, of the Red Masque says, "I hope you will learn from this lesson."
Tendrils of a thick crimson smoke snake out of Fain's hands, spiraling back towards Him and consuming His body whole before dispersing into the aether.
Somaria stretches languidly.
You stand straight up.
With a flourish of your arm, you bow deeply.
You glare at Somaria with intense hatred, and a slight, ominous rumble echoes forth from the ground.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "See that you never. Ever. Lie to me again. Or I will make sure that your end is neither swift, nor pleasant."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Surely I will not, Morvior."
Somaria smirks.
Somaria strokes the corpse of a crimson-robed priest tenderly.
Somaria sits down.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "And when I say swift, or pleasant, I mean that I will have you thrown from the Engine and you will rot a thousand deaths upon the blasted earth of the desert."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Now give me the body."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "It is your's to take, surely."
Filled with disgust, you spit directly into the corpse of a crimson-robed priest's face.
Looking with an appalling smile down to the body, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "You know, Morvior... perhaps we can raise him as a mindless ghast."
You pick up the corpse of a crimson-robed priest.
You stroke the corpse of a crimson-robed priest tenderly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I have thought of that, Karnagan."
In a rasping voice, you say, "I have also thought of using his corpse as kindling for a fire."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "So many options. I would prefer something more drawn out, though... merely dying seems too small a price for a failed conspiracy."
In a rasping voice, you say, "Indeed. Such is the price of failure."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "If your ruse had been successful, you would have been commended, sadly, it ended before it had even begun. Choose a better priest to parley with."
Looking with some interest of to the priest, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I am curious... now that it hardly matters, what happened?"
Somaria clears her throat.
In a rasping voice, you say, "The Inner Sanctum of Our Lord is private, only to those who have been granted access. This priest obviously planned to cause myself to lose repute and gain punishment from Lord Fain by having Somaria enter into the Library."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "A knight was removed from the game and I gained something I had long sought... That is all."
(Crimson Council): Fain says, "She is astute but undiplomatic."
Twirling his sword once above his head, before letting the tip rest at his feet, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Knights are always dangerous pieces to have in play."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says to Karnagan, "Again, worry not over it."
(Crimson Council): Fain says, "But Grakthuln is not lost. He will return to Me in a.. lesser capacity.. when I call him. My servitude is endless, Morvior."
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "You will never reach higher than a pawn. Your mind is still weak, and requires more training. Your loyalty to a priest who is weak disgusts me. You should have betrayed him at the first opportunity and gained the advantage."
(Crimson Council): You say, "Such is the price of failure, My Lord. Weaker servitude."
You give Karnagan the once-over, eyeing him suspiciously.
In a rasping voice, you say to Karnagan, "You, on the other hand, hold promise."
Running a metal finger along the edge of his blade with a polite nod to Morvior, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I thank you, Priest."
In a rasping voice, shifting his steel mask upon his face for a moment, you say to Karnagan, "I may call upon you again. Unlike the other, you have a chance of being a Knight, or perhaps more."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I await the Lord's command, as always."
With a venom filled smile, you say to Karnagan, "Good. You may now leave, Karnagan. Thank you for your efforts."
In a rasping voice, you say, "They.. Shall not be forgotten."
Somaria's ears perk up with a sudden interest.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I should hope not. Tactician, Morvior- be well."
You doff the hood of an eerie set of blood-red robes cordially to Karnagan.
Somaria gives Karnagan a respectful salute.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero bows shallowly at the waist as he strides off to the west.
Karnagan leaves to the west.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "You may still prove useful. You have talent, but you need to refine it. You may leave."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Thank you for permission, but if i'd somewhere to go, I'd be there by now."
Somaria curtseys respectfully before you.
In a rasping voice, you say, "It was not a permission, not a request. It was an order to remove yourself from my sight. Lest you wish more punishment inflicted. Perhaps, when my temper has died down, we may speak again, and you may understand why I am so angry."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Mm.. I didn't mean to offend, if my answer came about as such. Thinking over it, I see how it might have."
Somaria looks about herself, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
In a rasping voice, you say to Somaria, "Now leave me."
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind murmurs, "Ah, right, out of your sight."
Somaria's eyes sparkle with amusement.
Tactician Somaria Makiare`, Lady of the Silken Wind says, "Be well, Priest."
Somaria stands up and stretches her arms out wide.
You snarl viciously.
You stroke the corpse of a crimson-robed priest tenderly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Oh... I have such sights to show you."
Yet another lovely bit of RP.
Edit: Typo at the non-quoted bit! Big? No! It's bit!
Unknown2008-02-11 17:37:49
Awesome.
Unknown2008-02-11 21:38:11
So awesome
Morvior2008-02-28 23:44:18
The new ritual chamber completed!
.. With a few... Technical, if not funny, little hitches.
Note: I did edit this a bit, but I did not change anything that was said. I just got rid of the hp line, and me looking a lot, and just stuff that didn't need to be there and wasn't really involved in the RP.
.. With a few... Technical, if not funny, little hitches.
Note: I did edit this a bit, but I did not change anything that was said. I just got rid of the hp line, and me looking a lot, and just stuff that didn't need to be there and wasn't really involved in the RP.
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In a rasping voice, you say, "Then behold, Karnagan, for I will instruct you on the more simplistic of rituals of Our Lord. Are you prepared?"
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I am prepared, High Priest."
Within a ritual chamber.
The chamber is octagonal, with a vaulted roof above. Blood-like veins web the polished marble stone, and gleaming, reflect the flames of braziers and torches. Sharpened, crooked tools designed specifically for torture rest upon a table in the corner of the chamber, half covered by a bloody cloth. In brass plaques upon the walls, shifting shadowy glyphs tell of ghastly rites and horrific rituals to those with wit to read them. Brown smears stain the stone, standing testament to sacrifices past, and rotting body parts lie carelessly strewn about. Protruding from the wall, a gore encrusted femur acts as handle to an iron lever. A simple granite altar rests here, splattered with dried blood. (Fain, of the Red Masque stands here surrounded by a crimson miasma of wailing souls. He wields a sleek katana forged of blackened steel and wreathed in flames in each hand.) Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero is here. He wields a sinister curved katana with both hands.
There are no obvious exits.
Exits?
You grovel in the dirt before a granite altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Firstly, we grovel before the altar, offering our supplications up for the Lord."
You stare implacably at Karnagan.
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before a granite altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I said grovel."
You smile softly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Good."
You clear your throat.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I grovel before Your Altar, my Lord, and offer myself up to You in supplication, so that I may receive Your blessings and visions."
A palpable tension enters the air, and the ambient temperature drops sharply.
In a rasping voice, you say, "In stating our intentions, Karnagan, we signal to Our Lord that we wish to be judged before His altar and hopefully found worthy, not wanting."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I do see."
In a rasping voice, you say, "I'm glad that you do. Perhaps you are not as slow on the uptake as I had first thought, and you will be a worthy.. Priest, in time."
Mildly as he bows his head to you, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Perhaps I am not, indeed."
Lifting his hands up and pressing them to his chest, head still bowed, you say, "We offer you libations, My Lord, and seek that You may gift us with a gift of visions."
Seeping from out the walls and ground and condensing from the very air, a thick sickly red mist spreads out around you, churning and whirling to the beat of an invisible tune.
The mist thickens and foams in the air, congealing in streaks of bloody dew upon the walls and staining your vestments. Shallow pools of blood form upon the ground, and in their hazy reflections, nightmarish shapes prance and frolic with masks upon their faces of varying shapes and designs.
Morvior slowly pushes himself up onto his feet, coming to walk to the altar and stand in front of it.
Looking with fascination at the altar and the pools on the ground, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I see.."
You turn your head, startled by a whispering off in the shadows.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I beg that You empower me with your hate, My Lord, so that I may see what You will me to see."
In a rasping voice, you say, "EMPOWER ME WITH YOUR HATE!"
In a low mutter, you say, "I bid that the powers dissipate."
The crimson mists dissipate as the altar's power fades.
You grumble angrily.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Once again. We'll restart. Perhaps I read the rituals incorrectly."
You cough softly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "More likely that the fools before me didn't write them correctly."
You grovel in the dirt before a granite altar.
Looking about calmly as he glances back to you, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Perhaps."
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before a granite altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I grovel before Your altar, My Lord, seeking Your blessings and Your visions."
A palpable tension enters the air, and the ambient temperature drops sharply.
You stand straight up.
Morvior mutters to himself and quickly steps up to the Altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I beg that You empower me with Your hate, My Lord."
Compelled by the ritual, you seize the dagger from atop the altar, and cut three deep incisions in your left wrist. Wincing, you hold it out over the altar, and your blood drips upon it and collects there, spreading along the grooves dug into the stone, forming patterns of fell significance.
You feel suddenly faint, and as your vision swims you steady yourself against the altar.
Steaming eerily in the cold, the blood atop the altar flows through the symbolic grooves into a resevoir.
Eagerly, you cup your hands and grasp a drought of blood. Raising it to your face, you lap it up, spilling it over your face and down your front in gory rivulets.
As the taste of blood fades, you feel the ineffable power of Fain well up inside your mind. Your eyes glow and a scarlet nimbus flares about you. Crimson lightnings spark between your trembling fingers and your hand moves involuntarily towards the altar. With a thunderous crack you touch it, and power and vitality streams out of you, leaving you empty, dull and weak.
The crimson mists dissipate as the altar's power fades.
You shiver violently.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Now, Karnagan, you try."
You smile softly at Karnagan.
Looking with open admiration at the altar now, almost lustful as he turns back to you, asking slowly, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "How do you feel?"
You chuckle long and heartily.
In a rasping voice, you say, "That, I may tell you later, if you show yourself worthy of the knowledge."
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before a granite altar.
You turn your head, startled by a whispering off in the shadows.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I grovel before Your altar, My Lord, seeking Your blessings and Your visions."
A palpable tension enters the air, and the ambient temperature drops sharply.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Good... Goood... Don't stop now, Karnagan."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero quickly and recklessly crosses the room to the altar, face snarling with anticipation.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I beg that You empower me with Your hate, My Lord."
With a steady hand, Karnagan seizes the dagger from atop the altar and lacerates his left wrist with three steady incisions. Winching, he holds it out over the altar, and his blood drips upon it and collects there, spreading along the grooves dug into the stone.
The body of Sthai d'Murani, Aois-Dana appears in a flash and her soul descends to fill it, causing the previously expressionless face to fill with emotion.
Karnagan sways unsteadily and leans, panting, against the altar
Steaming eerily in the cold, the blood atop the altar flows through the symbolic grooves into a resevoir.
Eagerly, Karnagan cups his hands and grasps a drought of blood. Raising it to his face, he laps it up, spilling it over his face and down his front in gory rivulets.
Karnagan winces and chokes, spitting the congealing blood back onto the ground in dark coloured chunks.
The crimson mists dissipate as the altar's power fades.
You cackle hellishly at Karnagan.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Foolish child! You do not rush recklessly into such things! In your eagerness you ruined the entire ritual!"
Sthai d'Murani, Aois-Dana laughs softly.
Sthai peers at you unscrupulously.
Sthai searches the air in front of her, then tugs upon an invisible strand of force.
Bitterly coughing in blood as his face starts to spasm, clutching his chest as he winces, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Ugh... huh... apparently, my lust for power was the problem. I... must meditate, then try it once more."
You smirk at Karnagan.
Sthai turns translucent and then vanishes, leaving behind a cloud of sparkling motes of light.
In a rasping voice, you say, "You have greed, Karnagan, but you have no guidance."
You feel a slight tug within your chest and the air around you sparkles with motes of bright light.
Among the sparkling motes of light, a translucent figure appears in the air and then quickly solidifies as Sthai comes into view.
You grunt noncommitally.
Sthai curls her lip and sneers arrogantly.
You smirk at Sthai.
Nodding to you as he winces, snarling at the altar, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Which is the greatest of ironies, as I ordinarily counsel the greatest of cautions in dealing with anything. Of course, given the chance to grab power with both hands, well... I must remember that no power is so great that one should forget themselves."
Sthai d'Murani, Aois-Dana nods very slightly, smirking.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Power without guidance is folly. You will reach, and maybe you will grasp it, but then you will surely fail."
You grunt noncommitally.
Your exhausted mind can stay awake no longer, and you fall into a deep sleep.
You open your eyes and yawn mightily.
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Excuse me."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero cleans his face, eyes closing as his face becomes impassive and calm.
You pull a bone lever and there is a rumble of gears behind the walls about you.
With a deafening squeal, a marble wall slides aside to reveal a set of steps leading upward.
You whisper a gutteral incantation and see your vision shimmer before you until it dissolves into another room entirely, leaving you feeling damp with a spray of blood.
Chamber of Eyes. (Temple of Fain.)
A marble statue of a viscanti clutching wealth in his hands stands here silently. A marble statue of a taurian clutching its hoofs in rage stands here. A marble statue of a orclach hefting a broadsword in battle stands here.
You see a single exit leading south.
You push one eye of the conflict statue, which glows dimly.
You push the second eye of the conflict statue, and both eyes glow brightly.
A section of the wall rumbles down into the flooring, exposing a passage north.
The Cloister of Conflict. (lost)
A bronze lever is set into the wall here.
You see exits leading north and south.
A section of the wall rumbles upwards from the flooring, shutting off a passageway.
(Crimson Council): Fain says, "Morvior, sleep."
(Crimson Council): You say, "As You will, My Lord."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I am prepared, High Priest."
Within a ritual chamber.
The chamber is octagonal, with a vaulted roof above. Blood-like veins web the polished marble stone, and gleaming, reflect the flames of braziers and torches. Sharpened, crooked tools designed specifically for torture rest upon a table in the corner of the chamber, half covered by a bloody cloth. In brass plaques upon the walls, shifting shadowy glyphs tell of ghastly rites and horrific rituals to those with wit to read them. Brown smears stain the stone, standing testament to sacrifices past, and rotting body parts lie carelessly strewn about. Protruding from the wall, a gore encrusted femur acts as handle to an iron lever. A simple granite altar rests here, splattered with dried blood. (Fain, of the Red Masque stands here surrounded by a crimson miasma of wailing souls. He wields a sleek katana forged of blackened steel and wreathed in flames in each hand.) Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero is here. He wields a sinister curved katana with both hands.
There are no obvious exits.
Exits?
You grovel in the dirt before a granite altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Firstly, we grovel before the altar, offering our supplications up for the Lord."
You stare implacably at Karnagan.
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before a granite altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I said grovel."
You smile softly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Good."
You clear your throat.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I grovel before Your Altar, my Lord, and offer myself up to You in supplication, so that I may receive Your blessings and visions."
A palpable tension enters the air, and the ambient temperature drops sharply.
In a rasping voice, you say, "In stating our intentions, Karnagan, we signal to Our Lord that we wish to be judged before His altar and hopefully found worthy, not wanting."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I do see."
In a rasping voice, you say, "I'm glad that you do. Perhaps you are not as slow on the uptake as I had first thought, and you will be a worthy.. Priest, in time."
Mildly as he bows his head to you, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Perhaps I am not, indeed."
Lifting his hands up and pressing them to his chest, head still bowed, you say, "We offer you libations, My Lord, and seek that You may gift us with a gift of visions."
Seeping from out the walls and ground and condensing from the very air, a thick sickly red mist spreads out around you, churning and whirling to the beat of an invisible tune.
The mist thickens and foams in the air, congealing in streaks of bloody dew upon the walls and staining your vestments. Shallow pools of blood form upon the ground, and in their hazy reflections, nightmarish shapes prance and frolic with masks upon their faces of varying shapes and designs.
Morvior slowly pushes himself up onto his feet, coming to walk to the altar and stand in front of it.
Looking with fascination at the altar and the pools on the ground, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I see.."
You turn your head, startled by a whispering off in the shadows.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I beg that You empower me with your hate, My Lord, so that I may see what You will me to see."
In a rasping voice, you say, "EMPOWER ME WITH YOUR HATE!"
In a low mutter, you say, "I bid that the powers dissipate."
The crimson mists dissipate as the altar's power fades.
You grumble angrily.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Once again. We'll restart. Perhaps I read the rituals incorrectly."
You cough softly.
In a rasping voice, you say, "More likely that the fools before me didn't write them correctly."
You grovel in the dirt before a granite altar.
Looking about calmly as he glances back to you, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Perhaps."
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before a granite altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I grovel before Your altar, My Lord, seeking Your blessings and Your visions."
A palpable tension enters the air, and the ambient temperature drops sharply.
You stand straight up.
Morvior mutters to himself and quickly steps up to the Altar.
In a rasping voice, you say, "I beg that You empower me with Your hate, My Lord."
Compelled by the ritual, you seize the dagger from atop the altar, and cut three deep incisions in your left wrist. Wincing, you hold it out over the altar, and your blood drips upon it and collects there, spreading along the grooves dug into the stone, forming patterns of fell significance.
You feel suddenly faint, and as your vision swims you steady yourself against the altar.
Steaming eerily in the cold, the blood atop the altar flows through the symbolic grooves into a resevoir.
Eagerly, you cup your hands and grasp a drought of blood. Raising it to your face, you lap it up, spilling it over your face and down your front in gory rivulets.
As the taste of blood fades, you feel the ineffable power of Fain well up inside your mind. Your eyes glow and a scarlet nimbus flares about you. Crimson lightnings spark between your trembling fingers and your hand moves involuntarily towards the altar. With a thunderous crack you touch it, and power and vitality streams out of you, leaving you empty, dull and weak.
The crimson mists dissipate as the altar's power fades.
You shiver violently.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Now, Karnagan, you try."
You smile softly at Karnagan.
Looking with open admiration at the altar now, almost lustful as he turns back to you, asking slowly, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "How do you feel?"
You chuckle long and heartily.
In a rasping voice, you say, "That, I may tell you later, if you show yourself worthy of the knowledge."
Karnagan grovels in the dirt before a granite altar.
You turn your head, startled by a whispering off in the shadows.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I grovel before Your altar, My Lord, seeking Your blessings and Your visions."
A palpable tension enters the air, and the ambient temperature drops sharply.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Good... Goood... Don't stop now, Karnagan."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero quickly and recklessly crosses the room to the altar, face snarling with anticipation.
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "I beg that You empower me with Your hate, My Lord."
With a steady hand, Karnagan seizes the dagger from atop the altar and lacerates his left wrist with three steady incisions. Winching, he holds it out over the altar, and his blood drips upon it and collects there, spreading along the grooves dug into the stone.
The body of Sthai d'Murani, Aois-Dana appears in a flash and her soul descends to fill it, causing the previously expressionless face to fill with emotion.
Karnagan sways unsteadily and leans, panting, against the altar
Steaming eerily in the cold, the blood atop the altar flows through the symbolic grooves into a resevoir.
Eagerly, Karnagan cups his hands and grasps a drought of blood. Raising it to his face, he laps it up, spilling it over his face and down his front in gory rivulets.
Karnagan winces and chokes, spitting the congealing blood back onto the ground in dark coloured chunks.
The crimson mists dissipate as the altar's power fades.
You cackle hellishly at Karnagan.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Foolish child! You do not rush recklessly into such things! In your eagerness you ruined the entire ritual!"
Sthai d'Murani, Aois-Dana laughs softly.
Sthai peers at you unscrupulously.
Sthai searches the air in front of her, then tugs upon an invisible strand of force.
Bitterly coughing in blood as his face starts to spasm, clutching his chest as he winces, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Ugh... huh... apparently, my lust for power was the problem. I... must meditate, then try it once more."
You smirk at Karnagan.
Sthai turns translucent and then vanishes, leaving behind a cloud of sparkling motes of light.
In a rasping voice, you say, "You have greed, Karnagan, but you have no guidance."
You feel a slight tug within your chest and the air around you sparkles with motes of bright light.
Among the sparkling motes of light, a translucent figure appears in the air and then quickly solidifies as Sthai comes into view.
You grunt noncommitally.
Sthai curls her lip and sneers arrogantly.
You smirk at Sthai.
Nodding to you as he winces, snarling at the altar, Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero says, "Which is the greatest of ironies, as I ordinarily counsel the greatest of cautions in dealing with anything. Of course, given the chance to grab power with both hands, well... I must remember that no power is so great that one should forget themselves."
Sthai d'Murani, Aois-Dana nods very slightly, smirking.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Power without guidance is folly. You will reach, and maybe you will grasp it, but then you will surely fail."
You grunt noncommitally.
Your exhausted mind can stay awake no longer, and you fall into a deep sleep.
You open your eyes and yawn mightily.
You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
In a rasping voice, you say, "Excuse me."
Commandant Karnagan De'Unnero cleans his face, eyes closing as his face becomes impassive and calm.
You pull a bone lever and there is a rumble of gears behind the walls about you.
With a deafening squeal, a marble wall slides aside to reveal a set of steps leading upward.
You whisper a gutteral incantation and see your vision shimmer before you until it dissolves into another room entirely, leaving you feeling damp with a spray of blood.
Chamber of Eyes. (Temple of Fain.)
A marble statue of a viscanti clutching wealth in his hands stands here silently. A marble statue of a taurian clutching its hoofs in rage stands here. A marble statue of a orclach hefting a broadsword in battle stands here.
You see a single exit leading south.
You push one eye of the conflict statue, which glows dimly.
You push the second eye of the conflict statue, and both eyes glow brightly.
A section of the wall rumbles down into the flooring, exposing a passage north.
The Cloister of Conflict. (lost)
A bronze lever is set into the wall here.
You see exits leading north and south.
A section of the wall rumbles upwards from the flooring, shutting off a passageway.
(Crimson Council): Fain says, "Morvior, sleep."
(Crimson Council): You say, "As You will, My Lord."
Somaria2008-03-25 23:03:49
The Fulcrux of Fain.
A comforting feeling of privacy pervades the area. A swirling cloud of crimson
mist hangs heavily over the area. Thick red mists swathe an altar of polished
black marble, swirling rhythmically to the distant throb of a waltz. Somaria
Makiare` is here, standing near Lekius. She wields a bloody spinal-cord chain with both hands.
A small girl runs out from behind her father, stumbling forward and pulling on Somaria's robes, "Mama!"
Somaria blinks.
Somaria Makiare` smiles softly, bending to pick up the child and smiling softly
at her. "Hello, sweet."
Somaria gives Lekius a peck on the cheek.
Somaria looks about herself, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
Somaria Makiare` holds her daughter more tightly as she whines about the voices
commonly heard here sounding within her mind.
The small girl whines childishly, digging her head into her mother's arms, "Owww.." she cries softly.
Bleeding wounds open up on the small girl's body, and she begins to shriek as
her life's blood oozes out of her.
Somaria Makiare` gasps and places the child upon the ground, eyes wide with
worry.
Midnight shadows coalesce around a new day, and Mother Night embraces the land
in utter darkness.
A cold, compassionless voice booms throughout the chamber, "Have you brought Me
a sacrifice, Somaria."
Somaria blinks.
Lekius says, "Lord Fain..this..is our daughter..not a sacrifice.."
Somaria Makiare` murmurs, "I did earlier, My Lord. Merians blood."
The child rises into the air, wailing plaintively as an aura of Fain's power
thrums about her.
A cold, compassionless voice booms throughout the chamber, "Then let her wear My
blessing that she rise to full strength and do My bidding."
Somaria Makiare` steps back, setting her jaw and pausing near Lekius, her eyes
wide and calculating as she regards the child.
A red light forms about the child, exploding to a blinding intensity before
leaving it unharmed upon the ground.
Somaria Makiare` says, "Yes, my Lord."
Somaria Makiare` inches back towards the young girl and kneels, picking her back
up tenderly and holding her closer than before.
Lekius steps closer to his daughter and wraps his cloak around her small frame,
not removing her from her mother's arms, "Thank you, Lord Fain," he says, bundling
up the young girl.
Somaria nods her head emphatically.
Somaria Makiare` murmurs to Lekius, "This is a good thing. We should leave though,
I think."
Somaria chews on her lip, deep in thought.
Lekius nods his head emphatically.
Somaria Makiare` strokes her daughter's hair, giving the shrine a small glance
before turning to the mist.
(( Small, but still. Fain = love ))
A comforting feeling of privacy pervades the area. A swirling cloud of crimson
mist hangs heavily over the area. Thick red mists swathe an altar of polished
black marble, swirling rhythmically to the distant throb of a waltz. Somaria
Makiare` is here, standing near Lekius. She wields a bloody spinal-cord chain with both hands.
A small girl runs out from behind her father, stumbling forward and pulling on Somaria's robes, "Mama!"
Somaria blinks.
Somaria Makiare` smiles softly, bending to pick up the child and smiling softly
at her. "Hello, sweet."
Somaria gives Lekius a peck on the cheek.
Somaria looks about herself, rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
Somaria Makiare` holds her daughter more tightly as she whines about the voices
commonly heard here sounding within her mind.
The small girl whines childishly, digging her head into her mother's arms, "Owww.." she cries softly.
Bleeding wounds open up on the small girl's body, and she begins to shriek as
her life's blood oozes out of her.
Somaria Makiare` gasps and places the child upon the ground, eyes wide with
worry.
Midnight shadows coalesce around a new day, and Mother Night embraces the land
in utter darkness.
A cold, compassionless voice booms throughout the chamber, "Have you brought Me
a sacrifice, Somaria."
Somaria blinks.
Lekius says, "Lord Fain..this..is our daughter..not a sacrifice.."
Somaria Makiare` murmurs, "I did earlier, My Lord. Merians blood."
The child rises into the air, wailing plaintively as an aura of Fain's power
thrums about her.
A cold, compassionless voice booms throughout the chamber, "Then let her wear My
blessing that she rise to full strength and do My bidding."
Somaria Makiare` steps back, setting her jaw and pausing near Lekius, her eyes
wide and calculating as she regards the child.
A red light forms about the child, exploding to a blinding intensity before
leaving it unharmed upon the ground.
Somaria Makiare` says, "Yes, my Lord."
Somaria Makiare` inches back towards the young girl and kneels, picking her back
up tenderly and holding her closer than before.
Lekius steps closer to his daughter and wraps his cloak around her small frame,
not removing her from her mother's arms, "Thank you, Lord Fain," he says, bundling
up the young girl.
Somaria nods her head emphatically.
Somaria Makiare` murmurs to Lekius, "This is a good thing. We should leave though,
I think."
Somaria chews on her lip, deep in thought.
Lekius nods his head emphatically.
Somaria Makiare` strokes her daughter's hair, giving the shrine a small glance
before turning to the mist.
(( Small, but still. Fain = love ))
Karnagan2008-03-26 00:29:20
Fain's healing innocent children? Awwwwwwwww. He's trying to give Noola a run in the Lusternia Sweetness Awards.
... of course, he'll probably order you to murder like 10 million innocent children in payment, but c'est la vie.
... of course, he'll probably order you to murder like 10 million innocent children in payment, but c'est la vie.
ongaku2008-04-12 21:27:36
Aw man, I want fun RP like that with Morgfyre. I hope I can get into His Priesthood soon.
Unknown2008-04-15 17:50:41
This has gotta be the longest first page I've ever seen in any forum.