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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Veldanya Venalla on January 15, 2026, 06:45:43 PM »
Phaerys can feel incredible power flowing through him, almost overwhelming his suit before finally a large ebony beam is unleashed.  As Blooddrinker arcs upwards and seems to almost disembowel Light, the dark beam slams into her back, seeming to almost melt part of her figure away.  Shimmering silver blood splashes out over the platform as her disfigured body collapses to the ground.  All three of the Darkness figures soon are cut down by the onslaught unleashed by the multiple Warbosses, ebony blood flowing over the platform and mingling with the silver  blood like some sort of macabre display.  A moment later however there is once more a surge of power from within the well as Darkness reforms once more.  He wastes little time in creating 3 more copies of himself and launching attacks at the bellowing Warbosses even as he speaks towards Phaerys.

"Bravo warrior, valiant effort and certainly sensible thinking but you still miss the mark...isnt that right dear Sister?"

As if in response, Light reforms once more, her shield undamaged and her blade shimmering brilliantly.

"You are correct Brother."

She floats over to the well, reaching out a hand and it comes to rest on what seems to be like an invisible bubble over the well.

"You seem to misunderstand what my Brother said.  WE are our only weakness and while there was a period where I would have revelled at plunging my hand down and proving I was right...I know now we both were wrong and so I no longer have such a desire."

She taps her fingers against the invisible surface before withdrawing her hand.

"You can continue to try with all your might to stop us but at this point we will continue to return time and again until you have nothing left."

"No...."

While faint, even with the sounds of battle between Gulgrim and Darkness, a voice is heard.  Vee raises herself off the ground, leaning on an arm as she glares at Light.

"Oh...you decided to rejoin us I see. It matters..."

Light is cut off as Vee shifts up to one knee, her gaze never leaving the shining deity.

"I know the truth....about both of you.  Understanding...is a three edged sword.  Your side....their side...and the truth.  The two of you battled for ages, so certain you were each in the right.  Countless worlds suffered until you were locked away...and then you brought your argument...to my world.  Billions paid the price for your actions.  They held back for so long hoping the two of you would find the truth and you didnt.  They however HAVE seen the truth and thus...it ends...now."

Vees eyes suddenly flash and seem to turn into pitch black orbs as she slams her hands down into the platform, the surface cracking as her hands seem to clench down into the ground.  All of the Companions can detect a surge of power growing within the woman as her body seems to tremble and shake, her teeth clenched tightly together.

"What?  You cant..."

Lights voice seems to momentarily waver as she beholds the sight.  Power continues to grow within Vee and then the Companions can easily detect that the power is coming from elsewhere.  From within the well in front of them and from a great distance behind them.  It seems as if the woman is somehow drawing power from both wells.  Vees body continues to tremble as power continues to whell up inside of her.  Her mouth opens wide as she lets out a loud howl.  The tone and pitch of the howl seems to almost alternate to those who hear it.  Filled with rage and anger one moment before shifting into a cry of extreme pain and sadness before shifting back.  Her howl seems to almost increase in volume as more power flows into her.  Then suddenly ebony black wings seems to explode from her back, the feathers shimmering as trails of Light dart over the surface, similar trails now also swirling around the orbs that have replaced her eyes.

"No...you cant do this. You....cant!"

Light finally seems to shake herself from her stupor as she raises her blade high and moves to attack Vee.  At the same time a voice pierces the minds of all the Companions.

"Companions, you must protect her!  Do whatever you must to keep the siblings from harming her!"

None recognize the voice but they can easily sense great concern within it as they can also see a ghostly looking figure standing behind Vee, its hands clasped behind its back as it seems to watch over her.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Kitharsis on January 07, 2026, 09:10:09 AM »
Kitharsis could sense the building power from the well of Darkness, and a similar occurrence a ways off.  The two seemingly dead gods rose to their feet once more in a flash.  Gulgrim was giddy at the prospect, but Kitharsis shared in Soul Reaver's sentiment.

The Tirthandara finds himself untargeted, as Darkness and Light attack Gulgrim and Soul Reaver.  He takes advantage of the reprieve to make a quick assessment.

Phaerys was onto something, working away at Darkness's well.  If their assumptions were correct, and the gods could only be destroyed by one another, then this was the play.

But if Phaerys is found out, the plan would be for naught.  Kitharsis wills a stream of sand to gather around Phaerys's feet.  It organizes into a large rune underneath the Ataran.  Should any attacks target Phaerys the rune will activate, forming a domed shield around him.

Kitharsis plants himself at Phaerys's flank.  The runes on his stony skin are glowing brighter now, infused with more of his power.  He will attempt to block or deflect any attacks directed toward himself or Phaerys.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Fallen Templar on December 30, 2025, 01:04:36 PM »
Phaerys grew suspicious of the growing interference the deeper he attempted to probe into the well of darkness. No matter what he tried to bypass it, this interference seemed as if to respond reactively in countering his efforts. The only evidence pointing toward an outside entity was a unique energy signature, likely not native to this plane. The Ataran dutifully recorded these readings for later study.

He noticed the energy surge as the deities were felled – almost immediately they rose again, ready to face the Companions once more. The thunderous bellows of a certain Ork Warboss caught his attention for but a moment. Gulgrim had finally found the fight he was longing for – an opponent who would always get back up after a good krumpin’, raring for more. An Ork’s idea of true heaven.

Meaning Phaerys could be assured of a reliable diversion. Good. It would likely be needed.

With the knowledge that the wells were being used to empower and revive the twin divinities, Phaerys looked from the well beside him to the raging battle, his mind racing. Darkness’ well could be destroyed right here, cutting him off from his source of power and preventing his revival, but Light would remain unopposed, with her well all the way back in Seraph lands…

He could see only one answer to this fiendish equation.

With an almost solemn air, Phaerys stepped closer to the well and laid his hands upon it. There was no time to prepare a specialised device to siphon off power – a crudely made interface directly connected with his suit would have to do. He’d have to trust that the Paradigm Field would weather the worst of any metaphysical damage.

He had to work quickly. Darkness would be sure to notice the source of his power being stolen away bit by bit, funnelled into the mechanical chassis that was most certainly not intended for this kind of stress testing. Phaerys would take as much as he dared – as much as his suit would allow short of catastrophic failure – before attempting to discharge the stored energy in a singular, controlled burst aimed straight at Light...
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Soul Reaver on December 15, 2025, 09:40:58 PM »
The spark of elation is swiftly extinguished with dismay as Soul Reaver watches both Darkness and Light rise again.  There was more going on here than just two errant gods.

At his side, a tendril from Light carves through the Steelheart's magical plate and slices it in two.  The two halves clatter and squelch to the floor, gouting black ichor, before crumbling into black dust.  Soul Reaver takes several steps back, raising his sword ready to strike.

Soul Reaver's eyes flicker from Light to Darkness and back again.

So the only way to kill them is to get them to kill each other?

Some distance away, Gulgrim was gleefully laying into Darkness, but unlike the Warboss, Soul Reaver didn't welcome this turn of events as Light comes barrelling toward him, a scintillating shield before her.  He didn't have time to come up with a clever plan right now - he would have to leave that to Phaerys.

Soul Reaver plants his feet and draws back his sword, ready to deliver a mighty swing.  Just as Light is about bowl into him, Blightwing acts and unleashes a powerful antimagic spell, shearing into Light's shield.  At the same time, Soul Reaver's muscles ripple in his arms and back as he counterswings with Blooddrinker - hopefully it would once again break through the now-weakened barrier and strike at Light herself.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Shadow Chorus on November 27, 2025, 06:06:23 PM »
As three copies of Darkness all bring their blades to bear against the Avatar of Gork and Mork, The Warboss's scowl turns to a bloodthirsty grin. In an instant, where once the Warboss fought with only two arms, suddenly there are six, four additional spectral limbs appearing around the Warboss as weapons and skitter against power klaws and energy fields as the six-armed Warboss duels his three opponents.

"Dat was a mistake, dat was." The warboss chuckles amid the ring of combat. "You'z don't know how Orks work." The pace was picking up, the Warboss's defense turning into an offense as he seemed to become faster, stronger, more incessant in the face of an enemy that would not die on him.

"Ya just told me, da AVATAR OF GORK AN' MORK, dat no matter 'ow 'ard I'z krump ya, you'z just gonna come back fer more!?!?"

Suddenly the warboss is behind one of the duplicates, having seemingly slipped through the momentary buckling of reality, the sheer glee that he feels seemingly focusing his energies to the point that his teleportation seemed to happen without fanfare or explosion, just a momentary blink and the Warboss was swinging three simultaneous right hooks at one of his opponents.

"It's da best gift ya could ever give me!" The warboss was laughing now, the glory and mania of endless combat washing away his previous malaise, the prospect of an immortal opponent laid before him meaning he no longer had to hold back or prolong things- they would last under anything he could throw at them. Or so they said, anyway. He fully intended to test that theory.

"Ya hear dat ladz!?" The Warboss bellowed to the rest of the companions, his booming laughter and shouting carrying over the din of battle. "Dey said I ken Krump 'em all I'z like! Take yer' time wif' beatin' em' proppa now, I'z gonna enjoy dis!"

Perhaps Darkness did not realize what his errant words had unleashed. An avatar embodying two gods of battle and brutality, cunning and viciousness, was now given free reign to unleash his full might upon foes who would not break too early for the fight to be enjoyed. Gulgrim's assault was steadily ramping up in ferocity, blows hammering harder, faster, and more incessantly as his immortal foe continued the fight, not weakening as perhaps Darkness thought it would with the realization of his opponent's indestructibility.

Gods of darkness and light they may be, but this was a fight. And that was where the twin gods of the Orks reigned supreme.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Veldanya Venalla on November 23, 2025, 06:22:02 PM »
Darkness seems to buckle under the cacophonous barrage from the enraged Warboss, finally crumbling to the ground.  At the same time Kitharsis', Soul Reavers, and his Steelhearts attack crash against Lights shield, the shimmering dome flickering before shattering.  Kitharsis' spikes pierce downwards once more, impaling the goddess clean through.  Her body spasms and quivers, silver blood gushes from the wounds and a moment later she goes still.

At the same time Phaerys scans the Well.  A moment after Darkness seems to fall he can detect a significant surge of power flowing from the well, while at the same time his sensors also detect a similar surge far away, clearly coming from the city of Light.  Then warnings and errors seem to start filling his scanners as he attempts to investigate further.  It is as if there is some sort of barrier preventing the scanners from investigating further beyond detecting the surge of power, though one scanner does seem to pick up some interesting information.  It detects a thread of power coarsing through the shield, different then anything else the scanners pick up.  Far more ancient and powerful then either of the deities the Companions currently face.  It seems to be that thread that seems to block the scanners from delving any further. Then both seemingly dead beings glow and flash with their respective element before surging back to their feet once more.

"I must say...your fury is impressive Ork.  It means little as you can see.  Strike as hard and often as you desire...I shall always return.  The same can be said for my sister."

Its at that point that Light chuckles, reaching to grab one of those sand spikes impaling her and snaps it in half.

"My dear bother is correct.  There is only one being who can fell me...and only one that can fell my brother.  I suspect that the one who can fell me is no longer interested in such an option...as I am no longer either."


She lets out another chuckle as a tendril of light extends from her body, quickly seizing the Steelheart, wrapping around the demon.  In a smooth motion her blade pierces the air and slices the creature in two.  Then without hesitation she charges at Soul Reaver, her shield set firmly in front of her.  At the same time Darkness flickers and two more appear and all three launch a flurry of sword strikes upon the giant Ork.

As the battle continues, Vee remains on the ground, seemingly unmoving still.  There seems to be an odd flicker of power as a translucent being seems to flicker in and out of sight, the beings gaze seems to be looking down at the fallen woman. 

"My dear daughter...you must rise.  The time is now."
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Fallen Templar on November 08, 2025, 10:16:32 PM »
Phaerys put some distance between himself and Gulgrim the moment the latter rocketed forth to get stuck in and do some long-awaited krumpin', lest he find himself caught up in the Warboss' rampage. The Ataran decided to leave Darkness to Gulgrim and focused his attention on Light. He didn't so much as flinch when Light brought up her radiant shield - after all, what was the light of one sun in the face of another?

At Soul Reaver's request, Phaerys took pains to instead skirt around the maelstrom of battle and reach the well unnoticed, that he might turn the tide in his allies' favour. He had faith that his suit's paradigm field would be enough to ward against the Warp energy flowing forth. It had to be.

The Ataran cautiously approached his objective, comfortably settling into his familiar role in spite of the utter pandemonium unfolding around him. He peered into the well. An array of built-in suit sensors measured and studied as he raced to trawl through the most relevant data. Destroying the well would have been far too risky this close up without knowing how volatile it was. If Darkness and Light were drawing energy from this somehow, perhaps that energy could be diverted...
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Kitharsis on November 07, 2025, 09:38:27 AM »
Gulgrim, ever eager for a fight, charges in.  Kitharsis is impressed the Warboss was able to contain himself for this long.  With one last glance at Vee, Kitharsis prepares to enter the fray as well.

A curtain of sand shields his eyes from the blinding white light produced from Light's shields.  As Gulgrim clashes with Darkness, Light's shield blunts his attack.  Destroying the shields would be most effective at the moment.

Kitharsis runs toward Light, encased in her domed shield around her.  As Soul Reaver attempts to plunge Blooddrinker into the shield, Kitharsis readies masses of sand above.  The sand forms into long, thick, hardened spikes.  They thrust down at the shield in intervals.  Should the shield break they will strike down at Light, attempting to spear her through.

Dull amber colored runes begin to trace themselves across Kitharsis's skin as he makes preparations for the battle ahead.
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Board Battles / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: Rallying to War
« Last post by Soul Reaver on October 23, 2025, 09:34:41 PM »
Soul Reaver takes a step back as the explosions from Gulgrim's attacks cause the ground to shudder.  He glances at the towering forms before him, then at the pool nearby.  He had could feel the energy flowing from the pool, but even though Darkness was under brutal attack, Light appeared to be generating a shield that might render all of Gulgrim's efforts moot and prevent him from getting close enough to do anything.  He would need to engage the glowing being.

The small number of lesser Daemons that survived Darkness' earlier assault retreat, fanning out to avoid the possibility of being wiped out in a single explosion.  The Fire Daemon joins them, clutching its broken wing, snarling as it tries to set the bone in approximately the right position with an awful crunching noise.

Soul Reaver twirls Blooddrinker in his hand, takes a deep breath, and then charges at Light.  With a firm two-handed grip, he thrusts the cursed blade point-first at Light's energy shield.  He didn't expect that the sword would penetrate right away, but it would instead quickly sap the energy being used to generate the barrier.

Nearby, the Steelheart lends it strength to the assault, slamming its enormous mace into the shield.  Each blow strikes like a battering ram, hopefully exerting further pressure on Light.  Blightwing meanwhile begins to levitate high over the battlefield, eyes narrowed, beginning the words for counterspells that may serve to weaken the shield further.

Planting his feet to retain his balance against yet another shockwave from Gulgrim's teleporting, he sends a message to Phaerys.

Phaerys, the pool!  Find out what it is doing!  We will try to hold these monsters at bay!
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Board Battle OOC Threads / Re: The Three-Edged Sword: OOC Thread
« Last post by Shadow Chorus on October 03, 2025, 02:22:48 AM »
Gulgrim finally gets the fight he wants. He's busting out an old classic that he used in the fight against Soul Reaver (and Peterson, if I'm remembering right), his rapid teleport assault. Only when you're the size Gulgrim's at right now, it's a lot more dangerous when there's suddenly a vacuum that large in the place a giant Ork used to be, so the area around Darkness is about to be full of explosions (or I guess implosions, technically, but they often then subsequently become explosions), so caution to anyone getting too close.
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