Darkstone
They both spent many nights laying out their plans for the destruction of the
town and the subjugation of its citizens, and one of their first steps was to
overtake a nearby fortress from which they could reign terror down upon the
small town.
Now, Estrion and Siarl, while both megalomaniacs, were smart enough to
realize that they could not accomplish their goals alone. Together they
performed dark rituals, almost nightly, to call upon the spirit of the night,
then called "Scalu" for aid. "Scalu", now called Sheru after the fall of the
ice age, was even then hard at work on plans of his own, yet felt that in
aiding these two foolish mortals, he could accomplish his own goal of
wrestling the Realm of Dreams from "Reann", who is now called Ronin. As
Estrion and Siarl used Sheru's spiritual force to come to their aid, so did
Sheru himself use the combined elemental energy of the two to prepare mortal
world for his coming.
His first step was to bring his Heralds (Harbingers) forward from behind the
veil to wreak havoc amongst the citizens of the town, and to "herald" his
coming. Things went wrong however, as both Estrion and Siarl where very
draining, even upon this immortal figure. Their rituals and experiments in
spirit and element backfired, causing a lingering mana storm to remain above
the castle, its black vortex constantly sucking mana away from the ground and
upward like a great vacuum. Sheru was spent of energy, and had to retreat
back behind the veil, leaving his Harbingers behind him.
No longer aided by Sheru, and both very spent from their own workings of
magic, the pair launched an attack against the town in a desperate attempt to
destroy as much of the living as the could, in hopes that the release of
spirit could help them re-open the veil. Their attempt backfired, however as
Estrion, already spent and drained of mana, was killed by the townsfolk who
were defending their homes. Siarl was able to flee, and has not been seen
since. |
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