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Character of the Season
From Attuned to Ascended to Ancient, Kiada Njovu-Reyes has been reborn several times throughout her short life, but her fighting spirit has never once been diminished. With beauty, grace and a quick wit, Kiada is the whole package wrapped in an infectious smile. Recent endeavours have found her in the heart of the Hollowed Grounds, aiding the region and bettering it for her new Ancient kin, and whatever she does next, we know it's sure to pack a punch.
Congratulations, Kiada!
Credits
Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
Skinning and hosting by the epically talented Kaons, and functionality fanciness by the coding magic of Neowulf. If you ever see either of them around, make sure to show them some love!
Without the creature chasing after him fully, the fire misses, but the fyrhund finds a small amount of relief in not being hit by it. As such, it gives the butcher a second to vanish into the undergrowth turn back around, on the other side of where he can see Danta’s fire miss its attack, but hopefully close to the rest of everyone that arrived to get help from them. The fyrhund gnashes his teeth, baring each one at the creature from his spot in the undergrowth.
Avoiding the vines that don’t seem to be a part of the creature and instead appear to be helping keep the creature in place however temporary it might be (given the way the vines groan), Astaroth sends another blast of fire directly at the “belly” of the beast, unsure if maybe he catches it on fire if it’ll distract it enough to not retaliate.
With it trapped, Astaroth moves back to hide within the undergrowth opposite of where Danta’s in the tree (a bit closer to the rest of the team), and blasts more fire at it with his fyrhund shift, aiming at its “belly”!
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Overlooking the fact that he'd missed a sitting duck (if the duck had several mouths and sets of teeth, and a great deal of rotting limbs and flesh) and instead feeling only a brief flash of relief to see the fyrhund dart back into the undergrowth, for the time being the creature doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
Which is great for an Ancient who would really like to be out of a tree.
Hopping down just as Astaroth's fire makes another appearance - and regrettably unaware of the potential plans being made by the two Accepted across the way, of course Danta mashes the proverbial buttons of this game and goes for another try.
Striking a second match, he hurls another fireball towards the Void Horror and tries to drop back to where the glow of the fyrhund can just be seen through the foliage.
Danta hops down from his makeshift treehouse, strikes another match and tries again to hurl a fireball in the creature's direction!
Fire Manipulation: Can manipulate flames. Must be within a 30ft radius. Control is excellent
Type: Dark | Rank: Upgraded
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
'cause I'm selfish, I'm obscene
Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
It’s an inappropriate time to think it, but it distracts Jude from searching the tree behind him for snow moss to attach to his arrow. He isn’t sure if the cold of it would be strong enough to harm in any way, but he’s at as much of a loss as Mateo right now (like the sad leeches they are).
Already reaching for the rope, Jude nods firmly to hide the nerves. “Probably better than shooting the rope into it, I don’t think any of us are strong enough to haul it around,” he tries to joke with a thin, frantic tone. His dad had once helped redirect a giant chicken into a different area without killing it, what are the odds they’ll get that lucky today?
Knotting the rope just behind the arrowhead, Jude takes aim at a tree across the way and lets it fly. They’ll have to grab the other end, but he assumes that’s safer than misjudging the distance and snapping the rope before it can be of any use. In good news, this is definitely the least embarrassing he’s ever been in the company of a cute stranger. Now hopefully they both don’t die!
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Jude knots the rope Mateo provides behind an arrowhead and shoots it across the way at a tree trunk to try and establish a “pen”.
Regional Score bonus: +1 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +1 should be included)
I need a cure, prescribe a drug - cut this out before it's love
Managing to wriggle free of the spirit's vines, the Void Horror begins to roll toward Dantalion, as that's where the last burst of fire came from. It hardly makes it more than a foot before Astaroth 's blast of fire singes what's probably its backside given that it's the opposite side of where most of its eyes are. Slowly it comes to a stop, and awkwardly revolves, before beginning to slide/roll back toward the fyrhund.
At least until Dantalion hurls another fireball its way, reversing the Horror's direction once more as its bathed in flames.
Next, team Cute Boys (aka Mateo and Jude), shoot their shot, er, arrow. The thunk! into a nearby tree is a satisfying one, causing a line of rope to appear in front of the horror as it rolls towards the Maverick. Encountering the barrier, the Horror slows for a moment, before shoving its way through with a sickly and horrifying sschlLllP.
Round 4/5
You have 24 hours to reply! Your randomly assigned posting order is:
Void Horror (Rare) : A creature composed entirely of void energy that utilizes the body parts of things it digests in order to navigate its environment such that it has no fixed physical features and can grow to any size.
Remember to include a summary at the bottom of your post with all action taken. If weapons/upgrades/abilities/items/shifts/etc are used, please include their desc. from your profile at the bottom of your post as well.
REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters.
Champagne, cocaine, gasoline and most things in between
"I would not want to haul it around even with enough strength," Mateo admits with a scrunch of his nose as Jude takes the rope and draws back the arrow. It strikes true, and Mateo has enough time to even feel good about it before the creature doesn't-give-a-fucks through the entire barrier they've made. "Oh," he says softly. Well alright then.
At least, in whatever insanity this situation is, he's finally managed to realise that the horror seems to be chasing after fireballs (and really, it would be fucking hilarious if it weren't so disgusting). "It wants the heat," he says, scrabbling to try and get around to where Dantalion is standing, grabbing a branch from the ground in the hope of setting it alight, either with the Maverick's fire or whatever flames might be leftover on the ground.
"Hey!" Waving the fiery branch at the Void Horror, perhaps this way he can distract it deeper into the jungle. And, you know, away from civilisation.
After feeling quite put out by the effectiveness of their idea, Mateo finally realises that void thing like fire. He grabs a branch and tries to set it alight with Dantalion's fire to coax the creature deeper into the Oerwoud.
I roam the city in a shopping cart a pack of Camels and a smoke alarm
With the fiery tag team going on, realization dawns in the fyrhund’s head as well, bounding over to where Mateo and Danta harbor the flame, aiming to try and help offer what he can to pull the creature away from its initial direction. Perhaps if they’re all on the same page it’ll make this go a bit better.
The fyrhund blasts another round of fire, aimed at the monster and hopefully against the branch Mateo has grabbed to set it alight like a little flag, prepared to start running to guide it away again, letting the heat and fire hopefully do most of the work.
Astaroth moves to where Danta and Mateo are but angling himself where Mateo aims to wave the branch and breathes fire back at the creature and hopefully onto the branch too so it’ll catch fire as a beacon.
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All on the same page relies on the assumption that Danta has even realised that there's more than he and Astaroth in this fight. And it becomes evident that he has not as an arrow and a rope streaks across the jungle in front of him, followed by a young man popping up in the undergrowth.
"Er," the Maverick says helpfully, before there's fire (some of which is attached to a fyrhund) and he gets the hint.
"Well, alright," he mutters, coaxing the existing flames into something larger, hoping the heat will keep the creature's attention as he backs up.
Danta gets the hint and uses his fire magic to coax the flames higher, creating a heat source for the creature to follow.
Fire Manipulation: Can manipulate flames. Must be within a 30ft radius. Control is excellent
Type: Dark | Rank: Upgraded
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
'cause I'm selfish, I'm obscene
Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
Jude isn’t sure if he winces or simply stares in shock as the void creature slurps up the rope by simply passing through it, because he thinks he just exited his body for a moment there. The stranger goes darting off, but the hastily conjured teamwork between Dantalion and Mateo pays off in a way that Jude can utilize.
He loads another arrow, though this time he bends over to try and get the fire to catch on the wood of the front of the arrow before he takes aim for the void creature directly. He isn’t sure the other man is correct, but it’ll deal extra damage even if it doesn’t work right? That way they have the teeniest, tiniest chance of killing it if Mateo’s distraction effort fails.
Jude lets it fly, grateful to remain at a distance for as long as he can.
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Jude follows Mateo’s lead and tries to catch one of his arrows on fire from what Danta has created before shooting it at the void creature.
Regional Score bonus: +1 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +1 should be included)
I need a cure, prescribe a drug - cut this out before it's love
It takes a moment for the creature's eyes to lock onto the branch that Mateo waves, but once it does, it begins to slowly turn in that direction. Slorping forward, the addition of Dantalion and Astaroth 's fire only locks its attention in more and though it certainly will never be described as having ever moved quickly, it does seem to gain a bit of momentum.
Jude 's arrow strikes true, though no sooner does the flaming arrow strike the heart of the creature, and as it does, the Void Horror pauses, turns, and begins backtracking toward Jude.
Round 5/5
You have 24 hours to reply! Your randomly assigned posting order is:
Void Horror (Rare) : A creature composed entirely of void energy that utilizes the body parts of things it digests in order to navigate its environment such that it has no fixed physical features and can grow to any size.
Remember to include a summary at the bottom of your post with all action taken. If weapons/upgrades/abilities/items/shifts/etc are used, please include their desc. from your profile at the bottom of your post as well.
REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters.
Champagne, cocaine, gasoline and most things in between
Delighted, at first, to see that their combined efforts are working, Mateo waves his flaming branch like a caveman who has just discovered the element of fire. And as the two Ancients beside him add to the inferno, it looks as though they're absolutely on to a winner - which is about when Jude's arrow thocks into the creature and it rotates slowly around to go after him.
"Fanculo," the botanist hisses, biting at the inside of his cheek and glancing over his shoulder. "No, over here!" he urges, throwing the fiery branch at the Void Horror and continuing deeper into the Oerwoud.
"Can you maybe start a fire further into the jungle for it to go towards? It might just walk into it and burn itself to death?" he asks the Ancient and his fyrhund friend. "I can lead it towards it."
Mateo tosses his flaming branch at the Void Horror and suggests Astaroth and Dantalion start a fire deeper into the jungle for him to lead the creature to!
I roam the city in a shopping cart a pack of Camels and a smoke alarm
It begins to work, and the fyrhund’s muscles start to tense as he gets ready to start running, tail waving as if in some amount of excitement over the prospect of driving it away. And that’s when the arrow thocks into the side of it and it begins to turn its horrible monstrosity back over toward the young man he’d met on the Rainbow Road shortly after coming out of his stone slumber.
Hissing out a smoky breath, Astaroth hears the question in Mateo’s voice, and dives further into the jungle, seeking out a space where the fire will hopefully not spread further out and create a wildfire, Asta finds a lone tree surrounded by dirt that already looks half dead anyway with its broken apart trunk, and he starts to set it on fire.
Astaroth takes Mateo’s advice and bounds deeper into the jungle to find a half rotted out tree surrounded by dirt and on its own that it’s hopefully not too close to anything else as he starts to light the trunk of it on fire!
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
To be frank, Danta couldn't care less if they do start a wildfire out here. He doubts it, because hot and humid jungle, but one can always dream, right? It isn't as though he or his fellow Ancient will be harmed by any flames that get out of control.
All of this is to say that he nods gruffly at the stranger's suggestion, turning on heel and following after Astaroth as the fyrhund finds an appropriate place to start the blaze. And once the fire is out in the open, the Maverick is able to use his magic to grow it and coax it up and outward. Hopefully it will make a nice, hot beacon for the monster to walk right into.
And stay there until it's burned to death and can't cause any further issues.
Getting on board with the plan, Danta follows Astaroth and uses his magic to grow the flames the fyrhund makes, hoping to create a very enticing blaze for the monster to walk into!
Fire Manipulation: Can manipulate flames. Must be within a 30ft radius. Control is excellent
Type: Dark | Rank: Upgraded
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
'cause I'm selfish, I'm obscene
Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
Jude isn’t sure what Mateo just said but the sentiment is universally understood and he heartily agrees. The creature isn’t very fast but Jude has clearly drawn its attention in a not-so-good way, so he takes what time he can get to begin scrabbling up the tree he’s been posted at. Can this thing swallow an entire tree by walking into it? Oh gods.
He focuses more on getting as high as possible than helping the others left on the ground. Best case scenario they can take advantage of Jude’s half-time show as bait and make their respective moves. He’s not unwilling to shoot some more measly arrows (though the valiant group effort to distract the creature away from Jude is moving and doesn’t deserve to be messed up the way he’d accidentally just done) but first he needs to find secure footing. Seating? Anything really. Please.
- - -
Jude tries to climb the tree he’s beside to get out of range of the void monster.
Regional Score bonus: +1 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +1 should be included)
I need a cure, prescribe a drug - cut this out before it's love
Clever ideas with disappointing results is the flavour of the encounter it seems. As Danta predicted, the Oerwoud is far too moist for any sort of reasonable bonfire to be maintained. The Void Horror does roll purposefully toward the tree, stretching out borrowed tentacles and limbs in order to better warm itself, but unless Danta and Asta remain quite close to keep the fire blazing, which they can't, because, you know, rounds eventually the flames will burn down. They'll have damaged the creature a fair amount, but not enough to kill it, and soon the Horror will continue to roll onwards, seeking heat and amalgamating all within its path into its strange body.
~FIN
The KQ has failed? been survived? is over.
You may all use this as a completed KQ for levelling, as well as a rare creature encounter.
Void Horror (Rare) : A creature composed entirely of void energy that utilizes the body parts of things it digests in order to navigate its environment such that it has no fixed physical features and can grow to any size.
