Blasted trunk.
The dark heart of Glomdoring Forest is almost audibly beating in this, its
shadowy centre. Tall, blackened trees surround this clearing, pressing together
into an imposing barrier of rotten vegetation. Moulds and fungi are smeared
across the plants, their pungent stench suffusing the forest. The branches are
coated in dark slime, slick tendrils that hang downwards. Although a variety of
trees might actually grow here, the black tar that coats them renders them
indistinguishable. A thin black mist creeps between the trees, hanging low
across the ground. The floor of the clearing itself is simply bare earth,
cracked and dry. At the centre of this dark glade lies a huge stump of tree,
cracked and broken. Huge shards of wood spike upwards towards the sky where the
great trunk was once attached. Now, there is only this rotting end, a few roots
and some soft wood to show that a tree once stood here. Of the rest of the
plant, there is no sign. The sound of laughing crows echoes down from the
treetops, a harsh sound for the ears below. The atmosphere vibrates with a
palatable power. The blasted trunk of a colossal ravenwood tree remains here,
pulsing with immeasurable and dark power. A sigil in the shape of a small,
rectangular monolith is on the ground. Brennan Stormcrow paces here, his
cadaverous body twitching with sudden jerks. An animated skeleton stands here
with a ghostly outline of a bat around its skull. An animated skeleton stands
here with a ghostly outline of a beetle around its skull. An animated skeleton
stands here with a ghostly outline of a spider around its skull. An animated
skeleton stands here with a ghostly outline of a wasp around its skull.
Deathwraith Daevos Feyranti, Tainted Overlord is here. He wields a exquisitely
crafted draconic broadsword in each hand. Myrmidon Thorgal Khuprus is here. He
wields a dark blade of iniquity in his left hand and a dark blade of avarice in
his right.
You see a single exit leading north.
Midnight shadows coalesce around a new day, and Mother Night embraces the land
in utter darkness.
It is now the 7th of Dvarsh, 107 years after the Coming of Estarra.
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You say, "Do it."
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Deathwraith Daevos Feyranti, Tainted Overlord says, "Do it."
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Valek gives the Ebonglom Crown to Brennan Stormcrow.
You see Brennan Stormcrow yell, "Rowena! It is time!"
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The corners of Alger's mouth turn up as he grins mischievously.
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Bricriu mutters and traces a cobalt blue pentagram in each of the four
directions. The four pentagrams remain hovering in the air, connected to each
other by lines of energy.
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Shadows rise in the center of the room out of which steps Rowena Nightshade.
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Imadis's mouth turns up as his face breaks into a smile.
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Rowena Nightshade exclaims, "Excellent! The Dark Council is gathered and Crow
is ready to be reborn. Now all we need is a sacrifice. Valek! Go get an infant
to sacrifice so we may begin. Quickly now!"
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Jelaludin bows respectfully to Rowena Nightshade.
Rowena Nightshade growls menacingly at Jelaludin.
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Valek drops a crying baby.
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Rowena Nightshade exclaims, "Let us commence!"
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Rowena Nightshade raises her hands and the sky moves with twisting black
shapes.
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The four skeletons begin to chant and raise their arms to the dark sky.
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The shadows to the north form into the image of a vampire bat.
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The shadows to the west form into the image of a blackwidow spider.
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The shadows to the south form into the image of a a carrion beetle.
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The shadows to east form into the image of a a giant wasp.
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Brennan Stormcrow exclaims, "Hear me, Crow! It is time to seek counsel from
Mother Night!"
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Brennan Stormcrow raises the Ebonglom Crown above his head.
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The night sky is clear, and the stars twinkle like diamonds.
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Crimson lighting flashes above Glomdoring Forest, fingers of red death raining
down upon the dark forest.
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A bolt of crimson lighting strikes the Ebonglom Crown, which absorbs the
shadows around it and glows with an otherworldly dark light.
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Rowena Nightshade exclaims, "Mother Night, will you receive this sacrifice this
night!"
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A heavy weight seems to bear down on the forest, and the night grows darker and
is filled with malevolent energies.
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Rowena Nightshade exclaims, "Now! Kill the child now!"
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Valek swings a exquisitely crafted draconic broadsword at a crying baby. Valek
cuts him with a light wound.
The final blow proves too much for a crying baby, who expires, pitifully.
A crying baby has been slain by Valek.
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Brennan Stormcrow takes the steaming corpse of the baby and holds it over the
Ebonglom Crown until it is covered with blood.
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Brennan Stormcrow hands the Ebonglom Crown to Rowena Nightshade, who places it
on her head with trembling hands.
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The thunderous beating of drums from Glomdoring can be heard throughout the
land. The night thrums with power and grows darker.
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Shadows contract upon Rowena Nightshade, who suddenly grows to a towering
height. Her hair writhes like living black snakes, and her eyes glow with an
unholy fury.
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Mother Night says, "I come in answer to the summons."
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The four skeletons collapse into dust. Out of their remains, four screaming
spirits rise up and flee into the dark forest.
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Mother Night says, "The White Hart lives and is an affront to us. Help Crow
destroy the beast. Give this to Crow on the night of a full moon."
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Daevos bows respectfully to Mother Night.
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Mother Night holds forth her hand and darkness swirls in her palm, forming a
disc.
Mother Night drops the disc to the ground.
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Valek picks up a disc of pure Night.
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Mother Night says, "This host grows weak. I can stay no longer."
Mother Night seeps into the ground, becoming a pool of shadows, leaving the
gasping form of Rowena Nightshade.
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You see Rowena Nightshade yell, "Mother Night, do not forsake me!"
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Rowena Nightshade begins to age before your eyes, her back curving, her hair
withering into grey strands, and her skin wrinkling and decaying. Before you
stands a grotesque old crone.
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A cloaked and hooded crone exclaims, "No! No! No!"
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A cloaked and hooded crone wails like an old woman.
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Shadows flock to a cloaked and hooded crone, swathing her with darkness.
Suddenly, the darkness seeps into the ground, taking along a cloaked and hooded
crone.
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Brennan Stormcrow sniggers evilly.
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Brennan Stormcrow says, "She was always a vain bitch"
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You roll on the floor, laughing.
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Valek utters a deep, rumbling laugh.
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Alger snickers softly to himself.
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Thorgal sniggers evilly.