CARVER TURN
------THE RED FLOWER OF DISCORD------
-Anomaly: Sensing its targets had suddenly been spacially displaced, the Red Flower changed its course... for Ethea. But first, it absorbed the lost souls of the Drogos Legends.
-Movement: The Red Flower teleported directly beyond the remnants of Darselav, and the Anchor.
-Complete, At Last: The Flower bloomed, revealing in its core a swirling mass of scarlet ichor. An echo rang out, as the Flower Called. And the Seeds answered, and in an instant the Anchor and the Drogos were no more. Nothing but a gaping hole where it once stood.
The Flower bloomed, and transformed into its true form. The scarlet petals had become wings, carrying a pulsating being of black and red. It had six arms, all of which were pure and flowing energy toward the end, constantly changing shape. A vertical line ran in the middle of its spheric body, opening to reveal an eye-like apparatus. The entity seemed to leak so much energy it was in a constant state of flux.
This being, a Proto-Decimarch of Discord, radiated with seemingly infinite energy.Answering to it, Ema's Decimarch activated. Its true form appeared, a golden-white assymetric pseudo-humanoid one-winged being, it lacked a lower body, a left arm, and a right wing. Its titanic right arm has eight fingers, and its impossibly wide left wing was wide enough to cover its body whole if it so wanted. Its head was a white spiked orb with no neck connecting it to the main body.
Likewise, the Decimarch of Soul seemed filled with limitless power."...Unauthorized Proto-Enforcer detected. Carrier of Discord, suppression must be initiated.""...Phase 1 Complete. Native Enforcer incoming. Carrier of Soul, counter-suppression must be initiated.
Now, Decimarch of Soul, show me the extent of Ema's Will. Only one Will can prevail.""That... doesn't bode well."-Conflict: Ema's Decimarch of Soul and Proto-Decimarch of Discord.
EMA's Decimarch: [72]
Proto-Decimarch: [71]
Ethea's Difficulty Rating: 50
The two entities clashed over Ethea, instantly annihilating the World in an instant with the first exchange of blows. The ripples were so great they travelled all across the Mortal Plane, even reaching up to Dirt and the Holdout.
Ripples: [37]
Dirt's Difficulty Rating: 50
Holdout's Difficulty Rating: 50
Q Sun's Difficulty Rating: 50
Dirt, the Holdout and the Quintessential Sun were damaged by the Ripples.
The two beings seemed at first evenly matched, but as the fight raged, EMA's Decimarch took the lead.
EMA's Decimarch has a slight advantage."Truth be told, this fight will decide my future Will. The winning Decimarch will become my new enforcer, changing my Will to that of the Primordial One represented by the winner. Will I remain Soul, or will I become Discord?"------CIVILIZATIONS------
------The Magic Empire of Darselav------Gone and lost. None are left, not even their souls. It goes for Herz and Montark.------The Magarian Kingdom------Cross and Julius: Cross moved to the Holdout from the Other Plane, bypassing its protection against intruders. Cross then appeared before Julius, ordering the Rogue Servant to submit or die. Julius refused, and attempted to corrupt Cross.
Julius: [13]
Cross: [16]
Cross remained unwavering before Julius words, and went in for the kill. The Holdout attempted to activate on Cross, as it still identified Julius as a Protector of the Moon.
Holdout: [18]
Cross: [18]
Holdout: [9]
Cross: [10]
Cross resisted the effect of the Holdout. Cross with Rykan's Bag of Trick attacked Julius who revealed a modified War Emerald (Divine).
Cross (+Divine): [13]+[2]
Julius (+Divine): [12]+[2]
War Emerald Difficulty Rating: 30
Both Aspects fought violently using all means at their disposal, evenly matched. But Cross managed to gain the upper hand by damaging the War Emerald, and wounding Julius.
Cross (+Divine): [17]+[1]
Julius (+Divine): [17]+[3]-1
Damaged War Emerald Difficulty Rating: 20
Julius overloaded his War Emerald, unleashing a deadly attack on Cross, wounding them. It caused the War Emerald to shatter.
Cross (+Divine): [11]+[1]
Julius (+Divine): [7]
Without a War Emerald, Julius was suddenly at a great disadvantage. Cross managed to finish the Rogue Aspect, striking them down. The bitter Julius decided to follow the example by exploding in an attempt to take Cross with them.
Cross (+Divine): [12]+[2]
Julius: [18]
Rykan's Bag of Tricks Difficulty Rating: 30
Julius last attack was the most devastating one he ever unleashed, destroying the capital of Magaria along with the two Aspects. The damage on Cross soul were so great it would take at least 2 Cycles for the Aspect to return. Rykan's Bag of Tricks has been damaged.
-Quill, Aspect of Improvement: the Last Whisper of Acter manifested into another Aspect, who appeared on the scene of battle. He took Rykan's Bag of Tricks, and went to restore order in Magaria.
-Distrust of Aspects: Quill attempted to bring peace back to Magaria, but the damage done by the Rogue Julius was too late. The Magarians were now utterly distrustful of Aspects, and by extension the Gods. Quill fled to the Coalition of the Serpent.
-Civil War: With the death of Julius, another civil war erupted in Magaria between several warlords.
-Split: the once unified Kingdom of Magaria split into six countries led by ruthless warlords.
The Kingdom of Magaria has disappeared, splitting into the Six Kingdoms of Magaria-Carsilo: With war raging even more, and Heroes fighting Heroes on a daily basis, Carsilo who now resided in the second Kingdom, made great advances on his research. It was that simple, more death, more trauma could lead to ascending to a Legend. He shared everything with the Warlord Dirtalo.
-Dirtalo, the Blood Lord: Dirtalo, using the knowledge of Carsilo, awakened to a Legend in a ritualistic execution of countless prisoners captured from the other kingdoms.
-Values Change: Savagery and ruthlessness have further twisted the values of the Magarians, who now value War, Power and Martial Prowess greatly.
-Research: Too busy with war, not much research has been done. It is so much more exalting to fight than to research to the Magarians now.
------The Starborn Settlement of Andaeuse------Vera, Aspect of Depravity: Vera, feeling the death of Cross, has grown extremely distressed. Going into a deep session of soul-searching, Vera has made a complete turn and returned to what they were. Vera is no longer corrupted.
-Vera, Aspect of Depravity and Fyrma: Vera attempts to corrupt Fyrma, and the rest of Andaeuse. The Holdout attempts to activate on Vera.
Vera: [18]
Fyrma: [8]
Holdout: [11]
Vera: [13]
Fyrma: [12]
Vera managed to corrupt Fyrma. A greater shade of Vera manifested as a result, one capable of creating other shades of Vera. Vera then manages to corrupt all of Andaeuse, though not a lot of shades remain as they are instantly struck down by the Andaeuseans.
-Corruption: Corrupted by Vera, Andaeuse declares that only a preemptive war will protect them from the Magarians.
-War Preparation: Andaeuse prepares for War, producing weapons and warships.
-Research: Research is stagnating, with all resources put into arming Andaeuse.
-Fyrma: The corrupted Fyrma decides that knowledge shouldn't be sought, but hidden and destroyed. She destroys all archives of Andaeuse, causing them to lose all their accumulated knowledge. If nothing is done, they will suffer from a great regression next Cycle.
------The Coalition of the Serpent------Quill: Quill has arrived in the Coalition, and while at first wary, the people of the Coalition eventually accepted Quill.
-Project Progression: With the help of Quill, formidable progress was made. The War Emeralds were successfully reverse-engineered, creating a version even stronger than that of the Magarians. [Heroic Artifacts, rare Divine]
-Research: With the help of Quill, the Coalition has been developping at a staggering pace. Progress in magitech and naval techniques led them to be able to create powerful warships, far superior to that of the Magarians.
-Research: With the help of Quill, the Coalition is on their way to develop flying machines.
------The Dai Diarusu Teikoku-------Lasting Prosperity: With Torus their, the DLS2 are enjoying a Golden Age. Furthermore, they have been blessed by Mavnon, making them better as a race. All would be perfect, if it were not for those pesky rebel beings who appeared from nowhere.
-Conflict: The Dai Diarusu Teikoku is suffering from guerilla attacks from the Soulforged Watchdogs.
Greater Soulforged Watchdog: [11]
Soulforged Watchdogs: [8,9]
DLS2 Forces (+Heroic): [8,11]+[10,7]
The DLS2 are still vastly superior, what with their arsenal. The wounded Watchdogs flee before total annihilation. They manage to keep their base of operations, in the Dread Mountain, secret for now.
-Project Progression: The DLS2 have produced so many Extinction Bombs they could probably turn Dirt into a beautiful wasteland.
-Research: The DLS2 have developped long-range ballistic weapons while trying to develop flying machines.
-Research: The DLS2 aeronautic division is booming, leading to the creation of non-magic and magic powered flying machines, the Zeclei (sg. Zecleus). Massive ships able to house the DLS2, they are slow but extremely stable and sturdy. They cannot fly beyond the atmosphere of Dirt.
-Culture: With the appearance of varied works of art, exploring the limits of DLS2ity, Culture is booming in the Teikoku.
-Research: Magic has been recognized as an official science in the Teikoku, leading to more funds coming its way.
-Research: DLS2 have started experiments with the hidden axes of reality, based on the theory of a genius DLS2. They have ascertained the existence of something "beyond" the tridimensional plane.
-Preservation Reserves: DLS2 activists have managed to inspire the government to create "Preservation Reserves" for the entertaining lesser races. The few remaining Spirit Chickens, Spirit Werechickens and Dryads were placed here.
------Maaltha'Rumyel------Opera's Return: Opera has returned to the capital of Maaltha'Rumyel. With her return, the Dominion seems to work with increased fervor.
-Discovery: the Dexoths have made a breakthrough in Crosstechnology and automatons, leading to the creation of the Automaxoths. The Automaxoths are drones controlled by the powerful Dexoth minds, amplified with artifacts of their own creation. They can also be programmed to follow complex directives, allowing them to better serve their masters. There are biomechanic Automaxoths as well as purely inorganic ones.
-Project: The Dexoths have created a prototype weapon to rival the Extinction Bombs, a weapon they called "Flow Over-resonator". Its principle is to overload a power vein of Dirt to annihilate localized regions. Tests are currently ongoing, and seem promising..
-Flux: the built-up Flux has completely disappeared.
-Discovery: Understanding the Flux better has led the Dexoths to weaponize its effects. They have started developping "Self-repeating Disturbance Spells", complex spells which self-repeat and quickly consume power in an area, theoretically increasing the Flux of that area.
-Values Change: Long lasting peace has led the Dexoths to value tranquility and peace.
-Final Expansion: The Dexoths have finally settled in all Seas and Oceans of Dirt.
-Project: Under orders of Opera, the Dexoths have started creating a Gate to the Other Plane. This titanic project is using the pinnacle of the knowledge and resources of the Dexoth, accumulated over the years.
-Mecha Duru: The Mecha Duru were discovered in a remote location of Maaltha'Rumyel. The properties of this tree and the living metal greatly intrigued scientific minds, and apart from some experiments to learn more about the tree, the Dexoths didn't find much use for the Mecha Duru. The living metal had material properties far inferior to the common alloys used in Maaltha'Rumyel, and was vastly outclassed by Velthoi. Furthermore, the highly advanced Dexoth production processes made the freeshaping properties of living metal obsolete.
------The Kingdom of Elysium------The First Inventor King: Granted a great gift by Geon, the smartest Dwarf named himself Inventor King. The Inventor King made great progress in steam based technology, developping prototypes for steam vehicles.
-The First Inventor King and Diva La Shugareth: The First Inventor King, like all other Dwarves, greatly respected and trusted Diva, the mysterious protector of Elysium. He gave the Book to Diva who was curious about it.
Diva: 11
Book: 1
Was it the eldritch mind of Diva? Her inhuman intelligence and pool of knowledge? Whatever the cause, the Book was greatly altered by whatever it tried to store from Diva's memories, corrupting it. Diva noticed the change in the Book, and warned the Inventor King of its new dangers. He shouldn't ever open the Book without her being present, or else he would risk losing his mind.
-The First Inventor King: The Inventor King trusted Diva, and listened to her advice. And she was right, the Book had become so twisted the Inventor King could barely glance at it without being assaulted by tearing thoughts and concepts. Only by the powers of Diva could these effects be suppressed.
-Discovery: Careful use of the changed Book led the Inventor King to create neverseen before inventions. Tools that worked without steam, and better than their steam equivalent tools. Weapons, even. No one bar the Inventor King and Diva understood how they worked, but they sure did.
-Chicken Fanatic Serial Killer and his Cult: The Serial Killer escaped imprisonment! He managed to convert some guards with his never ending preaching, and disappeared. Murders of inventors and scientists resumed, and people were caught. All of them converted to the Killer's Cult, named the Agents of Restoration. It seems their goal was to eradicate heretical knowledge.
-Catching the Cult: Unfortunately for the Agents of Restoration, the competent Thalal succeeded in ratting the hideout of the Cult. All cultists were caught and imprisoned in a high security prison.
-Platypus, Catgoo and Blessed Tycho: The trio has reached Elysium, and are overjoyed to find intelligent life after so long!
Puny Elysians (+Mundane): [4]+1
Platypus, Catgoo, Blessed Tycho: [5,11,11+9]
Several villages were wiped out by the friendly antics of the monstrous trio. Disappointed the fun was so short, they wanted more! As such, they progressed further into Elysium lands.
-Platypus, Catgoo and Blessed Tycho: Elysium deployed their regular army, outfitted with the best weapons they had designed.
Elysian Regular Army (+Magic): [1,2]+[5,2]
Platypus, Catgoo, Blessed Tycho: [11,11,10+5]
The regular army was completely crushed, and didn't put much of a fight due to being unused to actual fighting. Satisfied, the trio decided to resume exploration of this fun land, not after destroying a few more villages and towns.
-Platypus, Catgoo, Blessed Tycho, and the Mecha-Duru: The trio found a really strange tree, with a pool of curious matter. To their amazement, this matter could coalesce into whatever they thought! And to their fun, they shaped a lot of... things. Strange things, born from the minds of those threes. With this toy maker tree, the three friends had great fun, and made this place their home.
-Inventor King and Mecha-Duru: Heeding the words of Geon, the Inventor King went to see the fabled Mecha-Duru tree. He didn't notice the looming shadow over him, and ended up squashed by a gravity hamster. The Corrupted Book of Inventor Kings ended in possession of Tycho, who curiously read it...
-Tycho and the Corrupted Book: A great hamster squeal could be heard all across Elysium, as Tycho opened the Book. The next instant, the hamster was lying on his back, with stars in his eyes. It then got up, dazzed, and shook its head a bit. Ah, better. Tycho suddenly had a lot of ideas. Fun ideas. With a glint of insanity in his eyes, Tycho started building something with the use of the pool... One could hear the hamster cackling at night. The Platypus and the Catgoo were unaffected by the Book, and wondered what happened to Tycho, who had suddenly turned so lively.
------The Holy Kingdom of the Silverhand------The Mist, Pleasureful Smog of Singular Value: The Mist has departed for Elys.
-Archpriest Smitty: the Archpriest worked on developping the Kingdom at a normal pace.
-The Useless Generation: With the Mist gone, there was no way of awakening the Genius inside newborns, leading to what the Kingdom called the Useless Generation.
-Industrial Revolution: Good progress was made technology wise in the Holy Kingdom, leading to the start of an Industrial Revolution. The factories are working full power!
-Dvenu: Dvenu is living a peaceful life in the Holy Kingdom. Not really knowing what to do without nearby countries to contact, he took upon himself to learn gardening.
-Mecha Duru: The Mecha Duru appeared right in Dvenu's garden, greatly intriguing the legendary Gardener. He noticed the interesting properties of the living metal, and decided to take great care of the Mecha Duru. Thanks to that, the Mecha Duru managed to produce a Mecha Pod in no time! It will have fully matured next cycle, and more pods have already started growing.
------Other Minor Settlements-----The Sun Harpies Tribe:-First Contact: The Sun Harpies have encountered the DLS2 as they explored the lands. These Sun Harpies were captured by the DLS2, and placed in "Preservation Reserves".
-Stagnation: Unable to expand beyond the mountains they appeared in, the Sun Harpies are stagnating due to the scarcity of resources.
-The Hidden Settlement of the Sharp Kitsune:Thousandtails and the Sharp Kitsune have created a Hidden Settlement in the Trinity Forest------Great Beings, Artifacts and Other Events------
Cross, Aspect of War: -Dead: Cross has been struck down, and his damaged soul is attempting to recover to attempt a resurrection. It is hanging around the vestige of battle.
Kor'Shugareth and Reefwalker: -Beyond Planes: Ma'Rook's Realm has been partially restored, but restoration is progressing slowly. The Anathema and the Aspect are using all their power to rebuld it to their image.
The Mist:On its way to Elys.The Bloody Seed of Strength:-In a frozen lake: The strange climate of the Crystal World led to the Crucible turning into an arctic desert of crystal. The lake inside which was the Seed froze over.
Mecha-Duru:-The one of the Moon: The Mecha-Duru of the Moon was placed in a remote, uninhabited island.
-Pod Formation (Elysium): The tree is slowly forming a handful of pods. It will take a long time until they are complete, granted the trio doesn't play with them out of curiosity.
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