BlightGiver
Professional Brick Thrower
It is the year 2023 and the Mage's Association finds itself with quite a dilemma on its hands once again.
In the endless struggle of keeping the general populace oblivious to the dubious mechanisms of careless and callous mages, there are those that tinker a bit too far outside of their territory. Innocent civilians and mages following the rules getting involved is the typical outcome; with lives shattered, all to push forward some random mage's studies ahead ever so slightly. To the Association, there is no greater threat than these sorts of incidents spiraling out of control.
All changed on the Eve of the New Year at the Clock Tower, when the Lord of the Department of Spiritual Evocation, Rufleus Nuada-Re Eulyphis, was found deceased in his office. Slumped over in his chair, terror-filled eyes frozen in a gaze down at his torso, his shirt sporting a gaping hole from his own chest cavity bursting open from the inside. There was no evidence of intrusion, there were no marks from weaponry and no detectable signs of magecraft or stealth abilities having been used. It proved to be quite a shock, and a loud alarm, that something here wasn't right, aside from the obvious dead Lord.
Rigorous inspections were performed in earnest and haste, to locate some semblance of a lead for the Clocktower to work with. And there, stuck between the floor and leg of Rufleus' desk, was a piece of paper and pen. Judging by the position of the materials, it was deduced they had been used by the late Lord, merely seconds before his body fell back in death. A message was made, surprisingly somewhat within the Lord's handwriting style even as he perished. Three letters, shakily written, spelled out one word: EYE; the final stroke of the last E had trailed off the page, signifying at what point in time the Lord had deceased.
The Clock Tower would have simply kept this as an investigation into one murder, if not for similar instances happening to two more low-ranking members of the Spiritual Evocation department. Once again, burst open bodies, no signs of a struggle with assailants, or use of magecraft. Except, these two occurrences ended up with members of their families inexplicably vanishing off the face of the Earth, regardless of rank or proximity to the Mage's Association.
It all came to a head in March of 2023, with the event that the Holy Church deemed "the bloodied vanishing". One of their Executors operating in Austria had tabs on a rogue Evocation mage, who was noted as being obvious about trying to summon demons and spirits for the sake of killing non-mages. The Evocation mage had been tracked to a sacrificial site, wherein three people begging for freedom were tied up. The Executor reported the mage was facing away from him, so his view of what was going on was initially impaired. Before having a chance to reach a more proper vantage point, a popping sound was heard accompanied by the screams of the victims. The Evocation mage fell to the ground with a thud, as the trapped people were heard shouting, "An eye, an eye!" Holding position to assess the development, the Executor turned the corner to find the three victims inexplicably freed from their rope bondage, standing up and dusting themselves off. They muttered to each other before shambling off out of sight; although, one seemed to notice the Executor and turned to face him. All that he could say of the person was that they winked "three times at him, once for each eye." Following the people proved fruitless, for they had disappeared within seconds of leaving the Executor's sight. Much like the other instance, they too seemed to have vanished completely.
The results of this event proved immediately related to the events at the Clock Tower, who weren't happy to hear the Church knew of their turmoil. Still, it demanded more action than looking around crime scenes on home turf. Due to the anxiousness to get this case solved quickly, the Association formed a temporary team, code name "Eye for an Eye.", who would be working alongside the likes of Lord El Melloi II and his apprentice, Gray, to solve this string of murders and disappearances.
Their first step would be partaking in an arranged meeting with the Executor present during the Bloodied Vanishing, with hopes in their hearts to find where the victims may have run off to.
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This is a Fate rp centered more away from the likes of Holy Grail Wars and Singularity hopping. There will be locations and groups, both new and pulled from the extended Fate universe, in order to craft a narrative wrought with fear, mystery and magic. Characters will be able to piece together the mystery of what has been striking terror into the Mage's Association, being from any branch of the Mage's Association and utilizing any magic of their choosing within reason. I do not plan on having people be Servant characters as of typing this, but if enough people ask for it in the interest check and ooc messages, we can allow for that as well, within reason.
In the endless struggle of keeping the general populace oblivious to the dubious mechanisms of careless and callous mages, there are those that tinker a bit too far outside of their territory. Innocent civilians and mages following the rules getting involved is the typical outcome; with lives shattered, all to push forward some random mage's studies ahead ever so slightly. To the Association, there is no greater threat than these sorts of incidents spiraling out of control.
All changed on the Eve of the New Year at the Clock Tower, when the Lord of the Department of Spiritual Evocation, Rufleus Nuada-Re Eulyphis, was found deceased in his office. Slumped over in his chair, terror-filled eyes frozen in a gaze down at his torso, his shirt sporting a gaping hole from his own chest cavity bursting open from the inside. There was no evidence of intrusion, there were no marks from weaponry and no detectable signs of magecraft or stealth abilities having been used. It proved to be quite a shock, and a loud alarm, that something here wasn't right, aside from the obvious dead Lord.
Rigorous inspections were performed in earnest and haste, to locate some semblance of a lead for the Clocktower to work with. And there, stuck between the floor and leg of Rufleus' desk, was a piece of paper and pen. Judging by the position of the materials, it was deduced they had been used by the late Lord, merely seconds before his body fell back in death. A message was made, surprisingly somewhat within the Lord's handwriting style even as he perished. Three letters, shakily written, spelled out one word: EYE; the final stroke of the last E had trailed off the page, signifying at what point in time the Lord had deceased.
The Clock Tower would have simply kept this as an investigation into one murder, if not for similar instances happening to two more low-ranking members of the Spiritual Evocation department. Once again, burst open bodies, no signs of a struggle with assailants, or use of magecraft. Except, these two occurrences ended up with members of their families inexplicably vanishing off the face of the Earth, regardless of rank or proximity to the Mage's Association.
It all came to a head in March of 2023, with the event that the Holy Church deemed "the bloodied vanishing". One of their Executors operating in Austria had tabs on a rogue Evocation mage, who was noted as being obvious about trying to summon demons and spirits for the sake of killing non-mages. The Evocation mage had been tracked to a sacrificial site, wherein three people begging for freedom were tied up. The Executor reported the mage was facing away from him, so his view of what was going on was initially impaired. Before having a chance to reach a more proper vantage point, a popping sound was heard accompanied by the screams of the victims. The Evocation mage fell to the ground with a thud, as the trapped people were heard shouting, "An eye, an eye!" Holding position to assess the development, the Executor turned the corner to find the three victims inexplicably freed from their rope bondage, standing up and dusting themselves off. They muttered to each other before shambling off out of sight; although, one seemed to notice the Executor and turned to face him. All that he could say of the person was that they winked "three times at him, once for each eye." Following the people proved fruitless, for they had disappeared within seconds of leaving the Executor's sight. Much like the other instance, they too seemed to have vanished completely.
The results of this event proved immediately related to the events at the Clock Tower, who weren't happy to hear the Church knew of their turmoil. Still, it demanded more action than looking around crime scenes on home turf. Due to the anxiousness to get this case solved quickly, the Association formed a temporary team, code name "Eye for an Eye.", who would be working alongside the likes of Lord El Melloi II and his apprentice, Gray, to solve this string of murders and disappearances.
Their first step would be partaking in an arranged meeting with the Executor present during the Bloodied Vanishing, with hopes in their hearts to find where the victims may have run off to.
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This is a Fate rp centered more away from the likes of Holy Grail Wars and Singularity hopping. There will be locations and groups, both new and pulled from the extended Fate universe, in order to craft a narrative wrought with fear, mystery and magic. Characters will be able to piece together the mystery of what has been striking terror into the Mage's Association, being from any branch of the Mage's Association and utilizing any magic of their choosing within reason. I do not plan on having people be Servant characters as of typing this, but if enough people ask for it in the interest check and ooc messages, we can allow for that as well, within reason.
