the crush
The water spilled over the roots in slow, deliberate arcs—cool, clear, unassuming.
For a breathless moment, there was nothing.
Then the rose stirred.
Its petals, dusty and dulled from their travel through shadow, began to tremble. One by one, they lifted—curling open like fingers outstretched to catch the light. A glow bloomed from within, soft and golden, like sunlight diffused through morning fog. The light spread across the ground, through the cracks in the stone, unfurling in pulses that moved like heartbeats.
Warmth spilled through the tunnel.
It didn’t burn. It soothed. The corrupted soil beneath the flower turned rich and dark, and the walls around them no longer groaned with the strain of the Mirewyrm's rage. That cosmic leviathan below recoiled—its pressure slipping away like a hand withdrawn from a flame.
Somewhere far beneath them, deep in the pulsing bowels of the island, the Mirewyrm fled. Banished from its perch in the Descent, forced even lower by the rose’s unfurling light, it twisted through the dark, scarred and seething. Waiting. Watching. But it could not remain here—not now.
Above, in the narrow space held firm by Sah’s will, the Rose stood firm.
Alive. Rooted. Purifying. It was done.
There was no flourish, no grand spectacle—just the steady, enduring power of something good taking root in something foul. And with the final wave of warmth cascading outward, the danger receded.
Hadama’s hand gripped his trident. Noah’s compass hummed in his coat. Sah’s magic trembled with the weight of what had just been held together. But the time for holding had passed.
It was time to go.
And with one last glance at the Rose—its light pulsing like a star in the dark—the three men vanished.
Moonlight. Compass. Magic.
They were gone.
The Crush was quiet.
And the island, for now, held.
Congratulations, you've completed the KQ!
Hadama HP: 662/800 **armour cooldown
Noah HP: 420/580
Sah HP: 593.5/610 **armour cooldown
Mirewyrm: 48/888
Webvex: 0/888 **killed by Noah for levelling purposes
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.
Mirewyrm (Rare): The Mirewyrm is a colossal void entity, vaguely serpentine and dragonlike, that tunnels through stone as though the rock were liquid. Its body is plated in black, semi-metallic scales that shimmer with deep-space reflections, constantly shifting and rearranging like something unfinished. It has no eyes, and its mouth opens sideways in a jagged, spiral maw—a gateway rather than a mouth, lined not with teeth, but with coiling tendrils of voidlight and gravity.
Webvex (Rare): A massive, void-corrupted spider that stalks The Crush, the Webvex is an ethereal predator capable of phasing in and out of reality. Its translucent, oil-slick body pulses with alien constellations, and its many limbs jitter with unnatural, twitching grace. Where a face should be is a single, spiralling maw that consumes sound, memory, and reason. It spins crystalline void-webs that cling to magic, thought, and flesh alike.
~FIN
For a breathless moment, there was nothing.
Then the rose stirred.
Its petals, dusty and dulled from their travel through shadow, began to tremble. One by one, they lifted—curling open like fingers outstretched to catch the light. A glow bloomed from within, soft and golden, like sunlight diffused through morning fog. The light spread across the ground, through the cracks in the stone, unfurling in pulses that moved like heartbeats.
Warmth spilled through the tunnel.
It didn’t burn. It soothed. The corrupted soil beneath the flower turned rich and dark, and the walls around them no longer groaned with the strain of the Mirewyrm's rage. That cosmic leviathan below recoiled—its pressure slipping away like a hand withdrawn from a flame.
Somewhere far beneath them, deep in the pulsing bowels of the island, the Mirewyrm fled. Banished from its perch in the Descent, forced even lower by the rose’s unfurling light, it twisted through the dark, scarred and seething. Waiting. Watching. But it could not remain here—not now.
Above, in the narrow space held firm by Sah’s will, the Rose stood firm.
Alive. Rooted. Purifying. It was done.
There was no flourish, no grand spectacle—just the steady, enduring power of something good taking root in something foul. And with the final wave of warmth cascading outward, the danger receded.
Hadama’s hand gripped his trident. Noah’s compass hummed in his coat. Sah’s magic trembled with the weight of what had just been held together. But the time for holding had passed.
It was time to go.
And with one last glance at the Rose—its light pulsing like a star in the dark—the three men vanished.
Moonlight. Compass. Magic.
They were gone.
The Crush was quiet.
And the island, for now, held.
Congratulations, you've completed the KQ!
Hadama HP: 662/800 **armour cooldown
Noah HP: 420/580
Sah HP: 593.5/610 **armour cooldown
Mirewyrm: 48/888
Webvex: 0/888 **killed by Noah for levelling purposes
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.
Mirewyrm (Rare): The Mirewyrm is a colossal void entity, vaguely serpentine and dragonlike, that tunnels through stone as though the rock were liquid. Its body is plated in black, semi-metallic scales that shimmer with deep-space reflections, constantly shifting and rearranging like something unfinished. It has no eyes, and its mouth opens sideways in a jagged, spiral maw—a gateway rather than a mouth, lined not with teeth, but with coiling tendrils of voidlight and gravity.
Webvex (Rare): A massive, void-corrupted spider that stalks The Crush, the Webvex is an ethereal predator capable of phasing in and out of reality. Its translucent, oil-slick body pulses with alien constellations, and its many limbs jitter with unnatural, twitching grace. Where a face should be is a single, spiralling maw that consumes sound, memory, and reason. It spins crystalline void-webs that cling to magic, thought, and flesh alike.
~FIN
