Dargquon Ql'deleodna: (n) "Dar-qu-on Kel-del-ode-na" something i made up that sounded cool, partially based off of the Drow Drizzt Do'Urden's name style
"He who takes a life...it is as if he has destroyed an entire world....but he who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the world entire" Talmud Sanhedrin 4:5
!Hasta la victoria siempre! (Always, until Victory!)
-Ernesto "Che" Guevarra
Which is a very large bummer, because there were some really good ideas, there. Damnation.
DQ, Jenna, Grif and I were all in chat last night, and we began to discuss ways that we might make this next part of the storybook more exciting.
This is the general jist of it--
The battle we are in right now is just a skirmish. The priests were having trouble opening the doors to the First Wizard's Mausoleum. We kill them, and have to find a way to open the door (Henry's Blade is the key, and it reacts when the sword is presented near the door).
Once inside, stairs lead down and into a crypt. which is filled with traps and baddies.
At the end of the catacombs is another door. This one requires more than a simple key. It requires a phrase, as well. This phrase was taught to Becky by her mother, as a lullaby. w00t.
Once the door is opened, and the tomb retrieved, however, the group is ambushed by the High Priest of Bane and his most powerful priests--we were set up. The priests and elves at the surface were merely bait to get us to open the doors and clear the path for them.
If they slaughter us with their magic, the Tome is likely to be destroyed. If we attack them, we're likely to be killed. So it's a stalemate. Then the Harbingers show up, and demand our unconditional surrender. We do so, because now the odds are distinctly against us.
But, as it turns out, the Harbingers are loyal to the crown, not the council that killed the king and queen. Which means loyal to Valin. They turn against the priests, killing all but the High Priest, who manages to escape with the book.
The party leaves in hot pursuit, alongside the harbingers.
When they reach the surface, they see the High Priest standing in front of them, a grin on his face. A portal stands open behind him, and even as the group watches, a clawed and reaches through and a Demon of Bane steps through the portal, followed by another. And another. Soon, there are a score of the things.
The battle is hard, and many of the harbingers are killed while defending Valin and his companions. In the end, though, the demons are killed, and the High Priest is shot through the heart by Henry, or one of the other bow-wielders. He falls into the portal, which, no longer linked to the material plane, collapses in upon itself.
But he dropped the book before he fell in. The party has reclaimed it! w00t!
News of the harbinger's betrayal spreads quickly, and OH IDEA. What if the Harbingers are the ones to execute the elves that betrayed Valin's Parents? Then they could spread the word to the elven kingdom that they've been duped by the priests, and that Valin will return to reclaim the throne soon!...or something. Anyway, thats was off track a little.
Alden flies off to tell Harris that we have the book. We get a little downtime while we're waiting for his return. When he does, we're informed that we are to return to Harris immediately. We do so. From there, there were a few ideas floating around the chat. Maybe we're ambushed on the way back? Maybe HARRIS takes the book and leaves some of her men to try and kill the group?
Anyway. That's what the chat was about...how does that look to everyone? Please comment ASAP, as we're in the fight that will set the whole thing in motion if it's approved.
ALSO, a NOTE: We need opinions on whether a or not an election should be madew to determine a leader of the storybook. Please respond to this question, if nothing else.
Got YWS? I do.
Lumi: Don't you drag my donobby into this. Lumi: He's the sweetest angel this side of hades.
Anyway, Grif -- I'd just like to apologise for attacking you. It's not all your fault, just some things you have done/said in the past have irritated me, but it's not all you and it was out of line for me to say all those things. I keep my opinions, but I realise it's also my fault for not trying hard enough to contribute. I'm the sort of person that prefers someone to come to me and say, "Hey, Jack, do you wanna help with this plot idea?" rather than go ahead myself and think of something -- that's just who I am. I'm not usually that confident so I do better when someone expresses confidence in me, I can work off that.
Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.
About Becky's lulluby phrase, she doesn't know it's magic, she just thinks it's a song. I don't know why she'd randomly start singing it.
Maybe someone could be injured and she could sing it to try and calm them? (Or herself?)
Harris trying to take the book would be cool.
About the election, I don't really like the idea. It seems like they'd get a lot of hassle, and might be blamed for any problems. We could all just try to post in the discussion thread more, or have JiN discussion chats on a schedule. That's just my opinion, though.
Jennafina's Love Your Body Already Dammit Campaign
"He who takes a life...it is as if he has destroyed an entire world....but he who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the world entire" Talmud Sanhedrin 4:5
!Hasta la victoria siempre! (Always, until Victory!)
-Ernesto "Che" Guevarra
I was just talking with Sieg andn Grif in the chatroom, and here's some of what discussed. What do you think?
Valin could have some trouble getting on the throne. There could be a task he has to complete that wouldn't be easy, like retrieving the tome. The tome could be necessary, because the reason elves are immortal is because they give birth magically. They had a stockpile of arcane magic, but it's gone, so the elves have become sterile. That way, Valin would have to hurry.
Alden could not really be gone. He could come back on a divine mission.
Jennafina's Love Your Body Already Dammit Campaign
I dont like the whole "Elves give birth magically and thus are sterile" thing. Elves give birth normally. They have both genders, thus reproduce as any other species does.
"He who takes a life...it is as if he has destroyed an entire world....but he who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the world entire" Talmud Sanhedrin 4:5
!Hasta la victoria siempre! (Always, until Victory!)
-Ernesto "Che" Guevarra
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