Fantasy of Gods

[BDark]

This is the world, which had just been created. Races and civilizations are appearing, and the gods have errands to run.

 

[BDark]

Over the horizon, beyond the rigged mountain peaks covered in snow, the sun slowly rose and light came upon the lands.

But on the icy peak of the First Mountain stood a figure. Yldir stood, his staff to his side, the wind blowing his beard and his robes to his side. On his shoulder was a crow, and to his left was a mountain goat. He watched the lands as spring came, the snow slowly melting, revealing grass and flowers, birds clearly chirping below.


Warmth spread through the lands as the sky changed from red to blue, and not a cloud was seen. Rivers and lakes unfroze, and it wasn't long before fishermen were out of their homes catching fish. Farmers were working in the field, rabbits left their burrows and bears were waking up. The lands were more beautiful than ever. Yldir stepped off the mountain, his feet standing on the wind. He walked forth, and a cloud came to his will. He stood upon it, and the white matter took him to a huge floating mountain peak, like a kingdom with no mortals. The streets were marble, torches on white pillars, plants of all types in the glorious gardens. Rabbits and other peaceful animals were also in sight. The king of the gods stood upon the peak of the mountain, where King Shisa lived. He raised his staff and, holding it with both hands before his own eyes, hit the mountain. Yldir turned to a beam of light and shot upwards, and landed before the forest of Celeborn Celebus.

 

[Hunnyhelp]

Caricon was out enjoying the wonderful scenery of a untouched winter, venturing in the Sprucen quadrant. He watched as the brown children ran around, not noticing their god watching from the trees. "Beautiful," he muttered just as it all began to change.

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The sun rose for the first time and months and finally his forest became what it was meant to be, alive. Just as the snow melted the Sprucen children seemed to start celebrating, they had noticed Celebus. "Oh my children," he said rushing out into the small Sprucen village. Everybody in the town seemed to be around the god, celebrating greatly. "Oh great Celemenbord! Please accept our offerings to you for ending this winter!" "Oh my happy children, there is no reason to give me such wonderful offerings, for the sun has rose, you must need them to prepare your crops!" That only seemed to cause the crowd to go crazy, as somebody grabbed their Bigulo (Sprucen instrument), and the Dance of the Spring began. As they started to celebrate, Celebus started to remove himself, as he had saw a worrying sign in the West. It was a dark figure approaching the Forest of Evagreen.

"On whose authority do you come to the Great Forest of Evagreen?" the god as he drew his enchanted staff out. It was a Dark Knight, so naturally he was not replied to. "Leave now and you will not feel the pain of Celemenbord!" The man did not respond, this was enough. He charged the figure standing in the tall golden grasses and naturally his first blow was blocked, as was his second. "Oh we got a strong one here!" he said as he easily blocked the Death Knight's constant attacks."Ok this isn't entertaining anymore," he stated as he summoned the Dragon of the Woods behind the creature and watched as it tore through his body. Before turning away and returning to the celebration, the Death Knight's helmet came off, and revealing that it was a corrupted Glad. Celebus picked up his helmet and watched as it melted away to the touch of a god. "You will pay Violet."

As the dragon returned his nest to celebrate spring a great pillar of light came before him, and soon the King of Gods appeared before. Instantly turning into one of his sheep, and summoning a herd of the dumb animals, the God of Forest began, "Oh you're here again to warn me that being around my creations too long is dangerous and that I could start a world ending war with the Goddess of Death before the world begins? Well, save it, I've heard it before."​

 

[AliceB]

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After Reliveing the death knights entire life from being born to growing her tree branch horns, to becomeing a death knight, till his death Violet know knew who was the killer. After apponting commanders and saying a few last orders Violet opens up a portal to the forest that he is in so she may confront him before her armies burn his forests and slaughter all of his creations.


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[BDark]

"Celebus, calm down." Replied Yldir. He looked at the sheep and laughed. "I am here to welcome you to a new age. The third age has started, and with each new age a new sun rises." Yldir petted Celebus's head before continuing. "This winter was longer than it should be, but it's ended now. Why don't we celebrate ? And who told you being around your creations is dangerous ? That was only during the days when life first rose."


The goat god produced a fruit never seen before and handed it to the nature god. It looked like an acorn, a green, soft acorn.

"Put it in water, Celebus, it grows in a few days." Yldir instructed the nature god. It was a gift for peace between them, even though Yldir never had hard feelings towards Celebus. "It will bring more light to your land. It will ward off the beings of the underworld. They cannot get too close or they'll burn to less than ashes."


Just as he finished his words, the goddess of death appeared. Yldir turned to and frowned at her.

 

[Guilded Clover]

The Water-Bearer stood on the cliff overlooking The Great Ocean. She witnessed as the sun lifted and melted the icy waters, freeing her creations from a watery prison. Water feathers started to rise to the surface and marking the beginning of Spring. She smiled when the heads of the Merpeople started to rise from the waters. She sat at the edge of the cliff and watched as the Merpeople sang, gave offerings, and embraced each other. They didn't see their goddess laughing and joining them in song after song.

Sometime later, Lydia began the work of migrating many sea and other various aquatic animals back to where they usually were at this time of the year. She shifted into a white smoke going up the rivers that lead into the forest of Evagreen and beyond. The smoke warmed the waters and lead the animals to their natural habitat. When the goddess reached Evagreen and the various Glad villages, her heart started to beat faster. She wanted to talk to one person: her husband Celebus. She wanted to celebrate with him in the new season and to hear his voice once more. When she was alone and could feel her husband's presence nearby, Lydia shifted back to her normal form.

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She walked in silence until she saw Celebus with Yldir. She smiled wide and ran towards the forest god with joyful tears in her eyes. "My love! I haven't seen you in so long. It has been such a long winter." Her soft and melodic voice was just loud enough to reach the two gods. She paused and bowed slightly towards the king of the gods. "Nice to see you again." She wrapped her arms around one of her husband's arms and hugged it. Looking in the same direction as the others, she saw Violet. She did not look happy. "Hello Violet! Are you having a nice day?" It took Lydia a moment to realize what was going on. She immediately became concerned. "Violet, are you okay?" She was hoping Violet wouldn't do anything dangerous.​

 

[Vengeance Spirit]

Initium(The Endless Slumber)



Long beyond the known lands of lore, like the underworld and the great heavens above, a realm that made no sense to anyone but Initium had just ended their long prosperous season. Winter was a time of sleep, Initium could feel his body drain its power slowly. He knew now that it was spring without leaving his realm which remained untouched by the seasons. Initium stood up and walked to the balcony that was on the edge of his small castle. The castle was black and hard to see unless the nearby skies had given way to it. Initium liked it this way, he didn't want to be noticed much by other gods. He found them to be quite irritating, with their constant wars and disdain towards one another. Initium wasn't like this, he was quiet by nature. He had no servants other than the banshees and muses who worked to help him fabricate the sleep of the realms. Initium's eyes were slanted as always as he squinted to see across his fields of rest.

They made no sense, strange creations and horrors roamed here. Any dream or nightmare a person had would spawn here before destruction by the hands of Initium's creations. Screams carried sound all the way to Initium's ears, he didn't mind it. It was the same old fears, woman having their babies die, a powerful man being exiled, a child being left all alone in the darkness without a single hand to hold. Banshees floated around the air in this part, letting out loud screams that could make a moral's ears bleed. Obelisks floated in the wind as well, large and black filled with red dots for the blood that had been squirted onto them. Initium solemnly stood as he watched, this was normal to him. On the other side of all the fears and gruesome tales were one's of a zealous taste and were dreams were reached. Prosperity ran its course into the veins of these ones. Men gaining the rank that they always wanted, an infertile woman finally bearing a child, a tale of reuniting with a dead relative. The muses stood tall around here, silently giving their energies to have innovation continue. Large white obelisks floated with their yellow glowing runes on them. The sudden moments of idea came from the Muses, Muses could use their powers on a day dreaming man as well.


Initium watched for hours until he sensed the other gods meeting. Oh how he despised this, they always had some thing going on. A new child born from forbidden love or something as stupid as a wedding that Initium was forced to follow. Little did the other gods know of the power Initium had, if he wanted to he could make the worse fears of their nations become true. He could make his own, Cantet, become the most powerful. But he had no reason to. The Cantet did not wage war like foolish humans or try and claim the world like the dumb forests. The Cantet just wanted to scavange and stay away from the cruelties of the world. They lived with sleep being important to them. There weren't many things Initium loved in this world, but the Cantet were surely one of them. Initium looked back at his throne room, two chairs that had never been used. A crown drenched in blood sat on the left chair, he always meant to get rid of it, but lacked the strength to. He wasn't ready to remove that part of his life yet, the crown stood for so much more. A life once lost could not easily be repaired, not even for the immortals. Initium decided it was time for him to resurface, no doubt the childish god of the merfolk would have something to say to him. While they were in their sleep during the winter season, Initium had seen their fears and goals. They didn't mean anything to him, he just recorded them like all others. A flash of light came from the dead leaved that Initium wore on his crown of thorns, a thorn came and cut his cheek. The blood dripping onto his foot and then forming a circle around him. Initium closed his eyes as he appeared near the other gods, he said nothing. No hello, no mutual look or nod of the head. He just sat down and narrowed his eyes in disgust.

 

[GrieveWriter]

"Hmmm...."


Everything was dulled sounds, the type you'd hear through metal walls. These dull sounds echoed off hundreds upon hundreds of reflections, which glistened within an empty world. Streets were empty, buildings vacant and forests left without a hint of wildlife. Besides that overbearing emptiness...


...things came undone.


Every so often this empty world was changed, buildings twisting to form bidges out of themselves. Entire sections of ground falling away to reveal massive pits below, and gravity fluctuated randomly. Througout this, massive suits of armor roamed the expanse, light shining brightly across them as they carried their swords and shields through the everchanging environment.


Among this blatant constant change, a massive form floated over the lands. She looked across them with a passive expression, finding great satisfaction in the current state of things. Whenever something changed, something else changed in an opposite form. These changes continued back and forth without end, ensuring that stability never overruled instability.


This was her's, the mirror world. Beyond its mirror equivalence to the real world at times and the constant changes Alvera enticed there was nothing too special about it.


As the Goddess of Equilibrium floated, quietly and secluded with the sounds of the many sentients on the other side of those reflections, she felt a tug. Not a physical tug of course, a mental one, one she'd felt many times before. A tug that was punctuated by the risisng of the sun.


The goddess closed her eyes and allowed a piece of her to wander, nearing a grand castle which rose above a massive cityscape of stone and metal on a massive mountain.


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After wandering the great halls of the castle and listening to the voices, the words of the staff there, she arrived in a room with several chairs and a large regal one against a wall surrounding a circular mirror in the floor. The projection of Alvera allowed itself to sink through the mirror, entering the mortal realm once more.


"Ah, it seems her shininess has returned," grumbled a massive figure who had his arms crossed as he watched Alvera's projection ascend from the mirror "what took you so long?"


"Tuvo," said the figure sitting in the regal chair with a small wave of his claw, this was Arshen, the current ruler of Ustrium "patience. Allow our honored guest a moment to catch her bearings. She works hard to improve the stability of our world."


"You honor me, Patriarch." Alvera said as she settled into a pleasant hover over the floor mirror, the Luxorian general grumbled a bit before settling down "But even so, I apologize for making you wait."


Once she finished, she noticed the restrained chuckling, and turned her head to the Luxorian Archmage, Rindle, the Scrawny Luxorian was shaking in his seat with humor. His head jittering about as his sharp-toothed mouth cackled.


"Oh?" Alvera tilted her head a bit before eyeing the Patriarch once more "Has Rindle discovered something of use?"


"This meeting was going well until this runt began mouthing off," Tuvo barked in agitation "now he says he won't tell us what he's done without you here. I expect him to get on with it so we can get to more pressing matters!"


"Calm! Calm Tuvo!" Rindle piped up in between laughs "Lovely Mistress Mirror is here, now we wait for Ultor."


"You fledgling!" Tuvo roared, then pointed at Rindle with his massive fingers "You said that once the goddess was here we could move on."


"I say we get closer to advancement!" Rindle chuckled "No promises were made, huge one!"


"I will paint this room in your blood!"


"That will not be necessary general."


The occupants of the room turned to the door, where another scrawny Luxorian stood, this one covered head to toe in an excessive amount of blood.


"Ultor, what in the Warlord's name happened to you?!?" Tuvo asked as he quickly smelt the ungodly amounts of blood the Elder had on him.


"Yes," said the Patriarch before gesturing "I assume it has something to do with the Archmage's constant entertained manner this morning."


"My lord," Ultor bowed before turning to Alvera and doing the same "Mistress Mirror, grand to see you again as always. As for my unpleasant appearance, I was awoken rather rudely by several dozen creatures I can only assume our dear archmage constructed. They attacked once I had awoken, but I can safely tell you all that they have been dealt with."


"Rindle-!" Tuvo began


"Tuvo," the Patriarch haulted him once more, then turned on the cackling Scrawny Luxorian "Archmage, I have been very lenient about these magical experiments of yours. However, I dislike the inclusion of them on your various assassination attempts. They were annoying in the first place but tolerable, for what reason did you use these subjects in such a manner?"


Rindle giggled raspily before wagging a finger "More subjects! Not enough room, send to grinder known as Ultor!" the Archmage chuckled "Make room for me, flesh to play with!"


"How many more of our young do you propose to be discarded for these rediculous experiments?!?" Tuvo roared "Whether they damage the population or not, this behavir is unwarrante-"


"His behavior is approved."


The General and Elder turned towards Alvera, who had been politely silent during their argument as usual, but these words of hers prompted Tuvo to ask "What?"


"The use of more young Luxorians in the Archmage's set of tests," Alvera began softly "has been given my blessing."


"But our birthrate-!"


"Will stay steady." Alvera finished for him "As long as death rates are maintained in a proper, balanced nuetral."


She spun slowly towards the Patriarch, "As long as the death rates equal the birthing rate, then advancements in medical care can continue without straining your boarders. Only when more land is acquired, will it be safe to grow once more."


"My lord!" Tuvo called towards his ruler "She speaks madness! We lose dozens of perfectly healthy Luxorians to fighting off the Untamed every day, surely the expediancy of our birth rate will-"


"I will allow it." the Patrarch said as he rose from his chair and eyed Alvera "I will take your word for it, and hope that you are not mistaken, Alvera. As luxorians, our advanced numbers is one of our greatest advantages. Lowering them for even a while is... troubling, but we shall see."


He moved over to a window and gazed down upon the city far below, "On to the next matter, it appears the Great Winter has ended. Several more Untamed creatures will be let loose upon us from their hibernation, we must act accordingly."


He turned back to the floating goddess "I take it you will continue to warn us of the larger attacks, Alvera?"


"What steps within reflection's view," she began with an almost imperceptible nod "shall be passed on from me to you."


The Patriarch eyed her for a moment, before turning away and sighing "Then it appears this meeting is over, you may all return to prior responsibilities."


Tuvo immediately rose and exited with Rindle following behind, laughing up a storm. Ultor moved to leave but paused at the doorway and turned back to Alvera.


"Mistress Mirror," he began "you seemed...distracted, during today's meeting. I hope our squabble hasn't become as irksome to you as it has to me."


"All is well, Ultor," Alvera said kindly, gesturing around her "I couldn't be more be more satisfied with how...balanced this is."


The Elder quirked an eyebrow "How so?"


"Why, you all work well through the chaos that is your various rivalries." she said softly "Ill intent runs rife between you like a swarm of nats digging under your flesh and prodding you to acts of hostility. Yet even with this chaos, you are able to work together and run this nation in a safe manner."


The goddess stared up at the ceiling "To be able to produce order from chaos, is a balance one such as myself can respect."


"Hmmm," Ultor stared at the goddess for a while before shrugging "well I'm glad you think so highly of our peculiar situation."


Alvera nodded to him, and the Elder took his leave. She glanced back at the patriarch, who had not moved from the window since the conversation had started. Humming softly to herself, Alvera slid her projection back through her mirror before dispersing within the Mirror World, her massive form then set off through the mirror world, glancing through still puddles as some of Ustrium's untamed Beasts awoke from their winter hibernation, trudging through the thick woods and over mountaintops to begin hunting anew. She eventually sighed in content, plucking a Mirror Knight from a stairway that had formed along the side of a mountain.


Slowly she began toying with the sentient suit of armor in her hands not unlike the way one would play with a doll. A Luxorian village had been attacked by a building-sized spider creature who had been seeking to make the village into its new web. Finding a suitable location in the town square, Alvera placed the Mirror Knight next to a cowering street yeller and let it battle the creature.


As she watched the battle unfold, she felt another familiar tug and let her eyelids close as another projection appeared in a mirror that was in a large cave lit up by several torches. Inside were a plethora of figures praying around mirrors. One of her hidden temples of course, this one run by one of the Luxorians' former slave races: Ustrium goblins. A whole tribe had taken shelter in this place and had worshipped her faithfully within.


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"She appears!" one worshipper squeeled as the others quickly ran over to bow, "she blesses us with her presence!"


"Steady yourselves," the projection said with awave of her hand, putting many at ease "now do confess as to what has pushed you to call upon me."


"Your sword!" one piped up "The one you entrusted to us has begun glowing!"


Alvera tilted her head, the sword was an Anchor of hers... but the fact that it was glowing meant-


"You have my thanks, loyal ones," Alvera said with a motherly tone "and my assurance that you must continue guarding it."


There were many promises said by her followers, and after several more words of care the projection left.


It seems a large form of strife has been brought up somewhere outside the kingdom. Depending on the kind, this may very well be upsetting to the balance outside of Ustrium. Many of her attempts to balance lands outside of Ustrium were usually rebutted by other gods due to her tendency to harm subjects and land in the process This was such a shame, shaving down the populations of other domains whereas death can equal birth rates should fall under jurisdiction as Goddess of Equilibrium, but the other gods seem resistant to allow her to bring them all down to the same level.


It bothered her, but was of little importance now. She simply wanted to see what kind of strife it was, and so her projection left the area of Ustrium and began seeking this conflict throught the land.

 

[Hunnyhelp]

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Celebus quickly turned into his godly form and took the fruit before the Goddess of Death could appear. Seeing that the woman wanted his creatures dead he turned to his sheepen brethren. "Plant this next to the Grand Emperor Tree, for it will protect us beyond measure in the threatened war." At that moment the head sheep was blessed, and the herd began to run into Evagreen.

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"Now Violet, let me remind you, that your Knight was trying to kill me people, and as you remember I have asked you several times before to let my Emperoren live their immortal life, yet obviously you ignored my request." Celebus then reached to his side and his staff materialized, along with it his dragon slivered behind him. "But when you rise your 'massive army that will destroy me' remember that I can only be killed by my own creatures, if they are corrupted they no longer have my soul in them, and cannot kill me."

At that moment his wife appeared, and the thoughts of war against death faded from the mind of Celebus. He embraced his wives hug and dropped his staff into the grass.

"My Queen, the winter is over!" He then spun her around only to hear her address Violet. His heart immediately sank as he knew what was coming, he had just declared war on her best friend.

"Honey listen carefully, I have just killed one of Violet's Death Knights as he was going to harm the Emperoren. She has came here to tell me that my kingdom will be destroyed. You can do what you want, but please go back to the Grand Emperor Tree and talk to the head sheep, as he might have something that will prevent the destruction of Evagreen," he whispered into his wife's ear. As the God of Balance and the God of Dreams appeared, he snickered as he didn't particularly like them for the reason he didn't like Violet, they didn't really care about anything but death and stuff.​

 

[BDark]

"Violet, this forest is under my protection. No death knight shall enter without my consent." Yldir said as he looked at the other gods. "Now, the new age has begun, the long winter has passed, taking hate and envy with it."


The king of the gods walked over to the god of sleep and the goddess of balance. "I'd like to talk to you two about the future.... Wait, where is Buras ?"


From his staff a little sphere of light appeared, a simple harmless wisp, which quickly took the form of a stag. It flew through the forest before disappearing into time, looking for the required god.

"I don't feel this age will be entirely peaceful. What have you two seen ?"

 

[Soviet Panda]

Buras was flicking about the various places his realm touched. Which, by extension, meant he was appearing everywhere and anywhere at random. But always were they around his Sacas. He had shooed away many a creature looking for a snack from his precious flowers that winter. But that was all said and done now. His flowers were safe for now, his automatons were working as best they could in their domain, and Tenbo hadn't caused to much of a ruckus. Well, not enough for anyone to get mad at.


In fact, it was during a moment when he was on Tenbo that the wisp found him. "Ah" he croaked "I wondered when this would get here." And with that, he folded in on himself and vanished. Moments later he was with the King of Gods, Yldir. "About time you sent that. My bones were starting to ache." he said, face expressionless. But in no time at all, it split into a broad grin. "Wee hee hee. I jest. I was a few seconds off myself." Turning to the rest of the gathered gods, the smile slipped a little as he saw the gathering and what two of them held in their hands. But it held firm. "Ah, has Agelmar killed that Black Knight and now Azule is here for something or another? Yes, I do believe that is what has happened.

 

[Guilded Clover]

Lydia carefully listened to her husband. "Wait, what?" Was all the goddess could say. "Why was a Death Knight here? Destroying a kingdom? Waging war? Sheep?" Lydia was trying to wrap her head around this. She faced Violet with a serious look on her face. "Violet, please don't do something you know you are going to regret afterwards. We are friends and I don't want you to hurt the ones I love. And I love both of you. All of you." She turned her head back and forth between Celebus and Violet.

She was about to make her way towards Violet when Alvera and Initium arrived. She wasn't scared of them, just a little wary of what they can do. Neither of them greeted the group and just stood there. She gave a weak wave when Buras arrived. Almost everyone was here. She liked all the gods, mostly because she always found something nice about each and every one. But that's what made Lydia naive. She wasn't childish, she just believed in the 'good' in everyone. Like Initium, she didn't want war. She wanted peace and prosperity. But she knew it could never happen forever.

To escape the feeling of dread in her soul, she listened to her husband's advice and slowly backed off from the group. She took one last look at her friends before disappearing into the forest. However, that dread kept with her and it became stronger with every step she took.

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Lydia made her way to the edge of the city disguised as a Glad. She went a little further to see a lake and beside it was a sheep. "Um, are you the one I need to talk to? Celebus sent me." The sheep turned around and began to speak. "I need you to do something for me." The Water-Bearer was a little taken aback at the fact the sheep could talk, but she brushed it aside. "I need to take this seed into the lake with you and keep it there until it is fully grown." The sheep handed a green seed with a pink fluffy bottom.

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The goddess held the seed in her hands and walked into the water. She then placed it into the water and waited. It wasn't too long until the seed began to grow into a beautiful flower with pink petals. It was quite huge as well. She felt its protective power spread throughout the forest. So this is what Celebus wanted. Lydia backed out of the water and nodded at the sheep. "I shall return to the others. Please make sure no one tries to harm this flower." The sea goddess shifted into a Glad once more and made her way to the edge of the forest.​

 

[BDark]

"Buras, it saddens me what has become of us... The Enemy has created a rift between us." Yldir said with sadness in his eyes and tone. "The battles are stirring, if I'm right, more battles each age." The goat god remembered the battles between them and the enemies of the gods, memories danced in his mind, one after another.


Rabbits and butterflies came and left as he looked at the three gods; Buras, Initium, and Alvera. The king glanced at Buras once more. He hesitated for a few seconds before asking one question : "Is there a way ?"

 

[Soviet Panda]

"A way? A way for.... Oh, ah. I see." he said, his face refusing to go any further then a neutral expression. "Let me think." he continued before going completely silent and cocking his head to one side, as if trying to remember something. This silence continued for some time actually. Some people might have begun to get annoyed and impatient at the time it was taking him. Others would silently worry. Finally, his head straightened and he cleared his throat.


"There is always a way." he said, first and foremost. "This is no exception. However, there are only a few paths that do not lead to fighting. But from there everything gets jumbled and hard to separate aside from what happens around my Sacas. In one of them someone has the nerve to kill Tenbo." At that last part his beard seemingly puffed out, like an angry cats. "That one I'll refuse to let happen. Complete destruction luckily resides in only a few. I cannot tell you exactly what to do, that will only lead to us following another timeline. But, I do believe there was one... Yes, yes there was. I suggest you let Falzen and Crimson settle their arguments in a way that does not lead to to much violence. Maybe one legion of Paladins and a forests cut down. But nothing beyond. Mark my words nothing good will come from to much violence."

 

[AliceB]

What Violet thought would be a one on one war between the god of the forest and the god of death, has turned into a stand off with 5 gods all in one place and Violets beloved best friend running off into the woods to plant a seed that would end the war before it even started. She knew not what to do, she could start the war and fight for a week before she had to retreat and never be able to wage war on him again, She could run off and forget all about this,..... She could run after her and get the seed..... Violet was so lost as to what to do, she wanted justice for her fallen Death knight but she knew she did not have popular support among the gods and now her best friend is in the middle of it..... She could never harm her...... but she must maintain balance the land of the, of the? Violet never concerned herself with names so she forgot them a lot so she must maintain balance in the land of the "tree ears" she thinks they are called "Glads" but thats not important she thinks. Random gods are appearing everywhere around here, This is not good at all so Violet does what she thinks is best in this current moment.......


Violet lifts her Blade high into the air so a bit of sun shines on it then turns it to point toward the ground, Pure Maddess leeks out of her vains and moves up toward the blade and then down it covering it all with liquid madness. "I DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THE FALLEN DEATH KNIGHT CELEBUS! AND I WILL HAVE IT! I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT!!" Violet yells into the air toward Celebus.


Violet brings the blade down hard into the newly thawed earth and a huge crack opens in the earth and black metal begins to form around Violet forming a tower.


Celebus if you care for your creations, come inside my tower and we will settle this alone without these other gods interfear

 

[BDark]

Yldir took in Buras's words. He turned as he heard Violet yell at Celebus and watched as the tower rose. It broke the laws of the gods, and he certainly did not like that.


"Violet, take your tower to your realm." he warned her. "Your death knights kill innocents, they kill children sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. You just woke up from a long sleep, go back to the underworld, manage the dead ! The crows can't do much on their own, lady Death !"


He raised his hand and a light sprang from it, it wasn't long before the tower was gone without a trace.


"You may not bring your realm to another god's, now go manage your own !"


Yldir looked at where the tower just was, now he spotted something in its place; a bone. A sharp bone, the tip poisoned.


"Did you summon this ?" he asked her quietly.

 

[AliceB]

"My death knights care not for innocents or people one would call guilty, We target not the Glads, just as so we do not target my own humans. My death knights kill those who need to die, We don't kill to kill we kill for a purpose, and you know that! to stand in the way of justice and balance in this world is going against everything, You are trying to corrupt this world by stoping me! What right do you have to say that what I stand for is not good and just? YOU ARE A TYRANT!" You are going against your own laws!

 

[BDark]

"Calm down, Violet, the new age has begun. After long winters you lose your ability to think straight. If any battles have to happen right now then I'll be the first to end them. Buras said battles will happen sooner or later, but I say let it be later !"

 

[GrieveWriter]

Alvera

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The goddess had quickly located the disturbance, of course Violet had to be involved in some way. Somebody who appreciates the necessity of death was a plus, but the downside was a tendancy for her to enforce death quite brutally. It brought strife. Alvera had simply passed through a reflective puddle, her projection waiting patiently as the gods spoke among themselves. She refrained from interrupting. It wasn't her place to get too involved unless balance was critically threatened. Besides, despite her focus on the balancing of Birth and death, Violet did hold jurisdiction over death, so getting involved in a conflict such as this fell toThe King of Gods.


Said king just so happened to call upon her and the God of Dreams, another individual she could respect for his clear balance between Dreams and Nightmares, plus his usual silence was quite relaxing at times. And then he went on to ask them what they'd seen.


"Oh, the Luxorians do well in their boarders. Still cautious of others, of course, but still seek to stay out of disfavor with nearby nations." She said to Yldir "But I have taken notice of the large beasts that have come out from Hibernation as the Winter fades. Who knows what more could come out from their caves and such."


Yldir then commenced with his conversation with the God of Time, during which the Sea Goddess took something from her husband and left. Pity, she could've at least stayed for a chat. No matter, seeking a topic to focus on, Alvera began evaluating the situation at hand while Violet brought up her tower.


Apparently Celebus killed one of Violet's Death Knights to defend his creations. Which was understandable, but Violet had put in a lot of work for each of her Death Knights. Despite their task of slaughtering anyone they see, Alvera could respect the hard work put into producing them. While she did feel for Violet, despite her being the Goddess of Death and such, allowing Death Knights to continue their slaughter was never something the gods to kindly. Alvera was one of the few who could tolerate her actions, seeing that there needed to be some gods who were able to .


Again, it wasn't her place to interfere, so Alvera just stood off quietly eyeing them all softly as Violet vegan arguing with Yldirafter he removed her tower.


(@Dark Severus )(@AliceB )

 

[AliceB]

"Fine, I understand that I will not achive justice on the battle field but I require I achieve justice in a court of the gods, I say we take this to a neutral land and have the gods decide who is in the wrong and what punishment Celebus should revive for killing another gods creation." "But we will hold it later" Violet then steps back through her portal to her castle, she then sends out summons to Alvera, Buras and Initium to speak about the current state of affairs in the world at the moment

 

[Blarg222]

Infernos stood up upon the Volcano which he used to travel between the planet's core and its surface. Around which his people, The Pyrosians, had created their homes, business, and families around, which they named Kindle. He looked about the village and he wished others could see the happiness he saw from it. Though the constant spray of fire which gave the settlement a hellish look, many did not realize it was no different than any other settlement in the Planet. Children laughed and played, Families gather, Lovers embraced, and Elders guided, it was the vision he had for his people he first created them all those centuries ago. However, their long life in this land had still not raised their status among the common people of some societies, who saw the Pyrosians as archaic abominations. Despite this he still held faith in the Pyrosian's future, that they may one day become a great people and earn the world's respect. He then made a visit to the Holy Temple of Kindle, where he would meet the settlement's elders to discuss the matters of the settlement. When he arrived he went straight to business, as the first elder addressed him "O' Infernos! The winter of the planet has faded which has brought the strength of our people back to its normal weather, but we do still have cases of The Freeze". Infernos' brow furrowed at the elder's mention of the disease that had recently plagued their land. It was the result of Liquid Nitrogen flakes spreading from an unknown source, within Days the Pyrosian infected would harden to solid stone, never to move again. This plague spread through the contact with the flakes, and with the winter fading Infernos had hoped the disease would cease. "Continue to monitor it, have our scouts discovered its source?" Infernos said. The Elder replied, "Not yet though they believe it may be originating from the South". "Okay, I hope we can find a cure soon, any other important news?" Infernos said. "No Infernos" the elder replied. With that Infernos decided to leave the Temple and ventured out to see what the other gods were doing in their realms

 

[Hunnyhelp]

"Violet I am sorry that I killed one of your creations, but still stand by the fact that I had to, it was unavoidable, I had to save my creatures." At this he felt the strength and protection of the flower flow through his veins. "Thank you my queen," he whispered to himself. Just as he was about to say something a giant tower appeared in the middle of his land. The dark power was overwhelming and he soon fell to the ground. This terrible tricky did not last for long though, as the King did away with the tower. After the quick exchange Celebus cleared his throat. "I agree we should take this to King Shisa's mountain, I am afraid that that tower has terrified the Glads."

(I is sorry for it being short for the amount of time it covered, I has little motivation left)
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[Soviet Panda]

Buras was about to say something concerning the tower before it's brief existence was ended by Yldir. But the tower had given him an idea, and the many various timelines did their small part as well. "My lord. May I suggest that Celebus and Violet work through their argument on neutral ground. A good thumping does wonders for the heart." he said, gently placing a gnarled hand on the King of God's shoulder to get his attention. "Now I must be off, a mess...." and the summon from Violet appeared.


"I could never quite get the timing right, you know. Not for your messengers in the past or any of the messengers of the other gods. All the timelines I see, and I can never get the timing right." And with that, he folded in on himself and disappeared. And moments later he was next to Violet. "And what do you wish to discuss?" he asked politely, though he already knew what it was. It was simply polite for him to ask.

 

[GrieveWriter]

Alvera

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Ah, now that was something Alvera could attest to.


"I agree as well," Alvera spoke up "Mortal beings shouldn't be made privy to our disputes in such ways anyway. Who else believes we should convene within the Palace of The gods, where we can be much more, open without risk of damaging Gerus's creations."


As she finished, she eyed the other gathered gods.


(@Dark Severus )(@AliceB )(@Hunnyhelp )(@Beowulf )(@Vengeance Spirit )

 

[Guilded Clover]

Lydia returned to see Violet acting strange. She was on edge more than usual. They both knew Violet cared about her work, but her behavior was out of control. The tower she erected came down just as fast. Lydia could only watch in terrified confusion at the sight and sound of her best friend screaming about tyrannical gods and demanding justice. She sighed as Violet started to come to her senses. "Good, hopefully we can move past this and get the justice you deserve. My husband is right; let us move this matter to the Mountain. I rather not frighten these poor creatures." Her voice was soft but serious.

She took a deep breath, knowing that war was avoided for now. "This is supposed to be a time of celebration." She muttered to herself. Lydia stood beside Celebus in silence.​