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 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:23 pm
Larien had not gotten much sleep the few nights after her and Clover had "become one". She could not stand the thought of enjoying being crowded by people in a building that was not sung from the trees but cut from them. She spent what time they had alone trying to figure out her new feelings and emotions. Looking towards the dragon that Tramer rode she whistled lighter than the wind into the trees and out came a pegasus. Had it not jumped from the assorted trees, shrubs, and wild flowers you would not have known it was there. It seemed to appear from nature itself. Crawling onto the back of the powerful animal she felt more at ease than she had before. They would be on the move again for awhile and she had always been better at traveling that staying in one place waiting for things to go wrong. ((Hi guys, sorry I have not posted in such a long time but things have been down right shity at my house lately... Just too much to do and not enought time to do it in...))
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:34 pm
Tramer let out a slight sigh as Larien jumped off the dragon and onto the Pegasus. Tramer had not been able to spend much time with Larien lately and hoped the trip to the Academy would be a perfect opportunity, but Tramer new there was nothing he could do about it “Ok we have a long journey ahead of us we better be off” Tramer yelled as the black dragon lifted into the air with a singe monition of its powerful wings. Tramer looked back to see Larien and Epotheros fallowing closely behind “ok you know were to go” Tramer said quietly to the dragon as Tramer laid back and looked up into the sky
((no problem we all have life’s outside of gaia))
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:14 am
Follows Tramer. ((Sorry for the short post, kind rushed.))
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:00 am
Captain Fox McCloud Follows Tramer. ((Sorry for the short post, kind rushed.)) ((Bloody brilliant Pike!!!)) The Pegasus caught a warm updraft and soared closer to the black dragon Tramer was riding on. Smiling at Tramer Larien spread her arms out and let the wind carry the blue silk of the new garment she had bought back in town. Her hair floated gracfully behind her head, and the silk complimented the green of the pegasus makeing Larien appear to be a goddess of land and sky.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:25 pm
((Simple and straight to the point, but better than what most people would do if they had two minutes to post. xd ))
On the second day of traveling Epotheros spotted a large city sized structure upon the distant horizon. He then looked over to TRamer as if to say "Is that it," since if he spoke his voice would be carried away upon the wind. Several moments latter Epotheros order Ripthorn to land infront of the Academy's golden and polished gates waiting for Tramer to take the lead, since Epotheros would have no clue on the subject of direction and who they needed to speak to.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:34 am
Tramer landed about a half a mile away form the main gates, Tramer jumbled off of the black dragon and lined agents a near by tree “ok, I guess this is as good of time as any” Tramer said with a bit of a sigh as he placed his hands over his face “urisargar firan borinarga” Tramer said quietly. Tramer grinded his teeth in pain as the bones in his face reformed creating an all new appearance. Tramer then got back onto the dragon and met up with the others at the main gate “yes this is it” Tramer said looking into the Academy grounds thou in truth the grounds were more of a small city were many mages lived and spent the majority of there life’s at, in the center of the grounds stood a ivory tower massively taller than all the other structures of the grounds easily visible over the massive gate were the group stood. Tramer walked up to the gate placing his right hand upon the center of the left door, as Tramer did runes began to appear on the doors surface “uris gorin” Tramer said quietly making the doors open not making a sound “ok, if anyone speaks with us and addresses any of you do not revel my identity at Tramer, until we leave here refer to me as Qortez” Tramer said as he led the group though the gates. Every time Tramer entered the academy grounds he was still astonished by the cities beauty, all the building were made from ivory silver and gold and all of which were crafted with magic creating a smooth polished look that didn’t reflect light creating a special to be seen “welcome to the Magic Academy of Serorin” Tramer said walking toward the tower that sat in the center of the grounds hoping the group would no be noticed by any of the faculty
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:01 am
((I am here to inform you that I will not be on till tuesday night.))
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:10 pm
Epotheros followed Tramer along with the rest of the group towards the center tower. "So how long till we meet this high mage?" Epotheros asked without much expression. The place was rather boring to him. He cared not for magic users and always was told that they should not be trusted. Over Epotheros' life he has only learned to trust Tramer out of the countless number of magic users.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:36 am
Tramer stopped about half way to the tower and looked back at the group “trust no one here, half of magic is tricking your appoint so many of the people here may say one thing and yet mean something completely different” Tramer said quietly and then continued on toward the tower. Tramer and the group soon arrived at the tower I wonder were Ty is at, well I guess there isn’t much I can do, he can take care of himself Tramer thought as the approached the large door to the tower, two men stood at ether side of the door they were mid age and both held staffs “I am Qortez, inform the High mage I request an ordnance with him concerning the Fairies” Tramer said in a calm voice “he will know what im talking about” Tramer said turning away from the guards as one of the entered the tower. About five minuets later the man came back out of the tower
“this way sir” the man said motioning his had to the group to enter “the high mage told me to bring you to him right away and to postpone his other appointments, whatever you need to talk to him about must be of extraordinary importance” the man said as he led the group into the tower, the tower’s first floor was a single large room with a small elevated platform in the center. The man led the group to the platform and motion for them to stand on it. As soon as all the group was on the plat form the man walked over to the side and hit is staff onto the ground as he did the platform lifted from the ground and started to gain speed heading for the top floor. It took only a mater of seconds to arrive at the one hundredth floor.
Tramer stepped off the platform, this floor was quiet different from the fist floor the plat form was located in a small room. Tramer led the group out of the room and into a long hall, the hall was far longer than the tower was wide. Tramer led the group to the end of the hall and to a large old wooden door, Tramer knocked on the door twice and then slowly opened it reviling an old man sitting in a leather char facing the door
“Tramer, Tramer, you never cease to impress me” The old man said with a smile on his face, he then looked to the other people accompanying Tramer “were are my manners I am High Mage Torin, it is a pleasure” Torin said making a bowing motion with his head
Tramer led the group into the room and then shut the door behind them “Torin these are my friends that are fighting Zant” Tramer said in a calm voice
Torin examined the group closely and stopped when he saw Larien “so this is the person you put your life at risk over” Torin said quietly to Tramer
Tramer laughed slightly at Torin’s comment “how did you get off the hook” Tramer asked wondering how Torin had managed to keep the fact he had help Tramer still the swords
“well that’s a funny story actually, well I sort of made it…….look like you attacked me and stool the swords when I was un-conches” Torin said laughing “well that is not why you brought your friends here is it, so what is the problem” Torin said now in a series voice
“Zant used a relic he split into four pieces to create summons, it was a mask located in a strange temple that seemed to drain magic, we killed the first three with and reclaimed the mask pieces, but when we located the last summon the three pieces we had possessed Epotheros here” Tramer said motioning to Epotheros “were he simply killed the summon and took the last piece making the mask whole again Epotheros managed to resist the mask but as he throw it away the shards absorbed into his arm” Tramer said looking at Epotheros
Torin said nothing and remained eerily quiet as Tramer spoke his face went slightly pail as Tramer mention the mask and the temple it was located in “let me see your arm were the mask entered your body” Torin said in a calm voice as he faced Epotheros
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:02 am
Larien followed Tramer onto the elevator type device and was slightly nervous about being up so high. Whe the platform stopped she felt a little light headed. Throught the oak doors there was an kindly looking man who knew Tramer instantly.
At is tell of Tramer risking his life to save hers made her heart swell with compasion, or was is something more. Smiling she took Tramers hand in her own as a silent thankyou.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:49 pm
Epotheros felt very out of place in the academy's halls. He had always believed that magic was for those who were to weak to fight with weapons or harness elemental energy direclty. It was true that raw elemental energy was not as controlable as elemntal energy focused by spells or incantations, but it could be summoned faster and could be unleashed in larger, more powerful amounts than the magic spells that required more control. In the end though both types were equally dangerous, but Epotheros theorized pure elemental energy was superior in terms of brute force, from what he had witness when the mask was in control.
Epotheros aproached the man who was named Torin and did what he was asked. Epotheros reached for the gauntlet that covered his right arm and slowly removed it and placed it on the desk. Next he unravled the gauze wrappings that covered his entire forarm and allowed them to fall into a pile adjacent to his gauntlet. His arm left bare, presented a black or very dark purple serpent, or perhaps an eastern dragon or european basilisk wrapped around his arm as if it were a tatoo. It was though, more of a scar left by a burn of somesorts.
"Here," Epotheros said as he thrusted his arm forward so the mage could see.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:19 pm
Torin stood up and walked over to Epotheros and grabbed his arm closely examining every mark the mask had left, Torin touched the blacked skin and quickly recoiled his hand as he recognized the dark energy. Torin let go of Epotheros’s arm and walked to the other side of the room, Torin walked up to the brick wall and waved his hand over it, the wall rippled like water and then seemed to melt away reviling shelves filled with books of every shape and size. Torin looked though the books for a second and then pulled out an old dusty Black book, the book was covered in strange symbols and around the edge there were dragons weaving though the runes, the dragons were the same as the one on Epotheros’s arm. Torin sat the book on his desk and took a set in his char, the then placed his hand over the book and closed his eyes, as he did the book opened and the pages started flipping over as if they were being blown by a unfelt wind. The book stopped and Torin opened his eyes and ran his fingers over the books text “here, was this the mask” Torin said as he pointed to an illustration in the book
Tramer slimed at Larien as she took his hand, Tramer wanted to stay by her side but at the same time he needed to see what Torin was showing in the book so he let go of Larien’s hand walked up to Torin and looked into the book and was shocked to see the Illustration was of the mask “yes that was it” Tramer said in a quiet tone as he began to read the page
“I feared this is what you spoke of when we last met Tramer, when you spoke of Zant using a enchanted mask to fight you, thou I tried to lie to myself and hoped I was wrong” Torin said as he looked back to Epotheros and the rest of the group “what you have encountered is an evil beyond comparison, eviler that Zant himself, it is called simply the Dark Mask, thou many races that encountered it named it but I do not know any of those names off hand” Torin said as he picked up the book and began to read from its pages aloud “the mask was created over three thousand years ago by a Lich of unimaginable power, this Lich ruled the lands we now occupy, eventually the people that the Lich ruled rebelled agents him and though the cooperative efforts of a small handful of hero’s they overpowered him, the Lich managed to escape and fled to one of his hidden fortresses, The Lich new it would only be a mater of time before he was found and killed so began to think of ways to cheat death, and that is exactly what he did” Torin said looking away from the book “before I continue I must make shore you understand something about enchanting objects, to enchant an object you require the soul of a powerful being, usually a demon or dragon or something of that nature” Torin said as he looked back to the book “The Lich figured a way to make himself immortal and forever preserve his power, the Lich search his fortress for four long days looking for something that he could enchant, The lich soon found an old mask that hung on the wall in the dungeon, the Lich decided this would work perfectly for his plan, The lich used his own very soul to enchant the mask and with it all of his endless power, shortly after the lich had completed enchanting the mask the heroes that defied him found his fortress and stormed in finding the Lichs dead body lying by a strange mask, the heroes took the mask as a trophy but on there way out of the fortress the man that held the mask began to act strangely and soon put on the mask and killed two of his comrades before the others were forced to kill him, as this happened the remaining heroes figured out what the lich had done, one of the heroes was an Elvin mage she took the mask and transported it the Elvin lands were they protected it for over two thousand years, but even with the elfs there were people with weak minds and the mask managed to get in the hands of a young elven lad, the elf killed over two hundred before he was killed and the mask was taken back, from there the Elfs refused to keep it in there city, by this time the mages council had been formed and they agreed with the elfs that the mask was to dangerous to be keep in a populated area, so they had a temple built to keep the mask at bay, the temple was designed to absorb magic of all forms so as to weaken the mask so that it could not influence the minds of anyone that came across it, the temple also protected it from thievery for anyone that tried to take the mask for the uses to use its power would instantly be darned of every last ounce of power there body possessed killing them before they would know what happened, so only a person that wished to protect the mask could take hold of it” As Torin finished he placed the book on his lap “it was found by the elfs that the mask doesn’t only contain the power of the lich that created it but it also houses the power of everyone that died wearing it, me and my fellow mages could try and remove the shards from your body but there would be a great risk involved, for in are attempt the mask would certainly awaken and try and defend itself, and if it managed to take over your body we would have little choice but to kill you, so I doubt you would consent to use trying to remove them” Torin said looking toward Tramer “all enchantments are the same thou usually the souls that power them are suppressed and never are able to surface but if they do they can easily overpower the mind of the user and take there body for there own, considering you have managed to suppress the mask so far I don’t think it will be able to surface on its own, but I must advise you do not use its power, for every time you do it will become more and more accustomed to your body and will eventually be able to take over you body completely overriding your mind” Torin said in a calm voice wondering if they all understood how dangerous this mask really was
Tramer lessoned carefully vaguely remembering learning about the mask thou he could not remember anything in particular
“this whole thing was set up by Zant, he new you would acquire the mask shards, and he new one of you would be taken over by them, but what I cant figure out is how this helps him, how dose he benefit from it?” Torin said wondering why Zant had set this whole thing up “if only the damn council would allow me to send battle mages after Zant we could stop this whole thing in its tracks, but every time I try to convince them they always refuse we have several mages that are serving as instructors right now that could easily mach Zants power and between there combined power they would have no problem defeating him! But the council keeps are hands tied and lets Zant go unchecked” Torin said in an irritated voice but quickly regained his composure “I have told you everything important I can think of about he mask if you have any more questions fell free to ask” Torin said in a calm voice as he looked toward Epotheros and the others
((sorry for the long, long, long burning_eyes post sweatdrop ))
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:14 am
A few days later, Ty came out of the whistler's cave south of Rannoch and imediatly noticed something... Epotheros was no longer in the city. In fact, upon further investigation, Ty found that all four of his companions had left.
But he can't escape me that easily.
Pausing to view the current residence of Ep, and possibly the others, Ty noticed that nothing was destroyed or damaged.
Well, that means that he's probably not being possessed right now.
Not wanting to draw too much attention to himself, nor wanting to cause too much confusion, Ty walked a normal pace the remaining two miles to the great main gates. Seeing them closed as he neared them, Ty called out, "Hellooo!!!"
Seeing someone move on the other side of the gates, Ty asked, "Can you let me in? Some of my friends are in there..."
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:59 am
"Your book forgot something," Epotheros quickly stated after the old mage had finish reading. "There was a black orb that was with the mask, though I doubt it was ever apart of it, but Zant said that it would increase his power ten-fold. I doubt he has used it yet, because I believe he is waiting for a spefic day in the year which is required to acess the powers of the orb. "
Epotheros then took a few steps back and turned sideways before saying, "And if you ever try to send your battle mages after him, I would advise you send more than six. Any less and I believe that he would easily dispose of them."
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:41 pm
“yes, the orb was a side effect from the temple draining the energy from the mask, the mask contained more energy than the temple new what to do with so the execs energy gathered together and formed into a black orb separate form the mask, the resin Zant has yet to try and use this orb is because the mask still controls the energy thou it is no longer a part of it Zant would be unable to use it” as Torin finished he started to smile “and that is why Zant sent you to gather the mask shards, he new you all were powerful enough to hold off the masks influence in its weekend stat, and once you managed to fully control it and suppress the lichs soul deep inside of the mask he would then be able to draw the power form the orb, thou he would only be able to draw out the orbs power during a lunar eclipse” Torin said in a calm voice “know of coarse there is much more info about the mask but it would take months to tell you every detail but if you have anymore specific questions fell free to ask, and as for sending mages to fight Zant I doubt that will ever happen” Torin said letting out a sigh “I fear the council has become corrupt, maybe by Zant himself thou I have no idea how someone like him would sway the minds so many powerful and wise mages, but something most definitely is not right, I have known several of the council members my entire life and up until recently had been close friends, but now something has changed in there harts, none of them are the people I once new” Torin said quietly just loud enough everyone could hear him
Tramer lessoned to Torin speak and was surprised to her Torin speaking of corruption in the council thou it made perfect sense on why there was nothing being done about Zant. Tramer walked up to Torin “Torin, I need to speak with you alone after were done here” Tramer whispered to Torin so he would not be herd
((if there are any problems with my explanations of the mask just PM me and I’ll edit my post))
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