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Khylorn the Shifter 08-17-04, 11:53 AM	Note: Unless you are me, Xilar of the Planes, malik21 or Suar-Lei (and eventually Ethran Skylark), please don't post here. Outside of the Darkhole Inn, a small man in a green cloak waits for those he wanted to come. Two sparkling scimitars are on his belt. "If we're to get to the Abyss in time, they'd better show up."
malik21 08-17-04, 06:43 PM	A tall man in black clothes,Black hair and two wings.One of an angels and another of a demons walks out of Darkhole Inn. Khylorn!How are you?
Khylorn the Shifter 08-17-04, 06:56 PM	Khylorn smiles at the man. "Malik!" Khylorn greets him. "Good to see you again. If Xilar and Suar-Lei get here, we can be on our way."
Xilar of the Planes 08-17-04, 07:01 PM	A man of over 8 feet wearing a black cloak walks up. Shedding his hood, his pale yellow skin appears. "Hello, Khylorn," Xilar slurs, his githzeraian accent showing while speaking the Common tongue. "Good to see you again." They shake hands. Xilar looks at the winged man. "You must be Malik, then. I am Xilar." He extends a yellowish hand to Malik.
malik21 08-17-04, 07:42 PM	Malik ,though somewhat surprised by Xilar's size shakes his hand. "Good to finally meet you"
Suar-Lei 08-17-04, 08:44 PM	A tall, gaunt, crimson-skinned magus, clad in robes emblazoned with fiery designs approaches. A short, wicked scimitar of brass hangs at his hip comfortably, and spell components fill the pouches on his belt. The half-githzerai, half-afreet bows formally to Xilar in respect for his githzerai heritage, and shakes hands with the rest. "I am Suar-Lei. My skills lie in both magic and might."
malik21 08-17-04, 08:51 PM	"Khylorn,You did not tell me there was yet another person on our quest."
Khylorn the Shifter 08-17-04, 10:07 PM	Khylorn nods at Suar-Lei, and turns to Malik. "We needed a fourth person, and Suar-Lei was the first person to contact me. Besides, he has outsider heritage and can probably deal with demons quite well." ((OOC reason: The thread was open so that a fourht person could join. But no one new can join now.))
Xilar of the Planes 08-18-04, 08:28 AM	Looking at Suar-Lei, Xilar bows in return. "Do you speak the tongue of the githzerai? I would be delighted to speak the language of my fathers again."
Khylorn the Shifter 08-18-04, 03:52 PM	Smiling, Khylorn clears his throat. The three others pause and listen to Khylorn as he beigns speaking. "Hopefully you have all prepared for this trip," Khylorn begins. "I certainly have. I brought some supplies for the trip." First, he pulls out 20 vials of a translucent white material. "The vials are filled with something called Paladin's Tears. The tears are blessed and enchanted water designed to hurt demons. Its equaivalent, to a demon anyway, is being smacked by a Horrid Wilting spell. If you don't know what I mean, your flesh wilts off of your body when that spell is cast on you. Unfortunately, these don't work on balors, so don't waste any on Ethran. Take 5, each of you." He grabs 5 for himself and pockets them. "If you want some more, stop at Demon's Sanctum." He pauses, thinking. "Let's see...what else have I brought? Oh, the scimitars!" He draws the scimitars at his side. "Got these especially for the trip down here. These swords are designed to destroy demons. Truth and Justice, they're called." Khylorn smiles proudly, sheathing the weapons. "What are you all armed with?"
Xilar of the Planes 08-18-04, 04:15 PM	Xilar takes 5 vials of paladin's tears and places them in his sack, which he unbuttons. He spills the contents out. Inside are a glowing white pearl and a satchel full of material components. "This pearl calls an angel from Celestia. It is a pearl of greater planar ally and I will enchant it so that all of you can use it. The angel's name is Gabriel and he is a solar." Next, he unsheaths a longsword with an angelic motif. "This blade is named Retribution. It was forged in the halls of Bahamut himself." Sheathing Retribution, he looks at Malik and Suar-Lei. "What do you two have?"
Suar-Lei 08-18-04, 06:20 PM	"While I doubt it's flames will fare well against the hide of demons, the Wrath of Belthomais is a mighty blade, and I am unrivaled in swordplay in the Monastery of Zerth'Ad'Lum." He says as he unsheathes the brass scimitar from his hip. Its blade is engraved with Gith symbols "I have my ring. It summons an afreet-turned-angel named Aora'il. And, I have my Damnation spell. Won't the Lord of the Nine be elated when it rains demons in Nessus?"
malik21 08-18-04, 11:32 PM	Malik grabs the vials and pulls ou examine them. "Hmm,could you guys be careful not to get this on me...I am part demon.....For the trip I enchanted my sword with several spells and such,poison exploding arrows,and these.." he pulls out four vials each with one little black ball inside. "When you throw them they create a small temporary darkhole sucking the closest living thing into it that will fit.I doubt Ethran will fit though."He hands one vials to each of them
Khylorn the Shifter 08-19-04, 12:49 PM	Looking at each man's armaments, Khylorn grins, taking a vial from Malik. "Perfect. Xilar, would you do the honors? Make a gate for us."
Xilar of the Planes 08-19-04, 02:13 PM	"I will make the gate for you, Khylorn. Not the first time that I have done, and hopefully it won't be the last time." He smiles at Khylorn, and begins speaking in Githzerai. Only Suar-Lei is able to understand. "Ksir naail carablec poarendei kotharoden." A portal to send us all to hell. Xilar moves his left index finger, a bloodred light following the finger as it moved around in a circle of about 10 feet in diameter. He connects the two ends and the circle's inside begins glowing red as well. It finally stops glowing, and a frozen layer of the Abyss is before them. "The 7,345th layer of the Abyss. I believe that was the correct layer, right, Khylorn?" Khylorn nods back. "Good. Come on in!" Xilar walks through the gate.
Khylorn the Shifter 08-19-04, 05:15 PM	Khylorn follows Xilar through the portal, gesturing for the others to follow.
malik21 08-19-04, 06:26 PM	Malik quickly follows into the portal.
Xilar of the Planes 08-21-04, 04:03 PM	Suar-Lei following in, Xilar takes a hunk of ice from the Abyss and throws it through the gate as it closes. "For good luck."
Khylorn the Shifter 08-22-04, 06:17 PM	Before everyone is a great landscape of ice. In all directions, ice spreads before you, except to the direct north, where an icy castle is carved into a glacier. (Look at it here (http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/l/m/lmoody/iceworld.jpg). Art copyright L. Moody.) "That," Khylorn announces, pointing at the castle, "is the Skylark Castle. The realm of Ethran Skylark."
malik21 08-22-04, 06:25 PM	Malik looks at the castle in awe.
Ethran Skylark 08-22-04, 06:40 PM	******* "Your Almightiness! There are intruders in our realm!" The balor, who was busily plucking an angel's feathers from its living body, turns around quickly, his pointed tail lashing the angel in the face. "What?" "Check the seeing pool, Your Cruelty! There are four intruders from the Material Plane!" Instantly forgetting the angel, the balor runs to the seeing pool in the next room. He chants a spell, and the pool turns into a scene revealing a angel-demon hybrid, a small man in a green cloak, an efreet/gith with a scimitar at his side and a tall githzerai in a black cloak. "Is that Khylorn? And Xilar?" He squints at the pool. "And Malik, from the Crossroads Tavern! By Tharizdun, this is insane. Belian, send out the dragon!" Ethran, the balor, begins laughing a basso laugh as a colossal white dragon swoops down to meet the travelers. ((Edit: By the way, I'm not going down without a fight. Good luck. :rolleyes:))
malik21 08-22-04, 06:47 PM	Malik turns towards Xilar ''Do you hear something?"
malik21 08-22-04, 06:55 PM	((I feel like I'm on the Joe schmoe show and Xilar,Khlorn,and Ethran are the same person because you are never on at the same time...))
Xilar of the Planes 08-22-04, 07:02 PM	Pausing, Xilar listens to the whooshing sound from behind him. "Yes, it sounds oddly like...wings flapping?" Xilar turns around, looking for the sound's source. Looking upward, he sees the dragon in a speeding dive downward towards him, the easiest and tallest target, claws fully extended. "Uh-oh."
Ethran Skylark 08-22-04, 07:07 PM	Swooping down, the dragon attempts to grasp Xilar out of the air.
malik21 08-22-04, 07:13 PM	Malik follows Xilar's line of vision and sees the dragon. "I better get paid extra for this" He bursts into the air towards the dragon his sword at ready.
Xilar of the Planes 08-22-04, 07:55 PM	Drawing Retribution, Xilar holds the longsword up, dodging the dragon while slicing off a claw. The dragon roars in pain.
Khylorn the Shifter 08-22-04, 08:29 PM	Gritting his teeth, Khylorn sheds his green cloak, leaving him in leather armor and a belt with his scimitars. Drawing them, he suddenly sprouts wings from holes in the leather, the wings appearing to grow from his back, and follows Malik upward.
Ethran Skylark 08-22-04, 08:38 PM	The red dragon slowly watches the two winged men rise, and sucks in a breath. Then, the dragon exhales fire onto the two, melting a deep hole into the ice of the layer. The creature seems intent on not letting the four get into the castle.
malik21 08-22-04, 08:39 PM	Malik attempts to dodge the fire but his left wing catches on fire and he falls to the ground.
Khylorn the Shifter 08-22-04, 09:08 PM	Khylorn clenches his teeth and flies out of the way, but his leather armor catches fire. He hastily tries to put out the fire, but gives up and flies into the water that had been created by melting the ice, putting out the fire.
malik21 08-22-04, 10:56 PM	Malik crawls behind an ice ledge and pours a Paladins tears into the vial with the black ball.He attaches it to an arrow and aims for the dragon.
Khylorn the Shifter 08-23-04, 10:22 AM	Slowly exiting the pool of Abyssal water, with his wings suddenly gone, Khylorn sighs and falls to the ice, unconscious.
Xilar of the Planes 08-23-04, 10:39 AM	Noticing Khylorn out of the corner of his eye, but paying more attention to the immediate threat, Xilar nods at Malik. "Good idea. Be careful not to get any on you, though." Xilar pulls a white pearl out from his pocket, and begins chanting in Githzerai. The white pearl begins glowing and an angel appears from where the white pearl was. It has golden skin and a beautiful longbow and quiver set across its large back. "Hello, Oriel," Xilar says to the angel. "Can you help me with this dragon?" In response, the angel draws an arrow from her quiver and takes a shot as Malik releases his arrow. The two arrows begin flying at the dragon. The angel shouts words in Celestial that Malik understands. "Eporasaeli larohaa sdoahh ihaosc axrehous!" Arrows, may your paths fly true.
malik21 08-23-04, 06:38 PM	As Maliks arrow nears the dragon several explosions around it in random places. The black ball separates from the arrow and a gust coming from it attempts to suck the dragon in.The Paladins tears seem to spray from the arrow, raining down upon the dragon and the inhabitants in the area.Several fly towards Malik as he uses weak fire spells to evaporate the drops.He quickly hides behind some ice before anymore comes near him.
Khylorn the Shifter 08-30-04, 09:10 PM	Well, the forums just got upgraded, and here's what's happened since they saved the boards. Check it out! Suar-Lei's eyes flare and he unsheathes his scimitar, jumping impossibly high, but not so for a creature so dextrous and with blood infused with wind and fire, landing on the dragon's back and slashing at the beast's wings in a dervishlike manner. The crippled wings fold and collapse, and Suar-Lei casts a sphere of fire at the ice, and the fire dragon falls into the freezing water below. Malik rushes over to Khylorn. The unconscious man’s cloak, stained teal by the water, has a small potion in the outside pocket. It is wet with the water, but the contents appear perfectly fine, a potion shaded light pink. Following Malik's lead, Xilar and Oriel run to check out Khylorn. They grab the potion. Oriel opens the vial and sniffs it cautiously. “It seems to be a healing potion. Let's give it to him.” Nodding, Xilar opens Khylorn's mouth, and Oriel pours the potion in. Khylorn appears to swallow it. Xilar notices something strange. “Where's his tongue?” Sure enough, Khylorn is completely tongueless. Waking up, Khylorn smiles at Malik, Xilar and Oriel, who are all leaning over him. "Did you use the healing potion?" He annunciates the words perfectly despite his missing tongue. "Anyway, we should get into the Castle before he sends something else at us." Gesturing for the others to follow, Khylorn picks up his bag and continues on. Those who look carefully notice that he also has no fingernails or body hair, quite odd for a human. Suar-Lei notes the strange features of Khylorn and wonders if the enemy resided not in the castle, but a few feet ahead of him. Not all polymorphs are perfect, after all. He decides not to jump to conclusions, but remains wary nonetheless. After an hour of walking, the group of four finally reaches the castle. In the front is a great obsidian door, drilled into the ice, of about 30 feet. Khylorn tries the door, but it is locked and too heavy for him to simply bust open. “Does anyone have any ideas?” Khylorn asks. In response, Xilar smiles, and whispers a few Githzerai words. He quietly knocks on the door, and it creaks open. “A simple spell.” The group walks into the first room. Before them is a grand hallway with doors on each side: one door on the left, two doors on the right and a single door at the end. ******* “Not the dragon.” Ethran groans, shattering the glass of wine he was holding. “Foley, pick that up. And send them something else fun.” “Will the nightcrawler do, sir?” the servant asks. In response, the balor slaps Foley across the face, leaving claw marks. Foley clutches his face in pain. “Are you an idiot? Nothing that will destroy the entire castle!” “Then perhaps the shocker lizards?” Ethran smiles cruelly. “The shocker lizards will do marvelously.” ******* Looking around, Khylorn nods at the far door. “Let's go into that room.” Malik looks at the several doors. “Should we split up incase that is the wrong way?” Khylorn shakes his head in response. “No, we should stick together. What if one of us gets the right way? Then that person is dead! We need to stay together.” “Yes, I s'pose so,” Malik replies, scolding himself for not bringing any healing potion as his wing feels worse. It slumps down somewhat compared to his other wing. “I agree with Khylorn,” says Xilar. “Let's go through that door.” As Xilar and Oriel walk toward the door, Oriel pauses, looking at Malik's wing. “Mind if I take a look at that, Malik?” Not waiting for an answer, Oriel begins lightly prodding at the wing, her hands going between feathers and skin. “It looks broken and burnt. Let me help you.” She whispers a few phrases in Celestial, and a soft pink light courses through her hands, into Malik's wing and the rest of his body. When the light disappears, Malik is completely healed. “There you go, Malik. That's much better.”
malik21 08-30-04, 09:48 PM	Malik walks through the door cautiously and quickly flies into the highest point ?room? to look out for any other creatures that may be in the vicinity. (the boards look so different :mymy: ...I'll never get usedto it.))
Ethran Skylark 08-31-04, 08:41 AM	The room is a stairwell, with stairs leading upward for a very long time. Listening closely, Malik is able to hear the sound of scurrying padded feet, from a ways off. Suddenly, the footpadding stops. A sharp, high-pitched squeak is emitted from some creature, and a horde of perhaps thirty small blue lizards are seen to be scampering out of the area by the highest stair. As Malik's eyes drift toward the lizards, they all begin screeching and roaring in high pitches, and three balls of electricity form above three of the lizards. Suddenly, they explode, sending electricity soaring at Malik. All of those below can hear the explosion. (Yeah, the new boards are really weird...I don't like the info being at the top...)
Xilar of the Planes 08-31-04, 09:07 AM	As the explosion resonates down to the lower floor, Xilar groans. "Aw, come on! Not another problem!" Oriel immediately runs to the stairwell and sees the electricity aiming straight at Malik. "I hate it when this happens," she says, flapping her wings and flying up.
Khylorn the Shifter 08-31-04, 11:13 AM	Surprised, Khylorn follows Xilar and Oriel into the next room, where the shockwave is extending at Malik. Khylorn's wings sprout again, and he follows Oriel upward.
malik21 08-31-04, 07:50 PM	Malik body seems to go limp and his clothes begn to release a black plume,smoking up the area.He looks to the others desperatly.
Xilar of the Planes 08-31-04, 08:25 PM	Xilar quietly chants a spell, and floats upward. He pulls a small white oil from his spell component pouch and pours it on Malik, rubbing in the oil. He seems to have made a slight recovery. "Hopefully this will work!" he exclaims, throwing a vial of Paladin's Tears at the lizards. Meanwhile, Oriel lands on the floor that the lizards are upon. "Electricity doesn't really bother me." She draws a mighty greatsword and orders it to attack. Animated by magical forces, it whirs into action and begins hacking at the tiny lizards. She draws a bow and begins picking off lizards one at a time, commenting to Malik, "Things always seem to be happening to you, don't they?"
Ethran Skylark 08-31-04, 08:37 PM	((Time to spice things up a bit :schemes:.)) ****** Angry, Ethran sends a flaming meteor at a nearby dretch, who explodes in a shower of blood. "My lizards are dying, you fool! Now what do I do?" "Perhaps antimagic, sir!" Nodding, the balor howls at a nearby spellcaster, who presses a button nearby the seeing pool. ****** A pulsewave ripples through the area, and havoc begins wreaking. Xilar begins falling to the ground and Oriel's sword stop animating. Khylorn slowly begins melting. Magic has stopped working. ((Was that evil or what?))
Khylorn the Shifter 08-31-04, 08:49 PM	((That wasn't very nice! :mad: Now I'm just a pile of goo! But it's okay.)) The pulsation stops, and Khylorn is a blob of goo covered by leather armor, two swords and a teal cloak. This, his true form, is perhaps 5 feet long and 6 inches tall. It slithers out from below the armor and sound begins resonating in the minds of Malik, Suar-Lei, Xilar and Oriel. *Well, now you've got me found out. I'm not a human; I'm a shapechanger. You're probably wondering why I didn't tell you all in the first place, but Malik and Xilar both knew that I was a shapechanger before this even happened. Believe me, I am completely trustworthy even though I hid this. I hide that I am a shapechanger because people have discriminated against me and became completely untrusting of me just because I can change what I look like. I don't like to be party to all of that, so I prefer to stay in one form and pretend I'm a human.* Somehow, the shapechanger's amorphous body appears relieved. *So, when this antimagic field runs out, we'll start fighting those lizards again, because they can't shock us without magic, and I'll turn into something nasty.*
malik21 08-31-04, 09:07 PM	Malik,feeling somewhat better,looks to the others and smiles."Thank you,but I think without their shock the can't do much can they?Time to reap my revenge?"He goes into the horde of lizards and begins trying to stomp on them
Khylorn the Shifter 09-01-04, 08:18 PM	Khylorn's amorphous form slithers into the horde of lizards and begins smacking them to bits with pseudopods, following Malik's suit.
Ethran Skylark 09-01-04, 08:22 PM	The lizards are smashed to bits, and the antimagic field dissipates. ***** "Well, they're right at our front door, Foley," Ethran sighs, the echoing sound shattering the glass on the far window. "Draw your :censored: sword and charge them! Bring some tanar'ri along!" "Yes, sir!" ***** As Khylorn reenters his armor after morphing back to his normal form ((hope that's what you were doing, Khylorn, I'll edit it otherwise)), a high-pitched shriek echoes through the hall. Before the surprised fivesome are a horde of twenty demons arrives before them, Foley leading them with his sword drawn.
malik21 09-01-04, 08:43 PM	Malik reaches for his bow and arrows."I only have five left"He shoots three arrows into the horde of demons.Explosions echo against the walls as the arrows explode.
Khylorn the Shifter 09-03-04, 03:35 PM	Khylorn grabs a vial of Paladin's Tears and hucks it into the fray, being sure to keep it away from Malik.
ShadeShinobi 09-03-04, 06:20 PM	Suar-Lei jumps into the fray with his enchanted blade, like the whirlwind his ancestors could become
Khylorn the Shifter 09-04-04, 08:08 AM	After hurling the Paladin's Tears, he sheds his armor and cloak and begins growing. His skin becomes scaly; his head juts out from his body. A tail snakes up above his lizardlike head, with a scorpion-like point at the end. His arms grow into wings, with hooked claws at the end. He roars, and it is clear that he has become a wyvern, a two-legged dragon. "*Svent kothar* vur maekrix mrith arimaekrixcaex!" For those who understand Draconic, he said, "Kill the demons and their leader who has a sword!"
Ethran Skylark 09-04-04, 08:22 PM	The vial of Paladin's Tears shatters during an explosion, splashing on about four of the demons, who begin melting into piles of rotting flesh. Foley grimaces in disgust as the other two arrows explode around him. However, the fire generated by the explosions doesn't seem to be bothering the demons. Noticing Khylorn's shapechange, Foley groans and begins running toward the wyvern. He jumps up and attempts to stab the wyvern through the heartwith his greatsword. The sword is made of adamantine and has demonic patterns magically rippling up and down the blade, and sets aflame as it aims for the heart of the dragon.
malik21 09-04-04, 08:50 PM	Malik sees Foley and hesitates for a second before pulling out another arrow.He muters something and shoots the arrow.Instead of exploding it begins twisting and turning.Soon it become a giant whirlwind.It flies past Foley and narrowly misses Khylorn,Sending a large gust of wind in an attempt to blow him out of the way of Foleys flaming sword.Malik sits down exhausted from his efforts.
Khylorn the Shifter 09-05-04, 01:26 PM	Khylorn is flung to the side. He begins flapping his wings and is aloft. He moves away from the gust of wind and whips his tail underneath him, the poisonous stinger at the end aiming straight for neck.
Xilar of the Planes 09-05-04, 01:41 PM	Oriel draws her bow and whispers a phrase in Celestial, then aims at one of the larger demons. She lets go, and the arrow soars at the tanar'ri with a sharp twang. Then, suddenly, she disappears. Xilar sighs in frustration. "The spell's duration is up. I'll summon her again, just give me a minute." He floats down to the first floor and begins attempting to summon Oriel again.
Ethran Skylark 09-05-04, 05:00 PM	Foley quickly parries the stinger out of the way with his sword. He and the wyvern begin attacking and parrying either other until, finally, Foley gives way and is pierced by the poison. His skin begins turning purple, and he folds over, dead. He drops his sword onto the ground. Meanwhile, the demon is sliced through the head by Oriel's arrow, dropping immediately. The arrow lands against the wall, and it seams to be perfectly useable. With their leader dead, the demons scatter, leaving the door completely unguarded.
Khylorn the Shifter 09-05-04, 05:08 PM	Khylorn slowly shrinks down to his human form and picks the sword up. He reads the hilt: Hssirath, or "Terror" in the common tongue. "Unless any of you want this, I'll sell this when we get back to the Material Plane." He mutters a spell, shrinking the sword, and he puts it in his pocket. "Transmutation spells are the only ones that I bothered to learn from my father. He was a wizard. It'll help with carting all of the gold out of here. Let's get to where Ethran is. Xilar! Get up here!"
malik21 09-05-04, 06:09 PM	Malik stands up and walks to the door.He puts his ear against it to hear if anything is happening in the next room.
Ethran Skylark 09-06-04, 05:58 PM	Malik hears a demonic roar come from inside the room. "Well, they're going to just march right in here, then? Foley is dead!" bellows a basso voice. "You must fight them yourself," a misty voice answers. "There is nothing else left to do but that. Or you could run, but I know you won't like that idea. And come on in, Malik Valen," the voice adds. "I know that you're listening."
malik21 09-06-04, 06:04 PM	Maliks eyes open widely as he hears his name.As if obeying the voice he opens the doors and takes a few steps in...
Khylorn the Shifter 09-07-04, 03:36 PM	Khylorn, surprised, watches the angel-demon walk into the room. "Malik! What are you doing?!" He rushes in after him.
Ethran Skylark 09-08-04, 08:56 PM	Malik and Khylorn can both see that Ethran is speaking to some sort of ghost or elemental creature. The ghastly creature turns toward them. "Malik Valen. Khylorn McAllister. It is of no surprise to see you here. Now, you have rudely entered Mr. Skylark's abode." It seems somewhat funny that any creature can refer to the panting, snarling balor as "Mr. Skylark." "I am the Id, and my job is to deal with things like this. You two, along with the rest of your men, will leave Mr. Skylark's home or be severely punished by him. Call in Suar-Lei and Xilar Ksavikx after you make your decision."
malik21 09-08-04, 10:21 PM	Malik goes back through the doors and there is a flash of light(Xilar and Suar-Lei can see this quite clearly as it envelopes Malik)As the flash resides Malik gestures for them to come in.He wingd and face seem different though.He skin seems paler,two horns are protruding through his hair,and his angelic wing is replaced by a demons and his voice seems darker.As he says this another Malik appears beside Khylorn."They're coming"his voice is lighter and he no longer has a demon wing as it is replaced by an angels wing.A halo is above his head and his skin is brghter.Another Malik looking the same as when you met him appears beside the angel who "Mr. Skylark" had been plucking the feathers.He looks at the angel to see if he's still alive.
Ethran Skylark 09-11-04, 05:14 PM	The angel, a planetar, is barely alive, and has about half of its feathers gone, showing emerald skin. "H-h-help...me..." It moans in pain. Meanwhile, Ethran looks to demon-Malik. He seems to notice something odd about the demon-Malik's looks, and his eyes widen in surprise. "It can't be!" He blinks his eyes and looks again. "But...it has to be! You're his boy, aren't you!" the balor accuses.
malik21 09-12-04, 04:58 PM	"Whose boy?"the demon-Malik replies ----------------- Real Malik looks at Ethran. "What did this angel do to deserve this!?!"
Ethran Skylark 09-14-04, 07:17 PM	Ethran stares at demon-Malik, amazed. "You mean you don't know? Tharizdun's wrath, this is insane. I bet you don't even know who Olizathran is, do you?"
Khylorn the Shifter 09-14-04, 07:19 PM	Khylorn is stunned for a moment by Ethran's mention of Olizathran, then starts laughing. "Malik, one of Olizathran's? You must be kidding me."
malik21 09-14-04, 08:31 PM	D.Malik somewhat confused by it all decides to see how gullible Ethran is. He turns to Khylorn and puts on a serious face "Why are you laughing?I am."
Khylorn the Shifter 09-15-04, 08:11 PM	Khylorn nearly falls over from shock. Malik, one of Olizathran's children? It can't be! But even as he thinks it, he knows that it could be true.
malik21 09-15-04, 08:21 PM	The real Malik(by the angel) gives Khylorn a wink and tries to stop himself from laughing,forgetting bout the angel.
Ethran Skylark 09-19-04, 08:09 AM	Ethran's eyes widen in shock. Obviously Khylorn hadn't heard of Malik's ancestry either. "A son of Olizathran Skylark..." The demon gazes up at the ceiling, and then sets his eyes on the five of them. "Nephew or not, I still have to kill you." And without further ado, he draws an unholy sword in the shape of a flame. He raises it up and flies at them.
Xilar of the Planes 09-19-04, 08:14 AM	Xilar's eyes widen at the sight of the sword. "Don't let him touch you with that. It's not evil, but it will slice your head off with a single blow." He begins chanting a spell and and an sonic boom echoes across the room. Flying towards Ethran is a missle of force, distorting vision around it as it soars through the air, aimed directly for Ethran's head.
malik21 09-19-04, 10:25 AM	Malik shoots his last arrow through the center of the sonic boom.
malik21 09-23-04, 08:19 PM	:bump: ((OOC:i love this thread)) bump
Ethran Skylark 09-27-04, 06:58 PM	The missile and the arrow neatly merge, but Ethran dodges them both, the explosion blasting the smoky form of the Id clear out of the room, causing it to fade through the wall. Meanwhile, he raises his sword to Khylorn. "I have waited a long time for this moment, you pathetic scum. You will die now." ((OOC: Yeah, this one's good.))
Khylorn the Shifter 09-27-04, 07:05 PM	((OOC: Sorry, I've been busy lately. Let's get this thread moving again.)) Khylorn nods in approval of Ethran's challenge. He draws Truth and Justice and both of them begin glowng with a holy light. Tossing Truth to Oriel, he quickly draws his final vial of Paladin's Tears and throws them directly at Ethran's face, and immediately jabs inward with Justice.
Xilar of the Planes 09-27-04, 07:11 PM	Oriel snatches the sword and tosses it back to Khylorn when the Paladin's Tears have been released. When this is done, she runs to the angel on the pedestal. She gasps in realization when she realizes who the angel is. "Obadiah! Could it be?"
Ethran Skylark 09-27-04, 09:18 PM	The angel sighs a breathy sigh, and looks up at Oriel. Its face is lined with age, a trait uncommon among angels but nevertheless present in this one. He smiles delightedly. "Oriel...it is you..." Meanwhile, the only harm that seems to be done to Ethran by the Paladin's Tears is a small splash in Ethran's eye, which leaves a red mote in the eye as he blinks it out. Simultaneously, he parries Khylorn's jab at his stomach and attempts to slice the man's head clean off with the vorpal sword in his hands.
Khylorn the Shifter 09-27-04, 09:22 PM	Khylorn smiles as his own head is lopped right off. It melts into goo and slithers back up onto his neck, forming into a head. "No trouble." Grabbing Truth from the air, he slices at both of Ethran's wings, attempting to sever both of them from the balor's body.
Ethran Skylark 09-29-04, 07:02 PM	Truth's edge nick's Ethran's wing and he growls in pain. A white light, the effect of Truth's powers, begins glowing and Ethran begins screaming in horror. He pulls an oil from a portable hole and rubs in on his wound, which immediately stops spreading. However, about half of the skin on his red, bat-like wing is gone. "You will pay for that!" He raises his hands high in the air and slides them down, and as they fall, flames soar in through the adamantine room and begin setting things aflame. One lands upon Oriel's wing. Another lands on angel-Malik, a third lands upon Xilar and yet another appears on Khylorn's arm.
malik21 09-29-04, 08:13 PM	As the the fire begins to cover ang-malik's body he disappears in a flash of bright white light. The real malik looks on "Copies just cant take a hit.." He looks on carelessly as he contemplates a plan...
ShadeShinobi 10-01-04, 11:19 AM	Suar-Lei begins chanting in a tongue best forgotten and waving his hands in strange gestures, obviously in the throes of a spell Abracadabra Ethran Skylark Aur! (Roughly meaning Begone Ethran Skylark to Fire!) Suar-Lei screams as the raw arcane energy of this mighty spell ravages him, and he hopes that his Afreet ancestors will soon have an unexpected guest
Ethran Skylark 10-01-04, 05:48 PM	Suddenly, the Id floats quickly back into the treasure room. "ENOUGH!" The odd creature's usually wispy voice has become harsh and strong. "YOU ALL SHALL PAY FOR YOUR WRONGS!" And suddenly, the treasure vanishes. In fact, everything that Ethran, Khylorn, Malik, Suar-Lei, Xilar, Oriel and Obadiah are not holding has disappeared. And suddenly, the gigantic mansion disappears out from under their feet. Everyone begins falling and the Id, smiling with its ghastly face, disappears, leaving a final message. "See that it stays this way." Ethran roars in anger, flapping his wings to avoid falling. "I didn't mean for this to happen! Really!" He seems very sincere as he says this.
Khylorn the Shifter 10-01-04, 05:51 PM	Khylorn sprouts wings and lunges to grab Xilar. After landing them safety, Khylorn looks around. "Well, Ethran, where do you think your castle went?"
Ethran Skylark 10-02-04, 08:02 AM	In response, Ethran lets out a roar of frusturation. "I don't know, you stupid phasm! And thanks for everything. First you come and try to kill me and then you make my castle disappear! I should just kill you, right here!" He pauses to think, and then shakes his head. "But no...I don't think that I will. You could be useful in finding it." He points at Xilar. "You have spells, don't you? Scry it!"
Xilar of the Planes 10-02-04, 08:04 AM	More than a little scared for his life, Xilar immediately pulls some material components from his satchel and begins casting the spell. Meanwhile, Oriel is checking up on Obadiah. "How did you get here? What did you do?"
malik21 10-02-04, 10:50 AM	Malik in a phase of shock when the castle dissapears so suddenly almost fails to get his wings to move.Falling some ten yards down before managing to get back up.The demon malik seems to have disappeared.Looking around at the emptiness that was once Skylark castle,Malik lets out a soft chuckle. "You seem to have some trouble controling your belongings Ethran" But his face shows some pity,not for Ethran,but for his fellow adventurers.For the gold had dissappeared with the castle.
Ethran Skylark 10-02-04, 06:55 PM	Ethran almost blows up at the man whom he believes is his nephew, but calms himself after noticing the look on Malik's face. He smiles widely, his gruesome teeth showing. "You're angry that you didn't get a single thing out of this." He smiles wider. "You want your treasure." The smile widens even further. If small children were around, they would be crying. "So I guess it would be in your best interests to help me out." If it seemed impossible before for Ethran's griden to widen further, it was definitely possible. He looks around at the expressions on each of their faces, laying his eyes on each of them.
ShadeShinobi 10-03-04, 09:53 PM	"And how might we do that?" Suar-Lei asks with a half-amused, half-interested expression
malik21 10-03-04, 11:13 PM	Looking somewhat afraid of Ethrans smile but coming up with a comeback nonetheless malik replies "Ethran,was that all of your gold?"
Ethran Skylark 10-08-04, 06:06 PM	Ethran ignores Malik and responds to Suar-Lei. "If you help me retrieve my lair, I will pay you each in treasure. Would twenty-thousand gold each, plus a few magical items, suffice?"
Xilar of the Planes 10-08-04, 06:08 PM	Xilar looks toward the others, realizing what is happening. "Ethran, I found the castle. It's been transported onto a different plane, though." He looks pained as he says the following. "The Id put it on Celestia."
Khylorn the Shifter 10-08-04, 06:13 PM	It is silent, and Khylorn starts laughing hilariously. "Celestia? I've got to give that ghost credit. Brilliant!"
Ethran Skylark 10-08-04, 06:15 PM	Resisting the tempation to simply slay Khylorn with a meteor, Ethran snarls and asks again. "Will you do the job for the price I suggested?"
Xilar of the Planes 10-08-04, 06:17 PM	Xilar and Oriel nod. Oriel begins speaking. "It is more than enough. However, I would prefer to be paid in a different way. Have you ever considered becoming one of the risen demons?"
Ethran Skylark 10-08-04, 06:29 PM	Unexpectedly, Ethran roars in anger and unsheathes his sword against Oriel. Then he sighs, controlling his anger, and slides the sword back into the sheath. He is obviously very conflicted about Oriel's question, and begins speaking. Ethran seems to have been holding what he says back for a very long time. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. I have tried numerous times to leave this abyssal world, to rise above my two brothers Olizathran and Zeithran. I have, in fact, tried sixty-six times to shed this disgusting body but I have been unable to succeed and I DON'T KNOW WHY!" His hands catch flame and he hurls a fireball at the abyssal ice below their feet and it melts below their feet. "I HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED! I HAVE A POOL OF HOLY WATER! I HAVE A PENDANT OF TRUTH! I HAVE A SCEPTER OF JUSTICE! I EVEN HAVE AN ANGEL'S FEATHER! WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?!" Searing red light emitting from his eyes glares holes in more ice nearby. He screams in anger and the little remaining ice begins cracking. "THERE IS NOTHING LEFT! I GIVE UP!"
Xilar of the Planes 10-11-04, 07:33 PM	Completely stunned, glowing white roots shoot up from the ground and restrain Ethran. Oriel, completely stunned, begins telling him to calm down. Eventually, once he is calm, Oriel begins explaining how to correctly rise. "Ethran, it's not your fault! You got the wrong instructions!" She smiles at him lightly. "First of all, I need to know whether or not the angel willingly gave you a feather. If he didn't, that could be messing up the rising ceremony. "Also, pendants of truth sometimes are disguised pendants of falsehood. This could also be a problem." She plucks a single feather from her wing, wincing in pain as she does so, and offers it to him. "Here. I willingly give this to you." She smiles kindly at him.
Ethran Skylark 10-15-04, 04:11 PM	Completely stunned by the gesture, Ethran accepts the feather from Oriel. He places it into a portable hole. His mood change is completely uncharacteristic. "Well, if you want that treasure, we'd better head to Celestia."
malik21 10-15-04, 04:39 PM	Though surprised by his 'uncles' mood change Malik's expression is unchanged..His face showed a look of complete boredom,but with the talk of going to Celestia his face lit up.He had never really liked these levels of the Abyss and was very happy to go somewhere else.
Xilar of the Planes 10-17-04, 03:10 PM	Xilar nods and moves his left index finger in a circle of about 10 feet in diameter. Replacing the bloodred light of the Abyssal gate is a holy white glow. He connects the two ends and the circle's inside begins glowing white as well. A mountain can be seen, pushing through the cloud beyond sight. Two features appear nearby: a beautiful white hall and a relatively small obsidian hall compared to the massive estate nearby. Xilar points at the white hall and then the obsidian hall. "The white one is Bahamut's Hall. The obsidian one is your mansion." He steps through the gate and beckons the others through.
ShadeShinobi 10-21-04, 10:50 PM	Suar-Lei raises a flaming eyebrow at Ethran's revelation, and says "Well, I will certainly accept Mister Skylark's generous offer... it may be difficult for me to travel unhindered in Celestia, however. The Afreet are no friends of the Archons." He smirks, perhaps overconfidently, and says "Archons are so beautiful... I'd hate to have to kill one." ooc: sry. I have kinda limited time on the computer. bear with me if you can. :)
Xilar of the Planes 10-26-04, 02:17 PM	(No problem.) Xilar glances and Ethran and Suar-Lei, pausing for a moment. "You're right. But I have something that I can do about it." He pulls a small pouch from his bag labeled powdered dragon tooth. He sprinkles some on both of them and begins chanting. "Iksinhobe xerskinso pelxcitme." Suddenly, both of them change forms. Ethran appears as a green-skinned angel while Suar-Lei becomes a red-skinned archon with a houndlike head. Xilar smiles proudly. "Perfect! I developed this spell myself. You are disguised as these creatures until you decide to reveal your true selves. How do you like it?"
Ethran Skylark 10-26-04, 05:46 PM	Ethran seems oddly pleased with his planetar form. He runs a hand over his bald head and smiles. This new form seems to have brought a completely different outlook to Ethran. "Maybe I'll stick with this form when I become risen. "Anyway, let's head to the castle." He points his vorpal sword at the obsidian hall, and flies toward it. His flight seems clumsy for some reason, and Ethran stares at Xilar after landing. "Xilar, you've really perfected this spell. I feel so much like a planetar that I'm having trouble flying the same way as I did in my old form. I have to fly like this now." He quietly flaps his newly feathered wings and soars upward. He glides through the air and dives downward gracefully. He spreads his wings fully while landing and retracts them happily. "Amazing!" He sighs, and gestures towards the castle after scolding himself. "Let's head onward."
ShadeShinobi 10-26-04, 09:46 PM	Suar-Lei glances over at Ethran, obviously enthralled by his new form. He looks over his Hound Archon form, and grins at the effectiveness of Xilar's spell
Khylorn the Shifter 10-27-04, 08:31 PM	Khylorn leads the way as the group of six fly or otherwise float towards the obsidian castle when htey are stopped by a trumpet archon. It glances at them and begins speaking. "Hasip osorusr arlixuas deo Excelsius Valen tisot Malik. Hominibus hasahiz ponah, oharet." For those who understand Celestial, it can be translated. "I have a message for Malik Valen. Would he step forward, please."
malik21 10-27-04, 10:41 PM	"Hasip osorusr arlixuas deo Excelsius Valen tisot Malik. Hominibus hasahiz ponah, oharet." Having understood very little of that but hearing his name Malik steps foward with a puzzled look on his face.
Khylorn the Shifter 10-30-04, 07:15 AM	Khylorn looks at Malik, understanding his puzzled expression, and tells the trumpet archon to speak in the common tongue. Smiling, the archon nods at Khylorn and again begins speaking. "I have an important message for you. It is from someone you might know that dwells in these clouds. Would you like to hear it?"
malik21 10-30-04, 10:18 AM	"I guess..."
Khylorn the Shifter 10-30-04, 12:18 PM	The archon clears his throat and draws a scroll from her pocket. "A "Lady Marielle" writes: Dear Malik, If Marsi is reading this aloud, please tell him to-" He realizes what he is reading and hands the paper to Malik. It reads as follows: ((I will PM you with the contents of the message))
malik21 10-30-04, 04:01 PM	Malik reads the note several times over before it begins to take effect. "Marielle.." he whispers as a tear rolls down his cheek landing on the scroll. He tries to explain the tear to anyone that might have seen..."I got something in my eye.."
Ethran Skylark 11-04-04, 07:13 PM	Ethran's angel eyes stare at Malik as he is reading, and as Malik comments that he has something in his eye, Ethran interrupts him. "Sure you do." He smiles and seems reminescent of his demon form. "You all may be ready to watch him bawl his eyes out, but I want my castle back. If you want you treasure, follow me." He takes off toward the castle, oblivious to the stares of onlookers and with no concern for those that he left behind.
malik21 11-04-04, 08:20 PM	Malik follows Ethran,more determined than ever to get this over with.
Khylorn the Shifter 11-05-04, 04:11 PM	Khylorn sprouts a pair of wings and follows both Malik and Ethran, calling to the others to follow.
Ethran Skylark 11-10-04, 09:41 PM	Ethran lands at the front door of his obsidian home and, with little effort, swings open the heavy obsidian door only to find the face of the Id staring at him. He takes a step back in shock, and the Id begins speaking. Everyone else can her the Id's words, though they are not all nearby. "You have disobeyed the laws of the home threshold, Mr. Skylark. You have lost all that is yours, and you will have to take it back." Out of the ground spring two landsharks, both covered with dirt. They shake it off and reveal their gleaming skin, springing into the air. The Id slowly fades away while the bulettes open their wide beaks and let out a high-pitched scream.
Khylorn the Shifter 11-12-04, 08:24 AM	Khylorn's wings grow from his back and he springs into the air, meeting one bulette halfway. With Truth and Justice gleaming in the celestial sun, Khylorn hacks at the bulette's stomach, the sole unprotected part of its body.
Ethran Skylark 11-16-04, 05:12 PM	One of the blades slides easily through and gets a lucky hit in the heart. The bulette smashes to the ground. The other bulette begins charging at Oriel, but suddenly disappears.. The Id fades back in, sighing unhappily. "That was the easiest challenge you will encounter." The Id laughs again, and the sky is suddenly lit with fire. A flaming bird of gigantic proportions can be seen by all flying overhead. "A phoenix," Ethran whispers, and the Id smiles in confirmation. "It's not your ally, Mr. Skylark."
Xilar of the Planes 11-25-04, 08:36 PM	In response, Xilar simply draws a few magical components from his pack and begins chanting a spell. The phoenix above vanishes in a wisp of smoke, and Xilar smiles in response. "Illusions do not scare me."
Ethran Skylark 11-25-04, 08:41 PM	The Id scowls at Xilar. "You are too clever for your own good, Mr. Tilandix." It gives a sly grin and fades out again. ((Tilandix is Xilar's last name, correct?))
Xilar of the Planes 11-25-04, 08:47 PM	((Yeah, Tirandix is Xilar's clan name.)) Xilar smiles proudly and begins gliding to the doors of the castle. Oriel follows him.
Ethran Skylark 11-25-04, 08:56 PM	Xilar crashes into something about 5 feet from where he was standing. Recovering, he feels the invisible wall and notices that it seems to be a cube that extends in a five-foot radius around the spot where he was standing. Ethran recognizes the spell. "Xilar, it's a forcecage." He pauses for a moment as he tries to think of a solution. He brightens after a moment. "Do you happen to have a lodestone on you, Xilar? Does anyone else have one, for that matter?"
malik21 11-29-04, 05:12 PM	"A forcecage?! Whuzat?" Malik says coming out of a daze. "No..I don't think I have a Lodestone.."
Xilar of the Planes 11-29-04, 06:23 PM	Suprised that Malik doesn't know what a forcecage is, he begins explaining. "Forcecages are 10-foot cubes of pure force. Basically, we can't get out unless we use a disintegrate spell. That's what you wanted the lodestone for, I assume." He searches through his spell components and shakes his head. "Sorry, but I don't have one either. Maybe there's another way out." He thinks for a moment, and grins. He grabs everyone in the cage by the hands and leads them to one side of the the cage. "Varsalis miithri." Suddenly, everyone in the cage appears about ten feet away from the forcecage with all of their gear. Suar-Lei and Ethran have changed back to their natural forms. Xilar slaps himself on the head. "Of course. I forgot to use zast leaf powder. I'm going to have to cast the spell again on you two." Ignoring everyone's stunned impressions, Xilar pulls the small pouch from his bag labeled crushed dragon tooth and pours some into his palm.. He reaches for a second bag labeled powdered zast leaf and puts some of that in his palm as well. He sprinkles some on both of them and repeats the words he said before. "Iksinhobe xerskinso pelxcitme." Suar-Lei and Ethran change back to their celestial forms and Xilar smiles in satisfaction. "I used a teleportation spell, if that wasn't obvious. Unfortunately, my spell requires zast leaf powder to last through ethereal travel. We can teleport now without worry, but the zast leaf powder adds some odd side effects that vary from person to person. But maybe they won't affect either of you." He doesn't seem very convinced that this will happen, though.