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ValguarneraWed 21-Mar-01 11:52 AM
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#11, "Shok/'Nara vs. Scion: Cleansing of the Grimoire and Birth of the Fortress."


          


A bright silvery light blazes across the sky, streaking from the north...Shokai returns to Asgaard.

As the Lord of Light touches the ground in the Hall of Asgaard...instantly the knowledge of his friend's death become known to him...

Shaking in rage, Shokai stares around the Hall of Asgaard...forlorn at the loss of Poetry, Amaranthe and Nepenthe...

Kneeling, the Phoenix begins a silent vigil for his lost friends...

Grinning wickedly...the Ebony Warlock watches from the shadows...

Running his thumb down the blade of his mighty axe...Zulghinlour grins, seeing Shokai's weakened state.

'Well, well well,' whispers the dark god to himself, '...perhaps I can end what we started long ago.'

Still in silent reflection, the Lord of Light lowers his head in a prayer to the Light.

Slowly...the dark god creeps up to the kneeling Shokai, raising his axe preparing to strike...

With a swift, single motion...the axe falls...silently splitting the air...

Snarling with rage, the Lord of light rolls out of the way...and leaps to his feet...

'YOU! You will pay...Zulghinlour....'

Words and motion become one as Shokai hurls his spear towards the Ebony Warlock...

Surprised by the quick motion, Zulghinlour steps to the side...managing to only be grazed by the searing spear...

Snarling with all the focused rage of his loss...Shokai draws his hammer.

Upon seeing Maran drawn, the Warlock grins a tight lipped sneer, 'so there is life in you after all, bird?'

Striking quickly, Shokai hurls a bolt of silvery-white flame towards Zulghinlour.

Unable to avoid the bolt, Zulghinlour stumbles under the blast.

As the Warlock staggers, Shokai throws himself at the dark god.

With a resounding sound, Shokai's hammer strikes the dark god's breastplate...sending Zulghinlour reeling

'There blood taints your hands, Warlock...thier blood taints your axe...you will not survive this fight.'

Sneering the Dark God retaliates...

...the blades of his axes whistle as they cut through the air.

Deftly, each blow is parried. Shokai's face still a mask of focused anger.

The trapped souls wail, and howl from within the axes...

Shokai's hammer glows with a near blinding light...

Snarling Zulghinlour speaks 'as we fight, Skyborn...the Haven of the Dawn you cherish and coddle will be razed...'

'already marching towards it...are my armies. Much has changed while you have been busy in the north.'

A swift, yet powerful blow knocks the Dark God to the ground.

'So sure of yourself are you? Do you think I have been idle in the north?'

Raising his head, Shokai lets forth a piercing cry...

From the North, the huge gates of a Fortress opening shake the lands...the rumbling of feet across the plains echos.

'I have an army of my own...Zulghinlour.'

Far towards the north...the sound of steel against flesh, as the Maran Tara'bal army clashes with the legion of Nightwalkers.

Eyes widening...Zulghinlour slowly inches away from Shokai.

Oh yes, Dark One...I too have been busy.'

'and now...we finish our dance...'

Snarling, Zulghinlour opens a dark portal...

'Another time, Skyborn....another time', with that the Dark God steps through, into the Abyss.

Staring at the closing portal a moment, the Skyborn soars off to finish the last of the dark army.

Safe within the Underworld, the Dark God Jullias watches with amusement.

'Are you ready for another task?'

A rasping voice speaks 'Of course.'

'You still hold the book?'

'Yes.'

'Good....how would you like to end the life of the Phoenix?'

Blinking lidless eyes...the Lich stares at the Dark God.

'Can such be done with my power?'

'You have the book...it can be done'

'Then it shall be done...'

'Do so.'

Nodding once, the Lich turns...already with plans of his own.

'So the book will give me that much power, eh?...I believe first there is another silver pest to be rid of'

Grinning a rictus smile...the Lich wanders off to find Shenara.

A dark portal opens in the Tower, once held by the Masters..

Leaping from it, the Lich proclaims 'there remains one last remnant of my Tower to sunder...'

Blinking with surprise...Shenara drops the book she was reading and swiftly changes into a falcon.

Taking to the skies before the Lich can catch her...she soars to Asgaard.

Chuckling to itself, the Lich opens a new portal.

Knowing an attack is soon, the silver falcon begins to glow with arcane energy as she prepares herself.

An angry portal opens in front of Shenara, as once again Valguarnera attacks.

Dark bolts fly from the Lich's hands...

One strikes the falcon as she attempts to dodge and dive out of the way.

Shrieking with pain, Shenara circles to attack the Lich.

Drawing upon the power of the book, the Lich begins to glow with an arcane light.

As the falcon dives, she seems to strike the air before the Lich...before bouncing harmlessly away.

The Lich strikes quickly at the shocked Shenara...cleaving into her with a savage iron blade.

Forced to rever to her true state...Shenara, stares at the gaping wound...blinking in surprise.

A figure cloaked in silvery shadows leaps forward and supports the weakening Shenara.

A voice, though soft carries across the land 'Seek another prey Lich!'

Turning in surprise, Valguarnera spins to face Shokai.

Shenara looks up in surprise at the figure, sighting the last she would expect to aid her.

With a brief nod to the silver-shadow clad figure...Shokai leaps at the Lich.

A figure cloaked in silvery shadows draws Shenara away from the battle, whispering 'I will not let you, too, die, my Child.'

While the figure moves Shenara...Shokai and the Lich circle each other...flames and dark energies flaring around them.

Drawing on the power of the book, the Lich matches the Lord of Light's power...

A streaking bolt of dark energy strikes Shokai...knocking him backwards.

'You understimate me, Skyborn, as have your Maran in the past'

Recovering quickly, Shokai launches a tightly woven bolt of silvery-white flames towards the Lich.

As the Lich steps to dodge it, the bright flames strike the book...

Bright silver flames curl around the book...burning away the dark energies within it.

Dropping the book in horror...the Lich steps back.

'Seems I've struck a lucky blow, Lich...'

Laying Shenara gently down, the figure cloaked in silvery shadows leaps forward to catch the book.

Drawing his spear...Shokai advances on the retreating Lich.

An angry red portal opens...as the Lich stumbles through, it closes quickly.

The figure cloaked in silvery shadows steps forward to the Phoenix and silently hands him the book, now suffused with golden light.

Glaring at the portal as it closes...Shokai nods at the figure.

Tucking the glowing golden book under an arm, Shokai turns to tend to the fallen Shenara.

As his hands glow with healing light, Shokai speaks to Shenara.

'You will heal, little sister...the wound is not as bad as I thought'

The figure cloaked in silvery shadows lays one paw on Shenara's brow before turning and disappearing again.

'Why do youy aid me Shokai, we have never met as friends, and I have always viewed you as my enemy'

'Because, little sister...we are forced to fight as one, now. Our purposes and paths have merged. Take this book...there is a place within the fortress
where it may be used well.'

'A place for the magics of the Light to gather and learn.'

Shenara holds the book and her feelings of anger fade away, as her wounds close, replaced with a growing respect for the
Maran lord.

Turning so his voice can be heard through Asgaard and all of the land, Shokai speaks...

'In the north, I have raised a fortress...a place where the three forces of Light will protect, fight for, and teach the Light.'

From the pen of:
valguarnera@carrionfields.com">Valguarnera Trisseptia

valguarnera@carrionfields.com

  

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