From being an Abandoned who had rarely left the Hollowed Grounds, to embracing the call of adventure, to dying and being reborn first as an Ascended and then as an Ancient, Maea has gone through quite the amount of changes in her life. One thing remains common, though, in her attempts to find out just where she belongs; she’s always had a craving for knowledge which has brought her to so many places and to meet so many people here in Caido. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for her!
Congratulations, Maea!
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For centuries it has been trapped. The landscape of the above has changed with tectonic shifts and the warring of humans, but below, the water remained dark and still and stagnant. The beast slept. Every few decades or so it would rouse and rise to the surface, bumping its colossal body against the thick wall of ice placed there by the Eirachi only to find it still in place. Down it would drift again to slumber, losing both its rationality and its patience.
Though previous attempts had been made to crack the ice, today it would seem that two opposing groups would find themselves both successful. Magic and might both pull apart the beast's cage, and though it slumbers several miles beneath the surface, it takes almost no time at all for the glacial fissures to rouse it. Upward it swims, nearly 80ft in length, the beast is a long-extinct relic of a time when dinosaurs roamed the globe. Like a cross between a leviathan and a shark, this long-necked saw-toothed beast is shockingly fast given its monstrous size. But after all this time locked beneath the ice, it has no plans to run.
Breaching the surface with a crash of water and ice, the beast snaps its jaws in a devastating display of defiance and strength.
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This KQ is open to those who participated in {PQ+} breakthrough and in frozen fractals all around. If you would like to participate in this KQ, you have 48 hours to reply to this thread. You may attack in your opening post.
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Warm golden light pours from Remi's fingers, breaking the ice in tandem with his husband's draconic breath from above. It all seems to be going well until the world erupts into chaos and snow as the Eirachi and the ascended join the literal fray of snow and ice. Having expected a result more or less like this, the alchemist meets the roar of the creature with an unwavering gaze and his jaw set.
BEHIND ME The Lullaby calls out through the attuned bond to Ronin and Noah, assuming that the ascended wouldn't be able to hear him. Expanding relentlessly as if trying to engage the beast in a battle of size, Remi reaches out a trio of tentacles to grab at a broken shelf of ice and tries to heave it at the dinosaur. Though clinging to the creature as he did to the basilisk might have been an option with only Noah and Ronin present, there's some prideful or perhaps loyal part of Remi's mind that won't allow the ascended to have free shots of him.
Remi kraken's, and so long as Ronin and Noah are behind him, he'll take their hits for them. He tries to lob a chunk of ice at the dinosaur.
Kraken Ability | Legendary size
Remi also has
Magic: Live-Wire (feat) | Ascended roll with disadvantage against Remi.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
(As established in previous relic-KQs, his regional feat and strength-ability don't apply)
& it rained and rained and rained
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
Let's not belabour the situation with repetitive details. Ronin drops down to the ice and snow as it becomes apparent that they have more than cracking the ice on their plates now. And when Remi's voice grates through the Attuned bond to him, he's ready. Shifted back into a man, he whistles for a nimbus and sidles back beside Noah. "Climb on," he suggests. "In case you need to move around."
For Ronin's part, it's with three starbolts pulsing around him that he aims for the (thankfully gargantuan) monster. Ignoring the Ascended crew - for now, because his attention is understandably elsewhere for the moment - he fires off the bolts from around the safety of the kraken's bulk.
Ronin lands and offers Noah the use of his nimbus. He flings three starbolts at the monster.
Magic: Nimbus Call | The user may call down one of the clouds from the sky and ride upon it. The cloud will hold Ronin and up to one other person.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Shooting Stars | The user may summon celestial energy as a projectile. Control is excellent, and multiple projectiles may be created at once. (In quests or other combat situations requiring dice rolling, only 3 stars may be created per post).
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
The way that the hairs lifted on the back of Noah's neck was familiar. He turned, an arrow already nocked in his bow and ready to fire, to see the summoned group in the suddenly flying snow. His jaw clenched as he watched Morgan turn and run, leaving those she was summoned with alone, but his attention was quickly drawn back to what else was happening. From the depths of the sea emerged a colossal figure. It was no elemental, as he had been told as a child, but something much worse. Noah heart dropped and he stumbled back some, already behind Remi when the command rang over the attuned bond. He nodded to Ronin, stepping upon the nimbus but not rising from behind the protection of Remi's massive body.
Adrenaline courses through him and blood pumps in his ears, combining with the swirling snow and wind. Noah had to work to focus, but he lowered his center of gravity on the nimbus and lifted his already loaded bow once more, ready to defend his fellow demigods from the ascended if they chose to attack them rather than the monster.
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Already behind Remi, Noah steps onto the nimbus but does not rise high prepares his aim to defend Remi and Ronin if necessary.
Noah has:
- Two daggers, a bundle of 9 arrows (already placed within his quiver), and his bow.
Magic: There in a Flash | Noah may teleport between any board's adjacent sub-boards, providing he has visited the board before. Requires a 3-post cooldown between uses.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Divine Opposition | Noah summons a celestial shield dome in a 15ft radius. Any allies within the shield receive Basic Healing, and any enemies are damaged at a Basic level. The shield lasts for 1 post, with a 3-post cooldown.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Turn it off and on again (FEAT) | Ascended attacks using upgrades roll with disadvantage against Noah.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Type: Grey
Sentinel's Coat | A sturdy coat lined with the hide of a frost giant, using ursur claws as toggle buttons. Perfectly fitted for Noah, it provides protection even from the coldest temperatures.
Type: Dark
Fire Quiver | A magical quiver that turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile that ignites upon impact. (Made by Deimos)
Type: Grey
The Atticus Amulet | Contains a mythical shift of a Basilisk, which can be used regardless of character race, so long as the character is wearing the amulet. Mythical ability: Stoneheart | Any caught in the eye of the Basilisk may be turned to stone for 3 turns in combat situations.
i'd fashioned my own cross been crushed by its weight there's no stronger message than dirt in your face
Whisked away across the Sea of Glass and dropped in the middle of a snowstorm, the ice is cracking and it seems they are not alone, but met by both the sea monster and the monstrous hearts of the Old God demis… and Noah. Which makes it all the more a clusterfuck, causing the demigoddess to turn to her significantly weaker group and offers them a blunt out, “You don’t have to stay. I won’t hold it against you.” Looking quickly from one to the next and to the next, she sets her jaw grimly.
“Our real fight is after that thing is dead, but if we stay out of the water and help from afar for now, maybe we can use the time to come up with a plan for after.” Turning back whatever-the-fuck it is, Wessex announces, “I’m gonna fly. If you want to hop on and get off the ice, do it now.” She shifts, pieces of her elongating and splitting through her skin, growing and taking up space until there’s a large black bird on the ice, lowering a wing to allow any passengers, before launching herself in to the furiously white sky, to try and take a shot at the beast once its clear she’s not aiming at the kraken.
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Wessex offers Kiada or Neron a ride, shifts into the Minokawa and then takes to the sky to try and shoot metal feathers at the monster.
Mech-Minokawa Ability | Feather shoot
Type: Dark
Damage Splash Upgrade | For every attack made at Wessex, double the damage is deflected back to the creature who caused it. (Elemental effects are not duplicated. 30 pts of fire damage is translated back as 30 pts of regular damage, for example).
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Well, truthfully, Kiada’s had a whirlwind of a day. Meeting the sister to the deity who’s quest she’d died on was jarring in and of itself, but here she was. And then suddenly she isn’t here anymore at all. No, instead, they’re all right there at the Sea of Glass, the ice cracked and broken, and a giant fucking creature popping out of the water. “No, I think I’m in this now.” Kiada manages, gritting her teeth and reaching around her to slip the crossbow off her shoulder, nodding in agreement to Wessex. First things first, killing the monster. Then they can figure out the relic shit with the Old Gods later.
Though it is a bit bittersweet. Noah had been a friend, wishing to join the Monster Hunter’s Guild back in the day that Ronin had gifted her. Huffing a breath she doesn’t need, Kiada easily clamors onto Wessex’s back. “You better keep me out of reach.” She mutters to Wessex, readying the crossbow and already aiming a bolt from her quiver right at the beast, activating her armor upgrade just on the safe side.
Kiada has her crossbow with her and a quiver of arrows! She hops onto Wessex’s back and shoots an arrow at the creature and activates her armor upgrade!
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
do not think you are safe because you love her
do not think she won't stain her mouth red with your blood too
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
liars and lovers combine tonight, we're gonna make a scene
"Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss this for the world," Neron says, his tone clipped and his eyes darting between the cluster of people who want to kill them and the gargantuan monster that also wants to kill them. He's crouched on the ground to brace against any further movement from the Sea of Glass, nodding once to Wessex and Kiada as they take flight. "Good luck," he says softly, planning on keeping to the ground for the time being.
But that doesn't mean he intends on doing nothing. On the contrary; Neron is a Launceleyn. A former spy, a battle mage. And so, engaging his invisibility upgrade, he starts to make his way towards the trio of demigods nearby...
Neron has all the equipment in his profile and is dressed for the Tundra.
Type: Dark
Cloaking Upgrade | A 90% body upgrade that bends light making the user invisible. Dramatic action or the use of weapons/upgrades/items makes the user 25% more visible. This translates to rolling disadvantage to hit the user in a battle.
11-16-2021, 03:40 PM (This post was last modified: 11-16-2021, 03:41 PM by Court Official.)
key quest
So large is the beast beneath the ice that so long as it remains above the water's surface it should be relatively easy to hit (hear that, Ronin?). Struck by a massive block of ice followed swiftly by three bolts of starlight has the creature reeling for a moment. You would too, I think, had you been isolated for centuries only to be instantly attacked when first you returned to the world.
Careful Kiada — Wessex 's fancy new shift comes equipped with razor sharp feathers, so I'd watch where you sit. Case in point: a feather shoots out from one of Wessex's wings, and though it doesn't penetrate deep into the creature's thick rubbery hide, the way it sings the flesh apart in a clean line indicates just how sharp it is. Kiada 's arrow plinks off the monster's side with all the annoyance of a mosquito bite.
Neron Nerons and Noah Noahs, and the monster? Oh the monster absolutely attacks.
Taking a page from Remi 's book (or perhaps this was always in the creature's arsenal), it grabs a chunk of ice with its jaws and, lobbing its head, throws it toward the demigod wrongly assuming that both the ice and the starbolt attack had come from him. The ice goes wide, slamming down onto the shoreline (careful Neron). Trying again with another block of ice, this too goes wide (though it does come quite close to Neron this time), the monster screams its outrage and instead tries to heave itself toward the kraken and bite at one of his limbs. This time, oh how it succeeds.
Coming away with the end of one of Remi's tentacles in its jaws, blood streams down its chin and from the end of one of Remi's arms. For a moment the beast has the audacity to look pleased, before tilting its head back and devouring this demigod morsel.
Mmm. Sushi.
Welcome to the Relic KQ!
Because this has plot ramifications, it (and all subsequent relic KQs) will be scaled based on level and more difficult than normal). 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. If you don't do this, they won't be taken into account!
liars and lovers combine tonight, we're gonna make a scene
Oh wow, that's...
That's fucking horrible, then.
Neron blames the fact that he's stopped to gawp at the monster (and then the monster EATING A BIT OF A DEMIGOD) for the fact that he's almost squashed, invisible, by a hunk of ice. But hey, he isn't, and that's good enough for him when his brain kicks back into gear.
Surging forward once more and ignoring the churning feeling in his stomach that would, if he were human, present itself as nausea, he soon comes across a target much more his size.
Sinister and subtle are what Neron's all about, so he lashes out with his Life Drain magic, attempting to show Vi's newest chosen what he's messing with by sticking around.
Neron sneaks up and tries to attack Noah with his Life Drain magic, keeping his upgrade engaged!
Type: Dark
Cloaking Upgrade | A 90% body upgrade that bends light making the user invisible. Dramatic action or the use of weapons/upgrades/items makes the user 25% more visible. This translates to rolling disadvantage to hit the user in a battle.
Life Drain : Can take life force from a living thing to temporarily make themselves stronger within a 30ft radius.
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered
It isn't the pain itself that's surprising, but the mere presence of it. Not since Ronin's draconic outbursts in the desert has Remi felt such immediate and immense discomfort as he did now. Blood oozes down his tentacle as the alchemist watches with a distracted sort of fascination as the dinosaur eats his limb. !!!!!!!!!!!! Is all Remi's mind can communicate through the attuned bond; a bright amalgamation of I'm fine, and did you see that with a hint of I know I said I'd be a shield but I really want to throw myself at that thing right now.
But he had said he'd be a shield, and so despite his every instinct to the contrary, Remi instead picks up two more chunks of ice and lobs them toward the dinosaur, aiming vaguely for its eyes.
Remi throws two chunks of ice at the dinosaur.
Kraken Ability | Legendary size
Remi also has
Magic: Live-Wire (feat) | Ascended roll with disadvantage against Remi.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
(As established in previous relic-KQs, his regional feat and strength-ability don't apply)
& it rained and rained and rained
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
As the world moved from the shifting ice and the raging snow storm around them, Noah's anger bubbled within his chest. He already had his bow lifted and aimed towards the group of ascended that appeared with them, and he kept his focus on them even as they shifted and moved and disappeared before his very eyes.
The monster raged on behind the wall that was Remi protecting Noah, and he was thankful for that. His lowered center of gravity and the mass of the kraken kept him from being too shaken, which gave him the ability to continue to hone his focus. Noah spent his whole life on this tundra hunting animals that were genetically designed to blend into the unforgiving snow and ice. His eyes moved carefully along the ice until he thought he saw some sort of silvery flash. It could have been a mirage, but Noah wouldn't take that chance, and he let loose the arrow that would ignite on impact.
It was clear over the bond that the monster had landed some assault on the Lullaby, and although Noah couldn't see it he knew he could help in some way. As he summoned forth the new pulls of his soul, a celestial dome appeared on the snow, aiming to bring both health and damage. As he did so, he felt the twisting from within him that something was not right.
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Noah focuses on where he thinks Neron could be and fires an arrow, also summons "Divine Opposition".
Noah has:
- Two daggers, a bundle of 8/9 arrows (already placed within his quiver), and his bow.
Magic: There in a Flash | Noah may teleport between any board's adjacent sub-boards, providing he has visited the board before. Requires a 3-post cooldown between uses.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Divine Opposition | Noah summons a celestial shield dome in a 15ft radius. Any allies within the shield receive Basic Healing, and any enemies are damaged at a Basic level. The shield lasts for 1 post, with a 3-post cooldown.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Turn it off and on again (FEAT) | Ascended attacks using upgrades roll with disadvantage against Noah.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Type: Grey
Sentinel's Coat | A sturdy coat lined with the hide of a frost giant, using ursur claws as toggle buttons. Perfectly fitted for Noah, it provides protection even from the coldest temperatures.
Type: Dark
Fire Quiver | A magical quiver that turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile that ignites upon impact. (Made by Deimos)
Type: Grey
The Atticus Amulet | Contains a mythical shift of a Basilisk, which can be used regardless of character race, so long as the character is wearing the amulet. Mythical ability: Stoneheart | Any caught in the eye of the Basilisk may be turned to stone for 3 turns in combat situations.
i'd fashioned my own cross been crushed by its weight there's no stronger message than dirt in your face
I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
I'm fine, says Remi in a wordless scream through the Attuned bond, only he's anything but. Not in Ronin's mind. Forgive the Huntsman for his sudden blind fury at seeing the monster scarf down part of his husband - it's an act of disrespect as well as anything else, and it won't go unpunished. At one point in his life, there would probably have been a Princess Bride-esque quip accompanying what Ronin does next. Not anymore, though.
The sound that rips from his throat is more befitting a dragon than a man, and leathery wings snap from his shoulders in preparation for flight. But he doesn't fly yet, oh no. Ronin detonates, the supernova whiting everything out for a second or two, damaging and healing all at once.
Ronin partially shifts his dragon wings and detonates a supernova!
Magic: FEAT | Static | Rolls with advantage against Ascended
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: FEAT | Now You! | When Ronin successfully hits a target, the next ally who posts gains advantage on their attack.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Supernova | A blast of celestial light emanates from Ronin in a 60ft radius. Any allies hit by the light are healed, whilst any enemies take damage (Mastered healing/damage). May be used three times per thread, with a two post cooldown.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Nimbus Call | The user may call down one of the clouds from the sky and ride upon it. The cloud will hold Ronin and up to one other person.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
She watches as chaos ensues, as the feathers that shoot out of Wessex’s wing slice deep and sharp, like a knife through butter and she definitely pauses in her holy shit moment of surprise to readjust her legs higher than where those dangerous feathers sit, hoping not to slice herself up.
She keeps her armor upgrade active, staring at the creature, feeling relatively useless because she doesn’t want to blow what she’s gotten from Wessex so early, so instead she lifts that crossbow again, waits until Wessex banks just right, and tries to aim the arrow at the creature’s eye (or maybe down its throat).
Kiada readjusts her legs a little >_> and she also readies the crossbow again to shoot another arrow but this time she aims for the eye or mouth to try and shoot it somewhere less armored!
Type: Grey
Bionic Armor Upgrade | Lightweight but hard armour extends from her spine, wrapping around her upper body in a defensive sheet of armour.
do not think you are safe because you love her
do not think she won't stain her mouth red with your blood too
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
If only she’d thought to give Kiada her chakram before shifting. Oooops.
Circling high (hopefully more than 60 feet) above the hole in the water, Wessex had thought she’d try to shoot at it again, but Ronin’s literal scream directs her attention to the Huntsman. Gods, they’re so dra- she begins, but the burst of light cuts her off and swears a quick, Hold on! to Kiada. Doing her best to climb (zoom? How fast can this thing go?) out of the radius of damage from the Supernova, below them, Wessex puts all her effort into keeping Kiada out harm’s way.
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Wessex calls Ronin dramatic and tries to evade the supernova by climbing higher, out of its radius, and keeping her body between it and Kiada.
Magic: Shadowed (FEAT) | Light magic rolls with disadvantage against Wessex.
Type: Dark | Rank: Basic
Magic: Demi-gods Disadvantage (FEAT) | Demi-gods roll at a disadvantage against Wessex
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Type: Dark
Damage Splash Upgrade | For every attack made at Wessex, double the damage is deflected back to the creature who caused it. (Elemental effects are not duplicated. 30 pts of fire damage is translated back as 30 pts of regular damage, for example).
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)
