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Dantalian

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Heh heh heh... '-_-

Changing a name takes a few minutes, adding takes a few hours... Sorry, I meant to mention last week, but finals are this week, so I had to spend time studying and finishing up projects...

I won't miss the adds this week, I promise... I'll also TRY to add here as well as the Monolith tomorrow.

Elitemage, I don't have them, but Orcris does, so if I need them, I could ask. Despite this, I still remember most of the original (I did write it after all), and yet, this redo, although bearing most of the major themes, will likely be quite different... "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

03-May-2010 13:50:53 - Last edited on 04-May-2010 19:55:04 by Dantalian

Elitemage14

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I was thinking it could be nice if you reposted all of the originals in full to hold us all over while you are rewriting them.

05-May-2010 02:33:18

Dantalian

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I think it would be a little confusing to have two versions up at the same time (not to mention it would likely attract the attention of mods and wanna-be mods if two stories with the same name, posted by the same person were up at the same time.) "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

07-May-2010 06:56:51

Dantalian

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Daefon paused for a moment to make sure his comrades were keeping up with him. When he was younger, he too had trouble marching up a mountain in full armor. Looking back he noticed his troops were panting heavily, but not slowing down; good soldiers, hopefully, they wouldn’t push themselves too hard that they collapsed, as Daefon had seen many new recruits do.

When they reached him, Daefon said, “Let’s rest for now, we don’t know how dangerous this mission is going to be, and it would be a bad idea to exhaust our strength.”

Daefon’s companions immediately began to protest, claiming they were quite capable of going another few days without rest, something Daefon knew to be a lie. Eventually, Daefon used his authority as leader to demand they rest for several minutes. With that, Daefon’s companions finally stopped arguing and began talking amongst themselves. Daefon sighed to himself as he heard their conversations; all of them were excited at this mission, and seemed to think nothing of the danger involved. Daefon hoped that the mission would be as easy as these new recruits made it sound, however, he had his doubts. "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

07-May-2010 06:58:20 - Last edited on 07-Sep-2010 04:01:37 by Dantalian

Dantalian

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While his companions prattled on, he went over the details in his head. They were surprisingly few and unspecific; strange lights, which appeared to be caused by fire had begun appearing in the crags of the Kandarin mountains at night, and this had started just a few days ago, when many seers had detected several new sources of great power appear. Some higher ups in the Guardians of Armadyl had begun to suspect that this area might have one of the sources of power, and were determined to investigate it before something happened. As such, Daefon had been called up; the higher ups still remembered his contributions to Lucien’s defeat, and his subsequent retrieval of the Staff of Armadyl. However, they had given him a group made entirely of new recruits; well-trained new recruits, of course, but nonetheless, new recruits.

Daefon sighed and laid back. It didn't surprise him that he was stuck with new recruits; there were few Armadylists as is, and with both the rising tensions between the Saradominist and Zamorakian factions, and the sudden resurgence of Zarosian power, there were few troops the Guardians could spare.

Deciding his men had enough of a rest, Daefon stood and gave the order to move out; an order that his men only reluctantly obeyed despite their previous insistence on not needing a break.

It murmured to itself as it shook itself awake. For days now it had felt itself stirring from its deep sleep; called to wake by an ancient power now released to the land.

-Good- said its master, -It’s time to wake up.-

With this it opened its eyes and looked around; it seemed to be in a cave with no furnishings, there was little light other than the faint orange glow given off by its body.

-Something comes,- the master’s voice said, -It seems a group of weaklings is nearby. How fortunate, you may be a little rusty as a result of your hibernation; go out and kill the weaklings so that you remember how to fight.- "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

07-May-2010 07:02:20 - Last edited on 07-Sep-2010 04:03:59 by Dantalian

Dantalian

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At this bidding, it began to slowly walk to what it knew to be the exit of these caves, eager to sate its bloodthirst after so long.

Daefon sighed to himself, his men were falling even further behind than before; he might have to stop again, even though they had only been walking for five minutes since the last rest.

“Are we… almost there?” gasped one of Daefon’s companions.

“Almost,” replied Daefon, “Just a little bit further… wait a minute…”

One of the caverns riddling the mountainside had began to glow faintly orange, catching Daefon’s attention. Soon the other Armadylists had noticed as well, and as they watched a figure emerged from the cavern. The figure stood at around seven feet tall, with long, disheveled black hair, and dark brown skin, which glowing lines of orange ran through. Its eyes were likewise glowing orange and had neither pupil nor iris.

*What in Gielinor is that?!” questioned one of the Armadylists.

This exclamation seemed to get the creature’s attention; it quickly turned and found the group of Armadylists, upon which it broke into a grin, revealing a set of razor-sharp teeth. The creature outstretched its arm, and a greatsword which seemed to be made of flesh rather then metal appeared in his hand. Gripping this sword, the creature sped toward the Armadylists, bounding over the mountainous terrain as swiftly as if it had been an open field.

Daefon quickly drew his sword, and braced himself for the creature's attack, but behind him, he could already hear his companions scrambling to flee. Mentally sighing at their cowardice, he kept his eyes on the creature. When the creature was a few meters away from Daefon, it leaped forward, passing over Daefon’s head. Daefon quickly turned to face the creature, and was met with a spray of blood as the creature felled all his companions with a single swing of its strange blade. "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

07-May-2010 07:05:09 - Last edited on 07-Sep-2010 04:06:11 by Dantalian

Dantalian

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While Daefon stared in shock, the creature began to lap up his companion’s blood with an unnaturally long tongue, completely ignoring Daefon. Realizing that engaging in close combat was likely tantamount to suicide, Daefon reached out his hand and said, “Oh holy light which dispels evil, strike at my enemy.”

With this, a burst of light struck the creature, which in turn jumped back, and began to look around in confusion, whatever it was, it didn't seem to be intelligent.

-You fool,- it heard it’s master say, -That one has holy magic, flee, lest he does you in before you’ve recovered your strength!-

Daefon stared in shock as the creature suddenly raised its head as if listening to something, then bounded off as quickly as it had come.

“What in the gods’ names was that?” Daefon asked himself. He was about to pursue the creature when he noticed an eagle flying directly toward him, bearing something in its talons. Daefon called out to it; using a gift he had obtained from Armadyl which allowed him to speak to birds, and was told by the eagle that it bore a letter from Armadyl himself. Surprised, as his god rarely intervened in the world anymore, Daefon waited for the eagle to arrive, took the letter from it, and began to read:

My child,

Long have I been absent from this world, grieving for the loss of my beloved children, and yet, a situation so dire has arisen that I cannot ignore this world any longer. The very fate of all Gielinor will soon be decided; and I may yet return. I ask thee, my child to lend me thy strength. In three days time, make your way to the Eagle’s Peak north of Ardougne, there you shall be further instructed.

Strength through justice,
Armadyl

Daefon remained on the mountainside only long enough to cremate his companions, and send a letter to the leaders of the Guardians informing them of the disastrous events of his mission, then set off toward Ardougne. "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

07-May-2010 07:08:50 - Last edited on 07-Sep-2010 04:08:19 by Dantalian

Dantalian

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Anyone care to guess who/what that creature was? Some of you at least should know of it.

Anyway, there will be an extra add on Saturday of this week. "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

07-May-2010 07:09:53

Orcris

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Interesting. Seems we have an insane Helreighn. Not the kind of future someone really looks forward to now is it. Seems the game is about to begin.

~Orcris~
~Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.~ Darth Revan
~Est Sularis Oth Mithas~ Sturm Brightblade
~Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality~ Richter Abend
~What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger* Friedrich Nietzsche
~Who I am is not important, my message is~ Darth Revan
~Amor omnia vincit~ Virgil

07-May-2010 17:19:33

Dantalian

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Orcris, you are clearly too smart to have gotten that way fairly, as such the moment I find the rl report abuse button (where the heck is it?!) I'm reporting you for haxing.

Disregarding that, as promised there will be an extra add here today, but to tide you over until then, I have posted an appendix to the Black Pentagram. The appendix is not part of the plot, but does give a brief overview of how magic works in my stories, in case anyone of curious of such things. "He appears in the Form of a Man with many Countenances; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one."

08-May-2010 17:54:10

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