NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: Actually closer to 150, but he gave you the conservative estimate.

IC:
...Wow...do you have any friends? These ninety four people in here, I consider them family. I know them all by name, and I know a lot about them. I can't see how you'd be so suspicious of other students of your master. And, well, students of his students.

OOC: I'm back, temporarily.

IC:"Well, you are certainly quite good at it. Thank you for your permission. Living Mortals in paradise are a rare occurence, I shall not bring him here often, I wouldn't want Heaven's Gates to be ripped assunder on accident or something." Lady Warfare said.

A few minutes pause.

"I wonder what you could whip up with a bottle of Tangleberry Wine. It only comes from Mirroden, and has only been made within these last few centuries. Here try a bottle." She said. She summoned a bottle, and gave it to Levithan.

"You should try an Eon in the mortal realm, it's really quite refreshing." Lady Warfare remarked.

I do have friends. I know the other 155 members of my unit by name, and their families. They are my friends and family. Rhenmet, Lady Warfare, and Renor, I consider very good friends PRIVATE:if only one was just a little bit more than that... mental slap and you are growing on me. *smiles*. And I'm not suspicious, I'm wary. I'm a solider by trade, not a mage. This is a different world to me, and instinct just tells me to tread cautiously

OOC: Cougar is honoured that Renor has him as a student

OOC: I'm back, temporarily.

IC:"Well, you are certainly quite good at it. Thank you for your permission. Living Mortals in paradise are a rare occurence, I shall not bring him here often, I wouldn't want Heaven's Gates to be ripped assunder on accident or something." Lady Warfare said.

A few minutes pause.

"I wonder what you could whip up with a bottle of Tangleberry Wine. It only comes from Mirroden, and has only been made within these last few centuries. Here try a bottle." She said. She summoned a bottle, and gave it to Levithan.

"You should try an Eon in the mortal realm, it's really quite refreshing." Lady Warfare remarked.

I was a mortal orginally anyway... *examines the wine* I could do some things with this. Could be some time though.
I was going to take some time out from God-hood for a while anyway. I might vist some worlds. Would you be my guide? Things have changed since I was a mortal, all those centuries ago

S -- Yeah...but really...unless you're in a sparring match, no one's out to get you. And I'm going to be sparring you, later on. *he levitates the plates over to a different area, then stands* Well, come on. What do you want to do first?

"If you wish, the best place to start would be a neutral place without very much danger. Remeber, when your in the Mortal Realm, you still have your powers, they just aren't as powerful as here, which is why the Battlefield of the Gods is my chosen battle ground. It is here in Paradise, just, out on the fringe edges of it. Close enough though, that my powers are at max. In fact, Here in Paradise, is the only place we can cast Supernova. They tried that awhile back in the Mortal Realm. We just can't generate enough power. I suppose we could if we concentrated on it for a week or so, but, what good would that be? Come, I will show you one of Natures greatest Marvels, Mirroden. A world that is nothing but Metal, Darksteel, to be exact." Lady warfare said.

She waved her hand, and the Gateway to the mortal realm appeared.

Rendelmar

C - I know, I know... I could do with some physical exercises

Paradise

L- OK, let us go then. It will be good to get out of here for a while.

Okay.

*Shan leads him to a large room, where padded and/or wooden blades/weapons hung on the wall.*

Shan! Atsar! *Another student throws Shan a staff-like weapon, which the boy catches. The student, a female, then lunges at him with a similar weapon. Shan counters and repels his friend*

Rhenna told me to work with this one today, Tari. Although we'll be heading to Sreen Lorulmen in about half an hour. Get a couple of the others...it'll be fun.

*She nods, and takes the weapon from him, and Shan then calls a pair of swords to himself, as close as he can find to Cougar's katana. He holds one out to Cougar*

We have to work with these for now...Rhenna said it's so we don't chop each other's heads off.

EDIT: OOC: This exercise is more a learning activity for Shan than for Cougar.

"I see Rhenna's point, if you've never used them properly before, I would most likely end up killing you, of which I have no intention... yet." he laughed, and brought his sword up before him, "Now, I hear from a little bird that you have little to no expierence in this method of combat. I, on the other hand, am a swordmaster. Attack me. I want to see how good you are. No magickal enhancements now! Pure you. Now, hit me... if you can"

They step out onto a metal mesa, the green sun shines brightly overhead. Various small wild life is swarming across the landscape with the green sun.
"This is Mirroden, one of my two worlds. Feel free to look, and eventually, I will show you the towers." Lady Warfare said.

"I see Rhenna's point, if you've never used them properly before, I would most likely end up killing you, of which I have no intention... yet." he laughed, and brought his sword up before him, "Now, I hear from a little bird that you have little to no expierence in this method of combat. I, on the other hand, am a swordmaster. Attack me. I want to see how good you are. No magickal enhancements now! Pure you. Now, hit me... if you can"

Holding the wooden blade up (very awkward...his wrists are higher than the end of the sword), Shan leans forward and basically takes off toward Cougar at a run, bringing the sword up like a baseball bat, and starting to swing it around.

OOC: Remeber Kay, you need to put some rules in the Laws section over at the wizards council. I'm in the middle of putting my foot in my mouth saying that we have a complet set of rules when you haven't posted any yet.

Fair enough. Ah, Mirroden. A beautiful world, no doubt about that. You say you have two worlds?

OOC: Remeber Kay, you need to put some rules in the Laws section. I'm in the middle of putting my foot in my mouth saying that we have a complet set of rules when you haven't posted any yet.

OOC: I'm on it, okay? I'm writing them on a Word document first, though.

Holding the wooden blade up (very awkward...his wrists are higher than the end of the sword), Shan leans forward and basically takes off toward Cougar at a run, bringing the sword up like a baseball bat, and starting to swing it around.

Cougar smiled to himself, a novice, no doubt of that. He sidestepped, then ducked under the swinging blade to deliever a perfect strike to Shan's nerves. Nothing that would hurt him, just enough to cause him to jump

"Yes, I also have one that is not all metal. this world is the home world of my Children, the Slivers, Large snake like creatures. They found this world on their own. After completly searching Mirroden, and finding no traces of other
Gods, the concecrated it to me. Thus, it is mine." Lady Warfare said.

OOC: Gotta go, be back later.

"Yes, I also have one that is not all metal. this world is the home world of my Children, the Slivers, Large snake like creatures. They found this world on their own. After completly searching Mirroden, and finding no traces of other
Gods, the concecrated it to me. Thus, it is mine." Lady Warfare said.

OOC: Gotta go, be back later.

I have the Snake Eater empire to call my own. They are powerful, but at least they seem to have quelled their expantionist tendecies for the time being

The young mage whirled around and whipped his blade back up. This time, he brought the blade to his shoulder level, and held it so it was perpendicular to the ground. Advancing more cautiously, he slashed out, aimed for Cougar's shoulder.

OOC: You can bruise him...just not too badly.

Cougar smiled in spit of himself, and stood his gorund against his opponent. The 'boy' had learned from his previous mistake, and was now being careful. But that too was a mistake. Without warning, Cougar covered the distance between them, knocking Shan's blade aside with his own, and striking the young mage on his shoulder with the edge of the blade

Another mage is watching from the sidelines...it's impossible to tell his age. He doesn't look like he's going to interfere with the battle, though.

Shan jumps sideways from the attack, then slams his blade against Cougar's and lashes out for Cougar's stomach with his foot.

Cougar felt the kick impact with his stomach, and returned with a open hand strike to Shan's kidneys, the weak spot on any oppenent. This would wind the mage. Cougar pressed home his advantage, and struck again, this time with a kick of his own.

ooof...ow!

*Shan went down, but tumbled with it, and stands up, but not fully. He brings his sword back up.*

"Good, you didn't let your guard down, even as you fell. I have to admit, I am impressed" said Cougar, who was still in his sneaking suit. As he said this, he noticed the other mage...Who are you? he asked himself, before attcking Shan again, this time somersaulting over the mages head, before bringing his wooden blade down across the back of Shan's knee

OOC: Yes, Cougar is actually that athletic. All SHADOW agents are

Shan, not being entirely new at the whole physical combat thing, jumps backwards over the blade, bumps into Cougar, and then brings his own blade up to whack the human over the head.

Cougar brought his own blade up to prevent the clumsy strike, and then kicked Shan's knees out from under him, before rolling away to the side

Shan goes tumbling, clumsily, pulling out of it with an almost spiderlike flip. Staying low, he drives towards Cougar, blade first.

He is learning, that is for sure thought Cougar, as he moved and slammed his palm into Shan's exposed back, pushing the young mage to the floor, and holding him there

Shan struggles vainly against the hand on his back for a moment...but Cougar being bigger and stronger, he figures this isn't going to work. He pauses for a split second to think, then whips his sword arm back at an angle, until the blade connects.

Cheeky little.... Cougar brought his blade into sharp contact with Shan's wrist, causing a nasty slapping sound to occur."Calm down Shan, and relax. Put your weapon down, and I won't be forced to do that again," said Cougar his voice very level, a tribute to his training

The mage from the sidelines speaks up for the first time. His voice is quiet, but powerful.

"The child had no recourse but his action. Training here is taken as seriously as the real thing. I think that should do it for this round for both of you, though."

Shan quits struggling, in response to the older mage's command.

OOC: Last post tonight
EDIT: Sorry it's late, but congrats are in order on 700 posts
IC: Cougar released Shan from the floor, and pulled him to his feet,"Very good. I am impressed with your fighting technique, and you have great potential" He looked at the older mage,"May I be so bold as to ask your name?"

Shan's hand goes to his still aching kidneys.

"Felt like first time trying to cast..."

The mage nods. "They call me S'argt. I've been away from the city the past twenty years, and I decided to visit the old haunts before reporting in to Renor. He's still around, is he not, or has he been replaced by that whelp of a Chosen?"

S -- "Vedt's still the Chosen, and Renor still lives."

OOC: Thanks.

Thank you very much. You have listed two good Mind lores, but, of course, there's more. You might find that some of these spells are best used with Aura magic sources.

Mind Lore is a very usefull and sometimes destructive lore. Focused mainly on the mind instead of Aura, runes, mana, etc.

Crush:A much powerful form of Telekineses, but can only go in a down motion.

Mesmerization:A brilliant flash of beautiful colors and fearful images. This combination is the key to not pressuring the victim, but completley hypnotizing them.

Fly:Do I really need to describe this? Concentrating a small amount of energy under your feet can allow you to levitate and so on.

Obvioulsly, there are a ton of more spells for the Earth and Darkness(Soul Lore) Here are some...

Rock prison:A series of spikes portrude from the ground encasing a target in an impassable barrier.

Seperate:You're going to need to push back those lumps of rock after casting an earth spell. This one allows you to separate and crumble any rock or metal to dust or send it to its orgional place. Good self-defense spell

Earth shower:Taking debris, dirt, glass, etc. you must focuse mental energy and Mastery of the Earth to use this spell. It rains all debris gathered on an enemy. ONLY used in dueling against other mages and beasts.

Earth Spear:This spell comes in two variations. One is to make a weapon. Used by combat mages travelling light. The other one is the more massive one. This one needs more concentration but is worthwhile. It summons a huge pillar of rock unto a mage's foe.

Soul spells:

Freak Storm:The only way to describe this spell is freakish. Like all soul spells, this one is very dangerous. No one knows exactly what happens because no one has returned from this with sanity in tact.

Magical Reckoning:Completley drains all magic sources from a mage. As simple as this spell sounds, the user must touch their opponent.

Darken:Dims the vision, magic sources, and overall power of an opponent. The user must know telepathy to use this spell.

Plauge:As dangerous to the user as to the victim. The user must touch the victim in less than 66.6 seconds. If they don't, they simply collapse dead. If they succeed, they are still in danger. Once touched, the victim adopts a form of the Bubonic Plauge (Boils, fever, etc) But overtime, the boils explode spreading Bubonic germs, usually on the user.

Adias, when you say "user," do you mean "caster?"

Shan's hand goes to his still aching kidneys.

"Felt like first time trying to cast..."

The mage nods. "They call me S'argt. I've been away from the city the past twenty years, and I decided to visit the old haunts before reporting in to Renor. He's still around, is he not, or has he been replaced by that whelp of a Chosen?"

S -- "Vedt's still the Chosen, and Renor still lives."

OOC: Thanks.

I am Col. Cougar, a student of Renor's. *to Shan*I'd put some ice on that if I were you. A kick like mine will leave nasty bruises

S'gart levitates Shan's sword to himself, and holds it up.

"You were holding back with the child...would you care to see what a real swordsman among my people can do?"

((Cougar'd be able to tell that this guy's no novice. There's an interesting backstory to this character...and Cougar's fixing to not like him in my next post.))

S -- *closes his eyes. A flicker of magick passes through him, and he straightens up.* Bruises are easy to fix. Just so long as there aren't any broken bones, I'm good.

The sheer confidence of this new mage made Cougar think twice before bringing his own sword to protect himself,"So, you've been away twenty years. May I ask why?"

OOC: Snow Day! U lucky..... (degrades into muttering under his breath)

*From behind him, a voice speaks up.*

Rn -- There are reasons. S'gart, Renor's waiting for you.

*S'g puts the sword down, and advances to Rhenna. The tension is palpable...there is an old animosity there.*

S'g -- Yes...better not keep him waiting. So, have fun playing with your kin at recent events?

Rn -- My "kin" consists of the mages here.

S'g -- Lovely job you did of protecting them.

Rn -- How dare you?

S'g -- Because you're a disgrace. You shouldn't have been let to live, you pathetic little halfblood...but I'd better not keep the "Master" waiting.

*He heads out*

Rn -- Like I said...there are reasons he's kept away. We cannot kill him until he actually steps out of line...but he is dangerous, to us, to himself...to the world.

*From behind him, a voice speaks up.*

Rn -- There are reasons. S'gart, Renor's waiting for you.

*S'g puts the sword down, and advances to Rhenna. The tension is palpable...there is an old animosity there.*

S'g -- Yes...better not keep him waiting. So, have fun playing with your kin at recent events?

Rn -- My "kin" consists of the mages here.

S'g -- Lovely job you did of protecting them.

Rn -- How dare you?

S'g -- Because you're a disgrace. You shouldn't have been let to live, you pathetic little halfblood...but I'd better not keep the "Master" waiting.

*He heads out*

Rn -- Like I said...there are reasons he's kept away. We cannot kill him until he actually steps out of line...but he is dangerous, to us, to himself...to the world.

OOC: I see what you mean.

IC: "And he has good reason to," said Cougar, who is obviously seething,"How dare he call you that! And speak of Renor in that off hand tone!"

Rn -- He and Renor are the only two surviving students of Menalth -- Renor's Master. He doesn't think Renor should have been Menalth's chosen...and he does not agree with Renor on many of his decisions.

"I see. First impressions: I'd have Renor any day," said Cougar, loking at her,"Are you alright?"

Rn -- I'm used to that, from him. Renor sent me down to get him before he actually hurt anyone. It is a good thing that you did not actually engage him in combat...even with wooden swords...he'd have killed you if he'd gotten the chance. Shan, shouldn't the two of you be headed elsewhere by now?

*Shan nods* Come on...the next activity will probably be harder for you than it will for me. *as he passes Rhenna* Nindol loktriam shlu'ta zhaunus kl'ae natha killian.

Rn -- Siyo, drill nindel zhah jal'yur izwin. *She turns to go, her task done for the moment.*

((OOC: They were just commenting on Cougar's sword fighting abilities.))

OOC: Thanks. I'm at a friends house at the mo, so I cant access the translator

IC: "OK, if you're sure..."*looks over his shoulder as he walks away*"So Shan, where do we go from here?"

OOC: He's worried about her

S -- We're meeting some friends of mine and going through an exercise that really depends on team work. The danger if the exercise is very real...but no one's been killed in centuries.

I didn't know she hated anyone like that, though...wonder what the story behind that is.

"Well, I hope not to be the first then." PRIVATEI wonder what the history is? Oh well, if she wants to tell me, she will

You shouldn't be. Anyway...welcome to Sreen Lorulmen. This is my favorite training simulation. *He opens a door, and they step into a forest. There are three other students there...the female from before, another female, and a male.*

This is Tari, you've met her, Ashra, and Jovin. Everyone, this is the Cougar we've heard about.

A -- A human?

J -- An adult?

S -- A novice. And he's only 26.

T -- That is young...is he up for this?

S -- Trust me, I just got beaten really badly by him in combat training. He ought to be somewhat okay with magick, too.

A -- Just so you know, whatever you face here has the very real possibility to hurt you...and they often attack in groups.

Yes, I'm human, and yes I'm an adult. We age differently to you, so most of you are older than I am, and thank you for the warning. What do you mean by they, Shan didn't exactly explain everything

T -- If you're coming with us, you'll find out soon enough. Most of what we'll run into exists only in this region, or exists no longer, or originated as some joke of Renor's turned not funny.

Great. Why do I feel uneasy about all this, expecially any 'jokes' of Renor's?

J -- That's the way to be. Those are the worst. Anyway, come on. The most dangerous thing in this part of the forest consists of tiny rodents that come up, grab a bite of anything you may have to eat, and run away.

As two people, both fully covered, stepped into the foyay of the tower the taller of the two asked the nearest person "Is this the fabled White Tower of magick and sorcery? If so we wish to learn of the magicks preformed here so we may inprove our own skills."

Fair enough. Thank Leviathan I don't have anything on me. Is this world all simulated then?

As two people, both fully covered, stepped into the foyay of the tower the taller of the two asked the nearest person "Is this the fabled White Tower of magick and sorcery? If so we wish to learn of the magicks preformed here so we may inprove our own skills."

A mage, fully concealed in a royal blue color, nods at the two, her mask hiding her face.

"It is. The library is vast, and there are many classes here."

OOC: Most of the discussion on magick and the like goes on for about the first 10-15 pages, and after that dissolves into rp.

Fair enough. Thank Leviathan I don't have anything on me. Is this world all simulated then?

S -- yes. That doesn't stop it from being dangerous.

*They're walking along the path, and come to a fork in the road.*

T -- The Ditronw Path or the Zet Path today?

S -- I don't know...both are about the same amount of fun.

A -- Then let the human choose. He has no idea what he's getting into, and blind choices are always fun.

"Thank you, would it be possible for us to be tested so that we may train with your students?" the shorter asked as she removed her cloak(clothing) while the taller removed his. The girl wore a blindfold covering her eyes while the male's head and arms were covered in weird mulithued designs.

U -- Personally, I do not have any students here, they're all in Uuthdelmar. Furthermore, I doubt that you are elemental mages...I train strictly in Hydromagicks...I am Uuthli, of Kaymiril. Perhaps there is another, somewhere, that might be able to help you.

OK.... I choose..... the Zet path.... Yep, definatley the Zet path

"Greetings Uuthli" the male repiled "I am Costh and my companion is Gena. If it would not be too big an imposition could you direct us to a place where we may be tested and trained?"

J -- Zet? Your first time in here? This one's bold.

S -- Still...he chose the Zet Path...

*They start on the left path. Where there had been the typical forest noises at first, here there is an eerie quiet, and the Drow students move into obviously familiar places, Shan at the point, Tari on the right, Ashra on the left, and Jovin bringing up the rear. All four students are highly alert.*

"Greetings Uuthli" the male repiled "I am Costh and my companion is Gena. If it would not be too big an imposition could you direct us to a place where we may be tested and trained?"

You should be able to find someone in or near the Room of Tomes. Up the stairs, down the third hallway, first door to your left.

OOC: SE, check your TGs.

Cougar noted the formation, and assumed that attack could come from any direction. He held the centre position, his hands crackling with Black Flame all the time. His sense, already high given his training, went into overdrive, noticing anything that shouldn't be. As they moved, a rustling came from beside, and above.

"You should be able to find someone in or near the Room of Tomes. Up the stairs, down the third hallway, first door to your left."
"Thank you."

Having arrived at the correct door Gena knocked on the door and they waited patiently for a response.


ooc:Might not be back for a few hours

S - Trils!

*The girls form a barrier, long enough for them to get a glimpse of the snarling, almost birdlike creatures, before the attack came. Shan and Jovin cast a blind spell on the ground-level creatures, while the girls shot off spells to destroy them. This left the two from above to Cougar...and they had really big teeth.*

"You should be able to find someone in or near the Room of Tomes. Up the stairs, down the third hallway, first door to your left."
"Thank you."

Having arrived at the correct door Gena knocked on the door and they waited patiently for a response.


ooc:Might not be back for a few hours
The door opens, and a figure dressed in black is there, standing over a book. What the two can see of him are his hands and the lower half of his face...his skin is night-black, and his hair, which cascades over his shoulders, is crystaline white.

"So, how many worlds does your people of SE hold? Lets float on the breeze for awhile. Our powers here in the mortal realm consist of simple will, we can however, imitate just about any form of magic we choose, to help train mortals with the skills. Personally, I stick with will power, but, if a certain form makes you feel better, by all means, go with it. I'll take you on a personal tower of mirroden, and show you the Myr, and the Myr matrix. They're ancient living machines. They eat metal. I'll also show you the Slith, strange creatures that only grow stronger when ever they hit. I'll even show you the Darksteel colossus that Couger destroyed in an alternite timeline. Come'on!" Lady Warfare said to Levithan.

Cougar blasted one with a dose of Black Flame, leaving it charred and smoking on the ground, then turned on the other. They circled each other for a time, then he grew tired, and let a ball of Black Flame follow it around, until he got bored and eliminated it

Mirroden
I'll stick to this form thank you. About 300 worlds in total, spread across around 5000 lightyears of space. Due to the great distances involved with space travel, the entire area is actally very densley populated in comparision to other regions. I would first like to view the creature my Chosen defeated. Please feel free to lead on *gestures*

J -- Don't tease Trils...because right after them come -- *he ducks abruptly as Shan sends a blinding spell at a creature behind him. The creature bears a strange resemblance to a Veloceraptor.* The Elgguren.

The children draw in closer, energy crackling around their hands, as a group of six or seven Elgguren draw around them.

S -- These are the second hardest beasts in the simulation...a little bit of fire isn't going to get you very far...we only generally run into them when Rhenna or a different instructor is with us.

*There is a tinge of panic to his voice, and he sends an attack at a creature that gets too close. It causes the creature to withdraw a step, but doesn't do very much good in harming the creature.*

A breeze picks up, blowing towards the Tower of Champions. Lady warfare lays leisurely on the breeze and drifts with it.
"Come'on, lets go then, simply will yourself to lay upon the breeze and it will happen. Its in the direction of the breeze." Lady Warfare encouraged.

When they got there, there was no sign of the colossus, Warfare reached down, put her hand on the ground, after stepping off the breeze, and raised the Darksteel colossus. It was tall, it had dwarfed couger to be sure, not being under anyones control, it wondered silently what had woken it up.

"This is the Darksteel Colossus. Couger defeated it using the Black Flame and Fieros, in one singular fantastic explosen. It takes a lot to make Darksteel explode. Here is how the fight played out, from Cougers perspective."She said.
She waved her hand, and a small illusion, replaying the fight appeared. The colossus meanwhile, lumbered off to see how the world had changed since it had been asleep.

OOC: Sorry, got called away. Interestni black mage facts on the Council.

IC:Rendelmar
"I believe I know why they are here," said Cougar, stepping forward, the Fieros burning in his palm,"Only two mortals carry this power: Renor, and myself!" He turned to the younger mages, "Hold your positions! I'll deal with these guys!". He gradually built up the power until it exploded and washed over the creatures, causing them to dissapear in the magickal inferno...

Mirroden
"Intersting, he is much more advanced and powerful than many of the Black Flame bearers before him," said Leviathan, after he had finished watching the replay,"I believe you gave him the additional power?"

OOC: You do realize that they drew in because they were being circled, right? Any attempt to escape is certain death.

IC:

A -- They're here because they are. This isn't the first time we've run into them...just...never without an experienced mage.

J -- Well...we might as well continue on.

*resuming their positions, the children began walking again. Without warning, the ground started to give way under them. Jovin, the eldest, and Ashra, the one who had been learning the longest, teleported to saftey, leaving Tira, Shan, and Cougar the ones falling into a hole.*

OOC: Edited

"Oh great, a big hole in the ground. What fun!" said Cougar, his voice dripping with sarcasm, as he clung to the side of the hole by his fingertips. He brought both arms level, and held on. Looking down, he saw Shan and Tira further down,"Are you two alright?" he called

T -- Shan bumped his head pretty hard, but he's awake...just dazed.

*A vine starts slithering down past Cougar, into Tira's outstretched hand. She gives it a good hard tug, and when it doesn't come loose, she grabs onto Shan and calls up to Ashra and Jovin to start pulling. As Cougar was hanging onto the edge, they left him to get the rest of the way out by his own devices.*

EDIT OOC: That was your 888th post, lol.

OOC: So it was....

IC: Cougar concentrated briefly, and then used his control of the Black Flame to throw himself up and out of the pit, landing not very far from the others,"I wonder what other things we shall encounter today?" he laughed, his tone free and easy

Meanwhile, the other students are seeing just how badly Shan bumped his head. He stands, but unsteadily at first.

A -- And you're supposed to be good at finding these things.

S -- Yeah...

J -- Maybe it was one of those that needed a certain amount of weight. You still got your head?

S -- Barely.

Be careful. A knock like that could leave you with concussion, not something we need right now

A - That's why we're going that way now. *Points back the direction they came.* I'll take him down to get checked out...and we'll figure out something to do with you.

OOC: Why does reading that make me nervous?

IC: "OK, lets go"

OOC: I don't know.

IC:

They head back with few more incidents...this time, they put Shan at the center of the formation, and put Cougar at the rear, with Jovin taking point. As they exit, Rhenmet's turning the corner. She looks at Shan briefly.

"Ashra, take him down."

To the rest of the students: "What happened?"

T -- The ground dropped out from under us.

Rn -- Anyone else hurt?

J -- No...although, what are we going to do with him?

Rn -- I'll take him from here. You two go along.

The two children head off toward another room.

"I just love the way they refer to me in the third person. Good 'kids' though, all of them. Shan I have developed a particular affinity for. So, what do you have planned for me now?"

OOC: Check the Wizards Council, I had to message u on it, cant seemn to get to NS at the moment

OOC: Replied.

IC: They don't know you that well. And they are good kids. I didn't actually have much of anything planned. I wasn't figuring on Shan to get hurt in there. Let's see...*picks a bit of Tril fluff off of his shoulder* You picked on the Trils and incurred the wrath of the Elgguren, didn't you?

He hesitated," Yes.... we did. Ok, well the Trils came after us, but other than that you are correct. What have you been doing. I hear Renor still has you on probation"

It's nothing big. Just a little bit of work on top of what I have already.

Something tells me he intends to punish me as well, what that entails I don't know.

It was your first time offense, so you got off with a warning. Do it again, though...

OOC: Last post for tonight...I have a tourney tomorrow and practice for it tonight.

OOC: Fair enuf. Go kick ass, at wateva it is, i dont know

IC: I hope you're right. Anyway, you still busy? Looks as if I have some free time

OOC: I lied...my ride isn't here for seven more minutes, yet.

IC:

I know I'm right. Besides, Renor has a much bigger problem than a minor breach of discipline on his hands. And I'm pretty much always busy...such is the nature of being the Master's left hand.

OOC: *Rolls eyes*

IC: Lemme guess... S'argt and his return? That mage is trouble, you can see it in him. Shame you're busy. I'll head back to my room then.

S'gart, yes. His hatred of my master and his followers is nothing short of toxic...I fear what would happen if a student were actually apprenticed to him.

OOC: Now I gtg. Byes.

The door opens, and a figure dressed in black is there, standing over a book. What the two can see of him are his hands and the lower half of his face...his skin is night-black, and his hair, which cascades over his shoulders, is crystaline white.

"Greetings we were told to come here by a mage named Uuthli. We wish to learn to expand our skills. We are intrested in being tested to determain our skills so we may trained at an appropriate level. I am Gena and my companion is Costh." Gena said

S'gart, yes. His hatred of my master and his followers is nothing short of toxic...I fear what would happen if a student were actually apprenticed to him.

OOC: Now I gtg. Byes.

Cougar looked up and down the corridor, making sure that they were alone, then placed his hand on her shoulder,"Don't worry about it. Renor knows what he's doing, and you should trust him. Renor is the Master now, and if S'gart puts a foot out of line... I'd hate to see what would happen to him"

"Yes, I gave him the power of Fieros, being one of the few Gods that can handle it. Its intresting, not many of us can handle it, I know Beldragos can handle it, can you? I know your the one that gave him the Black Flame, those two flames together are going to make for a very intresting mage as he gets more experienced. Since I can handle it, I passed that ability on to two mortals, the only two in creation that have it. I gave it to them shortly before the Dragon King was destroyed." Lady Warfare said.

Yes, he is going to become powerful, very powerful indeed. I believe Kaelis Ra will have a much tougher time against this one, maybe he will fall permentely, I do not know.
As for myself, I have never really been one for combat. I do wield the Black Flame however, and have had centuries to refine it. Maybe, when the time is right, I shall show myself to Cougar.

"A person known only as Renor is helping Couger to learn how to weild the powers of the Black Flame. Renor can't use them, thus, it is like the blind leading the blind. So that Couger does not accidently harm himself, or the one he loves, will you please teach me how to weild the Black Flame, so that I can ensure his safety, as well as that of the others around him ha cares for? don't get me wrong, Renor is a fine teacher, and thus far everything's been okay, but luck can only go so far, if you truely don't know how to weild an ability." Lady Warfare said.

She floated upon the breeze again, and changed its direction for the Quicksilver sea, and the Fifth dawn.

I will instruct you in the Black Flame, but I must ask you to refrain from teacing Cougar until after the situation is resolved. This is not because I doubt you, but that it is written, and therefore is how it must be. We are alreayd on very thin ice with the Fieros, but it can pass the test. I am well aware of Cougar's love interest, and I foresee that it will work... at least I hope it does

"I understand, couger does not really have that much of a grasp on Fieros, it is equivilant to a child playing with a sword. I will not allow him to learn any more about Fieros, until Kaelis Ra is taken care of again. But, with the Black Flame, Until the time is right, I would only ensure he didn't do inappropriate harm. I wish there was some way of making sure mages creation over didn't unjustly use their powers, maybe a council or something? But who? who would willingly band together and set rules for magic? Maybe its just a passing dream. thank you for the Instructions on the Black Flame though, I look forward to learning. Below is is the Quick Silver sea, beneath it somewhere is the Myr Matrix, Help me find it while your teaching me? Since we're both Divine, I really only need to be told how to use it, I seem to grasp knowledge and skills easier than most Gods, I don't know why either, perhaps, much like Beldragos is a master of Magic, Perhaps I am Mistress of Knowledge and the Skills that come with it. What do you specialize in?" Warfare asked.
The Breeze stops, and to the utter amazement of a small school of fish, stands on the QuickSilver sea.

Adias, when you say "user," do you mean "caster?"
Yes. User means caster, or castor, or however spell it. So do you accept my teachings?

Your teachings are, accepted. In a few weeks, I might have an offer for you, so, don't lose this thread.

Thank you. So... who wants to learn of my magic? You will learn much, but you must also learn a whole new way to cast the spells. I will use this tower as a teaching place as long as the head accepts.

Cougar looked up and down the corridor, making sure that they were alone, then placed his hand on her shoulder,"Don't worry about it. Renor knows what he's doing, and you should trust him. Renor is the Master now, and if S'gart puts a foot out of line... I'd hate to see what would happen to him"

S'gart is powerful...almost too powerful. Even Renor almost fears him. *Her hand goes to his, and she holds onto his hand tightly. If nothing else...she fears this S'gart.*

OOC: Warhaven...Renor might not be able to weild the Black Flame, but he weilds magicks similar in nature to the Black Flame, he absorbed and analysed the Black Flame, he's got some grasp as to what he's teaching. Myeh.

"Greetings we were told to come here by a mage named Uuthli. We wish to learn to expand our skills. We are intrested in being tested to determain our skills so we may trained at an appropriate level. I am Gena and my companion is Costh." Gena said

Uuthli sent you...I am Vedt. I would be willing to test you...but first...*he summons three chairs, and guestures for Gena and Costh to sit in the other two, while he takes the third*...what magicks do you use?

Thank you. So... who wants to learn of my magic? You will learn much, but you must also learn a whole new way to cast the spells. I will use this tower as a teaching place as long as the head accepts.
You may teach here, provided there are those willing. We of Kaymiril learn magicks of a specific class, and therefore cannot loan out any of our young mages to you for teaching.

~T'puuli of Kaymiril, Head of the Silver Class

"My primary skill is in what we know as shadow magick but I also know some elemental, healing and necromancy magicks." Gena stated.
"My skill is in what we know as Glyph/Rune magick which draws it's spells from every sphere of magicks that we know of." Costh said simply.

OOC: I have to go, Theao...so I'll reply tomorrow. Tourney tomorrow, wish me luck!
ooc:good luck, what sport?

ooc:I wait for something to happen, which most likely won't.

OOC:Theo, Adias, if you stick around... all good things come to those who wait.

ooc:I'll be sticking around

"I understand, couger does not really have that much of a grasp on Fieros, it is equivilant to a child playing with a sword. I will not allow him to learn any more about Fieros, until Kaelis Ra is taken care of again. But, with the Black Flame, Until the time is right, I would only ensure he didn't do inappropriate harm. I wish there was some way of making sure mages creation over didn't unjustly use their powers, maybe a council or something? But who? who would willingly band together and set rules for magic? Maybe its just a passing dream. thank you for the Instructions on the Black Flame though, I look forward to learning. Below is is the Quick Silver sea, beneath it somewhere is the Myr Matrix, Help me find it while your teaching me? Since we're both Divine, I really only need to be told how to use it, I seem to grasp knowledge and skills easier than most Gods, I don't know why either, perhaps, much like Beldragos is a master of Magic, Perhaps I am Mistress of Knowledge and the Skills that come with it. What do you specialize in?" Warfare asked.
The Breeze stops, and to the utter amazement of a small school of fish, stands on the QuickSilver sea.
OOC: Warhaven's right you two, gd things come to those who wait for them. Warhaven, I agree with your proposal btw

But he does have enough knowledge to utilise the Fieros. I have never taught the use of the Black Flame to anyone. Give me some time to devise some lessons and then I will teach. As for my special skills, I have found that pyromancy always came easy to me, even as a mortal. But come, let us find the Myr matrix, I am interested.

Rendelmar
Cougar was surprised by the strength of her grip, but he gripped her back,"Don't worry. Fear is a good thing, it fuels people and can make them do incredible things. S'gart is cocky, overconfidant. If he did challenge Renor, he would eventually make some stupid mistake, and Renor would destroy him. Remeber, Renor wields powers that many mortals do not even have knowledge of, such as the Fieros, and Ultima." He hesitated, then drew her into a brief embrace, his arms surrounding her, holding her close. He let her go, and started walking away...

"Alright, its beneath the sea." Warfare said.
She snapped her fingers, she glowed brightly for a second and turned herself into a Mermaid. Without even a ripple she slipped beneath the sea. She poked her head back above the surface and said "Come'on I see it in the distance!"
Beneath the waters, everything was a foggy gray. She swam in circles and waited for Levithan to join her.

Mithdelmar
A young, nervous looking man had just entered the temple. He stopped a passing mage, and asked"Excuse me, do you know where I can find Mith? I was instructed to contact her if I wished to contact Col. Cougar"

Mirroden
"I'll use my favourite creature for this," said Leviathan, who transformed into a shark, and swam after Warfare. As they apporached the Myr, he gasped, bubbles escaping from his mouth,It's beautiful!

Rendelmar

The embrace had surprised Rhenna, but had not been unwelcome. As he started walking away, she called after him.

"Generally, no one younger than fifty roams these halls alone."

Mithdelmar

The mage that had been addressed called to another mage, who left, and brought back a third mage -- hooded and masked -- with him.

"I am Mith...what is it you want?"

Hoeth

V -- Glyph magick we use and understand...that shouldn't be terribly hard to teach you in, although I'd have to call in a Jhun mage to give you the best possible training...but these shadow magicks, Gena...I would have to watch you cast before I could tell you what would be best for you.

"What kind of spell would you wish me to demonstate, Offensive, Defensive, General or Summoning magicks."

General.

Rendelmar

The embrace had surprised Rhenna, but had not been unwelcome. As he started walking away, she called after him.

"Generally, no one younger than fifty roams these halls alone."

Mithdelmar

The mage that had been addressed called to another mage, who left, and brought back a third mage -- hooded and masked -- with him.

"I am Mith...what is it you want?"

Hoeth

V -- Glyph magick we use and understand...that shouldn't be terribly hard to teach you in, although I'd have to call in a Jhun mage to give you the best possible training...but these shadow magicks, Gena...I would have to watch you cast before I could tell you what would be best for you.

Rendelmar
He turned, and grinned,"Is that an offer I hear?"

Mtihdelmar
"I must speak with Col. Cougar, it is a matter of utmost urgency. The message at Hoeth said to contact you if I needed him

"General, Ok. *Now which spell, no not that one, not that one either, ah that ones perfect* Alright then." Gena focused and cast the spell 'Shadow'. As she release the spell every light in the vicinity every light in the room was extinguished.

ooc:*=muttering

Rendelmar
He turned, and grinned,"Is that an offer I hear?"

Mtihdelmar
"I must speak with Col. Cougar, it is a matter of utmost urgency. The message at Hoeth said to contact you if I needed him

Rendelmar

Come on...it's been a long day already and it's only Meridian. I'll take you down to the cavern. Just so you know...none of the students really care for it...but it's peaceful.

Mithdelmar

Wait here. I'll contact the necessary parties.

*she goes up to a secret office, and activates an arcanslata. Renor's mask appears on the part of the stone used for viewing, but he does not speak first.*

There is a human here that wishes to speak to Cougar.

R -- I'll have Rhenna take him to Mithdelmar in short order.

"General, Ok. *Now which spell, no not that one, not that one either, ah that ones perfect* Alright then." Gena focused and cast the spell 'Shadow'. As she release the spell every light in the vicinity every light in the room was extinguished.

ooc:*=muttering

The Sphere of Darkness. *Vedt held up his hand, and a small, burning light shown, and the lighting returned to normal.*

I'll call a Seke'olath Mage to teach you.

Rendelmar
Sounds good to me. I didn't sleep last night, some rest could do me good.

OOC: How'd the tournement go btw? Wat is it u do?

Rendelmar
Sounds good to me. I didn't sleep last night, some rest could do me good.

OOC: How'd the tournement go btw? Wat is it u do?
Rendelmar
Your lack of sleep last night was your fault.

*She begins to lead him down the hallway, but her Oreb swooped down on her, and Renor's "face" appeared.*

R -- Cougar's presence has been requested in Mithdelmar. Take him immediately, if you will.

Rn -- Siyo, Veldruk. *to Cougar* I'll have to take you another time. D'anthe, standing room for two. Come on, Cougar. *she steps on and holds out her hand*

OOC: We did all right at my tournament. It's actually an academic tournament...we get stuff to study, and then we get to see just how well we studied. We only lost one match (out of 4) but only by 15 points, and I had 340 pts to my name by the end of the day, while the next highest person had 195.
EDIT: Gtg, ttyl.

The timid young mage meditates on a rock, stars swirling around his fingers and forming a halo on his head.

"Thank you for your aid" They both said in unison "Would it be possible to begin training as soon as it it possible?"

The Myr Matrix was a giant machine that spread for miles under the ocean close to the floor. Sealife had slowly encrusted it over the decades.
"This is the Myr Matrix. Sea life has slowly grown upon it because the Myr have not returned to it for several centuries. The Myr, and the Myr Matrix are both machines. The Myr are robots the watch, thats all they do, is watch, and learn. they send what they see back to the Myr Matrix, who then sends it to whoever is controlling it. The Myr awakened in an alternate timeline when the Mirari existed. When everything went back to normal, they did not go back to sleep. It has been intresting, I have been watching Mirroden from new angles, the Myr Matrix believes I control it. Soon, i shall let the Myr wander Riptide, and work on their transmissions through deep space. Ultimatly, I shall put them on my ships, and use them against my enemies. after all, the Myr are expendable, the Matrix can alwayes make more." Warfare said.

Rendelmar
Your lack of sleep last night was your fault.

*She begins to lead him down the hallway, but her Oreb swooped down on her, and Renor's "face" appeared.*

R -- Cougar's presence has been requested in Mithdelmar. Take him immediately, if you will.

Rn -- Siyo, Veldruk. *to Cougar* I'll have to take you another time. D'anthe, standing room for two. Come on, Cougar. *she steps on and holds out her hand*

OOC: We did all right at my tournament. It's actually an academic tournament...we get stuff to study, and then we get to see just how well we studied. We only lost one match (out of 4) but only by 15 points, and I had 340 pts to my name by the end of the day, while the next highest person had 195.
EDIT: Gtg, ttyl.


OOC: i know the sort of thing you're on about.Well done on scores! I've got my martial arts nxt weekend, and I'm nervous as hell, practicing every night!

IC: "Shame, but I doubt anybody would try to find me about anything trivial. It must be fairly serious" He took her hand, and stepped onto the glider, still holding her hand as he did so.

The Myr Matrix was a giant machine that spread for miles under the ocean close to the floor. Sealife had slowly encrusted it over the decades.
"This is the Myr Matrix. Sea life has slowly grown upon it because the Myr have not returned to it for several centuries. The Myr, and the Myr Matrix are both machines. The Myr are robots the watch, thats all they do, is watch, and learn. they send what they see back to the Myr Matrix, who then sends it to whoever is controlling it. The Myr awakened in an alternate timeline when the Mirari existed. When everything went back to normal, they did not go back to sleep. It has been intresting, I have been watching Mirroden from new angles, the Myr Matrix believes I control it. Soon, i shall let the Myr wander Riptide, and work on their transmissions through deep space. Ultimatly, I shall put them on my ships, and use them against my enemies. after all, the Myr are expendable, the Matrix can alwayes make more." Warfare said.

Sounds supiciously like the Necrontyr, a metallic race encounted by Snake Eater forces recently. Different purpose though*suddenly recoils for no apparent reason*

"Something Wrong?" Warfare Asks

There is a great disturbance... I believe Kaelis Ra has made his first move already. I do not have time to teach the Black Flame, but here*touches a finger to her forehead* you now possess all my knowledge of the Black Flame, so that you may use it to help Cougar in this fight. Go to him now, I feel he may need you more than I, I will return to Paradise, for I cannot interfere in this matter... bloody pacts and all that

The timid young mage waits. His favorite hobby other than magic.

The timid young mage waits. His favorite hobby other than magic.

OOC: Waiting as a hobby? :$ Waiting for what? a bus, a train, what exactly? You should know Kay and Warhaven seem to be offline, that's why you're not getting a response

ooc:Yeah it's a hobby. So?

"Alright. I will make sure Couger stays alive." Warfare said.
She but her hands around levithan, everything seemed to fall away. then, they were back in Paradise. Leaving Levithan to fend for himself. Lady Warfare went back to normal. She went to Rendelmar.Sensing Couger was no longer there, she dsappeared utterly. She was still around, somewhere, but, no one would be able to find her. If they wanted her, they would have to do naught but call out her name.

OOC: No reason, chill out. :D

IC:"Thank you Lady Warfare," said Leviathan, who drifted away to mix some drinks with the wine she had given him.

Cougar felt the damp air on his face as the glider sped towards Mithdelmar, his mind racing I wonder what could have happened?

The glider blazed toward Mithdelmar, cutting through any and all turbulence easily. Kaymiril was a beautiful land...harsh in places...but that was part of its charm. Soon, Mithdelmar was in sight, and Rhenmet brought the glider down at the foot of the temple, stepping off as it reached its low point. Since Cougar followed her ((that's my assumption, so if I'm wrong, I'll change it.)), she snapped at it twice. "Phor." The glider took the form of a raven and perched on her shoulder. She walked into the temple, letting Cougar follow her.

M -- "You're prompt."

Rn -- "Of course."

M -- In any event, this is the human who would speak with you, Cougar.

OOC: Good luck.

OOC: Thanks, I may need it

IC: Cougar recognized the other human,"Matt? Matt Perkins? Is it really you?"

M - "Yeh. James, you need to get home right away! Barbarossa himself sent me

C - "Why? What's happened?"

M - *hesitates briefly*"Kaelis Ra. He's returned. His followers are numerous, and Snake Eater Prime is burning under his attacks!"

Cougar eyes widened briefly, then he spoke,"Matt, go home. Go to your family, and keep them safe. I'll go back"
He looked at Rhenna,"So, it has begun...". If she looked into his eyes, she would see the flickers of fear, but a fierce determination also

She nods.

"Think you're ready, or no? Anyway...I'll send word back...don't think you're going alone. Then again...we don't have space technology."

"You don't need it. A ship has been deployed to pick us up. It will land here in the next 15 minutes."
Cougar gripped her hand tightly,"It doesn't matter if I'm ready, it is what I must do." As he spoke, his thoughts screamed, Warfare, I need you here, now more than ever

Rhenna's head turned to the "bird" on her shoulder.

"D'anthe..." It took off, and in short order, Renor appeared...S'gart beside him, haughty looking as ever.

Muscles tightened around Rhenna's mouth, and her eyes flickered with barely restrained hatred, but the older mage merely ignored her.

OOC: Renor doesn't trust S'gart...so he's dragging him along for the ride. Don't worry...he's a powerful mage, an excellent fighter, and won't toe the line...yet.

Couger had come to mithdelmar, intresting. Did he know yet? Did he know about the rise of Kaelis Ra? Warfare simply waited.

The LightningSword dropship came out of the clouds, its hull glowing with the heat from entry. Cougar led his group towards it as it touched down, and waved to the crew chiefs as the doors opened,"Very fast guys! How long before we can go?"

"2 Minutes, Sir! Gotta let the hull cool, or she'll crack up in space"

"That's perfect"*turns to the others*"Listen, once you board that dropship, theres no turning back. You can leave now if you want, I'm not forcing you to go"

Thought to Renor: Is it wise to bring him along? He could jepordise the entire mission!

Thought to Rhenna:Calm down. Let it go... for now. You'll get your chance

Couger had summoned her, this shocked warfare more than anything. In a brilliant flash she appeared, Aura going Full blast, nobody anywhere had any doubt that a God was in Mithdelmar. the most troubling thing was, she changed form without wanting to. She was back in her armor in human form. Her Gunblade was in her hand, ready to attack anything in sight. Sensing nothing to attack, she relaxed, and quieted her power.
"What the? How did you do that?" Warfare asked.

M -- I'll be going along, as well. With what I've heard, it might be wise to bring along a good medic.

R -- I'd sooner have him here where I can keep an eye on him than in Rendelmar with Vedt at the Tower and the next most experienced mage only 179.

*Rhenna's posture relaxes somewhat, but the expression in her eyes still speaks the same hate.*

S -- There never is any turning back, human. Merely going forward.

"I wish I knew, I called for you in my thoughts, maybe they are more powerful than anyone realises"

May I come? *The sincere gray eyes of the mage travled along the group*.

I don't know, but I already know whats happening, Leviathan himself asked me to help you, very nice God, mixes a mean drink to.

I think, its because I gave you Fieros, that you summoned me, that actually bonds a human and a God on a spiritual level. I do not mean in marriage Either. It means that I will know where you are 90% of the time, and you can summon me with thoughts." Warfare said

M -- I'll be going along, as well. With what I've heard, it might be wise to bring along a good medic.

R -- I'd sooner have him here where I can keep an eye on him than in Rendelmar with Vedt at the Tower and the next most experienced mage only 179.

*Rhenna's posture relaxes somewhat, but the expression in her eyes still speaks the same hate.*

S -- There never is any turning back, human. Merely going forward.

OK. I still don't trust him, I have the same feeling that I encountered with the Dragon-King
"Wise talk from a man hated by people! And my name is Col. James Cougar, use it please"
*to Mith*"You are most welcome, please do"
*to Warfare*"Interesting. Come, we do not have much time."

Cougar led Rhenna into the dropship, sat her down and buckled her in, ensuring the harness was secure before doing himself. He whispered into her ear,"Calm down! I can't have people fighting among themselves on this, there is so much at stake. Please Rhenna, I will help you get him... later!"

Cougar checked to make sure everyone was buckled in, then nodded at the crew chief. The ramp retracted, and the Ion engines burned fiercely. The entire craft shuddered as it lifted off, and tore through the atmosphere, its course set for Snake Eater Prime...

OOC: And now to the other thread, at http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=400889

They left without me, warfare thought.

She disapated into energy and headed for Snake Eater Prime. Couger couldn't hide from her there. She easily kept pace with the Ship, looking almost like she was swimming in space. She waved at everyone in the ship, and the suddenly disappeared without a trace.

OOC: I feel really bad for him now...

OOC: we'll let him in on your thread. That way, we'll both feel better

ooc: after the Kaelis Ra thread is done could my characters get some actual training please.

OOC: it's still worth thinking about

ooc: after the Kaelis Ra thread is done could my characters get some actual training please.

OOC: Kay, you can still train him right? Vedt is still at the Tower

OOC: Read my last post on this thread. You tell me, h'mmm?

IC:

Almost simultaneously, there is a flickering shadow to Vedt's left, and a woman who looks barely more real than illusion congeals; and to his right a runic portal opens, and out steps a man.

"Vedt, why have we been summoned here?"

V -- "Areath, this is Gena...she's looking for someone to train her in your class of magicks. I know you're not busy, so I thought you might be able to use an apprentice. Ishrem...if you cannot see why you were summoned here..."

I -- Right. His name?

V -- Costh.

...Adias, Vedt will be passing Gena and Costh off to two different mages in short order. Why don't you have your char go and get to know him a bit?

Might as well.

Seeing the two mages who they would be studying under Gena and Costh each turned to thier instructor, offered a half-bow and said almost in unison "Greetings Master, It is a honour to train under you."


ooc: this is the method they were taught to honour thier teachers.

Areath and Ishrem give a type of nod.

A -- Follow me, Gena. *Shading again, she heads out into a courtyard*

I -- *to Costh* Unlike them...we're walking. Come on...this is my first time in this tower, so we can both get lost.

Gena seeing here trainer fade out, focused and faded out after Areath.

Costh replied "Yes Master."

A -- Just curious...are you blind, or is the cloth to let you learn to trust your sixth sense? You don't have to answer if it isn't any of my business.

I -- *starts walking, scribing a glyph in the air, and kind of following it around* Oh...this particular glyph lets you intuit direction...or rather, it intuits direction for you. It's an old Dwarvish glyph meaning "find." Why don't you try it?

G -- "Yes I am blind but it is blind by choice rather than by birth or accident. Those who wish to progress beyond a certain level in any form of magic must be willing to make a sacrifice for that power. It is to teach us that with power there comes danger and responsability.

C -- "That is a new rune for me, I don't think I've ever studyied Dwarvish runes. The most similar rune that I know to that is this one." He points to a small image on his forehead. "It appears to prefrom the same general function as the Dwarf glyph but I still wish to add that glyph to my repetoir." He focuses and draws a decent but not exact copy of the glyph in the air with his finger.

A -- I see. Be very glad that our Healer isn't here...Mith. She'd be pretty angry with you...she scares me when she gets angry. Anyway...so, what exactly can you do, as far as shadows go?

I -- That's not going to work. What you just drew is a pre-Phonecian pictograph meaning "twelve."

*Meditates and watches Areath and Gena and Ishrem and Costh.*

ooc:Back in a while.

Vedt, having taken care of the two students, goes back to the volume he'd been perusing.

G -- "My abilities in the shadow magicks depend on what aspect of the power I use, My summoning aspect is the best while my offence is the worst. The defence and general aspect are about equal.

C -- "I apologise for my poor 'penmenship' the last time I had to draw a rune in the air was about 3 years ago. I'm afraid I've fallen out of practice in drawing runes in the air."

A -- Well, lets see you summon, then. I'll let you choose.

I -- Then that's what we'll work on first. Your life might depend sometime on your ability to scribe.

G -- "Yes Master*." She focuses on the shadow and manages to coax a 'raven' out of the shadow. "This is known as a shadow bird, it appears almost identical to the chosen bird save for a slightly darker tinge, it is one of the first summoning spells a shadow mage learns."

C -- "Yes Master would you wish me to practice on paper or in the air."


ooc: master is gender non specific to them
the reason Costh isn't use to drawing glyphs is because he can use the runes on his body instead, only when he learns new glyphs does he have to master the drawing part first

A -- Sounds roughly similar to what we learn. I guess, to start your training, we'll work on your attack. *she stands* Hit me...if you can.

I -- Scribe them in the air. *He scribes about twenty new runes in the air - runes that Costh would have never seen before.* These are some of the more basic ones to scribes. Five of them are runeds, five are glyphs, five are pictogram, and five are heratic. They have different functions, so I don't suggest you test them out here...just scribe them until you can swiftly duplicate them perfectly.

OOC: I kind of got that with your first post.

G -- "Alright then." Gena focused and cast her first spell. This caused muliple 'hands' to arc out of the shadow trying to grab/punch her master.

C -- "Alright then." Costh replied as his finger tip started to glow but without any power behind it as he commences to script each one 10 times before moving on to the next one reguardless of how close/far they were from the oringinal design. Once finished the first full repitition he went back examinied each set of 10 compared to the original and continued to practice this time going for acuracy by doing on till he belived it finished.

A number of hands equal to Gena's attack form out of the shadow and attack the hands back. Areath then shoots a different spell along her hands, sending her student's hands back to the shadow from whence they came.

I -- "Speed and accuracy, but accuracy above all."

OOC: Sorry, forgot to say it was Costh's master telling him that. I separated them out, and thought you'd get it.

"Yes master, Should I continue my attack?"

A - By all means.

ooc: sorry for not posting earlier I was at a tournament

Gena regathered her focus and launched another attack. She launched the same attack as before but opened a small shadow hole under Areath while casting a bolt of energy directly at Areath.

C -- "Yes master I shall work on improving my accuracy, then speed. Should I work on my persicion with runes I am more familiar with?"

OOC: No prob. Know the feeling.

IC:

Areath: This time, a shade shield took the assault, and Areath levitated to avoid falling in the hole.

"Good."

Ishrem: Work with what I've given you.

Gena -- "Shall I continue the attack master?"

Costh -- "Alright master I shall work on the ones you gave me." He works on one at a time till each looked almost/exactly like the ones given to him.

A -- Continue until you manage to hit me.

I -- Costh. *after he has his pupil's attention* Don't force them. Let them flow.

G -- "Two questions before I continue master. First should I use any/all my powers to attack you, beside my shadow magicks. Second how much force should I use?"

C -- "Yes master." he said before working not only on percision but on making them flow, like he was instructed to.

A -- Use whatever abilities you have...and as to the amount of force...injury's fine...but it would be appreciated if it wasn't lethal.

I -- No...You're focusing too hard. This rune here...*taps one on Costh's shoulder* A Draconic rune meaning "sleep." It's very complex, and this is only the second time I've seen it. I've never cast it...never even scribed it before. *he raises his hands and scribes the rune exactly in the air. He is relaxed, and the process takes less than a second.* If you let them flow, they will come as called. If you force them, you're ten times more likely to get them wrong.

G -- "Alright then." She said as she prepared for an attack drawing elements from both her shadow training and elemental training. For her opening attack a small ball of flame flew directly at Areath's face where about a foot before impact it burst in a blaze of intense light and sound. While this was happening the hand attack was redone, followed closely by a summoned 'shadow warrior' attacking from the rear. While these attacks where underway a tiny* tendril of energy snaked its way toward Areath with the intent to bind her by the wrists.

C -- "Alright I shall relax and try again." Having spent a short period of time(30 seconds) he began to draw the runes one after another each flowing out after the other.

ooc:* about the lenght/width of a normal HB pencil

A -- "Excellent. A tri-attack." Utilizing only shadow magick, she first darked out the light attack, then poisoned the bind-spell, then conjured and ran the warrior through. "Now...let's try something like...this." An illusory wall sprang up around Gena, whirling. Her magickal senses would be entirely overwhelmed...so much so that left, right, up, down, meant less than nothing. And from all around her were coming shadowhands and lightning bolts.

I -- Better.

OOC: Teaching runes seems to be much calmer.

G -- Being 'blind' enabled Gena to see through the illusionary wall with surprising ease. While the wall impaired her magick sense she utilised a unique* illusion/teleportation she left a perfect image of her, responding to all the attacks. While her doppleganger battled with the wall it also launched a frontal attack while Gena moved up behind Areath's back to launch a electrical attack into her back.

C -- "Thank you master."

ooc:* unique to the school where she trained
The spell transports the caster and creates a cope that responds, acts and looks exactly like the original

Areath banished the illusions with a flick of her wrist, and turns on her apprentice, grabbing her wrist and physically flipping her over, letting her land on the ground. "Back attacks are the marks of cowards, Gena."

"I belive you did say to 'Use whatever abilities you have' but yes, unless it is a full out combat attacks from the rear are generally frowned on. I apologise for my conduct."

"You must remember that the magick we practice is illusion, more than anything. We play on light and darkness...and those fearsome shapes that visit people in the depths of the night, while they have no barrier against it. It is generally considered the weakest of all magicks...when you know something is illusion, it cannot hurt you. Your elemental attacks are exceedingly weak, as well...I have seen better attacks from first year fire students, and a fifth day air student could come up with a better lightening attack."

"I understand that my elemental abilities are not a decent level compared to my other skills but the shadow magick training was primarily focused on shadow magic with secondary on healing and necromantic magick. The elemental training is designed more for wilderness survival rather than combat. Also much of the shadow magics that we learn can be made solid provided the caster is of sufficant level or skill."

A necromancer?

OOC: Just so you know...necromancy is highly distasteful to mages of my nation.

ooc: ya it's called necromancy but it isn't what Areath thinks it is, basically normal necromancy involves force bondage of dead spirits to deceased bodies. This is more a way to speak and interact with the dead, closer to exorsisims, talking to the dead, healing of certain types of injury ect. There are two types of Necromancy in Gena and Costh's land, Black Necromancy, an evil varient commonly called Black Magick/Black Arts and just Necromancy which is a good varity. She doesn't realize that Areath doesn't know of the difference. Also most priests have some skill in Necromancy.

ic: "Yes I have some skill in Necromancy but none in the Black Arts."

OOC:

FYI

Necromancy, according to the 2nd Edition AD&D Players handbook is:

Necromancy is one of the most restrictive of all spell schools. It deals with dead things or the restoration of life, limbs, or vitality to living creatures. Although a small school, its spells tend to be powerful. Given the risks of the adventuring world, necromantic spells are considered quite useful.

The various curative and healing spells are considered Necromantic. The use of the spells determine if you follow the Path of Darkness or the Path of Light. Being a Grey Necromancer is extremely diffacult seeing as the two extremes view you as their opposite... not a good place to be.

A force tightens itself around Gena's throat. "You have some explaining to do, kid, and you have some explaining to do fast. We do not have anything to do with necromancers in my nation...so what do you mean by 'necromancy...but not the black arts?' "

"Simple the Black Arts are an abomination, a perversion where the souls of the dead are forced into servitude of the practitioner. Necromany is the art of communicating with the deceased and the healing of certain types of injuries normal healing majicks can simply not deal with."

OOC:

FYI

Necromancy, according to the 2nd Edition AD&D Players handbook is:



The various curative and healing spells are considered Necromantic. The use of the spells determine if you follow the Path of Darkness or the Path of Light. Being a Grey Necromancer is extremely diffacult seeing as the two extremes view you as their opposite... not a good place to be.

OOC: So, technically, Mith and her students would be considered Necromancers on the path of Light. However...no. Necromancy is too broadly defined in your definition...and any mage caught as a Necro in Kaymiril is killed...no questions asked.

"Simple the Black Arts are an abomination, a perversion where the souls of the dead are forced into servitude of the practitioner. Necromany is the art of communicating with the deceased and the healing of certain types of injuries normal healing majicks can simply not deal with."
Areath drops Gena. "You're dismissed for the day. Meet me here tomorrow at eight am sharp, local time. Then I will have decided whether or not to continue your training. I have to talk to someone, first."

OOC: Just so you know...Areath has a personal grudge against Necros. Even the word...it goes very deep, and it's very personal.
Anyway, I'm off. Catch ya lata.

"Yes master." Gena said as she rubbed her neck then headed off to the library to study.

OOC: By my defination, Necromancy is anything concerning the dead. It involves forcing them to help you in some way shape or form.

IC: Warfare's thoughts turned to the tower, perhaps she should send someone back to help out in her stead, yes, he would do nicely, and he still owed her a favor. Letting her will be known to him, a soul travled from its rest in paradise, eager to once again roam the Mortal realm. Appearing on the far end of the courtyard a strange Man appeared. He looked like he came from a childrens fairytell. He wore a classic blue Wizard's robe complete with a star and moon print. His hat was pointed and decorated in much the same manner. A long white beard flowed from his chin and he had peircing green eyes. An Aura of peace flowed from him, and his gaze seemed to take in much. He strolled over to the two Shadow Mages.
"Pardon my intrusion, but is this the Mortal realm, or have I somehow made an error and ended up somewhere else?" He asked.


OOC: No he isn't a god, but he's powerful all the same. If you think about it, you already know who he is, OOCly.

As she headed to the library a strange almost comical man asked if this was the mortal realm. "Yes it is and who might you be?"

"Oh, pardon, I am the Wizard Arcime, I am afraid you have the advantage though, for I fear I don't know who either of you lovely young ladies might be." Arcime said.


OOC: Kaymiril knows who Arcime is, I mentioned him when I gave her the magical equivalent of a Nuke. Arcime is a very famous wizard from Eons in the past. Most Mages of today would at least know of him, though maybe not his appearence.

"Arcime, Arcime, where have I heard that name before." Gena mutters under her breath before replying "I am Gena and that is Areath."

The mage walks over to the library his mind set on studying. As he walked in, his gray eyes saw the three magi conversing. He immediatly recognized the blue mage's peaceful aura and whispered one word in his croaking voice almost as if shuning the mage, "Arcime..."

Arcime surveys the courtyard and sees another mage wandering across the courtyard.
"Hello" he calls. He strolls over to the new mage to greet him proper. Arcime's power is such, that one can actually see his power trail after him.
"I am the Wizard Arcime, who might you be?" Arcime asks with a sweeping bow.

"You don't need to bow. I should. If I were one of you. As for my name, I preffer to be called 'Ramick'."

"Well, good day Ramick. Perhaps you could tell me where this is, a very powerful friend of mine sent me here in her stead to help teach while she was gone, but, eh, I'm afraid she forgot to tell me just where this is, she only sent me here." Arcime said, a bit disapointed that for once, he didn't know something.

"You are at the White Tower ,the greatest college of magic, in Hoeth."

ooc:I gotsta go. See ya tomorrow.

"Hoeth, Hoeth, where is Hoeth, Bah I don't know, but I know how to find out. Now, where did I put that?" Arcime says to himself.
He reaches inside his long robe looking for something. Un able to find it he takes his Robe off, an exact replica is underneath. Arcime hangs his first robe up in mid air, after telling it to stay and giving it a stern look, he reaches for a previously unseen zipper and opens his vest to find a bookcase hidden in an extra diminsional pocket. He reaches for a brown book with random white streaks. Upon closer inspection the white streaks are roads, and the cover is a map of ancient Le`Lanshire once elven capitol of creation, until that is, everyone decided to spread out. He cracks open the book, and says with authority:
"Omega, Nu, Celistia."
He closes the book and puts it back, closes the zipper, and puts the robe back on. A gold map appears in front of him as the spell takes effect. It unfolds and stays in mid-air. A giant red dot says "You are here" It is centered on the white tower at Hoeth then, Suddenly the entire map gets small, and is a veiw of the universe. A green dot says "Tower of Arcime", on the far side of the map. Arcime's eyes widen and he whistles in surprise at his location, however he seems better now. the map fades out of existence.

He turns to Ramick
"Thank you for your help, I am oriented now. I have been gone for quite a while now, havent I? I suppose the entire universe has changed. Tell me, what is it your here to study?" Arcime asks.

OOC: Thats all for tonight folks, see you tomorrow

Vedt had still been in the library, looking over the volume he'd found, when he sensed a new power in the Tower. Going down, he saw the spirit...the face matched a text he'd once seen...bah, Rhenmet was the one to ask on historical -- wait...this mage...this mage....then it made sense why Vedt got the feeling that this mage might have equalled his master.

"Arcime. I am Vedt, of Kaymiril. It is an honor to meet you, but may I ask what brings you here?"

"Lady Warfare asked me to come here and help teach while she was other wise preoccupied with current events. It is a pleasure to meet you Vedt. I see I am quite well known. Tell me, the spells I created, do they still survive to today? And what of Le`Lanshire does it still stand after all these eons?" Arcime asked.

Many spells you created survive on...many that we study as an essential part of our cirriculum. Lady Warfare -- Lord Warfare, then -- even taught my master a spell of yours that had dropped out of mortal knowledge - rightfully so, I thought, when he passed it on to me. Le'Lanshire...I'm afraid I am not familiar with such a term. You should wait until my master or my fellow studen of his returns...they would probably be more familiar with such a thing than I.

EDIT OOC: Yes! This thread is now at a thousand posts!

"Le`lansire was once the elven capitol of creation. If you have not heard of it than it must have been destroyed long ago. Oh well, nothing I can do to change that." Arcime said.
Arcime pulled out a tome from his pocket. seeing the dust on it he blew the dust off, unfortunatly the book was so dusty that it was nothing but dust, as a result, the book went with the dust. shrugging, Arcime simply pulls one out of another pocket that had previously been sealed.
"Oh well, thats why I always had a back up." Arcime said nochalontly.

Flipping through the book, he made his way to a spot that contained Ultima, and one other spell.
"There are only two spells I can think of that would fit the bill then, Ultima, and Meteor. Ultima causes a very big Explosen, and Meteor causes large Meteors to rain from the sky for about five minutes. Everybody has their opinion on which is more powerful. They were crafted to destroy Death. Which one do you know?" Arcime asked.

I know Ultima...but I'm sure our Silver Class mages know at least a version of Meteor.

"It wouldn't surprise me any if it changed throughout the years. Mage, is that the new way of refering to a fully trained then? Back in my day, everyone thought Mages were half-trained wizards, so, everyone strived to do their best to have the honor of being named a wizard." Arcime recalled.

A mage is anyone with the ability to use magick. Wizards are figures from legends and children's stories, nowadays, at least in my country. That's all I can speak for. We use different garments to distinguish levels of training. My halfmask, cloak, and gloves mark me as one of the most powerful of my class -- not the most powerful...that is my master.

Areath leaves her apprentice.

Ishrem, meanwhile, is working with Costh on his ability to cast.

"Remember the seeker glyph I showed you a while back?" He scribes it. "You try it, now."

ooc: when you say leave do you mean permanet or temporary

"Alright then." Costh relaxes and manages to draw/copy it perfectly/near perfectly.

OOC: Temporary...for now. Have Gena talk to Vedt or Ishrem to find out what the deal with Areath and necros is.

IC:
Ishrem nods. "Now...see if you can't find your way to the courtyard, using this rune."

C -- "Alright then." He redraws the rune but with power behinded it and begins to head to the courtyard. As he reached the courtyard he bumped into Gena. "Hi Costh mind if I ask your master a question?", "Hi Gena go right ahead."

G -- "Ishren, when I was training with Areath the topic of Necromancy came up and she absolutly wigged out. Would you mind explaining why if possible?"

I -- About a hundred years ago, there was an uprising of Necromancers in our country. They were a violent faction...and Areath's family...parents, siblings, husband, children...were entirely wiped out. It's not something she can exactly let go of.

G -- "That would explain her reaction, but from what I gather both from her attitude and a few books I've studied in the library necromancy is forbiddin and the practice of it is punishable by death so how would it be possible for a necromancy cult be possible?"

It is forbidden...and it is punishable by death...now. It was highly frowned upon, then. Like a poison, the forbidden magick spread through our nation...many died. Queen Kaymiril VI then made necromancy punishable by death...Areath would have helped in that search if she'd been allowed to.

G -- "So the practice of necromancy is punishable by death, what about those who know necromancy but don't practice it?"

In my nation, it's best to just leave the whole thing alone. If Vedt had realized that you were a Necro, however you use it, he'd probaby have summoned Shriea, rather than Areath.

G -- "I am not a so-called necro. I know aspect of what we term necromancy, but nothing of what we call Black Necromancy and what most people here seem to belive necromancy is. Also who is Shriea?"

The term means only one thing for Areath. Shriea is a different mage of Areath's class...not quite as talented...but a little more open minded.

G -- "I shall wait in the library while the Univeristy politics sort themselves out then." She said just before she 'shadows' to the library.

Areath, meanwhile, has shaded to a pond nearby. She stands, looking into the water.

V -- *teleporting to her* Still cannot let go? *when he receives no response, he nods* That's why it would be best for you to continue to train, her, then.

A -- What?!?

V -- You need to move on, sometime. A century is enough time to grieve. I do not sense a bad soul in her...and you need to grow beyond what happened. I will not force you. It is a decision you need to make on your own.

*************************

I -- Well, since we're here...show me some of what you can already do.

C -- "How would you like me to demonstrate what I can do?"

I -- You pick.

C -- "Alright then." He begins by having the glyph of sleep on his shoulder glow pale blue. This cause all those within about 10 meters of him to begin to fell like they need to sleep now. He then moved the glow to a rune on his foot causeing him to levitate above the ground. He then activated a glyph on his hand causing a fireball to fare around his hand. He depowered the symbols/glyphs/runes on his body settleing down on the ground.

You know what they're for, I'll give you that much...but do you know how to use them?

C -- "Yes I can use them as well as I know them. If you like I shall demonstrate in the manner of your choice."

ooc: I will be busy for a while so wont be able to post

OOC: Okay. I'll edit this later to make an IC statement...tiring, at the moment, lol...so I don't want to think about how a runic mage would administer a test.

OOC: Page 69, Kinky...

IC: Arcime was quite excited being back in the mortal realm, his mind wandered back into the old days, back when he was studying under his master, the greatest wizard in history, the one, the only, Merlin. Merlin's dying wish was for all magick users to cooperate under a common law. But no two Wizards could actually work together long enough to agree to anything. Oh well, maybe in this new Era, the younger generation could make it happen. A sort of, Wizards council...

ooc: im back

Not wanting to intrude upon anyone's lesson's, Arcime finds a bench in the Courtyard and sits.

OOC: Right...time to get off my lazy butt and come up with some sort of lesson.......................................................I've actually never done glyphs before...I understand them...I can actually work weak rune spells, irl...but I've never taught anyone, before.

IC:

I -- Tell me...which is your favorite rune, glyph, symbol, or pictogram? Also tell me why....

Vedt left Areath and walked back toward the library. On the way, he passed Arcime.

"Has the world changed much since last you were here, Elder?"

C -- "My favorite, hmm, I don't really have a favorite. Typically the one that works best is the one that I use, it doesn't really matter what type it is just as long as it's the most effective at it's job."

I - Fair enough. Tell me...how do you decide which runes and glyphs go into your repertoire, with so many out there that do basically the same thing?

C -- "If I find one that has superior results to the one I was using I remove the old one and place the new one in it's place."

I -- I see...*thoughtful*

"Oh yes, When I was alive, the Wizards, Mages I guess they would be known as now, new about other worlds, Space travel was not actually done though, by any race. All the Elves were of one species, and lived at Le`lanshire. I'm guessing that over the years they spread out and became the many diffrent types they are today. It doesn'tsurprise me that change happened. This is not truely my world anymore only Gods can handle living forever. I can see though that it is in good hands. I once knew the greatest wizard in history, Irregardless of how he went down in the books. He was, well, I still don't know quite what he was, but his name, was Merlin. We often dreamt of future events, knowing there was no point in us recording them for the future generations. The knowledge would only get lost over the years. But we did know, that magick would never cease. It was one of Merlin's wishes, to unite all magick weilders, under a common law. A set of rules everyone could agree to, to be fair. Alas, such a thing was not possible in our day. Magick weilders could not get along. There were the few oddballs like me and Merlin, but not enough to actually make a set of laws for magick. It would have been a sort of, Wizards council. Rules would be set, offenders would be chased down by specialized "Mage Forces". Yes, it was a grand dream. There was even to be a school, where anyone could learn to weild the powers. In todays world where Science is also strong, it might even be wise to figure out how to bind the two together, science and Magick that is. Who knows what wonders might come out of such learning? Maybe, Maybe todays world, could bear such a council. I don't know, maybe it was just a dream after all. I apologize, I've rambled on and kept you from what you were doing, unless of course you wanted to know more about the lost ancient world." Arcime said.

A mages' council...it sounds very similar to the Kaymirilian system. Officially, seven mages preside over all the mages in the nation...teaching them, and enforcing the laws. It works fairly well...with some, few exceptions.
And I am here in my master's stead, to teach if I desire, but more than anything, to learn. Kaymiril has been dreadfully isolationistic since its founding.


OOC: Warhaven...irregardless = a double negative.

OOC: Yes I know that, but that's the way Arcime speaks.

IC: this would apply to more than just a country, this would bind every mage in creation. I am used to saying Wizard instead of mage, so, if I say wizard, please don't get upset. I lifetime is hard to forget. I'm glad to see though, that at least one country has some sense of order in the realm of magic.
Tell me, are wands still used for anything today? I know how to weild a wand quiet well. they were once used for directing magick. Wizards study everything you know, we even managed to break magic all the way down to its base elements. Of course, only beginners need to remember what Elements make what spell, as you progress, it really becomes automatic.
We also discovered, that merely casting spells with your bare hand saps its power as it takes effect. For example, If I were to throw Firballs at the far wall, while still being effective, they would be weaker than when I first cast them. A wand, gives direction and enhances the focus of magic, thereby draining it less as it activates. Back to our fireballs, if I were to pull out a wand, any wand, and cast Fireball at the wall with it, it would be a little weaker yes, such is the penalties of long distance magic, but having directed it with a wand, It is not as weak than if I had bare handed it. Further still, Diffrent materials and diffrent enchantments make the wand give the spell extra benifits, for instance, I belive it would be the artic chill enchantment, If i were to use a wand enchanted with that spell, after the fireball struck, it would cause a chilly blast. the two extremes would cause great damage, possibly even causing the wall to crack, from a simple fireball. Some of the best illusionary wands aren't illusions at all, but a simple combonation of the right spell, materials, and encantments upon the wand." Arcime said, slowly slipping back into teacher mode.

H'mmm...we must focus our magicks differently...I've only ever heard of wands being used by lower-level human mages...and I've only known my spells to weaken over a great distance...and only close range spells, at that.

"Perhaps the secret was finally learned. We theorized that there might be a way to do it without wands, but we never quite figured out how. Tell me, do modern day mages still enchant Armor and weapons with spells? I know back in the day we did, Oh the weapons we could make by combining our talents with blacksmiths. I myself am responsible for Demonbane. Demonbane was lost to the pits of hell though. I bet it drives them up the wall. Demonbane drives all Demons on the plane its on back to Hell, no matter who is controling them. Since it is in Hell, and its driving them back to Hell, I imagine their all huddled up in a corner somewhere. I also made Starbreaker When you look at the blade, you see the image of a falling star If swung right, it actually causes a star to fall from the sky. Lets see, armor, I made the Knox. It was a special armor that was rumored to be impenitrable. I don't know if it actually was or not, but, in all the battles it was in, its wearer never got hurt. I also made the sheild of the Dark Maze It trapped whoever struck it in a maze of their worst fears and nightmares. Some idiot struck it one time and was never seen again. I made the helmet of genius. It made whoever wore it a military genius. Very rarely was it outsmarted. I also made the boots of Steed. who ever wore those would never be without a mount to ride." Arcime recalled fondly.

We still do enchant weapons and armor...in fact, the cloth that makes up the clothes I'm wearing makes them resistant to attack spells, cool when it's hot out, warm when it's cold out, resistant to normal physical assaults, and almost impenetrable to bullets. And the Dark Maze...we have a spell that essentially does that, only the victim is trapped within his own mind.

"Intresting. Are new spells crafted? if so, how do you do it? We learned what makes Magic, magic, and thus made the Magi table of Elements. Scientists stole the idea when they crafted the scientific Periodic table of elements. I think I can still recall some of them. We felt it was imperitive to start from the ground up. Whenever I learned of a new spell, I learned its elements first. Thus, I was able to change it as I saw fit for each situation." Arcime asked.

We gather, channel, and focus energy to cast a spell...generally, first we learn how to cast, and then we use what we have learned as the situation needs it. Thus, we are able to actually modify each spell every time we use it, if need be. Elements of magick...I've never heard of.

C -- "How far does your(White Tower/personal) rune magick go. What schools does it include and exclude. The rune magicks that we are taught extend into every school of magick."

I -- I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say "school of magick." We think of magick differently...the elementals, healing, and more than a hundred sub-classes of magick are studied, runes being one of them. We study as many runes as we can from as many sources as we can find, and learn what they do. So I guess you say we can do a little bit of everything...but we aren't as powerful as our spell-based allies.

C -- "With us magicks are divided into schools base on both type and usage. For example nature magic has 3 major schools under. These are: Beast magicks, Druid magicks, and Growth magicks. Also our rune mages are the most powerful of the mages. Rune mages are expected to be able to equal if not better, any mage of the same level in any aspect of their school."

The runes have a limit on how much power they can channel, and how much they can do...and the very nature of our magick requires that we use tupora fashka, rathar than fashka. Mages of most other classes can draw upon outside energy...therefore, the only limit on their ability to cast is what amount of energy do they have the ability to handle?

EDIT OOC: That's it for me tonight. Good luck, laddie.

C -- "You used some words I didn't understand could please tell me what these words tupora fashka andfashka mean in (english/language they were using). I think I understand but I want to make sure. The reason our(his) form of rune is able to match/beat the equal level of other mages is it's drawn from the rune itself, the caster and the free floating magick in the air."

"Well, lets see here, Lady warfare might be able to better explain the Magi Elements to you better. They origanelly stemmed from early magic. You know, doing a little dance around a bonfire throwing some powder on a flame to make something happen. Well, as it turns out, they eventually discovered, that they acually had power inside of them, as a result of doing these things over a period of thousands of years. It wasn't much, nothing on the scale of what you, or I weild, but power all the same. They had no idea what to do with it. Then one day, the first Wizard was born. We gave him the title of first wizard, because he was the first one to use Magick as we know it today, It wasn't Merlin either, actually it was a man by the name of Baccob. He actually studied the power within him. He found out that be simply keeping the Fire, the wood, the air, and the little dance around it in mind, he could simply point and throw a Fireball. thus, he called several others like him, and taught him what he discovered, but that was a mistake, because everyone wanted the most power, the most spells. It threw everyone into a massive power struggle, however, it is also where most of todays basic spells came from. at the time, they were considered the most powerful ever. Eventually, Earthquake was discovered when an enterprising mage combined the Elements of Fire, Rock, and water, into a single thought and channeled it throw his power. Before he could do anything to find out what it would do, a massive Earthquake leveled his entire tower, and nearly killed him. Thus it went on. The Magi Elements are tangible like Scientific elements, but, you really have to understand each one physically, in order to build Magic with them. Slowly over the Decades, some Wizards did claim to be able to make new spells without Elements. And it was true, the old Wizards could not figure out how they did it. Around that time Merlin was born. He crafted 60% of all the advanced and expert spells you cast today. Towards the end of his life, he found me, sensed my power that rivaled his own, and taught me what he knew, lest I destroyed myself with my own power. We both knew how to craft spells without elements, but, one night I had a dream, where it came from, I do not know, but, I was wandering through a cave in this dream, when I came to its end, and upon the wall at the end, was half a plaque, containing the two most poweful spells in existence, but I could only see their elements, and not their names. Suddenly I woke up. I could not get that plaque out of my mind. I searched all the great librarys of magic, No matter if I was welcome there, or I had to force my way in, something was driving me on to find out the other part of the spells and learn them. But I never found them in a library, so I sat in my own tower to figure them out, while Merlin passed away. I took a break, only to see my old teacher buried in his crypt. I know where its at, and only I know where it is at. Powerful artifacts were buried with him that limits Death's power when it physically manifests. If Death were able to find Merlins grave and open it, he would stop there ever present limits on his power. Thats the only wat they work, is when they are worn by a deceased Wizard. The Secret location of his Crypt died with me, and thats the way its going to stay, lest the prophices come true. we've thwarted Death's return to power for well over 5,000 years, we will not let him come back now. Anyways, getting back to my current old man story, I sat there thinking about it when I realized, The new Wizards weren't making spells without elements, they were there all along, these two were simply missing some. The only reason New wizards, and now a days, Mages, thought, think they didn't, don't need elements, is because your so intrinsically familier with them naturally, that you don't even think about it when making a new spell, you just know what elements to add in with out really thinking about it. So, I thought about these as an enlightened new, old wizard. I realized, that they were both missing one crucial lynchpin element to make them work. Out at what was to become the final battle for Magical power, the battle on the plains of Endess, I figured out Meteor. the battle had risen to the point that if something wasn't done, All magick users would die. Then suddenly out of nowhere, one of the two uncompleted spells snapped into my mind. I realized, all it needed was stardust. I had no idea what stardust was, but I figured it must come from the mysterious reaches of Outer space. I could suddenly see the entire spell clearly, it was named Meteor. Having no Idea what it did, but unable to help myself, I cast it. My voice rang across the plains with the word Meteor. everything stopped. All the wizards laughed at me. They were going to all cast spells at me and kill me on the spot, when we all heard something burning in the sky, we all looked up, and there were giant flaming meteors in the sky. we all decided right then and there to put aside our squabbles for now and flee for our lives. No one dared to lift their finger in anger after that, we realized we had taken it too far. the other spell still stayed on my mind though. It wasn't until Death tried to rise against the Living that I figured out Ultima. I was about to be killed by Death, when the unfinished Ultima spell came to mind. I was actually upset that it did, I wanted soemthing restorative to chase Death away with, but, thats what was missing, the one element no one ever thought to use, we all used hate a plenty to create spells, but, I was suddenly filled with compassion for every living soul who was going to survive in my place. Thats when it clarified, It was called Ultima, and it was the most powerful spell a mortal could cast, and it could only be cast with love. The word escaped me like a whisper, and I almost died anyway, as I was at the center of the spell. I Taught my student the spells, but, they slowly faded from memory. I am glad to see that they are known again, for you never know when Death might once again try and destroy every living thing again." Arcime rambled on like the old man he was.

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*feels tired after reading all of that*

Phew! I must have taken a little time to type up all that.

OOC: Lesson number one, Never ask Arcime a Question you want answered, he might actually answer it. be careful though, he might wander off into a story. Actually, I want to post the Ancient history of magic in the Library, and along with it, the Ancients theory of Magic Elements. In Adept. I did however, hint at a future RP I might do.

ooc:I'm not going to be on so much. My computer is broken.

ic:"Yes. Meteor is a powerful spell. I myself have slight difficulty casting it. As for the Ultima spell, I can't cast. I'm sure that I can cast it with great ease, but, there is no love I can cast it with. I have had to grow up in the hollows just east of here. A place where you can say anything but hope. This is quite possibly the main reason I study soul and dark magicks. I don't think I'll ever be able to cast Ultima. I am one of those people who have given up hope and can live without it." Ramick walks off but with his gray eyes flaming with determination.

C -- "You used some words I didn't understand could please tell me what these words tupora fashka andfashka mean in (english/language they were using). I think I understand but I want to make sure. The reason our(his) form of rune is able to match/beat the equal level of other mages is it's drawn from the rune itself, the caster and the free floating magick in the air."
Fashka is the "free magick in the air." Tupora fashka is the energy within the mage. H'mm...well, your mages are human...so I suppose that the runic magick would perhaps be greater than the elemental magicks they can weild. I doubt you could go head to head with an elvenoid...but human...it could work.

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Vedt nods. "Perhaps that is why Warfare chose my master to learn Ultima. We are a harsh class...but we care about each other very deeply."

"While not elves, I belive that we are not 'pure' human. While we have never been able to test our theory, it is commonly belived that the humanoid races as well as the human race interbreed to such a degree that both human and humanoid races vanished, as there was one multiple humanoid races and now there are none, as well as no trace of an exodus or genocide."

ooc:Costh and Gena both have elven, dwarven, orkish, as well as a few other creatures DNA but the human DNA is the primary dominant in most traits.