When the elf corpse had burnt to a crisp, and lay in the courtyard smoldering, the High Priest Kulaka came forward. He carried the artifact wooden scepter carved long ago. He marched to the edge of the moat and began chanting in ancient Dwarvish.
As he did so, dwarves began gathering. The Queen climbed to the top of the battlements and spoke down to the dwarves below, "Hear me, my flock! Many of you do not believe in the might of my God...but it is HE that holds back the darkness. With his help, I have rebuilt our nation! Who questions the glory of our God when they look at his temple? Who can question the wealth He has brought to this place?"
There was silence among the crowd below.
"Yet still some of you snicker in the hallways...complaining that this wealth had too high a price. You complain that you have lost too many loved ones. You do not even thank our Lord above for the pain he has given you! It can only make you stronger!"
At this point a couple of the more beardly dwarves clapped their hands and shouted out in agreement.
"Yes my dwarves! Hear this from me, for I was not born to the purple! I clawed my way to it! Strength is all that matters! I will make our nation strong again! I ask only that you stand with me!"
The crowd applauded and cheered, not wanting to be considered a rebel or traitor.
"Good! Those who are strong enough to stand beside me shall share in the riches of our great new mountain-home! For with the help of our Lord, nothing is impossible!!! High Priest, commence the conjuring!"
High Priest Kulaka raised the scepter, and shouted another line of ancient dwarvish. Then he plunged the scepter into the water of the moat. Immediately the surface of the water burst into flames, knocking the High Priest back...
The dwarves ran to the entry ways and battlements to see what had happened. The water was no longer blue...it was red. And as some of the dwarves neared it, they were struck by it's heat. Suddenly they realized what it was. All of the fighting and rebellion, all of the doubts about the Queen and the Priests, they were all swept away instantly. The Queen had brought about something no other dwarf had ever been able to do. It was the ultimate dwarven alchemy. Humans sought to turn things into worthless gold. That was nothing. No. The great Queen Urist had turned water into
magma! (okay technically lava)
The dwarves shouted, nearly in unisonm "Long live Queen Urist! Gods save the Queen!". They dropped to their knees - every one of them - and began cheering and bowing and clapping their hands.
Now...at last....Blockedlance had everything!
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