The Collapsing World of Shadows (NOW OPEN! pm me first)

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The elf stopped suddenly, his facial expression showing shock, "No Elder, I am honered to be in your presence." he let his head droop down at the second question, "My name is the Latin derivative for Earth--Terran." 'A name I have not deserved.' he thought sadly. He looked up to normal eye-level again and turned back to the way to New York, hoping no other questions would be asked about himself.
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Artim moved over to a shelf after looking at his notes, and began rummaging through it, each was wrapped in some sort of preservative linen. He drew out a curious looking ancient sword, it looked like it resembled a bladed tuning fork. He looked over to Alyra and smirked, "This." he looked at it admiringly, "An elven artifact, luckily discovered by the humans." he looked to her with a sudden seriousness, "Not only will this get us out of our tough spot, we have an obligation to return it." it had a blue-white sheen when light reflected off of it, almost like an aurora-borealis, it was clearly not of human make. It had a strange quality to it however--it looked so . . . fragile, it almost seemed that if it struck a wall of tofu it would snap.
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Gabriel raised an eyebrow at him, "Oh, it wasn't me that involved as much as I, umm . . . attacked." he grinned, remembering, "I suppose luck as much as charity played a part." he said thoughtfully, to himself. He knew he wasn't giving any definite information, and it would stay that way unless he asked Terran himself. His voice seemed more serious than usual, he was starting to sober up.

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Eruadan nodded in understanding, he felt the sorrow but did not understand it- nor would he ask. Eruadan silently followed Terran onwards, remorsefully leaving his beloved forest home. The plants around him wrapped their vines and limbs around Eruadan's fingers sadly as he and Terran exited the forest, many of them and their ancestors he had planted as seeds. He smiled softly and briefly hesitated. "It is time, my friends," Eruadan whispered to the plants in their ancient language, not minding if his words were heard by the other Elf. "this world crumbles even as we speak. My heart aches at the death and sorrow--the good tarnished and trodden on. Peace is yet far off and much evil stirs-" The shadows screeched and rushed by, many plants cowered and recoiled at their icy presence. "but there is hope yet, my friends. As surely as the sun will rise once more, I will not cease the fight and we will meet again." Eruadan said with certainty, and the bell flowers around him began to chime and blossom with hope. Eruadan straightened and turned away from the forest, a sinking feeling in his heart. 'I may not return,' He thought to himself with sorrow. 'but I will fight even til the jaws of Death and the mouth of Hell break loose and engulf me in the deepest bitterness and woe.' There was a shiver throughout the realm, quaking from the aurora-like split in the sky down through the Earth; it was a Dimensional Quake. "The skies are truly restless tonight, Terran. Something stirs in the North."

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Time had come to a close for the Faery Queen's probation, and she began to stir. The blackness of the skies became tangible, and an icy chill set in the desolate streets of New York as shadows began to congregate, eager to greet the Dark Mistress herself. Black lightning crashed down around her from the Dimensional seam in the sky, and the very bowels of the Earth began to up heave; sick from her plaguing dearth. As she was struck by the black energy bolt, her dormancy was lifted. The Earth in which she was concealed for the many ages was torn asunder in a great eruption. A shock wave trembled from the split, radiating outwards for all to feel and know of her presence. A string of lightning pulled the Faery Queen's limp form from the Earth and she regained her consciousness, hovering about one hundred feet above the Earth. She glared about at the enormous crater from whence she came, to the many buildings that were crushed by the shock waves. Disgust emanated off her being in thick black waves of darkness. 'Come my children.' She beckoned in her mind. Evil creatures began to flood out of the crater; goblins, ghouls, orcs, dark fae; all following her command.

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The dragons heard their mistress's call and were quick to oblige. The black dragon beckoned the teeming masses to the Queen's aid, leaving the hunters just for the time being.

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Alyra gazed curiously at the artifact. "Wow, I've never seen anything li--" But she was cut off, just then, there was a terrible jarring from the ground - like a quake almost. Alyra toppled to the ground, falling into Artim by the sudden thrust. The rafters shook and creaked, but amazingly the building held up in one piece. "Ow. . " She whimpered on the floor. "That wasn't expected." She said with a groan.

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Wulf pondered Gabriel's words as they entered the sanctuary of the city of Aerin, unaware of the Dimensional Quake. The city was a light with the most beautiful and magnificent flowers, which chimed and shone through the darkest of nights. "The tallest of the Mallorn is where my sister, Aerines resides. Allow me to take you to her." He said kindly, hoping that she will be willing to help them.

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Aerines' heart leaped at the sight of her brother and the three strangers, as they entered the Mallorn grove. Excitement flooding her being (for she hadn't seen Wulf for over a week) she jumped from her perch and fluttered down and landed right in their path. The petite four foot, nine Aerines leaped onto Wulf in a big hug, where she was caught in his arms. "Wulfy!!!" She exclaimed. "I'm so happy to see you! Who are your friends?" She added, noticing the lot he was with.

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Wulf caught Aerines by reflex, surprised by her sudden appearance. "Oh, the lycan and the girl were found in the forest. I brought them here for you to decide what is best to do in this situation." He said, putting her down gently. "Oh," She said, her face falling in disappointment. Wulf shrugged, "And that interesting one is Gabriel," He gestured in Gabriel's direction. "he has news for you." Aerines gazed at Gabriel for a moment, curious; but, decided it was nothing. "Yay! Something to do around here! Come along everyone." She said at high-speed, an excited twitter in her voice. She turned around to face their destination and began heading that way eagerly.

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Morias grinned maniacally as the necro-fools (as he calls them) came over with their finished product. "Good." He hissed with pleasure. He too felt the sudden shift, and looked up to the sky with a wide grin. It was now time. The rest of them had also realized the significance of the sign and were readying them selves. The brutish man who had approached Morias and his travel companions, had moved to the front to speak. "Alright," He growled almost stupidly, in Morias' opinion. "We, move out. 'at righ' there is our sign." The crowd jeered in exuberance and began to march forwards, towards the forest.

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Ken just walked inside his house wondering. "Why did this happen to me?! WWHHHYYY?!" You see proir to this point in time, about two years ago, his entire family was killed by vampire's. On that day he swore to kill every single vampire out there "no madder if they are good or bad they will die!!" he said. Since then he has turned eighteen. He feels a weird sensation on his back, then one day while he was sleeping. His hair turned blue then he woke up with excruciating pain when he found out that he had black wings and his hair was blue. He thought he was dreaming so he went back to sleep. But, the next day he found that he did have wings with blue hair, and on his dresserhe found two weird things. A white trench coat with blue lines, and a weird mystical staff.

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Terran nodded, looking up to the abomination of beauty above their heads. He frowned fiercely at it, "It brings disgrace even to the heavens, and the north . . . is where we are headed." he said fearlessly, but something suddenly felt even more wrong with the world, like the quaking was not caused by the shock . . . almost as if the earth was shaking in fear. He noticed that they were finally at the extreme edge of the forest, and Terran stopped walking. He brought his hands together in a prayer-like stance, as a luminescent grey light began to flow from his being. A few of the shadows that rushed haphazardly ran into the wall of light, shattering into innumerable shards of darkness. Some of the others looked at them, tilting their 'heads' morbidly at them, the mind-games had begun. He gracefully turned around to look at Eruadan, his hands not moving from it's serene pose, despite the horrible creatures about them, "From here on is unprotected by the mallorn, if you wish to stay unscathed by the darkness, I would suggest you stay close, Elder." he looked out into the blackness, "They are not worthy of even our efforts to destroy them." he said coldly, his expression firm, his posture straight--he was unyielding to them, they would gain no pleasure from him. He began to move slowly forward.
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Artim raised an eyebrow suspiciously, a bit of crankiness lingering in his expression as he raised them both up--his bones creaking slightly. He let out a sigh of relief, "At least we're alright, I have what I need from here, after finally getting that geezer to give me the combination." he peered out a nearby window from outside the vault, it seemed only a small group of about 100 zombies were wandering outside of the city limits, in a general direction towards his encampment. He shook his head gruffly, then turned to look at Alrya, slipping the sword with care beneath his belt, "So, bounty hunter, why are you here?" he said with a slight grin, his light beard making a rubbing noise as his skin parted--he hadn't been able to find a decent shaving utensil since he set up his encampment. He rubbed an area on his chin absentmindedly, not used to the coarse material. When he was first infected from the concoction he consumed no facial hair would grow on him, he liked that his human traits were now dominant, but was the beard worth it? His eyes pondered the thought.
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Gabriel smiled at Wulf, following Aerines, "Since when did I become the interesting one?" he frowned, sticking his nose up in the air superiorily, "Though I deserve such a title, I am quite destinguished from the other members of my race--as can be easily surmised." he said, suddenly serious. He had sobered up completely, and pretty quickly. The signs of the casual entertainer were gone, he seemed very cordial and business-like. His eyes burned with a stange determination. As his older personality started to resurface, so did his memories. He suddenly stopped, seeing Aerin from behind triggered a memory of a human village . . . and dark elven blood. He shook it off, and continued on, hoping nobody noticed.

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Nia continued to the edge of the Drow border, careful of anything that meant her harm. She had just finished dispatching the "troublesome ones" that were in her way of reaching the boarder. She was planning on finding a boat and sailing the rest of the way to her homeland, Mallorn. 'Fool, fool, fool! I should have known it was a trap! For the love of Elgon! To think i would just walk into their hands like that...' she scolded herself for being so foolish. Some days earlier she had recieved a letter informing her of her friends capture, he was being held in the Drow's land. She had quickly gotten to her friend's holding place, too quickly at that. Only to find that he was dead and she was surrounded. She narrowly escaped, healing herself whenever she had the chance. She looked up and the darkened sky, and sorrow weld in her chest. 'My poor Ilean....i have failed you.'
She reached the water's edge and began to sing the Song of Water's Guidance. As she sang louder and louder, chancing to be heard by them, a mist started to form and out of it came the Boat of Ruith, the dream child. She hauled herself onboard and was whisked away to the land of her ancestors, dreaming of a peaceful and calm world.

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Nia continued to the edge of the Drow border, careful of anything that meant her harm. She had just finished dispatching the "troublesome ones" that were in her way of reaching the boarder. She was planning on finding a boat and sailing the rest of the way to her homeland, Mallorn. 'Fool, fool, fool! I should have known it was a trap! For the love of Elgon! To think i would just walk into their hands like that...' she scolded herself for being so foolish. Some days earlier she had recieved a letter informing her of her friends capture, he was being held in the Drow's land. She had quickly gotten to her friend's holding place, too quickly at that. Only to find that he was dead and she was surrounded. She narrowly escaped, healing herself whenever she had the chance. She looked up and the darkened sky, and sorrow weld in her chest. 'My poor Ilean....i have failed you.'
She reached the water's edge and began to sing the Song of Water's Guidance. As she sang louder and louder, chancing to be heard by them, a mist started to form and out of it came the Boat of Ruith, the dream child. She hauled herself onboard and was whisked away to the land of her ancestors, dreaming of a peaceful and calm world.

((um, just to clarify, ^^ a Mallorn is a tree--you knew that right?))

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Nia continued to the edge of the Drow border, careful of anything that meant her harm. She had just finished dispatching the "troublesome ones" that were in her way of reaching the boarder. She was planning on finding a boat and sailing the rest of the way to her homeland, she yearned to gaze at the magnificent tree, Mallorn. 'Fool, fool, fool! I should have known it was a trap! For the love of Elion! To think i would just walk into their hands like that...' she scolded herself for being so foolish. Some days earlier she had recieved a letter informing her of her friends capture, he was being held in the Drow's land. She had quickly gotten to her friend's holding place, too quickly at that. Only to find that he was dead and she was surrounded. She narrowly escaped, healing herself whenever she had the chance. She looked up and the darkened sky, and sorrow weld in her chest. 'My poor Ilean....i have failed you.'
She reached the water's edge and began to sing the Song of Water's Guidance. As she sang louder and louder, chancing to be heard by them, a mist started to form and out of it came the Boat of Ruith, the dream child. She hauled herself onboard and was whisked away to the land of her ancestors, dreaming of a peaceful and calm world.

[[heh heh...edited]]

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Jin was walking along the road in nthe forest wondering when the next time he'll meet the next vampire so he cna kill. Just then he found this guy with black wings and a red spear above somebody that was dead, white cape and a white staff in the other hand. He thought to himself "hmm he must be a big well named vampire. I should kill him to make my name will known twisted " He went after him with his long sword. The guy in the cape swung his sword. Jin stopped a second early before the spear got to him. So then he found out that he was attacking his mentor. eek shock was on his face. He hasn't seen his mentor in months so he was surprise that he saw him in the forest.

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Ken was tracking a vampire in the forest. He didn't want to use his wings because he thought they were from vampire wings. Until the last minute he thought "When was i bitten by a vampire." Then he thought to himself "Am i an angel, noo my mom was human, but my dad was a little different..... he was always so holy. Was he a angel." ect. ect. He used his wings to fly over the vampire and he thought "Man would i kill to hav a spear in my hand". Then a spear appeared in his hand from a ball of fire. He threw the spear at the vampire's heart engulfing the heart into flames. Then out of nowhere his instinct told him to swing his spear. He almost struck down his subordinate jin. With his wings spread out and his spear almost to his suboridinates neck. He told his jin about what happened. Then he told his jin to go to the village and wait there because there were stronger vampire's that he couldn't kill and let him handle it.

((this took me forever to figure out what to write))

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((^^ Perfectly fine Zhu, I liked your post a lot, it shows promise! But really, don't be afraid to write the extra "etc. etc." crap, it only serves to make your characters seem cooler XD and your post is bigger, and thus, more awesome. Oh and by the way, Chibiwulf didn't tell you this, but uh, you know you can auto-hit and junk like that with your OWN characters, since you know what they both will do. It is not required for you to seperate their responses or limit how much they do. You could have described where the village the guy went to and stuff like that. But that is just an option, though it is good to let others know where you are . . . by the way, WHERE exactly are your characters? There is a map on the first page, but I suspect they are in vampire territory or the neutral territory, correct?))

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After what seemed only a moment, Echo reached Elven territory. She climbed out, practicaly healed and set the Boat of Ruith on her way. It was on of the best ways of travel in her opinion, it heals you and protects you while you sail to your destination; But i takes alot of energy to summon it, and i nearly didn't make it. she thought to herself in good humor. But then the memories of what just happened hit, and she thought it would be best to hurry to the Mallorn; the safest place to be in a world of evil. And i should give word to what has become of Ilean. she thought soberly; and with that she ran off, in a full sprint, the Tree.

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After what seemed only a moment, Echo reached Elven territory. She climbed out, practicaly healed and set the Boat of Ruith on her way. It was on of the best ways of travel in her opinion, it heals you and protects you while you sail to your destination; But i takes alot of energy to summon it, and i nearly didn't make it. she thought to herself in good humor. But then the memories of what just happened hit, and she thought it would be best to hurry to the Mallorn; the safest place to be in a world of evil. And i should give word to what has become of Ilean. she thought soberly; and with that she ran off, in a full sprint, the Tree.

((Hmm, Echo, just to let you know, the common elven tree is called a Mallorn. If you have ever seen the Lord of the Rings, they are the giant grey trees, those are called Mallorn. However, there is an especially large tree in the middle of every elven city that serves as the lifeline of that elven forest, and the castle for the elven nobles. Sorry if you are confused, but if you aren't then great ^^ if you have ANY questions regarding the RP, don't be afraid to ask XD we try to be as descriptive as we can on our first pages, but in the end, they are just words from another's perspective that knows it all--which is hard to describe to someone who has to see it through those eyes.))

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Eruadan followed Terran closely and nodded at his words. "The trembling of the Earth is by no means a natural occurrence--it is her." He said somberly. The forest around them showed prominent evidence that they were no longer in Elven territory. The trees and brush grew wild and the further they got, the more of them were dead and many, charred black. Eruadan ran his hand across a blackened tree trunk, sadly; its soul weeped in despair. The ground creaked with their every step, an odd occurrence for Elves. . . Eruadan looked up to the rippling aurora in the sky. "It seemed to happen so quickly, could any have suspected the atrocity of these realms? Our own havens a death trap?" He shook his head. "The collapse had weakened my clan, they were the they who had helped build these realms. They knew it was the time of Man, that our time was up here; but I stayed and lived among the other few that lingered. My fate should have been theirs also." Eruadan pondered thew thought, he was not certain of things as they were for the moment. He knew from his clan a little about the collapse. He knew someone had pushed there realm on the others, but how it had occurred, he knew not and nor did they. The mist around them grew thicker, and the moans had grown louder yet; there was even shouts in the distance. "Hold on." Eruadan said cautiously to Terran, pausing. "Those jeers are not from any abominable shadow, those are of beings." He listened closely. "Many, from that direction." Eruadan pointed a little Northeast of their direction. He gazed at Terran, concerned. "This way, friend." He said, heading off in the other way instead.

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"Thanks," Alyra said, brushing herself off for dirt. "I came here originally, because I had heard some weird reports that something was going on here. Like disappearances, and the undead rising in the streets, so I came here to check it out." She shrugged and felt a rustling in her pocket. "Oh! I almost forgot you!" She exclaimed, pulling a fat rat from her pocket and setting him on the floor. The rat scurried over to the doorway and paused to give them a 'are you coming, or what?' look, and he disappeared from sight. "AHH! Come back, you stupid rat!" She grabbed Artim by the sleeve to drag him along and started to chase after the creature. "Of all times, why does he have to not be lazy now?!" Alyra panted. The rat scurried around the corner, and was heading up the fire escape. "Come on, we need to catch him!" She shouted over her pants to Artim, anxiety building. The rat, though, had other ideas in mind.

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(a few hours earlier)
The sun was sinking into its orange bath in the sky, night was quickly approaching. Nikki and Eramis walked through the depleted conditions of the human encampment, observing everyone in their duties. "Close the gates!" Bellowed a captain in the distance. This encampment was one of the larger ones around. There was a thirty foot tall, three foot thick, iron gate surrounding the one hundred acres of human establishment. The humans lived in makeshift homes of scraps of metal from the age of iron before the Great Collapse. There was a community well, a farming and ranch area, and everybody there had a specific job; like: blacksmiths, farmers (though everyone was required to keep their own gardens), hunters, sentries, guards, captains, and the main leader. Eramis - Nikki's teacher - was their leader until recently, he was killed in a in their last assault on a Necro-Temple that was erected in the area not too long ago. Nikki was made their leader, with the daunting tasks that were require for this job. A sentry ran up to her, "The gates have been shut and the guards and sentries are all at their posts." He said through gasps. Nikki looked at the boy, who was even younger than her, and nodded with a smile. "Okay, and are the second shift in their beds?" She asked him. He nodded quickly. "Okay, better get to your post then, it is already twilight." Nikki said with concern. Her dog Eramis whimpered and she patted his head gently, he was afraid of the shadows.

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Aerines lead them up to the Mallorn and paused, turning to them again. "We will talk up in the first room. Wulf, will you lead them there for me?" She asked him softly, but without waiting for his response, she took off.

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Wulf nodded, "Sure, I-" But she was already gone. "Oh, okay then." He turned to Gabriel and Barrhin, sighing. "This is the oldest tree of all the forest, if you are really quiet, you may hear the bell flowers chime. Come now, this way." He sighed again, feeling like a tour guide almost. Wulf began up the stair-like formation that grew around the tree, the bell flowers tinkling and glowing brightly in the darkness. "Aerin is a good person, but I must warn you now that she can be a little odd." The shadow bobbed behind the lot as they gradually ascended.

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((i won't be able to post alot because i got school and stuff. Ill try and post once a week.))

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((i won't be able to post alot because i got school and stuff. Ill try and post once a week.))

((that's fine ^^))

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The elf's eyes held his dark thoughts, his emtions crying out within him, 'The Age of Man is nothing more than an abandonement of nature, it should never have happened!!' he screamed in his mind. He tried to not think such a thing, but he couldn't help but agree with the emotion, he turned his focus back to the moment at hand, "I am surprised the earth is still held intact . . . the collapse of your clan must have been the precursor, her minions must have discovered how to remove the seals--which means," a look of urgency appeared on his face, "they know how to release . . . the Dread Mother." he drew his claymore, following after Eruadan quickly, pulling his hood back over his head. He used his elven vision to peer farther ahead, and his drow pupil to pierce the darkness, "It is a large grouping, necromancers, vampires . . ." he put a hand on the Elder's shoulder softly, "in that direction is a Temple dedicated to Necromancy, they could unleash an overwhelming force--we may need our brothers." he said as a suggestion, but his tone seemed to show that he would fight them alone, without hesitation.
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Artim acted quickly, swiftly throwing a grappling hook on the roof, and starting to walk up the wall, gripping the rope and pulling himself up as quickly as he could. If anything found the rat it might alert it to their prescence, and if that happened they were doomed. He reached the top of the roof, after much struggling, retrieved his grappling hook, and layed down on his belly. He was underneath the small outer wall around most of the buildings, the wall that kept people from tripping and falling out so easily--it provided good cover as he crawled along the ash-covered cement roof, looking frantically for the rat.
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Gabriel looked at the tree, trying to see how high it went, "Gah! You elves and your walking, practically obsessed!" he sighed with a slight reluctance, then began the journey, his pampered knees starting to hurt with the effort.
((need to add characters, will post new responses, go ahead and respond Gigantica))