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"Magic, an exciting subject. Dragon Magick is especially potent. However, you must have drgon blood to learn it." The man said.

"If you give me half your soul I'll give you dragon blood." The woman offered.

"She'll do no such thing. that's against the law." The man said.

"Of course, hello. I break the law all the time. Its what I do. Come on, use that head for something other than a hat rack for once." she said.

Loki looked at them still. "Umm... no thats okay. I would like to keep my soul," he replied as he wondered what kind of people they were.

"I suggest you calm down. Stressing will only make a bad situation worse."

"I'm trying, I have to go weave fate, any requests?" Gypsy asked.
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Tharivol walked off to go find something to bring in for dinner. Valanthe began assembling a camp, and checking on Artimese on occasion.

OOC: If mooshie speaks in the same language of his species, as any other feline might, that isn't special and magickal like mooshie, Valanthe can understand it. What Valanthe put on arty was basicly a magick scab.

"I'm trying, I have to go weave fate, any requests?" Gypsy asked.

"Not really. I can't think of anything that really needs altering at this precise moment in time."

Loki looked at them still. "Umm... no thats okay. I would like to keep my soul," he replied as he wondered what kind of people they were.

"You look lost son, allow me to introduce myself. I'm known as the Platnium Dragon, I'm Bahamut, second most powerful of all summons, ruler of all good dragons, and a God of dragons to boot. Many respect me for my wisdom and power." Bahamut said.

"I am Tiamet, Queen of all Bad Dragons, and Dark goddess. Many fear me for my short temper, and come to me for many bargains. I am also a summons, second most powerful like bahamut, but only for those who follow evil instead of good."

"We're here in the tower, because due to recent events, the summons all got together and decided to take shelter here, so that we may continue to serve the summoners. We're all around the tower, see if you can find us all." Bahamut said.

"Not really. I can't think of anything that really needs altering at this precise moment in time."

""All right" Gypsy said. She vanished to weave Fate.

"I'm trying, I have to go weave fate, any requests?" Gypsy asked.
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Tharivol walked off to go find something to bring in for dinner. Valanthe began assembling a camp, and checking on Artimese on occasion.

OOC: If mooshie speaks in the same language of his species, as any other feline might, that isn't special and magickal like mooshie, Valanthe can understand it. What Valanthe put on arty was basicly a magick scab.


ooc: yeh he does

ic: Mooshie looked at Valanthe,

" how old are you?" He purred.

"Ohhh!" Loki said as the realization set in. "Now I know who you two are," he said as he had heard about the powerful summons, especially bahamut.

"Um, okay, I will go look for everyone," he said as he put the book in his pocket.

Lets see... there is Fat Chocobo... Ifrit and Shiva... Jormangundr, Ramuh, Cerberus, Typhoon... Titan and Diablo... Jyzumar, Draeval, and Phantom... Venus, Doomtrain, Elemental Warrior... uh... oh, Bahamut and Tiamet of course. There is one more I think... what is its name? Ah, oh well, I can't remember - perhaps it will come to me when I am searching for the others.

Loki set off to find the summons. Are they really all here? First he went as high as he could to the top of the tower, up many flights of stairs and to the pinnacle. He searched around looking for a summon.

Valanthe looked at mooshie.

"It is not polite to ask a ladies age. you would do well to remember that when you seek a mate." she said.

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A great black shadow spread accross the top of the tower. The nameless One? no, for all the elements could be seen in this black shadow. it billowed in the wind as a cloack. Loki could see something standing ontop, on the thin pole that ran up a little ways for lightning.

Loki had found the famed warrior of the elements, The Elemental Warrior.

" I have a mate where I come from. I simply wondered if you were as old as a mortal human was, or as old as an elf can become?

I wondered if you were as old as me, around since nearly the beginning of time."

"Um... hello?" Loki said to the elemental warrior. "Are you a summon?" he thought that he was but wanted to make sure.

" I have a mate where I come from. I simply wondered if you were as old as a mortal human was, or as old as an elf can become?

I wondered if you were as old as me, around since nearly the beginning of time."

"haha, only the gods themselves can lay claims to being that old. As for me, i am Elven, and of adult age." Valanthe said.

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The Elemental Warrior looked down at Loki. His cape swirled down and encomapssed the top of the tower, banishing all meaning of direction. Loki came to be Eye level with TEW, and he spoke to l;oke directly.

"I am many things. I am of the elements themselves. I am a nightmare, breed out of contempt. i am a blessing, decended out of Love. I am a son of the Avatars of Creation, I am nothing, yet i am everything. I serve those that can prove they can find the others, and then direct them towards lord Bahamut. To answer your Question, I am a summon, yet I will serve no one as a Slave. Not even the Renegade Queen calls me as a slave. To do so, is to call your own Death."

Dismayed by the current situation, Loki tried not to look around at the new environment. "Umm... okay. So... who is the renegade queen? Tiamet?"

"That is not for me to tell. It is our job to protect the identites of those who summon. You will not figure out who she is, or is not." TEW said.

The lightning element flickered dangerously, and split the air element, causing an ear aching thunderclap, yet was muffled to a dull rumble by the Earth Element.

" Well I have been around for a long time.

It is good to know that you are... mature.... i do not trust young people treating my master, no matter how skilled they are.

Why did the ranger want the claws of Brutus?"

Asked Mooshie as he toyed with the one he had.

"Okay then," Loki replied. "Well... can I go in search of the others now?" he asked due to the interesting predicament he was in.

"We were successful in rescuing Aldur, yes. And I am pleased to hear that you have taken the time to study your planets history. I will help as best I can, but with things the way they are, the training may be haphazard."

The newcomer seemed to smile,"Ten trillion? I find that unlikely. The only places where I have come across more than twenty billion people are in large coalitions. Nowhere does a single nation possess anywhere near a trillion people in total, let alone ten trillion, as you so claim. Also, consider we are facing but one being, as of yet. Magick will defeat him... but attrition is not acceptable under any circumstances."

OOC: Quick lesson; It's not a good idea to claim to have ten billion people unless you can come up with a VERY good backstory to it. The only ones who RP in the trillions also RP as having massive empires that span galaxies. I don't mingle with them, as it's not my style. Bear in mind that Earth currently only has a population of 6 billion, and I doubt it could sustain 10 trillion. Take that into account.

IC: The blond man looked around,"I must do something."

He followed Fingal,"Going to see Arianna will not help you if you do not learn to control your power. Raw emotion may give you large amounts of power, but with no control you will not be able to distinguish between friend and foe. You will do more harm than good with uncontrolled power."


"Well Our planet is very large and very old. You might not have come acrose it because it in a very remote portion of the universe. We have been isolated for many eons. Well one of my friends Brought me this book that Tehy managed to find in an old burnt out building in one of the ancient abandoned citys. Magik seems to have been split Into two main forms. Matter magick which has four parts water, earth, air, and plasma. Then there was the energy forms which came in pairs. Our most domanent was spirit which is but one of many energy forms." Teji then continued explaining what he had been able to discover about it to Eldrad. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10034455&postcount=13946

" Well I have been around for a long time.

It is good to know that you are... mature.... i do not trust young people treating my master, no matter how skilled they are.

Why did the ranger want the claws of Brutus?"

Asked Mooshie as he toyed with the one he had.

" Lady Kahlan is better than I, and she is in her middle ages, and is generally reffered to as the mother of Warhaven, due entirely to her mothering ways, and the way she acts like the mother of each and every patient she treats.

As to the Claws, The Brotherhood has layed claim to the Claws. We always keep one relic off our most powerful opponets, and one on one, Brutus was one of the best. So, Tharivol has one, and I'll need that one, to send into the imperial museum of Royal artifacts." Valanthe said.

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Loki found himself in a random room in the tower. EW turned and walked away.

"Um, thank you," Loki said to EW as he disappeared. Thinking briefly, Loki now headed downstairs and into the cafeteria where he had first met Xos. Looking around he found the door to the kitchen - as he entered it, he walked over to the stoves and looked around for a summon.

ooc: I am assuming there is a kitchen?

Loki found lots of slivers everywhere cooking for everyone. No summons in sight though.

After searching around the kitchen he came up with nothing - except the wonderful smells of fresh food being cooked. Realizing that there was no summon to be found there, Loki left the kitchen in search of them somewhere else.

Deciding that the summons might be outside the White Tower, Loki made his way to the fields surrounding the area.

ooc: sorry I forgot what the area around the White Tower looks like, could you possibly give me a brief update?

OOC: generally, a big feild, with a town at the other end. Howefer...

IC: looking outside, Loki found another summons, Doomtrain. He circled the tower, leaving a wide openeing for entry and exit. Doomtrain looked like a really, really big worm, shaped exactly like a train, with a humanoid face, no ears, standered smoke stack on top, and wheeles on the bottom. He really was, a giant living train. he was also growing a new caboose, his old one dead, and had previously been shed.

Must be doomtrain... Loki proceeded to walk the long way until he reached the head of the 'worm'. "Umm... hi. I am Loki... I am searching for summons - are you doomtrain?" he asked carefully.

"Yes." was al Doomtrain said. he was a being of few words.

"Umm... okay. I guess I found you then," Loki said as he moved onto looking for the next summon. Hmmm... perhaps the Fat Chocobo is hiding out in the fields or forests around here?

Loki bid good bye to the massive figure of Doomtrain and walked farther away from the tower into the distant fields.

Many chocobos wandered the feilds, and they all seemed to look at the Tower on occasion. None of them were fat however. In fact, they all seemed to be in top shape.

Loki looked around and noticed that none of the chocobos. He walked up to one of them carefully, as to not frighten it, and whispered to it softly, "Do you know where the Fat Chocobo is?" He was doubtful that he would get a response from it but he figured he might as well try. If he didn't, he would return to the tower in search of another summon.

"Kweh." The bird said looking at the tower still.

"WARK!" said a baby chocobo excitedly. It ran away from Loki in fear. Its mother caught it and reassured it with a nuzzle. Most of the Adult males looked at Loki curiously. The mothers seemed to back away with their children. Loki snuck up on them, was he friend or foe?

Loki raised his hands and laid his staff upon the ground, trying to show them that he meant no harm. In fact, Loki was much smaller than the adult chocobos and was even smaller than some of the baby chocobos. "Fat Chocobo..." he repeated trying to get a friendly reaction from them as he hoped they wouldn't attack.

Once again, the Chocobos looked at the Tower. Once again they all said Kweh. a nearby chocobo began to sniff Loki for Gyshal Greens.

Unfortunately Loki didn't have any greens to give to the chocobos so he backed off slowly and picked up his staff. Resigning himself to the fact that he wouldn't get much from the chocobos... unless they were signalling that the Fat Chocobo was inside the tower somewhere.

Loki made his way across the field and up past Doomtrain, into the tower. Looking down the halls, Loki decided that his next move would be to search the lowest realm of the tower. He set off and found the stairs that let down, taking him deep below the ground, he began searching for any signs of a summon.

Loki found the Cellar. Random Spirits haunted the celler. The stairs suddenly disappeared behind loki, trapping him down there. The Lights disappeared. a massive Phantom came screaming at Loki.

"WHO DARES ENTER MY CELLER!!!" It screamed and bellowed at Loki, charging at him with all the Fury uit could possibly summon. It was a truly frightening sight.

OOC: the stairs really are there, its just an illusion that they are not. Loki can easily run away screamiong.

"Huh?!" Loki was confused as the lights suddenly disappeared. "What... ah!"

"Luminos!" he yelled as he smashed the staff down on the ground, light emerging from the jewel located at the top. Loki felt the phantom coming at him, but instead of running away, he ran to the side of the cellar. "Who... who are you?"

The Phantom was rolling on the ground laughing. The lights came back on, the stairs reappeared, and the door swung open.

"I haven't had such a good laugh *more laughter* in years." The Phantom said.

Eventually he stopped, and got back up.

"I rule the Deathless Court. i am Phantom, one of the many summons." Phantom said.

Loki wasn't laughing with Phantom - but he also wasn't mad because he had just found another summon. "Well, I guess I found you too," Loki said. "Three down, twelve to go," he commented as he headed towards the stairs in search of the next summon.

"Say..." Loki turned around to face Phantom as he got an idea, "Do you perhaps know where I can find the other summons?"

"Now, that would spoil the fun of our little hide and go seek game. I will tell you this though. We're all located within the tower, with exception to Doomtrain. Look, everywhere, even places you wouldn't think of. You were close with the kitchen, but were both too far, and not far enough." Phantom said mysteriously. then he disappeared.

"Well that certainly was cryptic," Loki said to himself as Phantom disappeared. Oh well... might as well make my way back to the kitchen he thought, and so he did. Exiting the lower leverls of the tower, Loki made his way back up to the cafeteria and eventually into the kitchen.

"You were close with the kitchen, but were both too far, and not far enough... what does that mean," Loki said as he looked around. Loki looked around and found a massive freezer where the perishables were stored. It was a long shot, but he opened the door and looked in, "Hello? Any summons here?"

Shiva sat on a giant block of ice.

"hi." she said in a friendly manner.

"This is the only place with a bearable temperature. All you other people like it way to hot. And ifrit, that Fireplace in the Cafeteria? i mean, hello? this place just isn't suited to us. not that that matters. come, sit. A sliver tried to keep me company for awhile, but had to leave." Shiva said.

Loki smiled at her. "Thanks," he replied. "I would stay with you, but I need to find the other summons. Perhaps I will come back later and spend time with you?"

He again thanked her before heading out of the freezer and closing the door. Four down...

Walking out of the kitchen and into cafeteria, Loki headed towards the fireplace. "Ifrit," he said as he arrived by the warm fire.

A demonic looking head pooked out.

"What?" he asked.

"Your Ifrit right?" Loki asked cautiously. "My name is Loki and I am trying to find all of the summons in the tower."

"Yes, I know. I am ifrit. good luck in finding the sixth one." Ifrit said.

"Thanks," Loki commented as he left Ifrit be and pondered.

Five down… Only ten left: Fat Chocobo, Jormangundr, Ramuh, Cerberus, Typhoon, Titan, Diablo, Jyzumar, Draeval, Venus, and that one I can’t think of.

Where to look?

Loki left the cafeteria and wandered the halls in search of the next summon. He climbed the stairs so that he was on of the higher levels of the tower, and entered a room whose door was open. He noticed it at a balcony and he deiceded to go out and see if he could find anything. Quite breezy this high up he said as he walked on to the balcony and looked around, high and low.

"Hi." said Typoon, the wind summon, standing outside on the Balcony.

The figure startled Loki as he had been looking over the railing to the ground below. "Uh, hi. Are you Typhoon the summon?" Loki asked hoping that it was.

Six down...

"Yes. We're all taking bets as to when you'll find Jyzumar and Draeval. I took any length of time over six days. So, take six days for me, please? I'll get 100 bars of Mythril." Typhoon said.

“Well, we will see. I am not sure when I will run into them, so... I can't really say that it wont be in the next five minute or next month,” Loki said as he exited the room and decided on where to go next. "But I will see what happens." He descended the stairs until he was near the ground level and began searching again. I wonder what time it is? he thought as he saw a grandfather clock at the end of the hall next to a pair of massive doors.

He walked down the hall until he arrived in front of the large clock. Hmm… didn’t think it was still this early.

There was also an unnatural Hallway inside the Clock........

"Thats odd," Loki commented. He decided to explore what it was, so he opened the glass door and climbed in. He began walking down the mysterious hallway, wondering what it held.

There sat Jyzumar and Draeval playing a game of chess. They were in a circular room at the end of the hallway. It was also 20 days in the past in this room. Thus Draeval won the bet, saying that Loki had already found him.

"Um hi," Loki said as he approached their chess match. "Are you two more summons?" he asked knowing that they most likely were.

Eight down... Fat Chocobo, Jormangundr, Ramuh, Cerberus, Titan, Diablo, Venus and the other one left.

"Courtyard, Main entry, and two rooms. What you seek is not far, yet is not close. All will be found, save for one. Look to the heavens, and yet you may seek what you find." They said.

OOC: And yes, I meant Seek what you find.

"Um, okay. Thanks!" Loki said. Where to go next? he thought. Suddenly he smacked his head, Of course… the lightning rod. He dashed out of the clock’s hallway and into the normal one. He ran towards the stairs and up as fast as he could.

When he was just about at the top, he stopped to ask someone a couple questions, “Umm… excuse me, but I was wondering if you had a large body of water somewhere? And do you have a place animals stay, like a stable?”

"Umm, there's a fountain in the Courtyard, and a horse stable. That's about it." Said the passing Sliver. Loki would only find Elemental warrior outside by the lightning Rod.

"Darn, I thought for sure Ramug would be here... oh well," he said dissappointedly as he made his way back down the stairs. Might as well try the horse stables...

Loki climbed down all of the stairs until he found himself on the bottom floor. He walked towards one end of the tower which held the stables. As he opened the door to the outside, he looked around and through all the stables to find a summon.

Loki found Rahegalhoff's Alicorn Stallion, standing next to a pregnant Alicorn Mare. That was it.

"Nuts... well I guess I should try the fountain in the courtyard," he said as he sped out of the stables and in no time was at the courtyard. He took a quick look around before heading over the fountain.

The first thing to catch his eye, was the Large and grossly overweight chocobo sitting on a bench. This was Fat Chocobo.

Loki laughed - it was funny to see a chocobo sitting on a bench. He walked over to it, "You are Fat Chocobo, yes?"

Most obviously it was, so Loki planned to go check the fountain more carefully.

"Yes, yes I am." Fat Chocobo replied.

When Loki turned to the Water fountain, he would see both Ramu, and a miniturized Jormangundr looking at each other.

"Well this is just my luck," Loki replied as he looked at the two figures.

"If you two are summons, that only leaves me with five more to find... if they are here?" Loki commented. Cerberus, Titan, Diablo, Venus... and that other one.

"Well this is just my luck," Loki replied as he looked at the two figures.

"If you two are summons, that only leaves me with five more to find... if they are here?" Loki commented. Cerberus, Titan, Diablo, Venus... and that other one.

Cerberus and Diablo are in a big room. Titan and Venus are in a small Room. The most powerful summons of all, is just a myth, a rumor, a sham. You'll never find him, for he is naught but a dream." Fat chocobo said.

He followed Fingal,"Going to see Arianna will not help you if you do not learn to control your power. Raw emotion may give you large amounts of power, but with no control you will not be able to distinguish between friend and foe. You will do more harm than good with uncontrolled power."

"No ones taught me HOW to control it" *Fingal said sulkily* "my regions in the middle of genocide right now and they didn't have time, so I'm here"

If he is a rumor... how can they be sure he doesn't exist.

Loki thanked the Chocobo for the piece of advice, no matter how little it was helping him. He couldn't think of where to go. The advice he had gotten so far was, two roome, one big and one small - but to Loki's knowledge he didn't know of the rooms. Perhaps somebody else knows of such rooms.

Loki headed back inside the tower and straight to the wizards' chamber to ask them if they knew of the rooms.

"What? Big Room? Is not a Room an area with four walls and a ceiling." The warhaven wizard said.

"To my knowledge that is exactly what a room is," Loki replied to the wizard. "But... the summons told me that the others were in a big room and a small room."

Summons are mysterious creatures. Each either is in an area that is filled with his or her ability, or in a place that defies his or her ability, with the exception of Bahamut and Tiamet. Research the Summons in better detail, and you will win their game." The wizard said.

OOC: You've passed Diablo mulitple times in the main Entry, as well as Cerberus, you just were not looking in the right places. The main Entry is a BIG Room, with a high ceiling. Titan and Venus, are in rooms that are specific to their nature. Titan is in a small Room of earth magick, and Venus is Queen of the fairies.

"Alright," Loki responded as he left the room to contemplate what to do next. He entered the main hall again and sat down on the floor. Reaching into his pocket, he produced Magic... and begun flipping through its pages for something on summons.

He read through the chapter on summons quickly, but learned nothing knew. Tired he laid back and let his body rest. As he did so, his eyes darted across the dark ceiling above.

Defying gravity and hanging on the ceiling was either a really biug bat, a Demon, or both. Infact, it waqs a neutral Demon of Gravity, and it was Diablo.

Diablo stretched a wing and waved at Loki.

Laying there, slowly, the scent of Death came to loki. It was strong, and it came from a Magick Door that usually remained closed, yet was cracked open just a hair.

Liam waved back before he smelled the strange scent. Bolting upright, Loki looked around and noticed the smell was coming from the door. Partially afraif and partially relieved, Loki made his way over to the door and opened it. Must be where Cerberus is...

When and if loki dared to Crack open the door, he would find Cerberus, at the Temple of Death.

Loki bult up enough courage and slowly opened the door with the end of his staff, making sure he was a few feet away. "Hello?"

"You do not have permission to enter this door. Now either you close it and forget it ever existed, or things are going to get ugly, and you'll end up making a one way trip through it, if you catch my Drift." Cerberus growled at him.

"Ok-okay," Loki stammered as he backed away from the door. "I was only searching for the summons as I was told to do..."

Diablo swooped down, and landed behind Loki.

"Well, congratulations. You found us all. You win, nothing! You never had to find us in the first place. You've won summons hide and go seek. Have a nice day, and goodbye." Diablo said. He flew back to the ceiling .

OOC:
*Loki now has the Ability to summon Fat Chocobo whenever he wishes, so Long as the Renegade Queen does not have him summoned. Can you pass the other tests, and earn them all? you won't know untill I tell you. Loki will instinctivly know of his new ability.

And yes, there is one last Summons, you already know him. Any and all summons are controlled by me, but directed by you.

My tests are heard, my tests are weak, this was nothing more than Practice, the next, is hard for sure. Be on the lookout, for a hint. Though, the Test will always involve a summon.

"I know I didn't have to find you all," Loki commented, "But I wanted too... and thats enough for me."

"Anyway... I'll be going now," Loki said as he headed for the stairs. All the running around made him very hungry and he headed back to the cafeteria, and into the kitchen to find some food to eat.

He opened the freezer and looked around for some food to cook.

" Lady Kahlan is better than I, and she is in her middle ages, and is generally reffered to as the mother of Warhaven, due entirely to her mothering ways, and the way she acts like the mother of each and every patient she treats.

As to the Claws, The Brotherhood has layed claim to the Claws. We always keep one relic off our most powerful opponets, and one on one, Brutus was one of the best. So, Tharivol has one, and I'll need that one, to send into the imperial museum of Royal artifacts." Valanthe said.




"OK Here you go"
said Mooshie as he passed over the claw.

He looked at Artemis again to see if he was getting better.

"I know I didn't have to find you all," Loki commented, "But I wanted too... and thats enough for me."

"Anyway... I'll be going now," Loki said as he headed for the stairs. All the running around made him very hungry and he headed back to the cafeteria, and into the kitchen to find some food to eat.

He opened the freezer and looked around for some food to cook.

Shiva sat on that Block of ice.

"Hey, comeon, sit, its entertaining to watch all the slivers run in and out after awhile." She said.

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A horse trotted out of the forest, the same Artimese had ridden on earlier.

Valanthe spoke to her in a language Mooshie had no chance of understanding, neither did Artimese. It was the secret language of Druids.

The Horse became the druidess.

"Mooshie, I must go to the forests for awhile. This woman will stay here and watch Artimese. i will return shortly. I trust her, you can trust her, and even talk to her, as you do me." Valanthe said.

She took one more glance at Artimese's wound, turned into a wolf, and loped off for the forest.

"So what is your name then, and do you know my master at all?"

"Um... okay," Loki said as he entered the cold freezer and sat down. Brrr... It was quite cold in the freezer, especially next to the Ice Queen, so Loki touched a hand to his clothes and instantly they became heated.

"So, what are you guys all doing at the tower?" he asked as he settled in.

"So what is your name then, and do you know my master at all?"

"My name, is unimportant. As to your master, well, I did give him a ride as a horse earlier. I didn't know he had a companion." Said the Druidess.

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"Security, and saftey from The Nameless One. Its part of a very old agreement that you would be better off not worrying about." Shiva said. She kissed Loki gently on the forehead, removing the chill of the cold from him.

"Oh," he said, "And thanks."

He sat for a moment before deciding to speak up. "Not to long ago a traveler came by here... he said he had traveled to the icy domain and lived with in your palace for a while."

"Damus? an elderly blind gentlemen? had his eyes binded? Yes, what of him?" Shiva asked.

"Oh, I don't know," Loki said, "He just seemed to know a lot about all of you."

He paused for a moment, "I think he said he had gained the ability to summon all of the summons... but he never told me the rest of his tale..."

"So... i-is there really another summon... greater than Bahamut and Tiamet that exists?"

"That is another part of the ancient agreement. There is, but he is not really a summon. First however, you must first gain the ability to summon us all. Only the Renegade Queen can summon the most powerful though. If you find us all, and seek to gain him, you must first gain the Renegade Queen's permission. I see you're already started. Fat Chocobo let you summon him, for finding us all. Ifrit would be next, then me. But ifrit has his own set of requirements, and I have mine." Shiva said.

"I asked one of the other summons this and he refused to answer, but... I guess there is no harm in asking again," he started. "But... w-who is the Renegade Queen?"

"We must keep her identity secret, however keep on finding us, and soon you will know who she is. But first, you must know more, more of magick. more of Control." Shiva said.

Loki sighed and lowered his head, "I try... I really do."

"Don't give up. Giving up is to invite trouble." Shiva said.

She got up, opened the door, and closed it again, then sat back down.

Loki looked up at her bewildered. "Um... wh-why did you do that?" he asked curiously at her strange behavior.

"Its a freezer, its sealed to prevent hot air fromentering. There are no vents for air. If i did not do that everyonce in a while, we would both suffacate from like of fresh air." Shiva said.

"Oh... is that how a freezer works," Loki said with all honesty. "I have never had a freezer before... never needed one," he commented as he looked around the solid ice box.

"My name, is unimportant. As to your master, well, I did give him a ride as a horse earlier. I didn't know he had a companion." Said the Druidess.

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"I was with the wolves earlier so I guess that was why you didn't see me, and if you gave him a horse ride I would assume he wouldn't talk to you of too much.

What did you and Valnthe talk about before she left?"

Shiva grinned.

"Ice magick is the next best thing." she said. She snapped her fingers, the frost peeled itself off the walls. it became three little frost sprites, and the danced around the Freezer merrily.
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"Do not trouble yourself with it. Valanthe is the greatest of all Druids on Warhaven, with many responsibilities. Tharivol is the greatest of all Rangers. Their also married, to each other, and their love of nature. Quite a viscious wound he has on him. How did it happen?" She asked.

"I thought Rahegaloff was the greatest...... But anyway, Brutus, I assume you know of him? He attcked while w were passing and his chief target was Artemis. He got me on the leg too," he said glancing at the torn skin and ripped muscle.

Loki giggled like an innocent child. "That was cool..." he said as his large eyes followed the dance around the room.

"Can I ask you a question?" he said though he didn't wait for the answer. "How does one... become a summon? Were you always a summon?"

The Druidess pointed at Mooshie's leg, and healed it.

"Mooshie is quite a terror. It is a relief to know he is dead. Lord Rahegalhoff is a Paladin, which is diffrent from a Ranger. A Paladin is a knight, and either Holy or Profane, depending on which God they follow. Rahegalhoff is Second in command of Warhaven, and Leader of The Brotherhood. Everyone respects and follows Rahegalhoff's commands, because out of all of Warfare's billions of followers, Rahegalhoff has the most favor, making him a Demi-God." The Druidess said.

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"No, child, once we were all just powerful elemental Sprits and Gods. Then we fought the Gods for dominance, but the Gods united against us. They offered to spare us, if we agreed to serve mortals, but only if they could prove themselves worthy. We agreed, and are allowed to live forever, dying multiple times if necessary." Shiva said.

"Oh," Loki said as he grew quiet. He was also ashamed that he had learned that significant piece of information.

" I could have simply returned to my Plane and it would have healed, but thankyou, you are a kind woman.

I have known people throughout the ages, but never have I met or heard of a human that would randomly care about some person that they had completely randomly met."

OOC: Brutus is the terror not Mooshie haha.

TNO/Kajeenith left an Avatar in place. Demogorgon and Orcus would still die, if worst came to worse.

TNO and Kajeenith split into three seperate parts, and vanished to the afterplanes. Souls were largely considered useless, fit only dor Eternal punishment, or rewards. Or just, milling around. TNO had a use for souls, a use that would both punish, and reward them at the sametime. He would forge, An army of Aberattions like himself. sadly, they would be far weaker than he. Yet, a bit of his essence by itself, would simply fade away, to something. And he always had much more. It required a Soul. TNO went to Paradise, to gain the souls favored with eternal rewards. He went to Hell, to get the souls favored with Eternal Punishment, then finally, he went to Death's Temple, Cerberus growled, and stood in his way. TNO focused all his Hatred for existence upon the poor dog, and put him in such pain that he crawled away whimpering. The Souls of all three places began pouring into him, absorbed by TNO's powers. KIajeenith became dominate, and so TNO became Kajeenith. The Souls continued to flow into him. The Demons of Hell were to be nothing more than a distraction. He gained souls by the thousands, by the millions. Death couldn't stop him, she was death, too easy to adjust too, too easy to get around. Death was a powerful being, but her power was as a hill of beans to TNO.

"Try not to let it bother you. your life is too short to let it bother you." Shiva said.

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"Lord Warfare has said, that the Greatest Kindness we could ever show, was to help someone in Need." The Druidess said.

Mooshie shuddered as he felt souls being sucked away.

If TNO went anywhere near his own plane, that where the soulds of animals and dead druids and rangers and all who loved nature went, he would have to return to protect his life and mate.

"Try not to let it bother you. your life is too short to let it bother you." Shiva said.

Loki looked down sadly, "But while I am still alive... I want to learn... I want to know more," he said.

Piekrom']"Well Our planet is very large and very old. You might not have come acrose it because it in a very remote portion of the universe. We have been isolated for many eons. Well one of my friends Brought me this book that Tehy managed to find in an old burnt out building in one of the ancient abandoned citys. Magik seems to have been split Into two main forms. Matter magick which has four parts water, earth, air, and plasma. Then there was the energy forms which came in pairs. Our most domanent was spirit which is but one of many energy forms." Teji then continued explaining what he had been able to discover about it to Eldrad. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10034455&postcount=13946

"It seems you have been busy whilst I have been away," said Eldrad, ignoring the reference to the planet... he had travelled huge areas in his lifetime, and could see anything he wished,"I will do what I can."

He followed Fingal,"Going to see Arianna will not help you if you do not learn to control your power. Raw emotion may give you large amounts of power, but with no control you will not be able to distinguish between friend and foe. You will do more harm than good with uncontrolled power."

"No ones taught me HOW to control it" *Fingal said sulkily* "my regions in the middle of genocide right now and they didn't have time, so I'm here"

TNO/Kajeenith left an Avatar in place. Demogorgon and Orcus would still die, if worst came to worse.

TNO and Kajeenith split into three seperate parts, and vanished to the afterplanes. Souls were largely considered useless, fit only dor Eternal punishment, or rewards. Or just, milling around. TNO had a use for souls, a use that would both punish, and reward them at the sametime. He would forge, An army of Aberattions like himself. sadly, they would be far weaker than he. Yet, a bit of his essence by itself, would simply fade away, to something. And he always had much more. It required a Soul. TNO went to Paradise, to gain the souls favored with eternal rewards. He went to Hell, to get the souls favored with Eternal Punishment, then finally, he went to Death's Temple, Cerberus growled, and stood in his way. TNO focused all his Hatred for existence upon the poor dog, and put him in such pain that he crawled away whimpering. The Souls of all three places began pouring into him, absorbed by TNO's powers. KIajeenith became dominate, and so TNO became Kajeenith. The Souls continued to flow into him. The Demons of Hell were to be nothing more than a distraction. He gained souls by the thousands, by the millions. Death couldn't stop him, she was death, too easy to adjust too, too easy to get around. Death was a powerful being, but her power was as a hill of beans to TNO.


OOC:

Posting your actions in response to ones you know OOC I am planning before I get the chance to even post is not nice. I too will refrain from participating until you cool your jets.

The origional intent of this thread was to make magic acceptable but everything has gotten out of hand. You need to stop the wanking or we might as well retire the thread.

I admit my character is powerful but I not only have worked it up there but I seldom do anything with him involving the usage of Power, just interactions. The only thing I have done is the magic duel in the past few months.

It has become painful to visit this Thread lately seeing what depths things have sunk. If things do not change I will take matters into my own hands and leave afterwards.

This is my only warning.

Please heed my words...


Also, please use a spellchecker.

~snip~
Cougar sighed,"Look, I understand it's difficult, coming here all alone. Believe me, I did the same thing. My nation literally just came out of a civil war... I how you feel. I'll help you, as best I can, but I'm still just a student myself... although most of my training is now at home, and is a continuation of what I started."

OOC:

Posting your actions in response to ones you know OOC I am planning before I get the chance to even post is not nice. I too will refrain from participating until you cool your jets.

The original intent of this thread was to make magic acceptable but everything has gotten out of hand. You need to stop the wanking or we might as well retire the thread.

I admit my character is powerful but I not only have worked it up there but I seldom do anything with him involving the usage of Power, just interactions. The only thing I have done is the magic duel in the past few months.

It has become painful to visit this Thread lately seeing what depths things have sunk. If things do not change I will take matters into my own hands and leave afterwards.

This is my only warning.

Please heed my words...


Also, please use a spellchecker.
OOC:
Warhaven, although your actions do not affect me directly, I agree with both Balrogga and Kaymiril. Your recent actions have destroyed the spirit of this place, and also set a bad example for others who might wish to learn here.

My character(s) may be powerful, but it is normally only hinted at, and rarely used. Even when I bring out Leviathan, he can only do so much.

I vist this thread because I, maybe foolishly, can still see some hope. However, with each passing day, that hope diminishes just a little bit more. Soon, it will be gone, and this thread will be essentially dead. You'll be left alone... we will leave you. It would be a great shame to leave the thread that gained me entry into the RPU...

Heed our words, because it saddens us all to see what the Tower has become... you have been warned... and we only warn once.

That is all.

You

OOC: Err I have no idea what is going on between you lot, I think it will be best if I just leave it down to you lot, and not trying to upset SE, Kaymiril or Balrogga but can one of you please tell me what he has done that is so wrong?

OOC: Err I have no idea what is going on between you lot, I think it will be best if I just leave it down to you lot, and not trying to upset SE, Kaymiril or Balrogga but can one of you please tell me what he has done that is so wrong?

OOC: FS, it's nothing you need to worry about. We're just a little annoyed with Warhaven right now for one of his posts that was a blatant godmod. You are, of course, welcome to stay in this thread, and I would encourage you to do so.

OOC: Yea I would have to say that you are going way to far. I think I was the first to point this out but snake said to leave it be because it has been in the works for a while. You are begining to take out all the fun. give me enought time to develop my skills over spirit energy as I have described it plus tell us exactly what tno is. I want to be the one to defeat you.

ooc: okay guys... there is no need to dogpile. It is clear that most people disapprove of what happens and I am sure warfare is working to rectify the problem.

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ooc: sorry man, I just was trying to keep it from every person in here making a comment about it. But whatever, you are probably right.

"It seems you have been busy whilst I have been away," said Eldrad, ignoring the reference to the planet... he had travelled huge areas in his lifetime, and could see anything he wished,"I will do what I can."

"Well then what should I do first."

Piekrom']"Well then what should I do first."

"Tell me what you have learned in more detail."

"So far all that i know is the four matter elements to magik which are pretty easy and self explanatory and then i know only of five different energy elements which are each split into different halves. I have discovered that there is Photon or in other words light energy controls light and dark and is used in creating illusions. There is heat which controls the use of fire and ice. Then there is electricity which has positive and negative flow. Then there was the branch of chaos and order which was highly discouraged in the book. and the final one i have been able to discover information about as I have said earlier is spirit. This is the one that happens to have been most dominant. It held sway over the spirits of different types of creatures both plant and animal. It was used in an inaccurate form of predicting the future by reading the effects of one living things spirit on another living thing within the future pattern. At the same time it drew deeply on what happened in the past and allowed for accurate recording of history. All attacks directly affected the spirit of the target. Physical damage was for the most part absent but one could easily contort a person’s emotions and personality. Spirits two branches were of life and death. Apparently when one controlled one of the branches they controlled both and one needed to properly balance the two to gain perfect control."

OOC: None of you have ever understood. You look at the post, and you only veiw it in a one 2-d perspective, you veiw it within a box. I was going to take you on one last adventure, one last story. I was going to show you a secret that you never would have guessed at. It seems though that the time to leave has come already. Balrogga, I leave you as the Head of the wizards Council. True to the original rule I posted, i have given no one else admin access, while deleting, only myself. I wish my attempts had worked, I did not wish for Magick to grow stagnant, and instinctive in nature. Eventually this thread will die, and cease. Because none of you ever really teach. None of you ever really do anything. i wanted to change that, i wanted to show you the eventualities of your own actions. But, whatever. I leave you now and forever, goodbye.

The Eternal Dominion of Warhaven.

OOC: You can't leave it hanging the problem was how you were going about doing it not that you were doing it. You took things to sensitivly. The problem was you taking everything that we were doing right after we had laid claim to it. No that we are into this we have to finish it without destroying the world we have already created.

OOC: Very well can Someone make tno self destruct and reencase himself so that the game can continue without any random changes in the enviroment of the game.

Cougar sighed,"Look, I understand it's difficult, coming here all alone. Believe me, I did the same thing. My nation literally just came out of a civil war... I how you feel. I'll help you, as best I can, but I'm still just a student myself... although most of my training is now at home, and is a continuation of what I started."

*Fingal's face went through several emotions- sadness, anger, fustration- before landing on happiness* " thank you, its hard to ask the teeachers for help, their rather intimidating in their power, I'm fine at power coming from within, though I need to control my emotions, what I need help with is elemenatal magic. you see my father married from outside my nation, a nation that was powerful with elematal magic, but Avarhierrines only know magic from within and can't help, so I was sent here. well after I bent a mountain, moved a river off course, and created a hurricane."

ooc: so is Warhaven no longer participating in this thread?

*With a big pop, Artemis and Mooshie appeared in the middle of the courtyard, Artemis suddenly fit enough to walk around again.*

"Errrr ok" he said, before walking off to the cafeteria for some food.


OOC: That's the second time I have had to "Start over" grrrrr.

ooc: is this the beginning of the end? Or is another senior member going to take over the Tower?

*Fingal's face went through several emotions- sadness, anger, fustration- before landing on happiness* " thank you, its hard to ask the teeachers for help, their rather intimidating in their power, I'm fine at power coming from within, though I need to control my emotions, what I need help with is elemenatal magic. you see my father married from outside my nation, a nation that was powerful with elematal magic, but Avarhierrines only know magic from within and can't help, so I was sent here. well after I bent a mountain, moved a river off course, and created a hurricane."

"All teachers are rather intimidating at times. It's in their nature to be so. You'll find that the best teachers tear into for something you think trivial, and then congratulate you not a moment later when you get it right. When you speak of emotional control, I can help. It was the first thing I was taught."

OOC: please do not forget about me and my post snake.

Piekrom']"So far all that i know is the four matter elements to magik which are pretty easy and self explanatory and then i know only of five different energy elements which are each split into different halves. I have discovered that there is Photon or in other words light energy controls light and dark and is used in creating illusions. There is heat which controls the use of fire and ice. Then there is electricity which has positive and negative flow. Then there was the branch of chaos and order which was highly discouraged in the book. and the final one i have been able to discover information about as I have said earlier is spirit. This is the one that happens to have been most dominant. It held sway over the spirits of different types of creatures both plant and animal. It was used in an inaccurate form of predicting the future by reading the effects of one living things spirit on another living thing within the future pattern. At the same time it drew deeply on what happened in the past and allowed for accurate recording of history. All attacks directly affected the spirit of the target. Physical damage was for the most part absent but one could easily contort a person’s emotions and personality. Spirits two branches were of life and death. Apparently when one controlled one of the branches they controlled both and one needed to properly balance the two to gain perfect control."

Eldrad thought about this,"It appears your magick is a blend of scientific knowledge and pure speculation. However, it does provide a working base for me to train you. Now, you said something that spirit is what is affected when any attack is launched using that branch of magick... we have a similar, which removes the soul of a person whilst maintaining the physical body. It is called a soulstone, and we use it extensively in my race. Would you care to start trying to work with this magick."

Eldrad thought about this,"It appears your magick is a blend of scientific knowledge and pure speculation. However, it does provide a working base for me to train you. Now, you said something that spirit is what is affected when any attack is launched using that branch of magick... we have a similar, which removes the soul of a person whilst maintaining the physical body. It is called a soulstone, and we use it extensively in my race. Would you care to start trying to work with this magick."

"Yes I supose that would be as good a start as any."

"All teachers are rather intimidating at times. It's in their nature to be so. You'll find that the best teachers tear into for something you think trivial, and then congratulate you not a moment later when you get it right. When you speak of emotional control, I can help. It was the first thing I was taught."

"thank you, um... sorry I don't think I know your name, when do we start?"

OOC:

I have very limited access to the internet for the next few weeks.

I will be more active when I return but for now, I am being elusive and diffacult to locate In Character.

I am stopping by to see what is happening every now and then when possible.


FYI: The Nameless One was the power of uncreation, the opposite of the Multiverse. Warfare was trying to play the opposite of everything that exists.

Piekrom']"Yes I supose that would be as good a start as any."

Eldrad smiled, a rare thing,"You are willing to learn, which is a good thing. Now, all I want you to do to start off is concentrate. Do you see that chair over there? I want you to make it move."

"thank you, um... sorry I don't think I know your name, when do we start?"
The man smiled, and extended his hand,"Colonel James Cougar, of Snake Eaters. However, you can call me Cougar. Most people do anyway."

His hand had a scar on the back, with little pockmarks on the fingers and elsewhere. This man was no desk jockey... no, he saw much action in the field of combat. His handshake was firm, but not so tight that it hurt.

"Now, you want to learn emotional control, yes?"

OOC: I'm off to London until the 27th, so my appearance may be sporadic. Apologies to all concerned.

Eldrad smiled, a rare thing,"You are willing to learn, which is a good thing. Now, all I want you to do to start off is concentrate. Do you see that chair over there? I want you to make it move."

Teji focuses on the chair and ingraines every detail he can in his mind. He wraps his mind around the image. Try as he might though he can not get to his magik to use it upon the chair. After about 10 min of concentrating nothing happens to the chair.

The man smiled, and extended his hand,"Colonel James Cougar, of Snake Eaters. However, you can call me Cougar. Most people do anyway."

His hand had a scar on the back, with little pockmarks on the fingers and elsewhere. This man was no desk jockey... no, he saw much action in the field of combat. His handshake was firm, but not so tight that it hurt.

"Now, you want to learn emotional control, yes?"

"thank you, yes, and then actual magick I hope"

OOC: don't worry I won't be on either, my grandparents are using this room.

OOC: I would like to ask everyone real quickly If I am alowed to hide some items in really old boby traped temples on their planets. It is for the next quest that i intend to make as soon as I get my magik going.

With his book titled Magic... still in his pocket, Loki set out down the hallways of the tower. He had decided it was finally time to find a new instructor that could teach him more in depth magick.

Hey could someone take control of the summon spirits for Loki to get them. I intend to include him and them in this thing that I am making. K I need to know your main characters name besides death since I will be calling upon both. I intent to include most of you in the calling so I need to know if it is ok. This is especially true for the hiding of things in your lands.

OOC: Fine I will leave you out of it and will instead only includ those who want to be included. This is not originating in my nation though. I am building a story around the eminint death of Yggdrasil located at the center of the universe. The one from whom all the energy in the universe flows. He has no power of his own though.

OOC: Is it just me or is Piekrom turning a little into Warhaven? The death of Yggdrasil some person i've never heard of at the centre of the universe from whom all energy comes from? Also it's the multiverse isn't it? Count me out of your game.

IC: Artemis walked around the tower, looking for a Kaymirilian Geomancer, he needed to catch up with his magick learning.

OOC: Is it just me or is Piekrom turning a little into Warhaven? The death of Yggdrasil some person i've never heard of at the centre of the universe from whom all energy comes from? Also it's the multiverse isn't it? Count me out of your game.

ooc: I believe he's refering to Yggdrasil(The World Tree in norse mythology)
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.html

That is exactly what I am talking about theao. I am not going to be god moding at all fattie. No one owns that charecter yet so I am taking him. I will not be using him much. He is only going to pop up as somthing happens to him to be healed.

OOC: Use OOC marks in future, and I would appreciate not being called fattie, even if it is my nation's name.

OOC: Is it just me or is Piekrom turning a little into Warhaven? The death of Yggdrasil some person i've never heard of at the centre of the universe from whom all energy comes from? Also it's the multiverse isn't it? Count me out of your game.

IC: Artemis walked around the tower, looking for a Kaymirilian Geomancer, he needed to catch up with his magick learning.
OOC: That looks like my cue. Now let's see if I can't do right by you, kid.

IC:
Kaymirilians are sometimes difficult to be seen by foreigners.

By their very nature, they tend to prefer places where they blend in -- dark places. Places where humans might not look, but that another Kaymirilian (or almost any Drow) would look right away.

Some, however, seek out the light and are more easily seen.

This is quite frequently seen in the white-clad Aeromancers.

This was the case young Artemis found himself in. While the Geomancers sought out the shadows and browns of the forests more often than not, the Aeromancers stood in the open air, practicing their craft.

Closest and most visible to Artemis was a young male who was amusing himself by causing small weather abberations...humans called them "dust devils."

OOC: Thankyou was getting a bit bored.

IC: After not being able to see any of the Geomancers, Artemis saw a young Aeromancer.

A thought struck him and he wondered at the possibilities.

He walked up to the Aeromancer, watching him conjure up a few dust devils, before making himself known.

"Hello, can I talk to you?"

The Aeromancer dusted off his robes before turning to the human standing nearby.

He had a sharp sort of face, and his expression was somewhat detached, but he was willing to speak with this student.

"Yes?"

As he wandered the halls of the White Tower, Loki pulled out his tiny book from his pocket and began re-reading it for nearly the twentieth time. Each time he did so, he found out something he had missed the first time; from blatently obvious things that were right in the text, to writings etched in the margins, to even subtextual significance and hidden secrets. He was quite enthralled as he wandered the corridors, though he had no specific destination in mind as he walked and read.

"Would it be adisable, no, possible, for someone to learn more than one branch of magick at once?"

He looked at the Aeromancer and thought he looked vaguely familiar, doubless he had seen him round the tower.

"Possible, yes. Advisable, no. Different disciplines teach different ways of focusing fashka. Try and learn two or three at once, and you wind up very confused."

"Well since I principaly want to be a ranger, and I can teach myself that for now, then would it really matter if I only trained in one aspect of magick?"

"A ranger is not a mage. He knows some magick, but he is not a mage."

"Well i've already started learning some Geomancer magick, but what happens if I come accross a creature immmune to Geomancer magick and my blades, I may need to use other magic, such as Aeromancy. Would youm teach me while I still learn Geomancy?"

"Each magick has its strengths and weaknesses. I might be able to teach you a few spells in the discipline of Aeromancy, but ultimately, it will help you little. Besides...if you wish to learn Geomancy, Rildek is right over there."

He guestured toward a grove of trees not far from them.

"Thank you, I will consider your words." Artemis bowed as he left and wet towards the grove of trees, to look for this Rildek.

He walked into the grove and began looking Aabout.

The same Geomancer that had taught him was sitting in the grove, working with the various plants.

"Hello there, I was wondering if we could carry on where we left off, you had just shown me the volcano and told me about it. But then the duel happened and I got distracted."

"Yes...I must wonder, really...how well do you understand the volcano?"

"Not entirely, I think that Geomancers can draw fashka from them, and some other things, but I cannot think what they were. I believe the term you used was a "well spring for fashka".

"They are. But do you understand why? Do you know the forces involved?"

"Before I knew anything about magic I understood something about volcanoes, how when they erupt it is caused by a shift in the planet's crust, as it shifts, and the magma beneath the crust shoots out through any possible exits. Is that what you mean by forces?"

A single man, dressed in black leather, wearing an ornate dagger and a belt of Chains, as well as a pair of censers for burning incense. He was already the greatest of the Dementia Summoners, but he needed something more, a new power, something that would make him better than he was currently.

Confidently, he entered the Tower.

Loki (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/vivi.jpg) wandered down the hallway with his nose still in his book. He was on his way outside to the courtyard where he was going to read under a tree, when he walked directly into the Summoner. "Oh... pardon me," Loki said in his innocent voice as he fell backwards on his bottom. Whenever he walked into somebody, Loki was usually the one to end up worse due to his small height of one meter tall. He brushed his clothes off and straightened his hat before getting to his feet and looking up to see the face of the man.

"Before I knew anything about magic I understood something about volcanoes, how when they erupt it is caused by a shift in the planet's crust, as it shifts, and the magma beneath the crust shoots out through any possible exits. Is that what you mean by forces?"
"Yes and no. That is raw elemental force that is used by the volcano and the erupting components. However, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That which uses energy in one form must release it in a similar or opposite form. For example...I take this rock, and throw it into that tree, and the reaction from the tree makes the rock bounce off. The volcano uses a lot of physical energy...but only some of it is released as physical energy. Sometimes, a volcano will not erupt for years, but will remain hot. These are rare, of course. It uses so much energy...but does not appear to give any off. This is, by both science and magick, impossible. The opposite reaction occurs when the energy is transformed into fashka that we can draw and channel."

"So the energy that is used by the volcano, an equal and balanced reaction to it is energy given off as fashka....right?"

Loki (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/vivi.jpg) wandered down the hallway with his nose still in his book. He was on his way outside to the courtyard where he was going to read under a tree, when he walked directly into the Summoner. "Oh... pardon me," Loki said in his innocent voice as he fell backwards on his bottom. Whenever he walked into somebody, Loki was usually the one to end up worse due to his small height of one meter tall. He brushed his clothes off and straightened his hat before getting to his feet and looking up to see the face of the man.

Chainer paused, wondering what the impact was, decided that whatever it was, it was inconsequential, and kept moving, ignoring the small thing that continued to try and communicate with him...

Loki watched as the man walked past without ever paying attention to him. "Well he wasn't very nice..." Loki commented as he brushed off the incident and walked out of the door. He walked towards an old tree that stood not far from the fountain, and plopped down on the ground. He sat in a comfortable position, with the sun beating down and the sound of water flowing in the background, and began reading his book again.

Chainer saw no reason to address something that wasn't even intelligent enough to watch where it was going. He had come here for one reason and one reason only, to learn something other than the Summoning and Black Magick he could learn from the Cabal. He wasn't sure what he could learn here, but he knew there would be something to suit his personality...

"thank you, yes, and then actual magick I hope"

OOC: don't worry I won't be on either, my grandparents are using this room.

"Everyone has to start somewhere. Come, we need somewhere open for this... having seen what can happen, I think it best."

"So the energy that is used by the volcano, an equal and balanced reaction to it is energy given off as fashka....right?"
"Yes. And fashka is the energy we draw upon to create magick...and magick has a physical effect, more often than not."

"And would magick have a physical effect if mages and the like didn't harness and use it?"

"Sometimes it does, but only in very rare and special circumstances."

Piekrom']Teji focuses on the chair and ingraines every detail he can in his mind. He wraps his mind around the image. Try as he might though he can not get to his magik to use it upon the chair. After about 10 min of concentrating nothing happens to the chair.

Teji then turned to Eldrad and asked, "What do I do now?"

"OK, so now that I kinda understand that, whats next?"

"OK, so now that I kinda understand that, whats next?"
"Now that you think you understand the concept, let's see if you can comprehend the actual forces at work."

He set a rock between them.

"There is energy around all of us. Slightly different energies govern all the magicks, which is why multiple mages of multiple classes can cast high-energy spells without depleting the region of all Fashkan. We draw our energy from the ground and plants, and use that energy to direct it."

"Everyone has to start somewhere. Come, we need somewhere open for this... having seen what can happen, I think it best."

*Fingal walked after Cougar, noticed the newcomer and wondered who he was.*

OOC: sorry about how long it taken to reply, I was away.

"So , you want me to draw energy from this rock? And do what with it?"

"No. What I want you to do is see how energies interact with and around the energies within the rock. From the rock itself, there's very little to go off of."

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Not far from the entrance of the Tower was a grand courtyard, impressive to any new comer, and beautiful by Drow and other standards as well.

At the center of it was a fountain.

A mage in waterlogged blue robes stood in the cool water of this fountain, calling up shields with the water, and occasionally sending attacks at the pyromancer facing him.

"No. What I want you to do is see how energies interact with and around the energies within the rock. From the rock itself, there's very little to go off of."

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Not far from the entrance of the Tower was a grand courtyard, impressive to any new comer, and beautiful by Drow and other standards as well.

At the center of it was a fountain.

A mage in waterlogged blue robes stood in the cool water of this fountain, calling up shields with the water, and occasionally sending attacks at the pyromancer facing him.


Chainer had no choice but to notice the extremely odd looking people, and the seemingly possessed water. He decided that this was something interesting, and, he might just learn something, so he stopped to watch the show for awhile...

"No. What I want you to do is see how energies interact with and around the energies within the rock. From the rock itself, there's very little to go off of."


"Well there seems to me, to be a lots of different enrgy patterns. Different colours, almost, if you could call them colours.... Well the browner one, seems to flow into the rock and out the other side, while the other, colours, flow around it, and flow into other things, like a bluer one going towards the fountain."

"Is that what I should be seeing? Or not?"

Chainer had no choice but to notice the extremely odd looking people, and the seemingly possessed water. He decided that this was something interesting, and, he might just learn something, so he stopped to watch the show for awhile...
While Chainer watched the hydromancer, the pyromancer seemed to burst into flame.

The blue-clad mage seemed to recognise this as a legitimate threat, and called a sheild of water to protect her.

As the attack -- a massive, shifting fireball -- launched itself at her, she froze the sheild into solid ice, leeching any warmth out of it. Behind her nearly-opaque shield, she gathered an attack, funnelling the heat stolen from the ice into it.

When the fire hit the ice, it turned back into water, and splashed down around the mage as the attack dissipated.

She launched the waterball at her opponent, and he brushed the main force of the scalding water away with a simple flame burst.

But the hydromancer had been clever. Stuck between her scalding waterball and a cushion of air was a shard of ice. It hit the pyromancer full on, drawing blood through the thick fabric.

An Aeromancer had been a "referee" of sorts for the battle.

"Okay, enough. Good job on both sides." He looked toward the pyromancer and made a guesture, at which the pyromancer left to fish the ice out of his skin and see if he was capable of healing the cut on his own. The aeromancer left as well, allowing the young hydromancer to step out and dry off.

"Well there seems to me, to be a lots of different enrgy patterns. Different colours, almost, if you could call them colours.... Well the browner one, seems to flow into the rock and out the other side, while the other, colours, flow around it, and flow into other things, like a bluer one going towards the fountain."

"Is that what I should be seeing? Or not?"
"The fountain has very little bearing on the rock...the colors you're seeing might be a way you see everything linked together. But if you know how to look...everything shines with a radience of its own."

"Well... different things seem to shine with different colours, and each has at least one line of colour flowing into it.

The ground glows brown, the rocks glow brown, and volcanicly formed ones glow brown and red, fire glows red, it is....confusing.

What do you see?"

*Fingal walked after Cougar, noticed the newcomer and wondered who he was.*

OOC: sorry about how long it taken to reply, I was away.
OOC: No worries

IC: Cougar also spotted the newcomer as he walked through the courtyard, his hands clasped behind his back. He watched the hydro- and pyromancer duel with each other, and nodded... it was good to see a match of that standard between opposities. He felt a tug on his trouser leg as his daughter pulled at him,"Da, that was pwetty!"

He laughed, waving his hand slightly. The white fire flickered in his palm, extended and wrapped itself around the little girl's waist, lifting her off the floor and into his arms,"Yes. It was. That's magick... it's what ma used to do before she came back to live with us."

"Can I learn it?"

"Oh yes, in our household it's mandatory. Now, where's your brother?"

Akor looked confused at the word 'mandatory', and moved her lips wordlessly, trying to get a feel for the new word, before giggling, and pointing. Barrus was also watching the magick, but from a distance. Even from there, the faint outline of black fire could be seen flickering around his form. James smiled, and his son saw him, wobbling over to join him,"Hi Da."

"Hello Barrus. Good of you to come."

His son seemed to smile breifly, and then noticed Fingal,"Who dat?"

"This is someone Da is teaching. Do you want to come?"

"Plesh."

James smiled, picking his son up, and then turning to Fingal,"SOrry about this. Children can be menaces at times."

Piekrom']Teji focuses on the chair and ingraines every detail he can in his mind. He wraps his mind around the image. Try as he might though he can not get to his magik to use it upon the chair. After about 10 min of concentrating nothing happens to the chair.

Eldrad looked on, and only spoke when Teji gave up,"Like another person I know, you appear to be concentrating do hard that your focus is divided between the chair, and trying to get everything just right. Magick should flow easily, not be forced out. Now, try again. This time, be more instinctive... if you feel something is right, then do it."

While Chainer watched the hydromancer, the pyromancer seemed to burst into flame.

The blue-clad mage seemed to recognise this as a legitimate threat, and called a sheild of water to protect her.

As the attack -- a massive, shifting fireball -- launched itself at her, she froze the sheild into solid ice, leeching any warmth out of it. Behind her nearly-opaque shield, she gathered an attack, funnelling the heat stolen from the ice into it.

When the fire hit the ice, it turned back into water, and splashed down around the mage as the attack dissipated.

She launched the waterball at her opponent, and he brushed the main force of the scalding water away with a simple flame burst.

But the hydromancer had been clever. Stuck between her scalding waterball and a cushion of air was a shard of ice. It hit the pyromancer full on, drawing blood through the thick fabric.

An Aeromancer had been a "referee" of sorts for the battle.

"Okay, enough. Good job on both sides." He looked toward the pyromancer and made a guesture, at which the pyromancer left to fish the ice out of his skin and see if he was capable of healing the cut on his own. The aeromancer left as well, allowing the young hydromancer to step out and dry off.

Chainer was interested in that display of fire, and the water was impressive as well, but he felt that neither were truly what he sought here, and moved on, heading fully inside now.

"Well... different things seem to shine with different colours, and each has at least one line of colour flowing into it.

The ground glows brown, the rocks glow brown, and volcanicly formed ones glow brown and red, fire glows red, it is....confusing.

What do you see?"
"It's hard to explain in words something you more feel than see."

Chainer entered the building, and began to wander, he wasn't sure what he was looking for, but he'd know it when he found it... He occasionally saw people through windows, and those he saw were generally working Magick, but he could tell that whatever they were doing, it wasn't what he'd come here to learn...

As Loki sat in the courtyard reading his book, he looked up and saw a duel occuring. He propped himself up higher to get a better view and watched as the duel progressed. As it came to a close, he went back to his book and continued reading.

"So what must I do now?"

James smiled, picking his son up, and then turning to Fingal,"SOrry about this. Children can be menaces at times."

"no worries" * Fingal said looking amused at the children, he had no children of his own or any younger relatives, and found them rather interesting.*

Eldrad looked on, and only spoke when Teji gave up,"Like another person I know, you appear to be concentrating do hard that your focus is divided between the chair, and trying to get everything just right. Magick should flow easily, not be forced out. Now, try again. This time, be more instinctive... if you feel something is right, then do it."

"Ok i will try again but I still do not know how to find it." This time Teji tryed again he relaxed his mind and body. He tried to see beyond what was visisble. He still could not find his way. All he could see was the physical. after half an hour searching him self and around him he could still not see the magik. He turned around with disapointment to Eldrad. "well that did not work well. Sould I not know how to find the magik first to use it? I still can not find it at all. i can not see it."

Chainer continued to wander the halls, he got a sense of something occasionally, and whatever he sensed, it drew him on, but he didn't know what it was he was following, or what it was that was calling him so faintly...

"no worries" * Fingal said looking amused at the children, he had no children of his own or any younger relatives, and found them rather interesting.*

"Come on, let's get to work."

James took Fingal to a smaller courtyard, the one he had first trained in. As he walked in, memories flooded back, and he sighed,"I started my training with my master here... such a long time ago now. Over a decade... I have come far since then, much further than many though possible for any human. But, I will never forget the first lesson he taught me. Emotional Control."

"Ok i will try again but I still do not know how to find it." This time Teji tryed again he relaxed his mind and body. He tried to see beyond what was visisble. He still could not find his way. All he could see was the physical. after half an hour searching him self and around him he could still not see the magik. He turned around with disapointment to Eldrad. "well that did not work well. Sould I not know how to find the magik first to use it? I still can not find it at all. i can not see it."
"It is difficult to tell a person how to find their own magick. One school of thought, commonly taught here, holds that there are two kinds of energy. There is tupora fashka, which is the energy present within a person. It is this energy that could be called their life-force... use it too much, and you risk death. The other energy, which is all around us, is fashka. This energy can be drawn up to cast spells of varying strenght, with the amount used being directly linked to the strength of the spell. It is possible, and highly recommended by Kaymirilian mages, who introduced me to the system some years ago, to use as little tupora fashka as possible. Using too much can, in mild cases, render the person unable to cast for a few days. In extreme cases, death occurs. Concentrate on the energy around you. 'Listen' to the world. It will guide you."

"Alright i shall try." Teji then returned to concentrating. he relaxed himself and let his mind roam free. Suddenly something clicked and he could feel and see the magik. Some how he could instinctively tell which energy patterns went with which form of magik. He tried to touch the energies but all slipped from him but spirit. Seeing as how this was the only one he could use he directed it upon the chair. At first he directed it underneath the chair and tried to float it but nothing would happen. He tried a few more times and still nothing. Then he thought back to what he had read and remembered that spirit does not affect the physical. He then tried to find what spirit is in the chair. When he found it he funneled some more energy into it. The chair became flexible and began to wiggle a little. He then commanded the chair to move and slowly but surly the chair began to walk. As more life entered it and it became more supple the chair moved quicker. Once the chair had stopped he began to re withdraw the life energy that he had funneled into the chair and return it to where he got it from.

"Come on, let's get to work."
James took Fingal to a smaller courtyard, the one he had first trained in. As he walked in, memories flooded back, and he sighed,"I started my training with my master here... such a long time ago now. Over a decade... I have come far since then, much further than many though possible for any human. But, I will never forget the first lesson he taught me. Emotional Control."


*Fingal stood respectfully, away that his new master was deep in memories*

Piekrom']~snip~
Eldrad smiled slightly,"A good start... far better than I would have expected for a first success. Are you certain you have never learnt from another?"

~snip~
Cougar seemed to come out of his trance,"Sorry about that. I was miles away."

"No never learned just used my imagination a little and thought back to a story called the magicians aprentice who animated some brooms to hull water for him. I also used what I leardned about the operations of my magik from the book. As well as the insperation given to me by that dream world battle that we had a few days back."

There was the call again, longer and stronger, pulling him on, but then it faded. He headed in the direction the call came from, wending his way through the massive tower...

OOC: Mini who are you intending to bump into. Who are you tracking. It is just that it almost seams like me from the timeing of the feelings even though I know that it is not. I would like to know that. Perhapse if we knew we could help you reach your target faster.

OOC:it was just easier then writing out your whole name which is why i did it. no need to take ofence to it. Plus that second part is not very rememberable. I was just trying to be helpfull. We are in one of the classrooms last I remember.

Piekrom']OOC:it was just easier then writing out your whole name which is why i did it. no need to take ofence to it. Plus that second part is not very rememberable. I was just trying to be helpfull. We are in one of the classrooms last I remember.

OOC: I guessed that... I'm just taking my time genius... And, you still haven't earned the right to refer to me by my acronym or Mini.

OOC: take a chill pill already. no need to be so confrontational with your posts. I already explained that it was an unintended offence. Sorry already.

Piekrom']"No never learned just used my imagination a little and thought back to a story called the magicians aprentice who animated some brooms to hull water for him. I also used what I leardned about the operations of my magik from the book. As well as the insperation given to me by that dream world battle that we had a few days back."

Eldrad nodded,"Well, I can understand how that works."

Eldrad nodded,"Well, I can understand how that works."

So what will i learn next

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This thread is prehaps, in my opionion, one of the greatest and best rped thread that I have/will encounter on any website. As well I would like to thank the rpers in this for working on such a thread on nationstates.

Piekrom']So what will i learn next

"That depends on what you want to learn next."

~snip~
OOC: Why thank you.

"In all honesty i do not know. Perhapse how to concentrate and focus my power so i do not expend too much energy."

The last call had been some time ago, ands he had no idea how far to go now, since he had only gotten a direction, and not a distance that he needed to travel... He knew he was on the right track, but he didn't know what he would find there, or what it was that called so sductively...

Cougar seemed to come out of his trance,"Sorry about that. I was miles away."

"no problem, so... should we start?"

Piekrom']"In all honesty i do not know. Perhapse how to concentrate and focus my power so i do not expend too much energy."

"A good suggestion, young one. As I said before, learning to draw on the energy surrounding you, and not from within, so as to minimise the risk to yourself. This is the single most important thing you must learn. I want you to move the chair again... but this time, try and use a little less of your own energy, and more of that surrounding you."

~snip~

"You said you wanted to learn emotional control, correct?"

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Everyone involved thanks you for your kind words.

If you wish, you can join in and have some fun too. You can add your RPing talents to the ones already here.

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This thread is prehaps, in my opionion, one of the greatest and best rped thread that I have/will encounter on any website. As well I would like to thank the rpers in this for working on such a thread on nationstates.

OOC: I am with Balrogga on this. Go ahead and join us.

"A good suggestion, young one. As I said before, learning to draw on the energy surrounding you, and not from within, so as to minimise the risk to yourself. This is the single most important thing you must learn. I want you to move the chair again... but this time, try and use a little less of your own energy, and more of that surrounding you."

IC: Teji again focuses on the chair and the surrounding air. He takes spirit energy from the ground and air surrounding the chair. He uses a thin stream of his own energy to direct it into the chair. It once again has life. This time less is put in just enough so that it moves without breaking. He then commands it through the stream to travel across the room. As soon as it has finished moving he begins to draw back out the energy and retrieve his own.

There it was again, off to his left, and much closer, he could feel it calling to him, something different, not the same as the call he had felt before, it promised him power, strength, and his every desire...

"You said you wanted to learn emotional control, correct?"

"yes" *Said Fingal sounding nervous and excited*

Loki finished the small book for the twentieth time and so he slipped it into his coat pocket and shut his eyes. The sun was still high in the sky and its rays were quite relaxing as they managed to get under the brim of his oversized hat. He sat for a couple hours just relaxing and enjoying the outdoors before he decided that he needed to do something. He got up with staff in hand and made his way into the tower, where he walked down the hallways on his way back to the library.

"yes" *Said Fingal sounding nervous and excited*
"Control of ones emotions is key to magick. If emotion is used during casting, it can warp spells in ways completley unforseen. Many times, this will be more detrimental than useful. A key part of this is knowing when to control your emotions to that extent. To do it all the time is not healthy. You must learn the ability to close off your mind when the situation dictates."

Piekrom]~snip~
"Close enough. You appear to be getting the basic idea fairly quickly."

"Well what should I do next."

"You must learn the ability to close off your mind when the situation dictates."

"ok, so how do I close off my mind?" asked Fingal

OOC: I am interesting in joining, but I have a question on who do I enter/apply though?

OOC: I am interesting in joining, but I have a question on who do I enter/apply though?

ooc: you don't. It is an open thread... just have your character walk up to the White Tower.

well have fun scandinavians. Just remember a learing character and not too big of a character. They can already know magick if you want. Remember it is spelled magik or magick no magic.

OOC: i did not mean dementional size. I meant all powerful god like players

Loki wandered the down the long halls under he found the staircase. It seemed he was always walking up and down the stairs despite him hating it as due to his small stature, it is not the easiest or most pleasant thing to do. He began trudging his way up the long flights of stairs until he made it to his room. Once he entered, he looked around at the square room of cold, stone walls and decided he wanted to make it slightly more comfortable.

With the help of a little levitation magick, Loki was able to turn the bed, which was way to big and tall for him, on its side and move it out of the door into the hallway. Then on the three blanks walls (the fourth having a large opening to the balcony) he hung a small blank parchment. He then pulled out a little pearl from his pocket and set it in the corner; though as it reached the ground the entire room became colder and snow formed on the ground.

"Ahhh...." he said as he settled into his room... it almost reminded him of home now.

Piekrom']"Well what should I do next."

Eldrad rubbed his forehead gently,"That will do, for now at least. Before I next teach you, I would suggest you practice what you have learned."

~snip~
"It's difficult to describe how to close off the mind. However, meditation is a good way to start. Try with me."

"OK That sounds good. Thankyou for taking the time to teach me how to get at the magick." Teji then starts to focus on the suroundings region and practices shifting the life enegy patters.

Hmm, he had found what he sought, but the room was occupied, two beings, and no way to tell which was the master...

Piekrom']"OK That sounds good. Thankyou for taking the time to teach me how to get at the magick." Teji then starts to focus on the suroundings region and practices shifting the life enegy patters.

Eldrad stepped backwards to allow the student more room, and then saw the person whom he had been aware of for some time,"Can we help you?"

"It's difficult to describe how to close off the mind. However, meditation is a good way to start. Try with me."

*Fingal sat down cross legged in front of Cougar, closed his eyes and focused on breathing in and out, in and out.*

Eldrad stepped backwards to allow the student more room, and then saw the person whom he had been aware of for some time,"Can we help you?"

"I am Chainer, I recently arrived here, and felt myself drawn to this room by something, a power that I cannot identify... Do you know what it was that called me to this room?"

Upon the entrance of chainer Teji returned all the energy to their proper places and lets go of the power. He stayed back quietly while Eldrad talked with the new person.

"I am Chainer, I recently arrived here, and felt myself drawn to this room by something, a power that I cannot identify... Do you know what it was that called me to this room?"
"I'm afriad I do not."

~snip~
"Clear your mind of all distractions."

"I'm afriad I do not."

"But you are here, you must know... Are you the source of the Power I sensed?"

"But you are here, you must know... Are you the source of the Power I sensed?"

Eldrad was beginning to get a nasty feeling about this,"I am capable of manifesting power, like all those here. I can channel more than most... in fact, I can think of only one or two who are more powerful."

Eldrad was beginning to get a nasty feeling about this,"I am capable of manifesting power, like all those here. I can channel more than most... in fact, I can think of only one or two who are more powerful."

"And what can you manifest, fire and water like those I saw outside, or something... More?"

"And what can you manifest, fire and water like those I saw outside, or something... More?"

"Something other than that. Why all the questions?"

"Something other than that. Why all the questions?"

"Because I felt something, and it called me here, and my intent is to discern what it is, and wether or not I can harness the power I felt."

OOC: Is this Ft, Fantasy, PMT, PT, MT, or is this a mix of some sort of mix? As well if it is FT can I submit a soldier trained by the Eternals?

"Because I felt something, and it called me here, and my intent is to discern what it is, and wether or not I can harness the power I felt."

Eldrad's eyes narrowed,"It takes a special kind of person to wield this power. My race is able to do so always, but humans... are different."

Eldrad's eyes narrowed,"It takes a special kind of person to wield this power. My race is able to do so always, but humans... are different."

"I am not human. I am a Dementia Summoner, human looks, but not human..."

"I am not human. I am a Dementia Summoner, human looks, but not human..."

"Same basic principle."

"Same basic principle."


"Perhaps. I would not know. My only interest is learning how to harness this. Do you understand trhe difference? I am not Human, however much I may resemble them. I wish to learn from you if you will teach me..."

Teji turns to eldrad and says, "good bye teacher i will go somewere else and leave you two to speak. Till later then."

OOC: Is this Ft, Fantasy, PMT, PT, MT, or is this a mix of some sort of mix? As well if it is FT can I submit a soldier trained by the Eternals?

It can be anything you want. You could be from the same planet, or you could have come from space. My nation is FT, but I'm still here.

Piekrom]~snip~
~snip~
"Very well, young one. I shall talk to you again later."

After Teji left, Eldrad looked back at Chainer (although he did not know the name),"The same problem applies. And do not lecture me on how to know the difference. I have been around many hundreds of years."

It can be anything you want. You could be from the same planet, or you could have come from space. My nation is FT, but I'm still here.



"Very well, young one. I shall talk to you again later."

After Teji left, Eldrad looked back at Chainer (although he did not know the name),"The same problem applies. And do not lecture me on how to know the difference. I have been around many hundreds of years."

"As have I sir. I believe I can control myself, and whatever power you can teach me."

Teji goes out into one of the courtyards. There is a nice sized fountain in this court yard. He sits down on the floor and begins to focus on the life around. he practicese moving lif into and out of the plants in small amounts so as not to kill them. He then trys to see what would happen to a stone. he moves some life into the stone but find that it just goes through the stone with no effect.

"As have I sir. I believe I can control myself, and whatever power you can teach me."

"Control is not the issue here. It is merely the fact that only select members of a race, barring my own, have access to this power. I can test to see if you have the chance to do so, but be warned, this power carries far greater dangers than many would think. The realm from which it is drawn is populated by beings many find themselves unable to comprehend. These denizens do not take too kindly to people drawing on their realm, and they will attempt to attack you. I have seen many push too far and become consumed. It is not a pretty sight."

the lord of the lands of Undeath looked around, he could feel his hold over necromancy strengthen,

so this is the place he thought, walking into a courtyard, where he saw someone trying to manipulate life through a stone

"hello there, what are you doing if you dont mind me Asking?" the warmaster asked.

"Control is not the issue here. It is merely the fact that only select members of a race, barring my own, have access to this power. I can test to see if you have the chance to do so, but be warned, this power carries far greater dangers than many would think. The realm from which it is drawn is populated by beings many find themselves unable to comprehend. These denizens do not take too kindly to people drawing on their realm, and they will attempt to attack you. I have seen many push too far and become consumed. It is not a pretty sight."

"I understand. Test me, I am ready."

the lord of the lands of Undeath looked around, he could feel his hold over necromancy strengthen,

so this is the place he thought, walking into a courtyard, where he saw someone trying to manipulate life through a stone

"hello there, what are you doing if you dont mind me Asking?" the warmaster asked.
A black-clad boy had been sitting in a nearby tree, pretty much doing nothing.

With good reason. At just over fifty, the young Drow had more control over his magick than most creatures gained in a lifetime.

He recognised the flow of fashka around this new-comer...the sickly tendrils that tended to oscillate from Necromancers.

And Necromancy was highly forbidden in his land.

Even though the Tower was neutral...his master would very much prefer to keep an eye on this one.

He vanished, and apparently no later had he done so than a dark presence teleported in, not far from this new arrival.

"Perhaps the better question is what are you doing?"

"i am the ruler of Death spire citadel, Warmaster death, and as i have come to perfect the lore of necromancy, so that i may bettter teach my pupils" the Warmaster said, feeling some tension between himself and this young drow
"so, what is your speciality? let me guess life?" the warmaster continued

The "young drow" may have been anything but.

From head to toe, he was clad in black, with nothing visible of him, not even his eyes.

Indeed...who was to say whether or not he was a he at all? Not even the voice, spelled into androgynity, gave any helpful clues.

Very little power could be felt eminating from him...indeed, he registered barely as an average living being. But there was a sense of danger radiating from him.

"To a true observer, it would be fairly obvious what I specialize in. Necromancy is not taught at this location. Should you truly wish to learn it, alot dos, leave here and do not look back."

"why so rude,? do you think a on million year old does not recocnise a species he has seen for half his life? your races all have similar characteristics, the way you breathe for instance" the warmnaster said
"and necromancy isnt nessicrily an evil lore, most spells yes they are evil, but what about givng someone another chance at life, by returning their soul and renewing their body? is that not noble? do not be a fool" the warmaster said, wondering what was going through this creatures head.

Jimmy Mcginty shifted his duffel bag into a more comfortable position, the walk through the nexus that led all beings to this fine institute of the arcane had been...uncomfortable, to say the least.

He walked around the green fields and savoured the feeling of seeing so much plantlife, the stuff on Mars was still rare, all you could see was red desert, but this place, it...entranced him. He wasn't sure if it was the sights, the magicks, or that three day old burrito he'd eaten before the journey. He wanted in.

"Uh...hello?," Jimmy yelled out to no-one in particular, "My...uh... my grandpa said I was magickally sensitive and I should ask to be taught the lore of...uh."

Humiliated by the sound of the word "Uh" reverberating off the buildings,Jimmy looked down at the smeared note, he couldn't make out the last word.

"He said he wanted me to learn how to blow stuff up! Any teacher out there that would care to indulge me?"

"why so rude,? do you think a on million year old does not recocnise a species he has seen for half his life? your races all have similar characteristics, the way you breathe for instance" the warmnaster said
"and necromancy isnt nessicrily an evil lore, most spells yes they are evil, but what about givng someone another chance at life, by returning their soul and renewing their body? is that not noble? do not be a fool" the warmaster said, wondering what was going through this creatures head.
"Your kind ignores the sanctity of death, and thereby that of life. You think you can give or take it at your whim, and therefore it has no value to you. It is not taught here. This is your last warning to leave."

Jimmy Mcginty shifted his duffel bag into a more comfortable position, the walk through the nexus that led all beings to this fine institute of the arcane had been...uncomfortable, to say the least.

He walked around the green fields and savoured the feeling of seeing so much plantlife, the stuff on Mars was still rare, all you could see was red desert, but this place, it...entranced him. He wasn't sure if it was the sights, the magicks, or that three day old burrito he'd eaten before the journey. He wanted in.

"Uh...hello?," Jimmy yelled out to no-one in particular, "My...uh... my grandpa said I was magickally sensitive and I should ask to be taught the lore of...uh."

Humiliated by the sound of the word "Uh" reverberating off the buildings,Jimmy looked down at the smeared note, he couldn't make out the last word.

"He said he wanted me to learn how to blow stuff up! Any teacher out there that would care to indulge me?"
A female Drow was nearby. She looked to be the rough equivilant of the human 16. She was dressed in black, and had a mask over her face.

"Destruction? Or fire? Both can cause things to detonate...blades of grass...rocks...although, it takes more work with pyromancy, to be sure."

Quickly sizing up that this black-clad individual was possibly an authority, Jimmy snapped to a salute.

"Sir! Private third class James M. Mcginty reporting for magickal instruction! I request to learn Pyromancy, sir!"

He lowered his hand, and crossed his arms behind his back, staring straight forward.

"Your kind ignores the sanctity of death, and thereby that of life. You think you can give or take it at your whim, and therefore it has no value to you. It is not taught here. This is your last warning to leave.


"YOU KNOW NOT TO WHOM YOU SPEAK, ALL WHO I RESSURECT WERE WILLING TO DO SO, I HAVE THEIR SIGNITURES WRITTEN HERE! DEO NOT ACCUSE ME OF DESACRATING THE SANCTIUTY OF LIFE!" the Warmaster roared, pulling an extremely long sheet of paper, filled with signitures

"all these men were raised willingly with their consent, i am not in the habit of grave robbing, those who serve in death lived in the Citadel in life, and were thos who CHOSE to be raised, who chose to Serve the Citadel with me for eternity, not just anyone was allowed, i value life very much, the lives of my citazens, they must be protectecd, those who fall in battle and are unwilling to be raised must be given a porper burial, all my students are taught that, if they disagree, they are stripped of all power and exiled form the citadel, it is the first law of Death sprie, only the willing can ever be ressurected" the warmaster said, shaking with rage