The ETERNAL SAGAthings are going to heat up! ooc here ACT 1: The Genesis of the World
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TURN 1.3: Divine War -
The battle raged in the heavens.
Akrathh sent Limikarrat down into the Mortal Plane, so that he may assist in the fight. Wielding Bloodslayer, the Bringer of Demise incarnated into the Mortal Plane.
The powerful Greater Servant rushed at
Efanel, and unleashed a vicious series of slash at the Titanic One with the deadly scythe. Using the Ending Spear,
Efanel parried the blows and counterattacked. But in his weakened state, he couldn't muster all its might, allowing Limikarrat to fight on even grounds with the Titanic One. Their clash left powerful scars into the surrounding reality, creating huge gashes in space and time. Neither Titan nor Servant escaped unscathed from this exchange, and the number of their wounds keep increasing with the number of exchanged blows.
Lu warned the interfering Servant to leave, and that if he refused to abide, Jakorä would be fired on him too. Limikarrat obliged, retreating after the first warning shot. Despite what anyone could say, the formidable performance of Limikarrat allowed the gods to gain precious time toward their plans.
Auðrauga, the Desolate Eye.
At the very same time,
Nefertem the Long Deep hurled a rain of icy thorns at the metaphysical eyes of the Titanic Ones, blinding them for an instant. He then suddenly retreated as far as he could from the battlefield, summoning a terrible amount of Divine Acts to craft Auðrauga, the Desolate Eye.
Enclosing the immense battlefield and all the divine beings within, gigantic walls started to form as Auðrauga activated.
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The Greater Ones took advantage of this short time window.
Erin Quill prealably converted his Acts into Power, and imbued the shovelstaff with incredible might. Slashing the empowered weapon that now had the temporary power of a Divine Artifact,
Erin Quill managed to create a huge gaping wound on the left side of
Urgast.
Erin used 7 PowerSuddenly,
Urgast coiled around
Erin despite the heavy damage he was dealt.
Erin was unable to teleport away, as if bound by the power of the Watcher. The Eye towered above him, and a stream of burning energy crashed on
Erin. The Ascended One screamed in pain as his divine form started burning away.
Erin is in a Critical State!Yet Cerediron couldn't let such spectacle happen before him. Burning his Acts into Power, he activated the Soul Bind, empowering it with the might he had mustered. Concentric circles of magic from eras and worlds unknown formed around
Urgast. The Titanic One saw the spell, but as soon as he attempted to divert his burning gaze from
Erin, the Ascended One moved, making it clear he wouldn't let
Urgast prevent the spell.
Once completed, the circles formed a perfect sphere around its target, and started draining the divine energy of the Titanic One. He threw Erin away, and started trashing at the spell. It was too early to tell if the Soul Bind had been successful.
Cerediron used all his Power------------
Lu drew Jakorä once more. He felt the flow of time accelerating for him, as the power of
Shal affected him. His mortal perception separated from his divine perception, and he could see and control his incarnated body with even more finesse.
Shal used 3 PowerAkrathh urged Limikarrat to get away from
Efanel, and so did the Greater Servant. Limikarrat drew back, and Jakorä unleashed a rain of destruction on
Efanel.
But at the very same time, Efanel turned toward Lu's direction, and threw the Ending Spear.Arrows and Spear tore through space and time as they pierced reality toward opposing targets. Dual impacts of epic proportions shook the universe, resonating in their simultaneousness.
The strongest curses and blessings are cast in death
The flickering form of
Efanel had been pierced by the countless arrows fired from Jakorä. This was the end of the Herald, and in the last moments of its existence, it casted the dying curse of a Titanic One. The many Divine Ones felt a powerful ripple across the planes as the divine soul of
Efanel dispersed across and beyond the universe.
As for its mortal body, it started collapsing onto itself, around the main body. Its powerful flames started melting its material shape, the size of his molten body started exponentially increasing.
On the other side, the Ending Spear had pierced
Lu from both ends, spilling its Ichor across the emptiness of space. The spear didn't stop with piercing
Lu, and seemed to bind itself to him -carrying him away- Eventually the Ending Spear lodged on the wall of Auðrauga, impaling the Destructor on it.
Lu is in a Critical State!------------
Shal witnessed the whole action in shock, unable to react. Yet not losing her composure, she focused the power of her Hourglass at critical locations. The etheric walls of Auðrauga formed increasingly faster in the affected areas, and already the parasitic vines of the Artifact started appearing all across its interior. The formed walls sprouted shards of glass and bones, flying toward the targets of the cage.
Urgast, affected by the Soul Bind could not avoid the seals of Auðrauga. The combined powers of the divine spell and the Artifact won over his struggle, and the Watcher movements started to weaken dramatically.
Gaol Ludyn on the other hand, still remained unmoving as the shards pierced his body. Even as the vines started draining his power, he remained unmoving. He just muttered.
"You lose."Yet this wasn't the end, for the shards also flew toward the distraught Limikarrat. Unwilling to be bound, he used the power of the Bloodslayer to destroy the closing vines and shards. He tried teleporting toward the forming walls, but more shards and vines prevented him from doing so. Already exhausted from his battle with
Efanel, he couldn't keep up with the endless assault of the Prison Artifact. As more shards and vines pierced his body, his power waned.
He screamed in rage toward
Nefertem.
The Andilauss
Once the deployment of Auðrauga was started,
Nefertem declared that his attention would no longer be needed. He dropped his guard, and moved toward the Original World. There, he made a bold action in this chaotic situation: he created a population of mortals, which he called the Andilauss.
Nefertem used 3 PowerThe Great Creator instantly instructed them to thank and praise him for the beautiful gift he imparted to them.
Indeed, they saw great glory in him. But then raising their heads to the stars, they saw the mighty and dreadful forms of several warring Divine Beings. They screamed in terror and awe, lamented and worshipped. And with each shockwave of divine energy, their body and soul quiver in primal fear to the very core as a terrible truth was carved into their very beings.
O the realization. O the despair.
They saw and knew of things mortals shouldn't have been allowed to witness. The mortality of their condition, the powerlessness of their race, the ultimate destiny that would someday befall on them all. O insignificant, miserable little beings of mind in this cruel universe.
The most courageous of them found the strength to find a place in the shadows to hide. The many others were too terrified to move, and quaked in fear as they curled into balls to turn their gaze away from the heavens. Yet even if they didn't see, their souls felt and saw. For each beating of their mortal heart, their will collapsed a little more.
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Akrathh recovered 1 Act.
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