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[RP Thread] Grey Dawn

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The sicarus gracefully descended upon him, his spear aiming for his head.

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The masked man held up his sword, it's tip pointing directly at the descending sicarus.
As the winged man came within range, he jumped into the air in a diagonal path, thereby creating a situation where he flanked the sicarus mid-air.
He turned his upper body slightly in the direction of his opponent, followed by a vicious diagonal swing from his keen blade in the direction of the sicarus' shoulder.
 
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Dara turned around towards the side exit. He saw the expression on the Azshiirs face and knew what the wildman was thinking. He was thinking the same after all. This was the same kind of explosion that had sundered the plaza in front of the bank.
 
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The spear went right through the outmatched sicarus, splitting it from shoulder to waist. The sicarus fell to the floor in two bloody black heaps, feathers now flying with the soft breeze.

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The ministers were getting very worried now. Sitting ducks they were.
 
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The masked man landed again.
He shot a glance at the fallen guard, then he started walking towards the now-unguarded gate.
As he walked, he pulled a few more spheres out from under his cloak, checked them to be sure they were functional, and put them back in whatever bag he was carrying hem in.
As he was within a stone's throw of the gate, he took one of them out again and pushed the tiny button on it.
He threw it at the gate, and stopped to watch the spectacle.
 
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The tiny blue sphere glistened in the evening light as it collided with the gate, instantly exploding into a fantastic display of arcane power. The earth shook again, and this time nearby women could be heard screaming. When the azure smoke cleared, the gate and the wall around it had been completely obliterated, as if they didn't exist. Beyond that was a well-maintained courtyard leading to a corridor lined with pillars, and finally, the large mahogany door into The Circle of Truths.
 
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Another quake. What the hell was going on? Was this just an earthquake or the works of the man he had seen earlier? He constantly asked himself that question but he had never been able to come to a good answer. He looked around -- at the crowd, at the ministers and at the guards. Everybody seemed to be nervous and he saw panick in the crowd, though they didn't yet run for their lives. Not yet, though he thought they probably soon would. Whatever the case, he wasn't going to just stand there, wait for something to happen. He felt the building shake. Which was it? Damn it, which was it? Should he run for his life or should he just remain calm? He didn't know. Gods, what a cursed day. he thought to himself.

He turned around and quickly walked off the stage, to the small dark room he had been in before. He had to check how his new-found companion was doing.. maybe explain why he had been called up, why he had sentenced two people to death, too. Gods. What a cursed day. The massacre and now this. A little game that had gone quite out of your control, huh, Enchantress, he said in his head. She had lost control indeed - her political game had been turned against her. Though she had been just about to speak when the quakes started, he doubted she could've salvaged the situation.
''Kvilde?'' he shouted, questioning, as he entered the dark room.
 
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Pandemonium broke out. The mahogany doors pushed open and the flood of ministers began pouring out, heading in the opposite direction to where the explosions were coming from. Some could see the masked man coming towards them, and quickly ran as fast as their robes would permit.

Kvilde emerged from the curtain, leaving her vigil over her father. She ran to Azshiir, concerned. "What is happening?!"

The magewatchers flocked to Lucio, who was making his descent from the arena seats. Valeria, Karina, Imyas, Cicero and Cat'ul were all leaving by that point. Julianna remained where she was, a quaint smirk on her face. "Finally I get to meet the man who has half the city's mages shaking." She stood up, crossing her arms. Meanwhile, Gaseir was also making his escape, urging Ernis to follow him. Zenon, who had emerged from his slumber and somehow returned, stood in between them.

"It isn't safe," he said, looking down at the rest of the people remaining. They must've expected a fight. However, Gaseir shook his head, following Imyas as they made their way out from the doorway they came.
 
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Seeing the flow of important big-cheese folks leaving the building, the masked man fetched another of the spheres from his cloak.
He pressed the button, threw it in the general direction of the ministers' preferred escape route, and grinned beneath the mask.
"Cowards." He said out loud as he threw his cape on the ground, leaving only his mask and his cowl.
Beneath it he was wearing what looked like some kind of fashion reject. It was a chain vest of tiny jewels, each of them with a strange mechanical device planted on it.
 
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Dara looked at Lucio. "well Commander, it seems that after tonight we wil know whether the magewatch can truly protect us or not." he said it did not sound hostile it sounded friendly. "And i really hope they can." he concluded. After this He followed Valeria, Karina, Imyas, Cicero, Cat'ul and Gaseir and left the hall.
 
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Azshiir fastened his pace and looked back once more. It seemed panick had finally taken control of everybody. The crowd dispersed, running as fast as they could. Same with the ministers, he saw. Gods, he had expected a little more of them, he thought to himself. The urge to shake his head in disgust almost overtook him, but he quickly repressed it and looked back at Kvilde again.

''Someone is making these quakes. We need to get out of here, quickly.'' he told her, perfectly calm, though he was secretly on the verge of panick too. He had seen perfectly clear what the man had done and to be honest, he didn't have any doubt now who the culprit was, even though he didn't have any proof. How likely was it that a quake would occur now? And how likely was it that the man would do it again? He weighed the one against the other and the latter seemed more likely now. He quickly walked to the door and tried to open it. It didn't, he realized and panick overtook him. He started trying desperately, and.. it worked. It was open.

''Let's get out of here.'' he said as he ran to the wagon and started dragging it along, eager to get as soon as possible out of this damned place.
 
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Nearly all of the ministers had stormed out of the granite arena, but a few lagged behind. The sphere thrown at the doors exploded, obliterating the remaining ministers in a cloud of thundering blue power. The force of the explosion unhinged the doors, sending them flying into the arena while granite walls buckled and pillars were broken. Moments later, there were no longer doors, just a thick sheet of granite boulders.

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Meanwhile, Kvilde was no longer the anxious wreck from before. She became the bear, a beacon of strength. She watched as the doors collapsed and nodded, following Azshiir by picking up the wagon and weaving through the halls until they came to the exit. She tried opening it, but it was locked. She growled, “these city-men and their stonehouses.” She was getting frustrated, even with her strength, it wasn’t opening. It was locked and her father was beginning to wake. “How will we get out?”

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Julianna stood up and began moving towards the exit. She glanced at them all with a devilish grin and said, “Are we all ready to die?”

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Now outside of the building, Dara could still feel the tremors. Imyas looked back, seeing Dara and shouted for him to hurry up.
 
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Another tremor nearly threw Ernis off balance. An assassin? Or perhaps an entire battalion of troops? It very much felt like it, but no such army had crossed his vision even in a glimmer. If it were an assassin, it was a good one.

Ernis kept his head low, keeping close behind Gaseir's cloak of which kept near Imyas.
 
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Gods be damned, gods be damned, gods be damned! Damned! Stuck in this hellhole of a building, stuck in a nightmare! Why, why was this day so miserable? Why, for all that was holy? Were the gods out to trifle with him? Perhaps they were amused by this little symphony of terror and hatred? He kept cursing silently, creating a few awkward moments between him and Kvilde in which he didn't answer. It was only after a minute or so that he finally forced himself to calm down. With anger he would come nowhere. He had to focus.
''Hold on.'' he told Kvilde while he tried to remember what he had to do again.

He held his hands out and formed his fingers into solid fists. Gods, he would not be stuck here. No, never. He would not be stuck in this godforsaken building, in this godforsaken city! He had to focus. His fists started shaking violently, as if he was having an epileptic seizure, though it had a pattern in it. Left-right, up-diagonal, right-down, left-up, gods, he would do this! And so he finally raised his fists after a while of shaking, going left, right, up and down. And from the wreckage, a seemingly great boulder of granite emerged. He grinned as he saw that he was succesful and then immediatly after punched one of his fists forward, into the air. The granite boulder was thrown with what seemed to be immense strength against the wooden wall. No locks would hold him! He would break this door. He would. There was no doubt about it in his mind.
 
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Dara followed Imyas walking besides him sighing. "One renegade and the whole ministry is in a uproar! and the magewatch expect to be able to protect this city?" he shook his head. "pathetic."
 
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OOC : Is there a fight?

Zenon walked slowly for a moment, then caught up with Gaseir. "I'm gonna take a look around" He announced, and jumped off into the sky. His figure shone in the bright moon, and his eyes, again turned crimson red. What the hell happened... I have to find out before the whole city is ruined. Zenon thought, as he jumped from rooftops to rooftops, and gracefully landed on one of the rooftops near where the explosion had occured.
 
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As Lucio and his retainers reached the floor, he unclasped and removed his robe in one swift flourish, revealing his armour beneath.
"Magewatch! Arrest that man!" he snarled, drawing his own blade.
He turned to Julianna.
"Sister. It may prove prudent for you to retire. We'll take it from here."
 
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OOC: Yes, they're gone. And sanofa, Zenon was still with the others in the Ministry Halls. He returned when the explosions were occurring.

From the entrance they came, Azshiir was slowly granting them a way out. The granite was heavy however, and took its toll on the young shaman. Kvilde looked at him in encouragement as she tended to her ailing father. "Quickly Azshiir," she said, her voice fraught with what sounded like excitement.

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Julianna crossed her arms, her head snapped to meet Lucio's gaze. "Oh fine," she sighed and looked at the masked man with intrigue. She knelt down and drew a circle in the stone with her finger. As she was drawing, she left a black line, almost like a dark pencil tracing on paper. When she was done, she pressed her hand to the stone and the circle begin to twist and turn until it was devoured by red energy that seemed to hiss and scream. As she stood upon the circle, she too was devoured by the energy and the stone sealed up. It was almost as if the earth had swallowed her up.

Meanwhile, the magewatchers were already on the move. 10 in total, all surrounding Cepharys with various kinds of weapons drawn. Three were magi, one wielding a staff and the other two unarmed.

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Imyas sighed. "It isn't just one renegade you fool," he was clearly concerned. "He's a renegade with pure magic. A human with pure magic. A human! Humans wage wars and do stupid things." He said in a tone that hinted at his dislike for humans. That was common for the ithuri - hate every race but your own, for they are beneath you as you.

Suddenly, Gaseir disappeared.

OOC: sanofa, Zenon is still in the Ministry Halls. Just add that he left again, lol.
 
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OOC: Well I took control of him and kept him inside. If you wanted to follow Ernis and Gaseir and Dara, I can change my post. Otherwise you can follow Azshiir (Fuss) and Kvilde.
 
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As he kept throwing the granite boulder against the wooden door, he felt his grip become looser. Gods, this was heavy.. who's brilliant idea had it been to build a whole building out of granite? That must've been incredibly hard.. so why even build it, he thought as he smashed the boulder once more against the door. He felt his muscles get tired and his balance almost slip, the distance between his feet grow wider. Come on. He had done this sort of thing before, though not with granite, but it had always worked out. He felt his breathing intensify as he once more prepared to throw the boulder against the door, his muscles were tense and his face was getting red, but once more he threw the boulder against the door. Just a few times, he thought to himself. Gods, this was worse than when he had been dragging that old man along. Gods. Why did anybody build buildings out of granite? He had started cursing in his mind a long time ago, but only now it got really ugly. And once more he threw the boulder against the door.

He could now barely keep the boulder up. It just hovered above him, supported by the air. He was sweating like a pig and he truly put all his efforts behind it, but he couldn't hold it above him for long anymore. Azshiir felt like the boulder could crush him at any moment now and with a low groaning he took a step back, solidifying his position somewhat. Just a few more times, he thought to himself as he punched his fist into the air and threw the boulder forward, once more. He closed his eyes and quickly started breathing in and out, because he had felt like he had stopped breathing. He didn't see what effect it had, he only heard the crashing sounds he had heard before. Gods, he hoped that had been the one to break open the door.
 
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Cepharys smiled.
"What a fierce welcome."
Blade drawn, he raised his left leg from the ground. He moved foot upwards and placed it on the inside of his right leg's thigh.
He put his hands together. His blade was now held between, pointed downwards.
And there he stood, silent.
On one leg, sword in hand, he didn't move a muscle.
The only sound coming from him was the silent tick of clockwork moving. The calming sound of machinery meant to kill, but which yet lay dormant.
 
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"One renegade is still one renegade Imyias." Dara said. "And The magewatch was powerless against him, they could not prevent one man from getting into the ministry." He shook his head. "I support the magewatch and i would never want to see them go, but they are in way over their heads."
 
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The granite pounded against the locked door, causing it to swing open. It was dark now, the flames of brazier outside lighting the small passage onto the Lane of Lovers. This part of the Lane seemed to be empty, possibly the result of the earthquakes and fleeing ministers. Many now congregated elsewhere.

"Quickly brother, before more of the men in silver arrive!" She exclaimed.

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The magewatchers began to circle him, like buzzards circling a dying animal. The sound of clockwork should have made them fear, to feel anxious. To wonder, where and what was that odd noise? But these men, these valiant magewatchers, displayed nothing. Their expressions were cold and malevolent, almost like the black clouds before the first roll of thunder. These men were willing to die for their city if they had to.

Their enemy looked vulnerable. He stood upon one leg and his sword was in an uncompromising position - it'd take at least two precious seconds to get the sword in a position to do damage. However, they were smarter than this. They would not make the first move.

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"It is all the Greythorns. They cannot manage this city," he said, coming up to his estate. It was fenced off by a solid wall of what appeared to also be granite, the 'eternal' stone. In the short distance, you could see his estate. It was large and tall, modelled after the architecture of Dalrenhil the ithuri capital. It was white with crystal blue windows and towering spires layered with gold plates. It was truly magnificent.
 
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Cepharys put his leg down on the ground again.
"Well, that wasn't going anywhere. So much for looking cool."
He moved his sword to his left hand, and with the right he fetched a small gem from a leather bag in his belt.
He turned a small handle on it, causing a tiny blue stream of a glowing substance to start floating into the air.
Gently, he put it on the ground.
He moved the sword back to his right hand, and placed his left hand in the path of the blue stream.
His left hand, wearing some kind of mechanical glove, had it's palm pointed directly at his opponents.
 
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Gods, he felt tired. To be more honest, he could barely stand up. Granite.. why did it have to be so heavy? Why would the Gods make such a heavy sort of rock? He could curse them at this moment as he stumbled forward, to begin dragging the wagon forward. He could, indeed. And now he had to drag an old giant with him, a giant that he barely dragged along before he had started throwing for bloody granite boulders. How was he supposed to do this? Curses, curses, curses. They were never-ending in his head. Endless tirades filled his mind, possibly scolding at everything that had been, is, and shall be. It was his way cope with things. And this anger gave him strength. Admittedly, not enough strength to get out of here quickly, but still, as he arrived and started dragging the wagon forward, it did not seem as hard as he had imagined it, truly.
''Let's go.'' he told his companion, his voice tired.

But anger gives only temporary strength and after a few steps he felt his painful muscles and his tired arms. Gods.. why was this man even so big?! How big had his parents been? His people were far too tall, he muttered to himself as he dragged with all his might. Gods, he had to keep dragging, keep.. dragging, damn it! Keep, dragging, damn it! He cursed his pathetic strength, but he would not stop, no! He was no weakling, he would drag this man away from this accursed place, even if he would fall to the ground, dead, afterwards. The Gods taunted him and tortured him, but he would not yield to them! Forward!
 
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Dara pondered for a moment while he and Imyas approached the gigantic mansion. "so Imyas, what do you plan on doing then. overthrow them?" a smile appeared on his face and he could not make it disappear. "This is truly interesting."
 
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An ithuri magewatcher quickly shouted, "ithaelum!"

The magewatchers scattered quickly at the sight of the arcane energy, their eyes fixed on the mechanical device on his hand. It was filled with these gems, but they were different. They looked hollow.

A very daring magewatcher leapt towards him like a cat pouncing upon prey, about to lower his sword down to where Cepharys' elbow was. The other magewatchers were now in motion. The magi in their ranks were all scattered, but began chanting in unison. It was a foreign language, possibly Ascension. As they chanted, the magewatchers were almost renewed in a sense. They looked the same, but their eyes were alight with fresh hope. They watched then as their Commander began to question the masked man.

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Kvilde could not help but admire her companion. He drew strength from anger; something her father taught her was a rare gift. Many of the wildmen were raised by the old belief that anger destroyed your ability to survive. It was encouraged that rage would kill you, whether you lived with it or you fought with it. But Azshiir seemed to be an exception. His anger created strength, not weakness. It allowed him to carry on. In a sense, she admired him.

As they came down the street, they approached Imyas’ estate. To them, it was just a bunch of colourful rocks stuck together in fancy shapes. True beauty to the wildmen was in one thing – the wild. There, they saw Dara and Imyas. Kvilde whispered, “look at how they stand in the shadows like rats, plotting and scheming. We are not the savages here.” Apparently, Azshiir was not the only one offended by the minister and his ‘lackey’.

Imyas stopped for a moment. He turned around with a very dire expression. “She and her bastard brood have no business ruling. Kaydeir is for the ithuri,” he said bluntly, catching the wildmen in the corner of his eyes. “Before, when ithuri ruled, brutes like them would’ve been evicted immediately.” His voice was poisoned by malice.
 
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Cepharys pointed his glove directly at his attacker.
"Bye."
A Concentrated ray of Iithaelum shot out from his palm, completely obliterating the poor magewatcher caught in the blast.
The heavy recoil which the blast created was obvious, and Ceph was forced to take a step back.
To stop it, he placed the tip of his tumb at the center of his palm, the beam apparently halting.
For a few seconds he was breathing heavily.
 
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"So be it," Lucio grunted, sweeping his sword round to waist height in preparation for his charge.
"MAGEWATCHERS, WITH ME!" he cried as he sprinted towards the masked assailant, murder in his eyes.
He side-stepped the deployed mechanism with ease, swinging his sword up and across, hip to shoulder, praying for contact.
 
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''Indeed.'' he answered, examining the two from afar. He had seen those two men, the men who had accused him of being a savage, a barbarian, a fool. The sight of them made his blood boil, but he kept dragging the cart on. Gods, how heavy could this man be!? Even though the curses went on, even though he could barely drag this cart any further, his eyes were still fixed on the two, examining them angrily. Arrogant little brash fools, dumb idiotic rats, the list went on and on, though it was mainly focused on Imyas, not on the other man. He hadn't actually accused him of barbarism in the same way, but still, he was an accomplice. How bloody heavy was this man, he thought, interrupting his little rant against the two. Gods, he had to focus on dragging, not looking at them. He was sure they had gotten by now that he was angry. The massacre, the judgements, the quakes.. and of course, having to drag this bloody old man through most of it. He honestly thought he couldn't take much more. Damn it, he had to push forward! Damned if he was going to lose to this old man!

He still listened though. Yes, even in his tirades, even amidst that, he still listened, though somewhat absent-mindedly. Gods. He listened to the two men speak and then he stopped. He had heard enough.
''I'm sorry, but hold on.'' he told Kvilde, his face cold and his eyes narrowed. Gods, he had taken enough of this today. He quit dragging and walked slowly to the two men. He stopped at a distance of three meters or so and pointed at Imyas with his finger.
''Apologize or start running.'' he told the ithuri, his voice hard and angry, so that none would ever be able to doubt his words. He would've preferred to immediatly gut the man where he stood, but still, that would've been excessive, at least for these people. He was sure that the man would apologize, but even if he didn't, Azshiir didn't care, even if it would bring the entire Magewatch upon him. He just wanted to see that little rat run or plea.
 
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Dara frowned at Imyas. "Kaydeir is for the Ithuri?" he repeated, his his voice on a mocking tone. "Honestly Imyas, thats how it used to be. The city of splendor was not made by one race." He said while shaking his head. "It might have been built by your people, but what made it the city of splendor is the collision of cultures, many races living together." He laughed. "And Imyas my dear man it is not humans or wildmen that are ruining this city, it is mages."
He looked up to the evening sky his face full of sorrow.

He then heard the wildman speak. he pulled up one brow looking at the wildman wondering what he was thinking.
 
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Lucio's grey eyes flashed in contempt and he stumbled, ever so slightly, straight into the path of the oncoming projectile.
He muttered something, and clenched his left hand.
The bomb soared past him, all but clipping his left ear and smashing instead straight into one of his waiting magewatchers, catching him square across the chest.
 
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The sphere exploded outwards, unleashing yet another blast of Ithaelum.
As with the last one, absolutely nothing was left in the blast radius.
Cepharys was walking backwards at a fast pace now.
"Hey, Magewatch man, that gem i left on the floor in there? It's the same thing that went off in the Exchange earlier today.
You know, the titanic thunderclap, the enormous wave of destruction? Yeah, just like that.
I intended to tap into it's power in small doses at a time, which was very successfull. But as of right now, it's busy filling the air with Ithaelum, as a certain someone didn't quite give me time to turn it off."
He drew his sword, holding it ready as he moved.
"I'd say you have around thirty seconds to turn it off.
But hey, we all like huge explosions, right?"
Cepharys laughed.
"I've dubbed them 'Crackgems'. Wonderful, aren't they?"
 
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Imyas looked down at the wildman. Ithuri were very tall, gangly creatures, and they often looked down on people as a result, a compliment to their arrogance. However, the wildman was quite tall, as all of the wildmen were. The difference was, the wildmen were bigger and physically superior. Imyas was thinking for a moment. In true ithuri spirit, he turned around. "Come Dara, you will adore my estate. It is modelled after my birthplace."
 
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Lucio laughed, an icy cold howl that chilled Cepharys and the Magewatchers, to the bone.
"You seem to be mistaken, I mean for a minute there. I actually thought - you thought - I cared, if this place went up in flames."
He laughed again, tears brimming.
"You see, these guys?" he waved at the Magewatchers behind him.
"They're replaceable".
"Me?" he nodded, tapping his chest.
"I'm replaceable. My mother, my sisters and my Ministers. Not so much perhaps. But since they're no longer here..." he sneered and turned on his heel, taking a closer look at the apparent doomsday device.
"It matters not if this thing - this crackgem - goes off, or not" he shrugged.
With a mighty swing of his sword and a high clang, he caught the edge of the gem and sent it skittering across the hall.
 
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Coward. Bloody coward, he thought to himself angry. The damn fool hadn't even responded. Did he truly think he could ignore him? Gods, he would show that pompous ithuri, he would show him, he thought to himself, and truly, his blood started boiling. He felt the immense urge to grab his spear and pierce him from afar, but.. no, that wouldn't be right, he had to admit, gnashing his teeth at the thought. Despite what every little voice in his head screamed at him, it wasn't right. Gods be damned, was he going to let him walk away? Just like that? No, he wouldn't let him get off the hook so simple. He would show him what powers he truly had. By the Gods, he would! That Ithuri would regret the day he had decided to insult the Wildmen!

And as the ithuri walked onto the estate, Azshiir closed his eyes. He would do what he did best, he thought to himself as he pushed the fingers of his left hand forwards, from the thumb to the pinkie, though not in that pattern. It was quite random, but a careful observer found that the same pattern was getting repeated over and over again. Gods, how many times had he done this, he thought? So many times.. and he brought his other hand forward, forming a fist. It shook a bit, left-right, right-up, etcetera, perhaps faster than his fingers moved. It was a bit the same as the movements he had used to create the rock stairs on top of the bank, he thought to himself.
Grow.

And so it did. From the rocks that covered the streets, yes, from the rocks, two vines grew, barely fitting through the small holes in the path of the estate. They embraced the feet of the ithuri, and despite the fact that they were merely plants, they were quite strong, as if they had many roots in the earth. Two more vines grew from the earth, far more taller than their cousins, and seemingly also bigger, to grab the hands of the hands of the Ithuri and pull him to the earth, in an embrace. More vines sprung from the earth, each lunging at the body of the man.
 
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Dara watched as The grass and vines grabbe Imyas. He turned around towards the wild man and smiled "Big mistake, my friend." He started running towards Azshiir. as he reached the wildman he tried to hit some of the nerve points on the wildmans shoulders in order to render his arms useless.
 
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The crackgem slided across the stone floor, bouncing and fragmenting. When it finally hit the arena, it had been chipped quite significantly, a trail of blue shards left in its wake. Within seconds, it exploded, instantly obliterating four magewatchers. The others, still shocked by their commander's careless nature, were soon caught up in the arcane smog.

Soon, the ground began shaking incredibly. Huge granite blocks began to crash to the floor, one catching a helpless magewatcher and crushing it. The glass roof above the arena shattered into millions of tiny pieces, falling like a crystal rain that dispersed with the incoming explosion. Almost like a starving dog, it demolished everything.

In one last desperate attempt, an ithuri magewatcher quickly leapt upon Cepharys, two daggers drawn. In a desperate frenzy, he was trying to stab the man. In one instance, he managed to slice across the man's cheek, cutting through the metallic mask. The blade was glowing with white flame - the enchantment from before. There was a reason this certain enchantment was used, but in the midst of the chaos, who would care to ponder such petty occurrences?

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Imyas fell, tripped by something that grasped at his legs. His hands were now entangled as well. These were vines, very strong too. He could hardly move, and more were coming. An odd shape was then glowing through his purple robes, the lines of a square with three lines above it. Two diagonal, one vertical. The vines around his hands began to sear and scream in pain. He swiftly lifted himself up, holding his hand out to the encroaching vines. Soon, small embers began to burn them too, until they were completely burned. The vines on his feet suffered the same fate.

"Barbarian, this is not the wilds. Quarrels are not solved by primitive fights and brawls, you brainless chattel," he said, unwilling to engage. The barbarian was not worth wasting his time.

Kvilde called out to Azshiir. "Watch out!" The Tahijan was attempting to strike him.
 
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Gods be damned. He had been focused on strapping the man to the ground and then the other started running at him. His quarrel was not with him, damn it, damn it, damn it. At this point, he had two choices: continue weaving the vines across his body or give up and avoid the attack of the man. The man wouldn't be pulled to the ground anymore, but he would still be stuck around his feet. The roots had been very deep for those two vines. The choice was obvious and he stopped motioning with his hands and quickly tried to evade the man before he could strike. Wait.. strike with what? The man didn't have any weapons? Gods, seriously? This had been somewhat of a dumb move of him, he thought grumblingly.

''I have no quarrel with you!'' he told the man while he was trying to evade him. Even though the man didn't have any weapons, if he stopped now he would trip. And that would work out great, damn it. Gods, what a crappy situation, he thought to himself. And if he didn't trip, well, the man would just run him over. Also a great situation. Gods, didn't these people have any sense of honour?
 
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In the light of the explosion Cepharys' eyes shone with anger.
"That mask was an heirloom!"
Cepharys furiously jammed his gloved hand into the ithuri's head, grabbing hold of his face.
He jumped forward, using all his weight to topple his opponent and send him falling.
He didn't loosen his grip for a second.
 
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Lucio grunted as the cacophony subsided, he looked around for his sword - having dropped it during the explosion - but found nothing.
Panting he made his way through the hall's debris towards the last of the combatants.
"Cease this hostility you fool! There is no escape!" he roared through his approach.
"The rest of the Magewatch will be here soon!"
 
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Dara saw how the wildman was starting an evasive maneuver and and slowed down his assault. He drew his sword and stabbed it into the ground lunging himself around towards azshiirs right side. He once again tried to hit the nerve points on his shoulders to render his arms useless.
 
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The ithuri struggled underneath him. While this was happening, a force greater than both the magewatcher and Cepharys was at work. As he left his gloved hand upon the ithuri, the bested magewatcher's vitali began glowing simultaneously. The blinding light illuminated the chaos around them, and the ithuri began to suffocate. When the vitali began to dim, the ithuri's armour all around them had been melted through and his flesh was exposed. Each vitali was almost blurred as skin slowly shredded and wasted away. Blood oozed and the ithuri screamed as if he was a banshee. The poor man was in tears.

Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity, the ithuri lay still. His body was bloodied and beaten, as if attacked by rabid dogs. His eyes, however, were no longer flesh. They were gold; pure, solid gold.
 
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