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As you are teleported to this arena you will notice upon arrival that the entire landscape for miles around is nothing but hard terra, rock, hills, and high mountains. The sun beams down on certain locations, making the silhouette of the taller mountains perfect camouflage for those of shadow nature. There are many hiding locations to ambush, and many environmental hazards such as the sharp rocks upon the mountains edges, and the dreaded eight ft rock creatures that live within caves. (use your imagination)

((The above was from the tournament. Yes, the majority of this was copy and pasted, standard entrance procedure. XD))

Torment appears in the middle of the vast expanse of rock and earth, his presense commands all to bid him welcome, raw power flowing from his form. Ashen gray locks fall across his flaming eyes of vibrant violet, hiding two small wings in a mess of hair. About his head a light blue sheen can be seen, a material of some sort of clear crystal with a faceted appearance, an ornate vestment of silken blue threads covering his loose grey dress shirt, but the depiction of a weaping phoenix upon the back is clear as day. A strand of azure crystal beads 'round his neck cannot even be seen.

Two violet wings wreathed in blue flame extend from his back, complimenting the blue chain that is wrapped around his right arm. Arcs of blue lightning spark between his fingertips and the shards of metal that surround his hands like a pair of fractured gauntlets. An orb of crimson flecked with emerald surges around him in a steady unrelenting pace. His midnight blue cargo pants bulge near the bottom as two boots of a similar color wrapping around his feet.

His two fingers of mithral construction twitched and moved of their own accord, seperate from the rest of his hand as he stood in the middle of the vast expanse of rock and earth. Streams of mana flowed around him, passing through his form and through the chain around his arm. Already he had begun, already he had seen the demise of his opponent.

Light blazed around Torment as mana channeled through him, a surge of Essentia flaring through the Arcane Focus. As the light faded, so did he. As yet this Perception Null acted as merely a simple invisibility spell, but as the effect continued it would grow stronger as more of his mana channeling capacity for the day was fueled through it. Once he passed from sight he thrust up into the air, a rush of unseen flame rippling in his wake. Already his focus was set to shaping the streams of mana that passed thropugh him into another effect. He would give this man no quarter, aside from a tacit agreement that his spells, though not Soulmeld based abilities, would not kill him. When physical wounds and perceived wounds through his spells amounted to enough to kill him the most that would happen would be unconsciousness. For all intents and purposes K would perceive these wounds as real, even if a limb should be severed, but no real harm would befall him from any 'spell.'



((Each line for Perception Null represents one of four perceptions. Sight, Sounds, Smells, Aura/Influence. After the first, this post, he passes from sight. After the second he makes no sound, etc, etc. The bit about the perceived wounds is just my way of not killing anybody. Like I said, all effects will act real, but unless K has a really weak willpower and decides he wants to die, nothing permanent should befall him.))

His aura would seem odd to the man looking upon it, as if it were many times larger than it should be, and -against all logic- seemed to have grown wings of its own. This, of course, would easily be deducted that the wings were an extension of his soul, blazing with a flame held within. The first shot would strike these very wings and halt altogether, creating a reflex action which pulled the wings around him in a cocoon of protection.

The air seemed to scream around him and then all vibration around him seemed to cease, not only disrupting sounds but blocking major signs of his passing. Streams of unseen mana contonued to flow through him as his wings burst open, sending a flurry of very visible and very deadly Wing Shards towards his opponent. [Essentia Point Used] For a moment a silver glow filled the air, outlining his form, but this too faded from sight. [Incarnum Radiance Activated]

As the sharpened feathers of soulstuff darted at the opponent Torment began to soar ever higher, his wings hardly moving. The chain began to unravel from its neat packing around his arm, slowly spiralling about him and floating upon the air. Energy began to crackle through it quite loudly...or not seeing as sounds had been quashed as it began to flood with power, allowing it to not only channel mana, but be rather useful in combat as well. [Essentia Point Used] Still connected to him by a few links around the wrist it darted down to strike out at K, unseen and unheard by the effects of Perception Null. It bent to Tor's will, extending to near infinite lengths effortlessly, the small feather on the end growing and sharpening to a rather nasty looking point, almost like a scythe, the edges jagged and, should he strike true, able to jut out and latch on like a barb.

Though it meant little at the current time, all smells coming from Torment and the items he currently wore simply ceased. The Wing Shards were all dodged effectively, and this was not exactly a surprising sight to Torment. He didn't exactly expect to strike, but at least create some form of counterattack and keep the opponent busy. The chain swooped down upon his original location like the singer of a scorpion, but instead of lodging itself in the rock it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and richochet.

Along with the mana channeling to fuel the Perception Null mana began to flow through the self proclaimed archmage as a reaction was acheived and catalyzed. As yet the force to come was a minor one, a rippling of the earth that seemed to center on K as if light was bending at the surface to no real effect. The Arcane Focus would flare and K might feel heat and pressure, but as yet the effects were negligable, aside from the accelleration of the beginnign of the spell. [Essentia Point Used]

The chain's path was not taking it back towards K directly, but out and around to encircle him. This wouldn't be very close, but he'd know the chain was surrounding him if it accomplished such a feat. The outer perimeter was set to be established at around fifty feet from K from where he was standing now. Should he try and run over the chain the section he'd attempt to leap over would make an attempt to move and strike at him.

((~Locked by Tac~))