OOC: Sanctuary REVAMPED

[Kristia]

hm.. the main group is trying to get into the castle at the bone dragon´s back, a duo of merchants just got near them. You can make something about your character hunting on the vicinity and make a post about the whole situation from seeing the tower, then the flying undead dragon and spotting the group

[Zekai]

There's that or doing something in Sanctuary helping out Bayuu and others.

[Tewi_Inaba]

@alayosho: take a look at the map i'm sure you can find somewhere to drop her in doing one thing or another. i have a few side characters that could interact with her. Probobly not throw her into the fray but at least have her somewhere where she could notice it.

@zekai: i could have sworn i went down a list and answered every question you had. What part are you still confused about?

[Zekai]

Its not that I'm confused about anything. Remember I'm making that OC that's connected to Eatos and you wanted the app but I sent you the Bio instead.

[Alayosho]

She'd most likely be in the town. Hunting down a dragon and doing the "Hero" thing just gets a bunch of attention. She don't want none of that. Simply being swept up in the fray during something in town, on the other hand....

[Tewi_Inaba]

@alayosho: i'll be posting for you next. please wait warmly while girls are typing.

[Tewi_Inaba]

I've updated the OOC. I answered a few more question in the FAQ and added an application check list documenting the locations of all the applications for the acceptedd characters (or at least most of them( if you have a character that s not on that list please point it out to me so i can add it.

[Kristia]

Hm.. who would be the representatives of each of the 9 species in the present time?

[Tewi_Inaba]

I've left that undecided for now since i knew there would be at least one person who wanted to make an app as either the leader of a race or someone closely related to the leader. Wriggle and s1's apps proved me correct.

Edit: also cucoo we're waiting on you to post

[Tewi_Inaba]

Due to the fact that I've acceded the character limit for a post int he OC i'll have to post the rest of the fourth era somewhere else. Until I can find a better place for it i'm posting it here

Spoiler:

The 4th era was a time of discovery. mankind had began sailing and traveling to new, unexplored parts of the world. The discovery of new lands and seas eventually promoted the leaders of the home land to give these land masses names. Eatos named her continent "Sindea" after her newborn daughter. Sometime between the 3rd and 4th era's Eatos had fallen in love with a man by the name of Alexander. the two of them had gotten married and recently had their first child. A sweet and beautiful human yaku half breed, Princess Sindea.

These were among the happiest times of the kingdom. Everyone in the city adored the princess. Her kind heart filled the streets with life and the hearts of the people with joy. but none loved her as much as her father and mother. However time is a cruel mistress. Alexander's life span was far too short compared to that of Eatos and his daughter. Eatos stayed young, but her love had become grey and wrinkled.As he lay on his death bed, mere minutes from the cold abyss, he used his final words to speak to his beloved bride. "My love. I've had a terrible reoccurring dream, a vision of black fire falling from the sky. Mankind looked to the mystic tomes for help, but they were nowhere to be seen. I fear the books may be in danger. Please, promise me you will protect them. "To put her husband's mind at ease in his final moments, Eatos assured him she would keep the magic books protected until the day they were again needed.

King Alexander had a large funeral with over twenty thousand people attending and at least three hundred staff members. Many of which were advocates protecting the royal family. The city was in tears at the loss of Alexander, but none were more upset than the young princess. Even as her father was being lowered into the ground she was begging, pleading for him to wake up. She didnt' understand how short and fragile human life was. But eventually she realized, he was gone. It was on that day the princess vowed to never again love a human.

In the years that followed, the former king's wishes were carried out. The books never stayed in one place for long. each tomb was guarded by a squad of high ranking advocates while their new resting places were being built. Eatos had ordered for each of the books to be hidden in remote hidden locations and placed into vaults that no being would ever be able steel them from. these weren't' any ordinary vaults. They were all created using remarkable arcane energy. the books themselves acted as the catalyst for this magic. this only the guardian of each book would be able use it. The plan was nearly fool proof, except for one small detail.

One of the mages employed to protect the book of necromancy was a wolf yaju by the name of Elivana. By law no one was allowed to protect a book if they themselves could control that element, Unless they were selected to be the future guardian of said book. This was done to prevent the soldiers from getting greedy and taking the tombs for themselves. However Elivana's powers were unknown. In fact when she signed up for the job she had been listed as an esper. No one knows exactly where this error occurred, but it would prove most fetal. One touch from the tomb was all it took. The wolf girl's powers grew astronomically after that. In a single night she wiped out her entire platoon and turned them into ghouls. By the time anyone figured out what had happened, it was already too late. She was long gone and now she held a book that made her extremely dangerous.

There was no need for an investigation. Elivana struck first by having swarms of powerful undead creatures attack the advocates protecting the other 6 books. they all fought bravely, but against the sheer numbers of undead that they were forced to face, all of them fell. Simply having the book of necromancy wasn't enough. The wolf had to make sure no one else could become powerful enough to stand against her. And in steeling the remaining tombs she had done just that. Entire armies fell to this one necromancer. Even with the book of necromancy, it shouldn't have been possible for one person to raise that many undead as quickly as she did. Could it have been that this necromancer's powers surpassed even that of Noxis?

But even in the most hopeless of times. Where there is a will there is always a way Out of the shadows sparked a new light of hope, a shining beacon for all to admire. The paladin of light Artix Van Kiger!

Born in Sanctuary and raised by a brave soldier, Artix had been in training his whole life. Like his father he dreamed of becoming an advocate and protecting his city. At the young age of ten, Artix could already take down a gang of bandits on his own. His mastery of light magic and skill with a blade were like no other. Artix was only 19 years old at the time of the attack, He had barely even finished his training, yet something about him was different. Each undead he slew seemed to make him that much stronger. Every darkness he faced only made his light shine brighter. However no matter how hard he fought, he never seemed to get any closer to defeating the actual threat.

This left the war at a bit of a stalemate. Elivana couldn't conquer Sanctuary so long as Artix lived and Artix couldn't clear out the undead so long as the one controlling them still existed. Elivana knew this, and so she formulated a plan to get Artix out of Sanctuary. During this time alot of refuges were coming to sanctuary for protection. There were several settlements that were being protected by soldiers but there was nowhere safer than the inside of the walls of sanctuary. But this wore on the city almost as much as the war itself. Food and water became scares. There was never enough. Food and drink were reserved for women and children. The soldiers being the next priority.

Elivana used this to her advantage. She didnt' need to destroy the walls of sanctuary, she just needed to get past them. She did this by hiding herself amongst a band of refuges. She kept her face and hair covered by her hood and hid a human skull inside her cloak to make herself appear pregnant. Because of her appearance no one even gave her a second look. They let her in the city without the slightest of hesitation.

Even after penetrating the walls of sanctuary, Elivana's undead never let up their assault on the city. She had to make sure everyone thought she was still attacking normally. She waited patiently for the sick and injured to slowly build up so that there would be no more room in the temples and shrines around the city. eventually Eatos had to start taking the sick and wounded into her own castle for treatment. That's when Elivana made her move. She pretended to go into labor and was swiftly brought back to the castle to give birth. But while Artix was busy fighting back with wicked undead who purged the city, Elivana was free to do as she pleased within the castle. Confronting the royal family on her own, while her army was still held outside the city would have been suicidal. Instead the wolf yaju took Sindea hostage. No one dared attack her so long as she had the girl in bindings and thus she was able to escape with the princess as her hostage.

The wolf yaju had the war in the palm of her hand. The situation at sanctuary was only getting worse, and with the princess as leverage, defeat seemed almost impossible. She could have simply asked for their surrender but that wouldn't' have worked. Elivana wanted absolute abidance and for this to worked, EVERYONE had to become undead. She knew the people of sanctuary wold resist that fate, even at the cost of their princess. Rather than demanding they surrounded, she instructed them to send Artix. To have him leave the walls of sanctuary where he would be vulnerable.

As dearly as Eatos missed her dear daughter, she couldn't allow Artix to leave. Without him the city had no hope. Perhaps they had the man power and the skill to win the war without him. But without his presence there on the battlefield, the city's spirit would be broken. However Artix didnt' give her that option. He left without hesitation. Boldly the paladin stood before the masses of zombified abominations. Most of them were more bone than flesh and many of them regrettably wore the faces of his fallen comrades.

All hope seemed lost for the hero. He stood alone. And army surrounding him on all fronts. But not even this could break his spirit. A bright light radiated from the brave paladin. One that the undead couldn't stand to go near, much less to touch him. They still fought back with everything they had, but no matter how many attacked him a once or what tactics they used, they were never able to cut the paladin down.

The brave paladin fought alone against the masses of undead for four days and nights without rest, food or water. He was on the break of collapsing. His muscles grew weak and many of his bones had been broken. His armor was dented and torn in several places and his red cape was singed. At this point over half a million undead had been slain. The earth around the city was littered with decaying bodies and dried blood. Artix cried out to the heavens, screaming for Elivana to fight him herself. He even went so far as to call her a coward.

Surly enough his taunting provoked Elivana, and she accepted his challenge. But Artix never stood a chance. His body was already at it's breaking point and he barely had any fight left in him at all. A single spell was all i took to have him suspended in the by a tentacle of dark magic that was holding him up by the hole that was now in the middle of his chest. Elivana mocked the brave paladin. She called him a fool for having challenged her. The princess who was still in bondage was once again in tears. She barely knew him and yet he risked his life to save hers. But even now as Artix bled, there was a smile on his face.

From his smile there was a slight humming, and from the humming was born laughter. Laughter that grew until the paladin could be heared all the way from sanctuary. the strange unexplained laughed unnerved the necromancer, tricking her into feeling fear and panic, and it was obvious in her voice. She demanded that Artix stay silent but this only caused him to laugh louder. Elivana dare not finish him off for fear of what he was capible of doing. she had him mere moments from death and yet she was too frightened to finish him off. When artix finally stopped laughing he began muttering a chant.

"Spirits of past, this spell i cast. From this evil i set ye free, so at peace ye may finally be. For this i ask a humble request. Aid me once, before ye rest. unleash your wrath upon this blight and bring me victory in this fight" As the chant continued Artix's body began to glow brighter than the sun. It was a differant kind of brightness. It was much purer than regular light. Only the purest of hearts were able to look upon the paladin without being blinded. Any elves whom had watched this conflict woudl have seen thousands upon thousands of spirits gathering together to form this powerful light. All the once enslaved souls that Artix had set free over the corse of the war had come together to aid their rescuer. The light dispelled the darkness and caused even Elivana's darkness to fade from existence. she tried and tried to cast her darkness but the moment it got close to Artix it would simply evaporate.

Artix broke free from his bindings and stood tall and mighty before the wicked necromancer. He held his right hand high above his head where all the light he had collected gathered into his palm. The dense orb of light transformed itself into a majestic spear. It was golden and glowing with a divine light. He took a stance, ready to throw the spear and he finished his chat. "I STAB AT THEE WITH ALL MY MIGHT. FEEL MY POWER. PALADIN'S LIGHT!"

With those final words the mighty paladin threw the spear with all the strength he had left. But he was merely aiming the weapon. It was guided by the spirits of all the spirits that sought revenge on the necromancer, the spirits who wished to rest in peace. The spear moved faster than light. It was as if the moment the spear left his hand it was already planted deep within her chest. When the spear pierced the yaju's chest, the rage of thousands of spirits ignited inside her. This caused a massive explosion of light to erupt from her body, destroying both her body and her soul.

Artix fell to the ground with a smile on his face. He lay on his back as he awaited his death. With the necromancer gone, the princess was freed from her bindings. She ran over to his side as quickly as she could. She knelt down next to his body and put her hand on his face. She begged him not to leave her but it was already too late. There wasn't' any magic in all of lore that could save him now. Teary eyed the princess clung to her savior, her tears washed the blood from his metal armor as he lay there. With his final bit of strength he wiped away her tears and spoke to her. "Don't cry for me. A soldier is born to die, but this fight isn't over yet. there's a...." But before he could finish warning her, he passed away. That was the second time the princess's heart was broken by the death of a human.

With Elivana gone the people were safe. Artix had made the ultimate sacrifice for Lore and her people. And in doing so, his name would be forever remembered by the people of Sanctuary. A brass statue was built in honor of his sacrifice. the royal family wasn't sure what Artix meant when he said the fight wasn't over, However they abided by his warning and kept the books hidden. They were taken to their vaults and kept under the watchful eye of their guardians. they await the day when their power will again be needed.

[SUSTIC]

Well I finished my post in the IC.

[Tewi_Inaba]

@:cucoo. sorry i started posting before you made the reservation. Hope i didnt' mess up anything you had planned.

[Cucoo5]

Not a problem
If anything your post helps me. I'm going to have Aion leap into the fray and use his sword's ability to get in a shield bash against seki to continue to distract her.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Gonna wait a bit before posting again. S1 should be waking up any minute now and since he has the day off he should be able to post when he wakes up.

[Zekai]

That's fine.