WeaselThor
The Thundering Mustelid
Tyrados
The gorgeous floating city state Crossed the Great central plains on its usual route, blissfully unaware of the Doom that was soon to befall them. How could they be? It was midday amd the weather was perfect. Children played in the streets, the market place buzzed and the guards stood shifting from foot to foot. The only one who seemed to notice the cloaked man sitting on the fountain at the center of the city, or rather cared enough to approach him was a little boy of about 7 or 8. The lonely child approached the mysterious cloaked figure and said "Hello mister, my names Adam, whats yours." the man looked up from his hands which glowed with magical energy and smiled at the boy. "My name is Balmond...Do you like stories Adam? I can tell you a veeery good one." he said without a hint of the malice that fueled his visit. The little boy nodded eagerly and sat down by Balmonds feet. "Okay but can you show me a magic trick afterwards?" balmond smiled and nodded. "I'll show you the best magic trick you'll ever see." he promised.
"Before you were born...but not to long before, there was a great hero, who fell in love with a terrible witch. She returned his love and they vowed to be together forever and live in peace with the rest of the world." the boy leaned in closer completely enthralled as balmond raised his left hand and formed and orb of white energy a few inches across. "But they were very powerful, and the world was afraid of them, So they came to their house while they were asleep and they took the witch away from the hero." the boys expression changed to one of confusion. "But why mister? Why would they take her?" he asked enthusiastically. Balmond chuckled and said "I ask myself that same question every day."
Adam sat back and asked "Then what?" and Balmonds smirk grew wider. "Well the hero did what heroes do, he beat the bad guys and after a long journey he finally found the witch. However, he also found out that there were alot more badguys to deal with, an entire world of them in fact." Adams eyes went wide "A whole world? How can the Hero fight a whole world?" his tone was one of disbelief. "Oh im sure he will find a way, now how about that magic trick?" Adam nodded vigorously and Balmond spawned a black orb of equal size in his other hand. "Watch closely now." he said before clapping the two orbs together in his hands.
The effect was immediate and Devestating. The orbs fused into a single grey orb that expanded faster tham sound. Adam was instantly vaporized along with the fountain, the market square,and the vast majority of the City's center. On the Edge of the floating City Jinseig turned looking up from his lute and seeing a sight that made him feel as if his heart had dropped into his belly. He had onky managed to take one step towards the blast before the pressure wave knocked him over the edge of the city along with a massive cloud of debris.
"Daiara!" he shouted summoning his most frequently called familiar. The mass of tentacles wrapped around a single eye popped into reality and immediately wrapped what tendrils it could around its falling master. While not strong enough to carry him it was just enough to slow his fall to the point where he was able to land hard but without serious injury. He turned his eyes up to his city positive that it would begin falling to the planet. However it continued on its route and caused him to turn his eyes to the ground. Trying to figure out, what happened, How it happened, and Why...
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The Seat,Titainia
The Titan king sat on his throne listening to the two giants plead their case for a land claim in the expanse. However as his four generals entered the room looking rather flustered he shooed the two giants away with a decree to split the land evenly among their two existing territories. "What is so terrible that it has the four mightiest giants i know looking like a youngling who walked in on his parents working on giving him a brother?" he said with a smirk. The tall Female named Astrid spoke first. "Now is not the time for humor my King, its our wardens...they are all gone my Lord." Ghetts brow furrowed and he rose to his feet. "Astrid...there are over four thousand wardens beyond our walls ha-" the giantess cut him off. "Ghett...thats what i am trying to tell you. We cannot reach them, any of them. Our seers cannot view them, and our shamans...they say that their souls are in the afterlife." she said without regarding her belived kings title. That more than anything told him she was deadly serious.
The titan lord cupped his chin between his index finger and thumb and rubbed his jaw as he thought. His super hard skin causing the action to generate a sound akin to grinding stones together. Lifting his head a few moments later he snapped his fingers and every giant in the room rose to the position of attention. He pointed first to the jet black skinned giant. "Veery, Begin making plans for the possibility of manditory evacuation to the Seats catacombs." his finger shifted again this time to point at the burly fire giant with his blazing beard. Then turned to point at the short frost giant. "Ignus and Zudd, man the wall, and double up on scouts in the Expanse. I dont want a single acre of Titainia to not have a giants eyes on them." Finally his finger shifted to Astrid. "Take half of your forces and station them here at the Seat, the other half will go with you and meet up with the Smallfolk leaders in the Golden Kingdom, The report from Damohi last week said they were under siege, i want to end the seige, and make sure you send a message to whoever else wants to attack our allies while you do it."
The generals all nodded needing no further explaination they dutifully made their way towards the door. All except for Astrid Who stood staring at Ghett as he pivoted back to his throne grabbing the the Scabbard of The Defiler which sat on the left side of it and strapping its sheathe to his back. Next he grabbed his cloak and spun to find astrid standing there with her arms crossed. "Where are You going?" She asked her tone obviously displaying concern. "To find out what happened to our wardens."He answered firmly"No!" she rebuttled crossing her arms. Sighing he placed his hands on her shoulders."Someone has to, worry not my love, I promise i will be careful." she was obviously not okay with it, but she nodded anyway. Turning to walk with him at least to the edge of the City.
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Granya,The Golden Kingdom.
From the hilltop where Na'sur Stood he could see the Fortress on the horizon. Between him and the annoyingly sturdy building was an army of darkspawn so numerous that it was like a snarling sea of horns & claws. They had been pressing the city for at least eight days now and they had made nearly no progress. However Na'sur was not in the slightest bit worried. He was patient, eventually the meat within the walls would run out. Then they would either starve or dwindle in strength until they could no longer fend off the invasion. He absentmindedly wondered if the humans would try to surrender. The thought filled him with glee, it was always so much better when they begged. His mouth watered at the thought of being able to sink his teeth into human flesh again, the last cities's population sadly didnt last very long and his hunger was growing worse with each passing day. Part of him wondered if Na'Khan was having any better luck on the opposite end on the country. Finallt he decided it was time for another raid and he raised his hand signalling for the aerial abominations the flutter towards the city again.
~~~
The gorgeous floating city state Crossed the Great central plains on its usual route, blissfully unaware of the Doom that was soon to befall them. How could they be? It was midday amd the weather was perfect. Children played in the streets, the market place buzzed and the guards stood shifting from foot to foot. The only one who seemed to notice the cloaked man sitting on the fountain at the center of the city, or rather cared enough to approach him was a little boy of about 7 or 8. The lonely child approached the mysterious cloaked figure and said "Hello mister, my names Adam, whats yours." the man looked up from his hands which glowed with magical energy and smiled at the boy. "My name is Balmond...Do you like stories Adam? I can tell you a veeery good one." he said without a hint of the malice that fueled his visit. The little boy nodded eagerly and sat down by Balmonds feet. "Okay but can you show me a magic trick afterwards?" balmond smiled and nodded. "I'll show you the best magic trick you'll ever see." he promised.
"Before you were born...but not to long before, there was a great hero, who fell in love with a terrible witch. She returned his love and they vowed to be together forever and live in peace with the rest of the world." the boy leaned in closer completely enthralled as balmond raised his left hand and formed and orb of white energy a few inches across. "But they were very powerful, and the world was afraid of them, So they came to their house while they were asleep and they took the witch away from the hero." the boys expression changed to one of confusion. "But why mister? Why would they take her?" he asked enthusiastically. Balmond chuckled and said "I ask myself that same question every day."
Adam sat back and asked "Then what?" and Balmonds smirk grew wider. "Well the hero did what heroes do, he beat the bad guys and after a long journey he finally found the witch. However, he also found out that there were alot more badguys to deal with, an entire world of them in fact." Adams eyes went wide "A whole world? How can the Hero fight a whole world?" his tone was one of disbelief. "Oh im sure he will find a way, now how about that magic trick?" Adam nodded vigorously and Balmond spawned a black orb of equal size in his other hand. "Watch closely now." he said before clapping the two orbs together in his hands.
The effect was immediate and Devestating. The orbs fused into a single grey orb that expanded faster tham sound. Adam was instantly vaporized along with the fountain, the market square,and the vast majority of the City's center. On the Edge of the floating City Jinseig turned looking up from his lute and seeing a sight that made him feel as if his heart had dropped into his belly. He had onky managed to take one step towards the blast before the pressure wave knocked him over the edge of the city along with a massive cloud of debris.
"Daiara!" he shouted summoning his most frequently called familiar. The mass of tentacles wrapped around a single eye popped into reality and immediately wrapped what tendrils it could around its falling master. While not strong enough to carry him it was just enough to slow his fall to the point where he was able to land hard but without serious injury. He turned his eyes up to his city positive that it would begin falling to the planet. However it continued on its route and caused him to turn his eyes to the ground. Trying to figure out, what happened, How it happened, and Why...
~~~
The Seat,Titainia
The Titan king sat on his throne listening to the two giants plead their case for a land claim in the expanse. However as his four generals entered the room looking rather flustered he shooed the two giants away with a decree to split the land evenly among their two existing territories. "What is so terrible that it has the four mightiest giants i know looking like a youngling who walked in on his parents working on giving him a brother?" he said with a smirk. The tall Female named Astrid spoke first. "Now is not the time for humor my King, its our wardens...they are all gone my Lord." Ghetts brow furrowed and he rose to his feet. "Astrid...there are over four thousand wardens beyond our walls ha-" the giantess cut him off. "Ghett...thats what i am trying to tell you. We cannot reach them, any of them. Our seers cannot view them, and our shamans...they say that their souls are in the afterlife." she said without regarding her belived kings title. That more than anything told him she was deadly serious.
The titan lord cupped his chin between his index finger and thumb and rubbed his jaw as he thought. His super hard skin causing the action to generate a sound akin to grinding stones together. Lifting his head a few moments later he snapped his fingers and every giant in the room rose to the position of attention. He pointed first to the jet black skinned giant. "Veery, Begin making plans for the possibility of manditory evacuation to the Seats catacombs." his finger shifted again this time to point at the burly fire giant with his blazing beard. Then turned to point at the short frost giant. "Ignus and Zudd, man the wall, and double up on scouts in the Expanse. I dont want a single acre of Titainia to not have a giants eyes on them." Finally his finger shifted to Astrid. "Take half of your forces and station them here at the Seat, the other half will go with you and meet up with the Smallfolk leaders in the Golden Kingdom, The report from Damohi last week said they were under siege, i want to end the seige, and make sure you send a message to whoever else wants to attack our allies while you do it."
The generals all nodded needing no further explaination they dutifully made their way towards the door. All except for Astrid Who stood staring at Ghett as he pivoted back to his throne grabbing the the Scabbard of The Defiler which sat on the left side of it and strapping its sheathe to his back. Next he grabbed his cloak and spun to find astrid standing there with her arms crossed. "Where are You going?" She asked her tone obviously displaying concern. "To find out what happened to our wardens."He answered firmly"No!" she rebuttled crossing her arms. Sighing he placed his hands on her shoulders."Someone has to, worry not my love, I promise i will be careful." she was obviously not okay with it, but she nodded anyway. Turning to walk with him at least to the edge of the City.
~~~
Granya,The Golden Kingdom.
From the hilltop where Na'sur Stood he could see the Fortress on the horizon. Between him and the annoyingly sturdy building was an army of darkspawn so numerous that it was like a snarling sea of horns & claws. They had been pressing the city for at least eight days now and they had made nearly no progress. However Na'sur was not in the slightest bit worried. He was patient, eventually the meat within the walls would run out. Then they would either starve or dwindle in strength until they could no longer fend off the invasion. He absentmindedly wondered if the humans would try to surrender. The thought filled him with glee, it was always so much better when they begged. His mouth watered at the thought of being able to sink his teeth into human flesh again, the last cities's population sadly didnt last very long and his hunger was growing worse with each passing day. Part of him wondered if Na'Khan was having any better luck on the opposite end on the country. Finallt he decided it was time for another raid and he raised his hand signalling for the aerial abominations the flutter towards the city again.
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