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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Veldanya Venalla on Yesterday at 06:56:39 PM »
The amber beams and shards of ice slam into the large form of Darkness, seeming to have an effect though visible damage is harder to decipher as his figure seems to almost flow about slightly.  The black orb sent downwards by Phaerys though seems to basically just meld back into Darkness' form as opposed to actually striking him.  The same can not be said though as Gulgrims large head and steel jaw colide with Darkness' face.  A loud sickening crunch can be heard as the large dark figure stumbles back a step or so, his face clearly looking damaged as black ooze seems to flow down to the ground.  At the same time, the demonic forces controled by Soul Reaver charge forward.  Even as his face seems to ooze what one could assume to be akin to his blood he simply smiles as he kicks out with one of his feet, striking Gulgrim and shoving the large Warboss back a few steps.  At the same time his two free hands extend towards the incoming demons as inky black tendrils shoot outwards.  The tendrils slam into the approaching demons and seems to almost curl around them as Darkness instantly drains the energy and life force from the creatures, causing them to quickly wither away into twisted husks, while a surge of power can be sensed from the dark pool.  An almost maniacal chuckle emanates from Darkness as his injuries quickly seem to heal until it looks like not even a scratch remains on him.  His gaze then turns towards Vee.

"They certainly put up a lovely fight...but I think more is needed.  You...are needed dear sister.  It has been far too long since we have spoke...has it not?"

Then, as if in answer to the question, a surge of pain erupts within Vee, her back arching as her mouth opens wide in a howl.  Brilliant light seems to erupt from within her, shooting out of her mouth and eyes, her body collapsing to the ground a second later.  The beams seems to form into an orb in front of her before suddenly flying back towards the golden crystal and seeming to crash into the damaged surface.  A second later the crystal flashes and pulses, the missing chunk filling in and the cracks disappearing.

"I knew it...so this was your plan all along."

Then the crystal flashes once more and disappears, replaced by a tall glowing figure of light.  Standing roughly the same height as Darkness the figure could be described as bearing hints of a female humanoid, though they only seem to presently have two arms, a glowing longsword gripped in the one and a large shield strapped to the other.

"You are correct...dear Brother."

"Your little trick last time was desperate for sure.  Escape our prison and for what?"

"An attempt to stop the Cycle perhaps.  Gain an edge against you finally.  I had hoped you were close enough to the edge to be unable to react...but I was wrong."

"Mmm that you were, and if you had been a little bit weaker you would have been unable to stop my response after you landed.  Instead of destroying that planet it simply scoured it.  In truth though it matters little.  You have seen the same things I have.  You now know the truth of what is outside of our prison and even our universe."

As the two figures are speaking, the Companions can sense something..different with both Darkness and the figure that almost certainly must be Light.  While the powers of the two entities are largely newly to the warriors, they can now sense hints of the Warp in both beings, like tendrils slithering through them.

"It was all pointless.  Light versus Dark, Order versus Chaos.  Win or lose, it is all pointless Sister.  We fought for eons to try and determine which of us was right..for what?"

As Darkness speaks, Light shifts on the other side of the platform, her gaze moving between each of the Companions.  One can almost see ever so faint whisps of Warp energy seeming to flow over her glowing figure, the effect standing out much more then compared to Darkness' inky black form.

"You may have a point Brother.  Regardless of which of us possibly wins and reforms this universe...there are so many others that are wrong.  Even the planet I landed on and...saved.  There is no hope of bringing Order to it anymore, or the countless other planets ive seen in my travels."

"Nor Chaos, or at least what I once saw as Chaos.  No...what dwells out there is well beyond such simplistic concepts."

Darkness is interrupted as Vee, still lying on the ground lets out a groan and manages to lift her upper half up as she glares at Darkness.

"It was YOU.  YOU are the one who practically destroyed my home and almost wiped out everyone on it."

Her gaze then turns towards Light, glaring still.

"And you...forcing me to stay silent while you hid away inside...and you knew all of this all along?!?"

Lights gaze shifts over to Vee but doesnt seem to display any sort of emotion.

"Not quite...the effort shattered my mind...only mostly reforming once I returned home.  I saw no reason in delving into things, I felt it a much better choice to bide my time until you finally got closer to the remainder of my figure.  Of course then things became clear.  Your people were sacrificed to preserve Order...though I now see that that was unnecessary."

Her gaze then shifts back to Darkness as he speaks once more, Vee seeming to falter and collapse back to the ground.

"Yes...unnecessary.  You agree then dear Sister, our original disagreements are paltry compared to the truth, to what needs to be done to bring true balance.  Come...let us deal with these "Companions" and then we shall work to bring true balance to the multiverse."

Both figures raise their respective weapons, awaiting to see what the Companions shall do against the might of both powers.

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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Shadow Chorus on June 17, 2025, 10:41:17 PM »
"'Sabout time." The warboss growls as Darkness finally begins to fight back. Eager to finally have an opponent worth smashing, Gulgrim surges forward, his size increasing rapidly to match his opponent, but rather than try and block or deflect the downward swing of the blades aimed at him, the Warboss simply stepped inside their reach, his massive frame belying the speed the Avatar could move at when motivated. In a perfectly timed approach, Kitharsis's blasts of energy and the hilts of Darkness's swords pass just over Gulgrim's escalating shoulders before his height grows to eclipse the trail they leave behind. Surging past the inside reach of the blades, Gulgrim performed the unexpected (well, perhaps for anyone but Gulgrim), and rather than bringing a weapon to bear or otherwise staging a more traditional assault, utilized his increasing size and rapid momentum to slam his Adamantine-hard, unreasonably thick Orkish skull towards Darkness's own, an Orkish salute headbutt that threatened to connect with thunderous report if his opponent did not give ground.

Underestimating Gulgrim's Kunning mind was a dangerous proposition, in both the metaphorical and quite literal sense, as he was not afraid to put his head to good use when the need arose.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Fallen Templar on June 17, 2025, 08:53:22 PM »
What Phaerys had initially assumed may have been a pocket dimension was in fact the top of a great tower amid a city of ebony. The Shaiton capital, he presumed, currently besieged by their allies. Almost a pity they were not here to study the architecture.

Against the oncoming beam of darkness, Phaerys launched himself skyward to evade it, projecting a wave of fire above himself to temporarily shield against the rain of dark orbs. He bought himself a few precious moments to hurriedly fabricate a shield out of alloys, hopefully allowing some margin for error as he steered himself away from more potential hits. Occasionally he was able to capture an orb in an orbit around himself, before flinging it back towards Darkness with considerably more force than it previously had.

Hovering round his vantage point from on high, it was hard not to notice the incongruous glimmer of gold some distance behind their foe. As if on cue, the Ataran heard Kitharsis' voice, echoing his own suspicions of the unknown object. Phaerys reached out and replied:

Hypothesis: Seraphim artefact, not Shaiton. Salvage, not sunder.
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Board Battle OOC Threads / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: OOC Thread
« Last post by Kitharsis on June 05, 2025, 10:10:13 PM »
Oh so the pool is the interesting thing. I misunderstood. I’ll edit.
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Board Battle OOC Threads / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: OOC Thread
« Last post by Veldanya Venalla on June 05, 2025, 05:29:22 PM »
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/0/09/Another_Crystal.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20100706192806
For reference this is vaguely what the crystal looks like but is like laying on its side on the ground.  Also, its clear that Darkness isnt drawing any power or seemingly interested in the crystal, unlike the pool.  Kith if you want to tweak the end of your post to account ofr that go ahead :)
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Kitharsis on June 03, 2025, 11:30:50 AM »
The effect of poking around with is sword wasn't quite what he was expecting.  Darkness enthusiastically casts aside the shroud concealing their surroundings, revealing both the golden crystal behind him and the ebony city surrounding them.

Why would this one be gold, while the rest were dark in color?  Kitharsis has little time to contemplate, as the now giant Darkness aims one of his palms at him.  The Tirthandara braces himself for the attack as a wave of sand rushes up in front of him. 

A beam of inky blackness blasts towards him.  Kitharsis quickly dives away as a wall of sand rises to block the attack.  It holds long enough for him to escape the path of the blast before disintegrating.

But this safety is momentary, as black orbs rain down from above.  He barely catches his footing before having to dodge one of them streaking down toward him.

The sandstone swords, each bearing cracks and pieces missing, assemble above him.  They work to deflect any orbs falling his way.  Two of them finally meet their breaking point and fall to the ground in piles of sand.  The other three diligently continue on.

Kitharsis's palms glow as his power concentrates into them.  He points them directly at Darkness's massive chest and returns his opponents attack.  Two beams of amber energy blast from Kitharsis's palms at his giant foe.

"Can we cut him off from that pool somehow?"  He projects to his companions.  "I am wary to destroy it like the crystals, this seems different." 
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Board Battle OOC Threads / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: OOC Thread
« Last post by Soul Reaver on May 29, 2025, 06:32:24 AM »
Even if he can't figure out the word-for-word meaning, Soul Reaver should be able to make out the gist of what the glyphs around the pool do.

The Steelheart's skin is essentially thick magical plate armour, so it should be able to weather the incoming attack while it shields Soul Reaver.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Soul Reaver on May 29, 2025, 06:27:55 AM »
Soul Reaver notes that there is something dwelling within Vee - something that is injured.  He does what he can to help it, but time is too short to achieve much.

Soul Reaver steps away from Vee's side as the darkness from the area is lifted.  He covers his face with his forearm as Darkness' energy field bursts outward.  Some of the Lesser Daemons are almost knocked to the ground, and the Fire Daemon and Shadowlord are forced to fold their wings to avoid being picked up and hurled into the air.  The Steelheart, on the other hand, barely notices as the blast washes over its metallic flesh.

Soul Reaver looks up at the towering form of Darkness, and notes the pool and the cracked crystal behind it.  Quickly, he eyes the runes running along the pool - perhaps he could decipher their purpose?

But there is no time - already spheres of blackness rain from the sky.  Without Soul Reaver needing to say a word, the Steelheart launches into action, shielding Soul Reaver with its own hulking body.  Soul Reaver takes the opportunity to breathe a spell to help him with focusing his mind, then reads the glyphs to try and glean some knowledge of what they do.

Meanwhile the Shadowlord hastily erects a Retribution Shield around itself to absorb the worst of the rain of black spheres, while the Fire Daemon is struck multiple times, breaking one of its wings in the process.  The Cruelbeasts raise shields where possible and dodge where none are available, but even so, many are struck down by the rain of projectiles.  The Daemonspawn, too fat and clumsy to dodge, take the hits directly.  One dissolves into foul-smelling black ichor from its wounds, but the other quickly begins to regenerate.

Under Blightwing's direction, the remaining daemons quickly return to an offensive stance and charge in toward Darkness.
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Board Battle OOC Threads / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: OOC Thread
« Last post by Veldanya Venalla on May 07, 2025, 06:48:04 PM »
Alrighty, Gulgrim has two large swords swinging down directly at him, Kitharsis and Phaerys has beams of darkness directed at them and everyone has orbs of darkness raining down from above.  Everyone (sans Gulgrim as i figure he is too focused on Darkness to even see anything else lol) can see everything described, the enshrouding darkness now being completely gone.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Veldanya Venalla on May 07, 2025, 06:45:36 PM »
Vee lets out a grunt and works to get to her feet as Soul Reaver comes over and places a hand on her shoulder nad healing magic flows into her.  It clearly bolsters her spirit, though Soul Reaver can sense that it seems as if some of the healing seems to not be flowing into her...but into something within her.  She shakes her head slightly.

"Im not entirely sure.  It was as if he ripped something out of me.  If it was in fact a piece of him it...explains some things for certain."

It is at this point though that the combined assaults of Gulgrim, Kitharsis, and Phaerys all collectively strike the barrier surrounding Darkness.  The sandstone swords strike the barrier, richocheting off and spinning through the air as the violent tremors unleashed by Phaerys explosive slam into it alongside the balefire and fists of the enraged Gulgrim.  The barrier pulses and shimmers, seeming to continue to hold, though some faint cracks are visible along the surface.

Meanwhile, the fifth sandstone sword veers off into the inky blackness, zooming towards the hidden swell of power before seeming to collide with an invisible barrier with a loud pinging sound.

Darkness smiles, gazing at Kitharsis.

"You wish to see it? Very well..."

Darkness thrusts his hands out to the side as the surrounding darkness seems to start flowing into him, revealing more of the surrounding area.  The Companions can see they stand on a large platform, a brief glance around and behind would reveal that the platform seems to be in the center of a large city.  Buildings seemingly crafted out of shimmering ebony tower around them, the sounds of battle fainly audible behind them.  Roughly 20 to 30 feet behind Darkness they can now see what could be considered a large circular pool.  Intricate ironwork seems to run around the edge, pulsing runes etched into the metal.  This is clearly the source of tremendous power they felt previously.  Near the edge of the platform, roughly opposite of the pool, lays what looks to be a large golden crystal, cracks visible across the surface and a chunk seemingly missing. They have little time to dwell on it though as Darkness suddenly brings his palms slamming together and the shield surrounding him explodes with a violent wave of force.

"You wish for a fight?  Perhaps she will finally deign to make her appearance."

His human looking form then seems to melt and then a split second later start to reform, growing in size until a figure roughly 30-40 feet tall towers over the Companions.  Four massive arms extend from his torso, two of them (one on each side) wield large scimitars seemingly crafted out of some sort of black metal while his other two hands appear to be empty.  In the blink of an eye both blades swing down, aiming directly for the Warboss as the palms of the other two hands face towards Phaerys and Kitharsis and beams of inky blackness blast towards them.  At the same time Darkness raises his face to the sky and a large black orb fires skyward.  A split second later smaller black orbs rain down from above and towards each of the Companions.

Vee wastes no time seeing all of this, getting to her feet and concentrating for a moment.  Her eyes open and she frowns before clenching her teeth and concentrating once more before 3 more "Vees" appear around her.  Something seems to be off about them though, their appearances flickering and almost translucent.  Raising a hand towards Darkness she fires off a large shard of ice.



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