Vargo Seldon

Algorath shook his head, sitting up slowly.  He looked, his vision blurred.  All around him were... beings helping him up.  He blinked, trying to clear his eyes.  

There were all around him.  Beings with trees growing from them, half animals, human deities, so many.  

He growled, shying back.  His hackles raised, and he realized he was a wolf again.  Hated.  Magic.  He reared, bursting from the crowd and running away.  

He tripped halfway, weak from the days of stress.  He changed to the hybrid he'd been before his transformation.  He curled up on the cracked cobbles and began to weep.  It was over.  There was too much magic.  His wolf had died.  The blackness would devour them all.  

He suddenly realized that all of his worries were blurring together, contradicting each other.  But he didn't care.  He could've lain there for eternity.  His pack would never accept him now.  Not after this show of weakness.  

Suddenly he felt warmth.  And light.  His worries seemed to ease.  Not disappear, for that would give him unforgivable blindness, but ease them enough to take away the pain.  

He slowly cracked his eyes open, and saw a man with a tree on his head healing him.  His first instinct was to break away, but slowly took it.  

Finally, after about ten minutes of this treatment, he was able to stand.  He brushed off his black coat with as much dignity as he could muster.  They had their army of magical beings.

@Chasmfiend#1

3 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

 

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Ha.  Want to duke this out once and for all?  Let's make a PM for them to fight in.  Who should moderate though?

Stormbreaker messaged Lusk again.  

We're on our way to the Invincible Reason to coordinate out attacks more efficiently.  Requesting Permission to dock.

@I think I am here.

Galvris twiddled his thumbs.  The thing sure was taking a long time, and he was dying of curiosity.  Finally, impatient, he wrapped a flow of air around the claw and dragged it the rest of the way through.

@Sorana

Stormbreaker nodded, calling a drop ship from the air to fairy him there.  He paused.  It would probably be a better idea to coordinate with the Ghostbloods from their headquarters.  

He told the pilot of the Viper to get it "space ready".  The driver, supressing a grin, flipped up a black cover on the control panel.  It revealed  a massive red button surrounded in red and yellow cautionary tape.  He pressed it without hesitating.  

The ship began to transform.  The sides closed, and massive sheets of armor plating began to cover the hull.  Folding from seemingly nowhere, they completely encased the ship.  A bit of nanotechnology from the Diagram.  The ship also generated a repulsing shield that lessened the wieght of it dramatically.  Several other Vipers transformed with his, and followed him.  The technology was highly experimental, and one strong jolt could make them all suffocate in the vacuum of space.  

So naturally, they gunned it out of the atmosphere.  Headed straight for Invincible Reason, Hasharan heralded his arrival with the in-board communication device.

"A Viper drop-ship is on it's way to you fairying Stormbreaker, god of Protection, Source of the Diagram, Comander in Cheif of Diagram Armed Forces, Commander of Fortress Eternal, War Hero, Leader of the Diagramists—"

He cut off as Stormbreaker silenced him.  He took the microphone from Hasharan, and said, "It's Stormbreake, Lusk, if you receive this, I'm on my way to coordinate an attack on Plasmacore.  Several escort Vipers are with me."

@I think I am here.

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Darkness nodded as Wes gave him the message.  It was time to attack.  But first, Darkness wanted to raid a bakery.  Fighting really took it out of you.  

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Twenty minutes later, Darkness was satisfied, and ready to lead the Guns 'n Ninjas to attack.  He motioned them forwards.  "Alright Ninjas," he said, "Here's the plan.  We find Plasmacore's weak point, then strike hard and fast.  I'll need Zan and Wes to accompany me as scouts.  Seom will hang back as a healer.  Let's go."  

With that, he struck out, hoping that they would follow him.

@Sherlock Holmes @Turtle373

18 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

 

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Ah,  Well, in that case he might be able to take Galvris.

Galvris nodded to what Lena was saying.  He was about to respond, when a portal opened.  It looked a little bit like a gateway, but made of violet light and darkness.  

He saw a claw reach out.  He reacted instantly, his mind in the void was free of distraction.  

He stood quickly... then leaned against the wall and watched.  It would be interesting to see how this would go.  Galvris rarely feared for his own safety anymore.  The only thing that could set him on edge was an allomancer.  And he rarely interfered with anything major, preferring to watch things play out.  The promise of danger only sweetened the viewing.  

So he just watched as the claw slowly groped it's way out of the portal.  He did seat himself firmly in the void, and turned himself incorporeal.  He dimly felt interest flickering across the outside of the void.

Darkness blinked blearily as the haze retreated.  He saw Zan standing over him, and prepared himself for death.  But the blow never came.  He looked, and Wes was squishing ants furiously.  

"Hey!" Wes yelled over to them, "This says we should help these people?!"  

Darkness nodded and stood shakily.  He dragged Wes out of the bloodfog, and asked him what the message said.  

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Stormbreaker shut his eyes as the fire was about to overtake the ground car.  Then he had a quick feeling of being turned inside out.  He opened his eyes again, noticing that they'd been elsecalled away.  

He quickly messaged Lusk, seeing what the Ghostblood plan was.  While Lust wasn't technically his superior, The Diagramists were in a treaty with a much stronger guild.  This tended to lead to The Ghostblood council telling him what to do often.  

Still it would be best to mix it up at times.

@I think I am here.

19 hours ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

Mutig lunged forward, letting out a roar. But when he began to move forward, he found himself stopped by a lone figure who swept his legs out. He hit the ground, just in time to see the figure spin on his heels, bringing a metal staff slamming across Algoraths back, sending him into the dirt. The crowed froze, eyes widening, they stared at The man. He wore armor painted black, and seemed to emit a glow from his skin, making his armor stand out even more. His voice was gruff and seemed to allow no arguing.

 "WHO KILLED THAT WOLF!"  He said in an unfazed voice. Watching the people begin to turn back, until one man stepped forwards, smiling at the new comer, undeterred by the speed in which he put two magic beings down. The man from the crowed spoke loud, but seemed to be straining, as if he didn't want to speak.

"And this is what your king says is justice? He sends his dogs to do his work, while we suf–" he never finished, for the armored man spun his staff, and jabbed it into the mans for head. There was a flash of light, and the man staggered back, starring in panic at the armored man, then his eyes shifted, changing to murky black. His voice hissed like a snake. "Blood WILL be shed, don't think hiding will stop us!" With that, the man fell with a thud, not moving a muscle.

The armored man turned back to the crowed, and spoke sternly. "He who dares to oppose the king or the high Heir shall pay with their lives! It was with trust that these animals came, and our king will not have them treated like sport for your entertainment! Thus speaks the Inquisition of Vania!"

The crowed was already running, many dropping their weapons. Soon it was only them and the armored man, who went and knelt down next to the fallen wolf, checking for a sign of life, but found none.

@Vargo Seldon @Turtle373 @Sorana @ZincAboutIt

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Glad you stopped Algorath from killing people.  Would've been a stretch to do that myself.

Algorath was blind with rage, his vision tainted red.  All he saw was his victims.  Then all he saw was the ground.  He felt a sudden burning behind his shoulder blades, and he lost control and returned to the form of a freakish hybrid.  Slowly, returning to man form, he stood.  

Just in time to catch the tail end of the armored man's speech.  

Not quite the justice he would've taken, but it took a man's mind to comprehend the consequences of killing civilians.  

He shook his head.  How was it possible to want to protect these people, yet rip their throats out at the same time?  He consoled himself with the thought that they were ignorant of the struggle taking place.

On 6/1/2019 at 2:35 PM, Ark1002 said:

 

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Galvris is over 1250 points.  It's not a contest though, and he'd always try and make the playing field even.  He does have some pretty serious weaknesses though.  Any fairly skilled emotional allomancer could hijack him easily.

On 6/1/2019 at 4:28 PM, Sorana said:

@Vargo Seldon

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No worries, I'll change it immediately.  

@Sorana

3 minutes ago, Sorana said:

@Vargo Seldon

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I would actually appreciate this.

1 hour ago, Ark1002 said:

@Vargo Seldon

The spren paused.

And then all hell broke loose.

Two dragons, giant and black, fire in their mouths, rushed down towards Stormbreaker, Edalb, and Zekora. The fog surrounded them too, and their eyes glowed a deep red.

A parrot-headed man swung a frying pan at Stormbreaker. 

Two darts fired towards Edalb's back.

@Sorana @Vargo Seldon

Hasharan ran at the dragons, shardblade swinging.  Fire washed over him, deflected by his shardblade.  He sliced a dragon's wingtip, causing it to crash to the ground.

 Stormbreaker took the frying pan from the man, spinning it in his hand.  He'd been trained by a master for a few years in the sacred art of frying pan fighting.  He used the frying pan to dismember the parrot-headed man in one of the more difficult frying pan moves.  

The darts bounced harmlessly off of Edalb's glassweave jacket.  The warriors lenses helped her to recover faster, and she ran at the source of the darts.  

Stormbreaker called all of his men off, signaling the artillery to fire and cover their retreat.  He and his team ran for a ground car, Hasharan's elites distracting their pursuers.  

Several viper drop-ships fired missiles towards the ground, while others evacuated Hasharan's elites.  They'd made it away from the scene of the battle with relatively few losses, but they weren't out of the woods yet.

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Sorana, if you'd like Zokora to accompany us, now would be a great time to elsecall away.

@Sorana @Ark1002

Galvris ate mechanically, his face betraying none of his feelings.

On 5/31/2019 at 0:11 AM, Sorana said:

Zokora was still trying to goad the spren, when Edalb stabbed her. She looked at the blade and then calmly took a step forward, off the sword. Turning around she grinned at Edalb, a mad gleam in her eyes.

"You."

She stated her voice cold and hard. Without hesitating she placed a hand on the sword, reached out for its molecules and resorted them. Moving the carbon to the sides she changed its concentration along the edge and both flat sides until it matched the one of cast iron. Steel was an interesting material. Take one iron and add three carbon and you end up with steel. Add more carbon and you ended with cast iron. Both metal, but while the carbon concentration in iron was around 2%, cast iron had up to almost 7. Because of that, it was harder than iron and significatly more brittle. Great to cast, but it broke when hit with force. The change left the core of the sword at a carbon concentration below 2%, while relatively seen, the concentration of iron was higher. Zokora smiled slyly. There was a reason you didn't use cast iron for a sword. It broke too easily.

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This might work, but the sword is a Crystin blade.  Virtually indestructible.  Also, Edalb is a female.  She also has no investiture other than her sword, jacket and lenses.

Edalb smiled, ready to swing the sword again to strike.  Suddenly, she was hit from behind by something large.  Very large.  She flew through the air and landed on the ground, glassweave jacket protecting against most of shock.  She saw black spots, and looked up.  A hulking form stooped over her.  She closed her eyes, bracing agains death.  

Instead, it picked her up gently, and carried her out of the bloodlust fog.  She gasped as she came out, like surfacing from a pool of water.  Suddenly, she was very, very tired.

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Stormbreaker did the math quickly.  He was a returned.  His body was made completely of investiture.  The bloodlust fog would affect him less.  And he couldn't have Edalb killing Zokora.  It could be disastrous for the Ghostblood-Diagramist treaty.  

So he rushed into the fog.  As soon as he entered it, he had an overpowering desire to kill someone.  Gasping, he forced it down.  He charged at Edalb, at the last moment feeling that bloodlust rear again.  He hit her with almost everything he had.  She flew across the street, landing a good distance away.  Stormbreaker fell to his knees, reeling from what he had done.  Slowly, he walked over and picked her up, carrying her out of the fog.  As soon as he broke free, his legs collapsed.  He sagged to the ground, dropping Edalb.  Hasharan rushed over to assist both of them.

@Sorana

@Ark1002

On 5/31/2019 at 9:23 AM, Turtle373 said:

Zan jumped backwards from the katana, ignoring the pain in his leg when he landed, and rushed in swinging his dueling cane at Darkness' head.

Darkness ducked under the cane, using only a bit of energy to enhance his speed.  He swung the katana at his opponents legs, using even more energy to lend the sword power.  At the last moment, he felt an indescribable pain behind his eyes.  Almost agains his will, he turned the sword sideways to avoid harming Zan.  He fell to the ground, wracked by an internal battle.  

@Turtle373

On 5/30/2019 at 11:14 PM, Sorana said:

"But then we're nothing better than they are."

Amara didn't step back, instead she made sure she was standing straight, still looked into his eyes. When she'd suggested crushing the tower, she hadn't known that the tower was the building with all the vessels.

"I agree - we need to do something. But how we do it, matters as much as that we do it. If we sacrifice half of the population, then we can leave as well, just let these things have their way. The moment society collapses, the moment economy collapses, most of them will die."

She took a deep breath, made a calming gesture.

"I won't accept us killing innocent because we aren't willing to take another path. I've seen them, most of them are in a state, that it doesn't need Lilia's powers to heal them, some I can help as well."

"So, what do we know about them? Is there anything we could use as bait? Lure them somewhere, force them to concentrate on us?"

@kenod

@Chasmfiend#1

@Vargo Seldon

Algorath nodded, calming slightly.  "Something must be done, you are right.  I misspoke.  If we can capture the vessels, then we could take away the thing's tools.  My wolves are collecting magical creatures right now, and we should be able to muster quite a force."

He started as he heard a sharp cry from outside.  It sounded as if a large angry crowd was out there.  He rushed outside the inn, and gasped at what he saw.  

A crowd was circling a singular point in the middle of the street, chanting something.  He looked, and saw the mutilated body of one of his wolves suspended by a forest of arms.  He fell to his knees as he watched the angry crowd cheering and passing the body back and forth.  

Then he noticed the rest of his pack.  The were backed against a building, snapping and growling at an advancing mob.  The mob, weilding spikes and torches, forced them back farther.  

Algorath growled in anger.  He changed to wolf form, letting his more savage half take over completely.  His vision was tainted red.  He let out a growl that would make any sane man run.  Then he charged.  He would rip their heads off.  He would desecrate their bodies.  They had dared to kill his wolf.  

@Chasmfiend#1

@Sorana

@kenod

@Turtle373

@xinoehp512

Hmm.  Yes I should remedy the low quality of this thread.  

LET THE MEMES POUR FORTH!!

18 hours ago, Sorana said:

"Then we won't do it."

Amara stood up, looked him straight into the eye.

"We won't kill innocencts just for fun."

 

Algorath growled.  The comment stung.  He remembered how it used to feel to have the common men fear him.  And although he secretly agreed with her, the comment incensed him.  "I do not either," he snarled, "Do not demonize me in such a way.  And this is not 'just for fun'.  If we leave a few bodies behind to save the rest of the city, then so be it.  They're most likely beyond saving, unless this one—" he gestured to Lilia, "—can do the same for the rest of them.  One took her the better part of an hour, and she was exhausted afterwards.  We may not have a choice but to kill a few of them."

Despite his words, he unwillingly remembered his hands around Karl's throat, ready to crush the lad's windpipe.  But then he'd seen the boy's face.  And he couldn't do it.  How could he speak of killing more innocents when he could not do it himself?

@Sorana

5 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

@kenod

The spren continued shrieking, and the purple-red fog rushed up, surrounding Zokora and Edalb. Then they were engulfed in bloodlust.

@Sorana @Vargo Seldon

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*Checks Edalb's character bio to see what she can do*

Edalb gasped as a the fog began billowing outwards.  She scrambled back, every instinct screaming at her to get away.  Magic was unnatural, evil.  She screamed as it engulfed her and her vision was tainted red.  Then she calmed.  Slowly, she pulled a pair of cool-looking sunglasses from a pocket, and put them on.  Every sense and ability was suddenly heightened.  She felt as if she could run a mile.  

Then she drew her sword and stabbed Zokora.  The Ghostblood representative was petulant, interfering in the affairs of the Diagram.  Always trying to one-up her.  

@Sorana

15 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

 

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He could try .  He might succeed actually if Galvris lowers himself to his opponents level..

Galvris let Lena take care of the girl.  He smiled.  He could read dislike on their faces.  He bread that wherever he went.  It was worse before Den of Theives, when people had tried to kill him for being the pretentious "Lord Moerevron".  Well, it would probably help his chances of getting their help of he immersed himself in the void.  

He focused on the fire, feeding all of his emotions to it.  He occupied a bubble of his mind that was void of emotion, feeling, really anything that made him inhuman.  That void, however, was shared by the True Source.  It took nearly all of his willpower not to seize it and embrace the fight of his life.  

He restrained, and occupied the void with peace.  Instantly, all emotion fled from his face.  It was like he'd turned to stone.  He remedied that by a smile, but one could clearly see that it did not reach his stone-cold eyes.  

"I could use your help, if you'll give it," he said.  His words were cold, almost harsh.

@Sorana

4 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

The spren shrieked, a grating sound.

Edalb winced.  "Is that an affirmative or not?" She asked.

@Ark1002

Vargo sniffed a little.  "Bean, rest his soul, was right.  Even if I don't know what his dying (sorta) wishes were."  But then he hardened up a little, "Despite them having far more content, I feel that we are closer than ever before.  Both thread are great, I have to accept that (since they both do the same thing), but I am definitely biased towards this one, for obvious reasons."

3 hours ago, I think I am here. said:

The woman waved and scampered off to a man who had similar features to her. They split the pancake between them and left.

*^*

“Hey, Galvris,” Alask said, walking ahead as the crowd dissipated. He was smiling but was slightly tired, Shez had run too far away and Alask has had to walk the entire way back.

“What brings you here? Are you here to join us?” The thought of bringing the good old days back excited Alask for a moment.

He looked to Warden and Lena in the Forge, cooking something with new groceries and he immediately lit up. They’d cared, they’d bought things for the Forge! It felt so good knowing he wasn’t the only one trying to make things better, that they cared too.

But trying to enter the Forge, Alask saw a teenage girl sleeping in front of the door. Alask felt a little hopeful that when the Forge was done, no one would have to sleep like that. He tried to gently move the girl to the side when he saw the face.

It was the face of — what was her name? Adoda? She’d spread posters around, and Alask and Amon had visited her in the Tavern. What was she doing here?

Alask tapped her on the shoulder quickly, trying to wake her up.

@Silva

@Sorana

@Turtle373

@Vargo Seldon

Galvris smiled.  "It's good to see you Alask," he said, "I'm afraid my motives are a little bit more grand, if you'll forgive me.  I wish to sort of commandeer this team to help against Plasmacore.  This city cannot, and never will be safe until it is free of villainy.  I know you're not the greatest warriors, but if we can get people off of the streets and out of the city before the Government decides to strike, then the city will become a better place."  

He noticed Alask stooping over a small girl on the front porch.  He hastened to pick her up and carry her inside.  There was a time when he would've simply lifted her with flows of air, but he'd learned many things since the Den of Theives.  He knelt over her, and investigated her with flows of air, fire, and spirit, the three healing flows.  He stood, "She's malnourished, exhausted, and dehydrated.  All she really needs right now is some water and rest, though I'm not a hugely competent healer."

@Silva

@I think I am here.

1 hour ago, xinoehp512 said:

Hey, I thought we decided that was going too far. Don't want to overwhelm our newcomers.

Also, you were the one who started the war. I would rather there be no war at all.

Alright.  I thought we decided that offering cookies was ok, as long as you didn't push the guild promotion.  But we shouldn't discuss this here.

19 hours ago, Shard of Thought said:

"Competition for what exactly?"

"FOR THE TITLE OF THE LONGEST THREAD EVER TO EXIST" VARGO YELLED WITH SUDDEN INTENSITY

8 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

Xino looked at him coldy. "We're only competition because you wanted it to be. Leave it to a thread dedicated for competition to make enemies for no reason."

"YES, ALL OF YOU FIGHT AMONGST YOURSELVES!  IT WILL MAKE US WIN!"

5 hours ago, Turtle373 said:

Zan stepped back from the onslaught of attacks, parrying them with his cane as quickly as he could, until one slash broke his cane in half and cut his arm. Ignoring the pain in his arm Zan threw the remaining piece of cane in his hand at Darkness, then rolled to the side, flaring pewter as he got up. But even with pewter his left leg hurt as he stood up, shifting his weight to his right leg he threw another knife at Darkness then pulled out his other cane waiting for Darkness to attack.

Darkness smelled victory as he closed in.  He would relish seeing this upstart's blood splattering over the ground.  He put away his thick fighting knives, and drew a katana.  He also pulled out his curved torture dagger.  He would make this slow.  

He felt a sudden pain behind his eyes.  Part of his mind was screaming within himself.  He shook it off and attacked viciously, aiming to maime his opponent's legs with a katana.  

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Can someone try to snap him out of it?  I don't want to kill Zan (or Zan to kill me).

@Turtle373

@I think I am here.

@Sherlock Holmes

———

Edalb stretched out her hand holding a relevant piece of the Master Diagram.  "We are willing to offer you this piece of the Master Diagram, as well as all of our resources if you leave the Alleyverse and never return," she said, "This piece should be good for the next hundred years or so, with minor inconsistencies."

@Ark1002

17 hours ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

Mutig looked at the two women as they worked, and decided on what must be done. He turned towards the exit, and spoke over his shoulder towards Algorath.

 "We will wait until the boy is better, whoever the Heir is, that creature thinks he is a threat, and tried to kill the boy so as to stop him from telling us. Until he can tell us, we continue with our plan. We will start warning the occupants of this city, tell them they NEED to be miles away before sunset. With the normal people gone, we will have ourselves a city of magic. No risk of damage to the normal human's, but we will need every man and woman who can fight in magic to be ready for combat."

 His mind was set, this creature no longer had an excuse, this has been a direct attack upon a child, and Mutig knew he wouldn't rest until it was dead, or he was.

Algorath nodded.  He stalked out upon the roof, telling his wolves what must be done.  Most of them had evolved enough to speak rudimentary language.  By the end of it, the rumors would make them evolve much much more.  They'd spread the word, getting the civilians to safety, and gather magical creatures.  

He watched the wolves disappear over the rooftops, and returned just in time to hear Amara say, "We could have the tower crush them."

He nodded.  "Yes, it will kill the hosts.  But I fear that the creatures themselves will live on.  It's a good idea, and should buy us enough time to Marshall our own forces."

@Chasmfiend#1

@Sorana

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I really like the "last battle" feel to this.  Do you think we could have it spill over into the main plot?

On 5/22/2019 at 5:54 PM, Ashes&Allomancy said:

My name is zach. Love to game and a recent fan of Brandon Sandersons works Ive read the first Stormlight book the first trilogy of mistborn and elantris so far and working on Warbreaker. Im pretty addicted. Anyway am a father of two boys and I am a Part of a few different ttrpg Podcast including one that i am starting soon that is based in the world of Mistborm that I am super excited about

Hello Zach.  Take an upvote to get you started.  Now a little advice about the shard:

General Discussion is a great place to get started, and General Cosmere Discussion is a great place to talk about the Cosmere.  As Jofwu said, stay away from subforums on books you haven't read, as spoilers abound.  The Alleyverse is a great place if you like role-playing.  And The Last Post Wins is a great place to talk.  I would stay away from The Longest Thread if I were you (there's a little bit of a war going on between TLPW and TLT, and I started TLPW).  

Also, take a cookie for your trouble, courtesy of the Dark Alley .