And 100killer9 warps the minds of the guardian naga, and announces this to the cats. Given direct orders from their god, the cats decisively ends the dwarven confusion, by pulling them entirely under their control. The crystal dwarves stop worshipping Beanchubbs, and begin sending prayers to 100killer9. There is no real devotion, though, the cats are always there, controlling them, and now never venture far from the dwarf that they have attached themselves to. The guardian naga, their minds twisted by 100killer9's intervention, also soon dismiss Geb as a god, and instead turn to the crystal god of 100killer9.
Trade with the cave naga halts, as the cats have no interest in that, focusing instead on making the spire yet higher and grander, with the dwarves putting finishing touches that the cats' raw crystal-growing skills can't do. The cave naga can feel that something is very wrong, both with the now golem-like dwarves, and the guardian naga that has withdrawn worship from their creator god. The cave naga decide to stay away from the tower, lest they be afflicted by the same thing that has warped the spire dwellers. The loss of the delicious crystals which the dwarves traded did hurt, but luckily a new source had just been found.
On the coasts of the Continent of Despair grew the Haoma bushes, desired by both elves and beasts. Some of the elven coastal villages had moved their location, setting up around Haoma bushes and nurturing them, to trade with other elven tribes. This included some seafaring tribes, which were among the first to slowly perfect their boatbuilding skills, though the boats were still of little use on the open sea far from coast.
The cave naga had encountered the seafaring elves in the past, and a small amount of trade existed. Through this had been established a small trade of Haoma fruits in exchange for using their water magic to guard the craft and propel them faster to their destinations. Now, at the order of their deity, and with the crystal trade to the spire cut off, the naga establish their first trading post near the friendly seafaring elves they had already encountered. There they established their pools and channels. Stone walls were an entirely different problem, however. Underwater they could use their water magic to erode dwellings. These skills had little use above water. And so for now, the trading post was a flat area of pools and channels. From here the naga contacted the Haoma growing elves, and so traded the fruits in exchange for seashells and alcoholic beverages.
And Beanchubbs forms a holy order of dwarves. These become known as the Order of the Axe, and wield axes rather than the hammers that other dwarven warriors use. While the dark dwarven army skirmishes with orcs in the mountains, and elves in the forest, the Order of Axe stays within the holds for now, waiting for whatever orders their deity might have for them. Not that the dwarven army needs any help, clad in beanite armor and wielding beanite weapons, they slaughter the orcs, and suffer only minor casualties from the elves. With the creation of the crossbow, the elves are also quickly finding battle with the dwarves a losing proposition.
However, the elves are learning magics to combat the dwarven scourge. Soon elemental mages weigh in on the elven side, drowning the dwarves in rivers, and making the ground swallow them up. This brings the dwarven earth mages into the fray, and battles of spelling and counterspelling occurs, where the loser is the one to first pass out from bloodloss. Soon the two sides are not fighting for any specific cause, but simply out of grudge, to revenge those that has died in earlier battles.
While the elves battle the dwarves in the north, in the south a band has been gathered to investigate the disappearing villages. They find them trampled and smashed, with an easily followable trail of smashed trees leading through the forest. The size of the trail, however, leads them to head back to their home villages to gather reinforcements. The eyes of the gods can see something peculiar and disturbing. As the aberration consumes all around it, it grows, adding features of that consumed to itself. Tusks and trunks mix with elven features, and patches of bark and fur. It is unlikely that the beast can be killed at this stage, without serious application of magic.
And Greenleaf creates the humans, and drops them on the island Eden. This first time is tough for the humans. Though there might be no intelligent life on the island, they are still surrounded by plant and animal life, most of which is hostile. Many die, but through toughness, guile and skill, the humans manage to find a safe haven in a series of caves, armed with wooden clubs. Despite the deaths the humans have heart. They are the chosen creatures of a god, and they are on a mission. From the relative safety of the caves, the humans start to strike out, investigating the surrounding forest, and bringing back things which they can use. They learn to navigate the wilderness, though it is still dangerous. Soon the first flint tools appear, and the first javelins gets carved by the intrepid humans.
ACTs100killer9: 1 ACTs
Beanchubbs: 2 ACT
Hillburra: 3 ACT
Geb: 1 ACTs
Greenleaf: 1 ACT
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