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The lightning crashed around Mount Wolf Tower. Merrech sighed. Dark weather for dark purposes. He looked around the room. "Is all in readiness?" Around him, those Brothers of the Blue Stone who shared his vision nodded. "Our weaker brethren?"

"Put to sleep, master."

"Then let us go." They filed out of the room, 20 men and elves, united in one quest.

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2 days later...
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Alysanndra looked up at the imposing tower. She sighed. "Why do archmages always have towers? What's wrong with a suburban townhouse?" She motioned for her guards to stay where they were as she moved towards the structure. "It's amazing how often we go through people in that post. Devian disapeared, now Merrech has disapeared... I haven't seen many Order mages around, though." She muttered.

When she reached the tor, she paused. "Where is that door?" She slammed a hand against the wall. A portion slid aside. She grinned, humorlessly. "Just great... trick doors." She entered.

As she climbed up the stairs, she noticed the peculiar sound of silence. Normally, there would be the sound of distant magic. But today, nothing. Not a thing stirred. When she reached the top, she paused, awaiting the alarm being raised.

Nothing.

Pushing the door aside, she looked around. Mages of many species, man, elf, catperson, lay aside, surrounded by blue shimmering light. Magic.

A peculiar noise caught her attention, from a drawer in the desk.

"Hey! Let me out! Merrech, as your superior, I order you to stop and let me out of here!"

She paused. She knew that voice. Walking towards the desk, she opened it and pulled out a glass container. Inside was a very small, and very angry Farseer. "Elestrea? Thank Asuryan! Quickly, open the bottle and let me out!" The mini-Devian shouted to her.

"Devian? What's going on? Where is Merrech and the rest of the order?"

"I'll tell you, when you let me out of here, you bitch!"

Alysanndra paused. "Devian, I'll thank you to be polite to your Grand Vizier."

"I'll catch up on local politics once you let me out! Quickly! We must stop Merrech. He aims to betray us!"

"Considering your urgency, I think that 'us' means more than just Roania"

"You are correct. Us means the entire forces of order and light. He means to reunite the silmarils, and use them against Morgoth"

"Ha! Impossible!" Alysanndra snorted.

"He thinks it is. And he's been studying this for thousands of years. He has fallen prey to the same urges that caused Boromir to fall in ages past. And even if wrong, the united silmarils would prove too tempting a target for the darkness..."

Alysanndra pondered that for a while. Then she tossed the bottle against a wall.

ooc-

I'll be paying attention to this.

Also, where are the silmarils now?

OOC: Tag Tag Taggity Tag.

IC: The Deceiver, between political plotting and just having fun, paused for a moment to wonder where that farseer Dev- something had gone lately.

Mallberta: According to the Silmarillion, one is at the depths of the sea, and another is in the depths of the earth. They cannot be found without breaking the world. The third was bound to Ëarendil's brow and set to sail the heavens; in a modern interpretation, it's somewhere inside Venus.

Also, even supposing someone did find a Silmaril, Sirithil's son Maglor is bound by oath to destroy that someone until he gets it. How Maglor survived I don't know, but he did swear the Oath of Fëanor...

Also, even supposing someone did find a Silmaril, Sirithil's son Maglor is bound by oath to destroy that someone until he gets it. How Maglor survived I don't know, but he did swear the Oath of Fëanor...

Maglor survived in the Silmarillion, he went and roamed the world lamenting stuff... :)

*TAG*

Trix, a novice wizard of the Frost Order, sat in the room with the other wizards. He didn't really know why they were here, but he had seen a large group of wizardz walking and decided to tag along.

He leaned over to an elf in blue. "So....what are we doing here?"

Maglor survived in the Silmarillion, he went and roamed the world lamenting stuff... :)

I thought he was the one who jumped into the fissure thingy.

I thought he was the one who jumped into the fissure thingy.

Nope, that was Maedhros.

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/maglor.html

Hmm, it appears you're right (although it also says he never returned to Elvenkind, making what he's doing in Vinyatrion an interesting question). Well, I got the first letter right, at least.

Hmm, it appears you're right (although it also says he never returned to Elvenkind, making what he's doing in Vinyatrion an interesting question). Well, I got the first letter right, at least.

It was covered in an RP X months ago, someone decided they had Maglor, and eventually they were re-united... It appears he's got over the whole issue at the moment (although I suspect Siri may just have him on Super-Happy-Pills :lol: )

OOC: Roania, you told me to inform my 'master' about this.

Considering I am in three alliances, two with leaders more powerful than I....

Who in the hell am I supposed to inform? Not that I can even understand the starting post, even with reading the little text.

*taggy to see who dies*

*tag*

Also, I think it is Melkor they want you to inform Baggera...

OOC: Roania, you told me to inform my 'master' about this.

Considering I am in three alliances, two with leaders more powerful than I....

Who in the hell am I supposed to inform? Not that I can even understand the starting post, even with reading the little text.

My exact words were your loathesome master. I was speaking of Melkor Unchained in a semi-IC post.

'Hmm an interesting devolpment, I suspect Merrach may have bitten of more than he can chew however, in seeking the Silmarils he puts himself against Melkor and Menelmacar both. Still we cannot stand by and allow this to occur, and maybe, if he should recover one of the Gems we can...' A Moments poause within the Dome and then a smile.

'Of course this is not something we can openly involve ourselves in, but perhaps a team of Harlequins could, make the situation a little more to our favour. Inform the Great Harlequin and Request of him to select a group, no more than 20 in number for the mission.'

Later that day, the shapes slip into the Web, silently a single destination in mind, the Great Harlequin would lead the operation himself, but with him he brought the Solitaire, and Eighteen Mimes and mimics, this would be a scouring of all Merrach had. A Nightmare would soon descend upon him, one he knew not.

OOC: Just checking something... Beren got one of the simarils right?

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OOC: You do know that this may involve many of the most powerfull players in NS...

Some one in SATO should PM Menelmacar, that will probably be the only way to reach her, I know that Telegrams don't work.

'Hmm an interesting devolpment, I suspect Merrach may have bitten of more than he can chew however, in seeking the Silmarils he puts himself against Melkor and Menelmacar both. Still we cannot stand by and allow this to occur, and maybe, if he should recover one of the Gems we can...' A Moments poause within the Dome and then a smile.

'Of course this is not something we can openly involve ourselves in, but perhaps a team of Harlequins could, make the situation a little more to our favour. Inform the Great Harlequin and Request of him to select a group, no more than 20 in number for the mission.'

Later that day, the shapes slip into the Web, silently a single destination in mind, the Great Harlequin would lead the operation himself, but with him he brought the Solitaire, and Eighteen Mimes and mimics, this would be a scouring of all Merrach had. A Nightmare would soon descend upon him, one he knew not.

OOC: Merrech managed to put a Farseer inside a small glass bottle. You think that'll work? :? :P