The desert gives no warning save for silence—eerily absolute.
Then the ground shudders.
A tremor rolls across the sand in a low, guttural growl, distant at first but rapidly growing in strength. Loose grains of Hak Etme’s white dunes leap like startled insects, cascading down the outcropping where Koa’s team is gathered. Far above, Pip and Sol will see it first: not a figure, but a disturbance—the earth itself shifting in rippling concentric circles, like raindrops in a puddle. Except this puddle is an endless sea of sand, and something beneath it is moving fast.
And then—
The fin.
Jagged, obsidian, and impossibly large, it slices through the desert surface like a blade through silk. Cloaked in shadow and glimmering with residual voidlight, the massive dorsal fin cleaves a path toward them, kicking up plumes of dust and static-charged grit. Pip’s warning cry crackles across Koa’s bond just as the fin begins to tilt—
The desert explodes .
With a roar of air and sand, the Abyssal Leviathan breaches. A vast, void-slicked body bursts from beneath, more suggestion than creature, its silhouette riddled with writhing distortions of darkness and fins that seem to fold and reshape midair. It crests sixty feet from the outcropping, its maw wide enough to swallow a wagon whole, rows of teeth spiralling into nothingness.
And just as fast—it crashes back down, slamming into the earth with the force of a falling star.
Sand surges outward in a blinding cloud, and for a moment all is lost to the choking roar of its return to the subterranean dark. Only the heavy, vibrating quiet left behind tells them:
The hunt has begun.
Welcome to the Key Quest. This is a very hard Level 8 Key Quest to try and cleanse Hak Etme.
Your randomly assigned posting order is: Melita,Koa, Astaroth, Zavien
Melita: 546/546
Koa: 272/272
Asta: 200/200
Zavien: 264/264
Abyssal Leviathan: 929/929
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.
Abyssal Leviathan (Rare/Mythical - The Hollowed Grounds, Hak Etme): The subterranean lair of the Land Shark echoes with void energy, transforming unlucky sharks into the Abyssal Leviathans. Rising from the depths with an otherworldly hunger, this creature now possesses a shadowy, void-shrouded exterior. Its hunts are not merely for sustenance but to absorb the essence of those it captures, bringing the taint of the abyss to the surface as it returns to its lair to sleep in the void's embrace. The land above quivers with the unsettling presence of the Abyssal Leviathan, a creature that bridges the realm between the subterranean and the void-touched darkness.
Then the ground shudders.
A tremor rolls across the sand in a low, guttural growl, distant at first but rapidly growing in strength. Loose grains of Hak Etme’s white dunes leap like startled insects, cascading down the outcropping where Koa’s team is gathered. Far above, Pip and Sol will see it first: not a figure, but a disturbance—the earth itself shifting in rippling concentric circles, like raindrops in a puddle. Except this puddle is an endless sea of sand, and something beneath it is moving fast.
And then—
The fin.
Jagged, obsidian, and impossibly large, it slices through the desert surface like a blade through silk. Cloaked in shadow and glimmering with residual voidlight, the massive dorsal fin cleaves a path toward them, kicking up plumes of dust and static-charged grit. Pip’s warning cry crackles across Koa’s bond just as the fin begins to tilt—
The desert explodes .
With a roar of air and sand, the Abyssal Leviathan breaches. A vast, void-slicked body bursts from beneath, more suggestion than creature, its silhouette riddled with writhing distortions of darkness and fins that seem to fold and reshape midair. It crests sixty feet from the outcropping, its maw wide enough to swallow a wagon whole, rows of teeth spiralling into nothingness.
And just as fast—it crashes back down, slamming into the earth with the force of a falling star.
Sand surges outward in a blinding cloud, and for a moment all is lost to the choking roar of its return to the subterranean dark. Only the heavy, vibrating quiet left behind tells them:
The hunt has begun.
Welcome to the Key Quest. This is a very hard Level 8 Key Quest to try and cleanse Hak Etme.
Your randomly assigned posting order is: Melita,
Melita: 546/546
Koa: 272/272
Asta: 200/200
Zavien: 264/264
Abyssal Leviathan: 929/929
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.
Abyssal Leviathan (Rare/Mythical - The Hollowed Grounds, Hak Etme): The subterranean lair of the Land Shark echoes with void energy, transforming unlucky sharks into the Abyssal Leviathans. Rising from the depths with an otherworldly hunger, this creature now possesses a shadowy, void-shrouded exterior. Its hunts are not merely for sustenance but to absorb the essence of those it captures, bringing the taint of the abyss to the surface as it returns to its lair to sleep in the void's embrace. The land above quivers with the unsettling presence of the Abyssal Leviathan, a creature that bridges the realm between the subterranean and the void-touched darkness.
