[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/ydPQN0Lh/1838d2018132c903189151c4257fb318.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/RC2j6tkj/tumblr-oub47y-FMKP1u034pso1-500.gif[/img][hr][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@FantasyChic][@KazAlkemi][@eclecticwitch][/center][hr][center][h3][color=ff0000][b]The Witch Country: November 5th, 12,508 - 10:30 PM [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr] Asha genuinely smiled as Fleur said that she would be careful when using the stone. [color=#a788e0]"I am glad to hear it... Should you create any more of the Displaced, please contact my brother or me. We have been resettling them in the Big Wild Land,"[/color] she explained. The Displaced needed a lot of handholding at first, since most of them spoke archaic languages and had no idea what the world was like now. Some of them could easily pick up their trade again and for others, their line of work no longer existed. She had been hoping to find a way to use the House of Foryx to send them back to their proper times, but it was a game of roulette as to [i]when[/i] the house would take someone. As Fleur asked if there was something else, Asha's smile faded. [color=#a788e0]"What do you dream of, Witch Messiah - Witch Queen?"[/color] Asha corrected herself. [color=#a788e0]"I hope your dreams are happy... Perhaps you dream of love or power..."[/color] her voice trailed off for a moment, as Asha's eyes took on a far away look to them. [color=#a788e0]"... I dream of the end of the multiverse from the бесконачни каменци."[/color] She then shook herself slightly, rising to her feet. [color=#a788e0]"I must be off,"[/color] Asha said, before handing a smooth coin to Fleur. [color=#a788e0]"If you are in danger or [b]Feel[/b] another stone... Press it and I will know. I will come."[/color] (Add this coin to your inventory) [hr][center][h3][color=ff0000][b]The Small Wet Country Across the Sea: November 5th, 12,508 - 8:30 PM [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][color=ff0000][i][b]The Queen's Room - the Palace, the Castle...[/b][/i][/color] No one is coming into the Queen's Room just yet, so that is a good sign. If Myrus has died, then the vampires just haven't known to try it. This makes sense - the room can only be entered by those with Royal Blood and they are also the only ones who can even see the room. To everyone else, the doorway just looks like another bit of stone wall, with no idea what is being [b]Concealed[/b] there by powerful and ancient [b]Magyk[/b]. Understandably, Queen Meliscente wasn't too thrilled with Ahote's words. [i]"If my daughter needs a servant such as you to attest to her merits to her own mother, then she has surpassed me only in failure."[/i] And given that her daughters had left through the Queen's Way, Meliscente saw no reason to stick around much longer and she [b]disAppeared[/b]. Ahote would no longer be able to see her. Outside of the room though, screams are coming from the corridors. [color=ff0000][i][b]The Keeper's Cottage - Draggen Island, the Marram Marshes...[/b][/i][/color] Upstairs, Titan would have found a bunch of beds with worn blankets and sheets on them - enough for a large family to live in the tight but comfortable space. If they do end up staying here, the room seems to be well insulated, so heat won't be too much of an issue even with winter looming. Unfortunately, he won't remember much of the Marram Marshes, not even recalling the name of the island they are on in particular. He will know that the Marram Marshes is one of the most dangerous regions in the Small Wet Country Across the Sea, tied for the most dangerous with the Badlands. Brownies for instance are native to this area. Red-eyed creatures, they invade homes and drag people down into the Quake Ooze, a substance like quicksand but far deadlier. The island that the trio are currently on seems to be half sunk into the Mott, one of the large watery areas of the Marram Marshes. If they want to get back to the Castle through travel, they're going to need a boat - or to find out how to work the Queen's Way to return. [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=cc33ff]Antonije,[/color] [color=ff0000]Myrus,[/color] and [color=#9B30FF]Violet[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/RVJ9c6zw/giphy.gif[/img][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] the Palace Grounds ([color=#9B30FF] I8[/color], [color=ff0000]P7 -> U7[/color], [color=cc33ff]P7[/color]) [b]Skills:[/b] [color=#9B30FF]ExtraOrdinary [b]Magyk[/b], [b]Charms[/b] and Spells[/color], [color=ff0000]Kinetic Energy Charging[/color], [color=cc33ff]Telepathy[/color][hr][/center][hider=Battle Map][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5NkQDqS2/Screen-Shot-2019-06-20-at-9-15-26-PM.png[/img] You MUST specify where you are on this battle map each time. White text indicates a PC or claimed NPC. Blue text indicates a neutral/good NPC. Red text indicates an evil NPC (vampires in this case). Objects on this map are not necessarily to scale. [i]Note[/i]: -Oliver is the vampire that killed Mavis and initially attacked Myrus, and then bit Amarantha after Antonije tried to control it -Nyx is the second vampire to try to attack Myrus, only to get attacked by Sylvi -I'll be using the vampires names from now on, since they are now randomly generated and listed on the battle map![/hider] The vampires in the immediate vicinity of Mona and Amarantha were dispelled - with the exception of Amarantha, of course. Whoever had sent them and ordered this attack unfortunately was still a mystery and so far, none of the vampires had been taken alive for questioning and interrogation. As a strategist, Amarantha would definitely want to have at least one of them captured - this could just be the start of something bigger and the Castle is clearly woefully ill prepared for whatever may be coming. [color=#9B30FF]"Girl 526, you have failed the Castle,"[/color] Violet said calmly, as Amarantha grabbed her arm. But as Amarantha got a look at her features and then used Violet's given name, the vigilante faltered for a moment. No one had called her [i]Arya[/i] that she could recall - it was a hint of the life she must have forgotten. This woman had known her, no, this wasn't a woman anymore... She was a vampire, a vile monster that endangered everyone in the Castle with each breath she drew. [color=#9B30FF]"I am not your Arya,"[/color] she responded, steel in her voice as she tore her arm from Amarantha's grasp. Violet had heard about the commander of the Palace Guard from her vigilante partner. She knew that Amarantha came up through the Young Army, a vile organization that preyed on children. [i]She needs to pay for that sin![/i] the voices yelled in her mind as Violet slid one foot back, readying a fighting stance. [color=#9B30FF]"[b]Transfix,"[/b][/color] Violet cast, immobilizing Amarantha in place. She would, however, still be able to speak. For whatever reason, she hadn't gone straight ahead to casting a [b]Fyre[/b] and burning Amarantha alive. Perhaps there was something of Arya still in there - or perhaps she had questions for the Palace Guard commander. [color=#9B30FF]"Name your successor."[/color] Meanwhile, as Sylvi knocked Antonije out of the way, Erasmus' clothing exploded. But rather than kill the vampire, the explosion instead tore the creature's body apart. Erasmus' head landed west of Sylvi and Antonije, landing in one of the flower beds of the Palace gardens. His arms, legs, and torso were strewn about among the plants as well. The poor gardener the next morning, having to deal with a bloody mangled mess in the flower bed. The more horrifying thing, of course, was that the head was [i]still moving[/i]. Erasmus hadn't died from the explosion. Antonije still couldn't feel Sylvi's mind, but he noticed that Violet was there. He was angry that she hadn't come soon enough to save Sylvi. His adoptive father didn't even seem to care that they were fighting for their lives as well - he certainly hadn't appeared from Asgard to come and help. Something snapped inside of his head and Antonije stared up at his girlfriend, hearing her words but they were distant. He mostly heard the blood pounding in his ears and he knew what he had to do. [color=cc33ff]"It's going to be okay, Silvija... Just close your eyes,"[/color] he said softly. [color=cc33ff]"It'll all be better soon."[/color] Myrus nodded slightly at Lennox, before observing the destruction all around them. While he hadn't killed the vampire, the head seemed harmless on its own. He then noticed the innocent civilians and the Palace Guards struggling to defend them against the vampires, with almost all of them either dead or turned - it was hard to tell the difference from this point. [color=ff0000]"...Lennox, I want to help them,"[/color] Myrus said. [color=ff0000]"I, Myrus Marcellus, relieve you of your duties,"[/color] Myrus said. He was coughing and was pretty winded as Myrus forced himself up and went as quickly as he could over to the two guards fighting the two vampires. His eyes were filled with purpose and determination as he went over there, picking up a sword that one of the guard had dropped earlier and he started to charge it. He wasn't going to just let others die for him. Luck must have been on his side as he thrusted the sword forward, plunging it into Asphodel and he let go. The vampire exploded, much as Erasmus had, with the disembodied head falling at Myrus' feet. "Kill one head and two more grow back," the vampire taunted, its voice incredibly hoarse from being beheaded. "The Castle will bend the knee."[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=ed145b]Halley Banner[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/QdnhxFKS/tumblr-oypqjn-QGjz1rfco8go1-400.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=ed145b]Location:[/color][/b] Wizard Tower - the Courtyard [b][color=ed145b]Skills:[/color][/b] Perception[hr][/center] Halley had ignored her brother's remarks about wanting to punch her. She was used to Bruce threatening violence after she teased him. Of course, she could easily warp reality so he ended up having no nose or something along those lines, but she wasn't going to use violence or her powers without just cause. Dying the tips of her hair pink through [b]Chaos Magyk[/b] was the most rule breaking she did. However, her brother and his wife both needed to be reminded just [i]why[/i] they didn't meddle with Midgardian affairs. [color=ed145b]"The Midgardians think that we are gods. If we are to come down from Asgard and handle every little petty squabble and fight, to end every war that they begin, then we are allowing them to give up agency. They may not be strong, but they are not weak. They can handle their own affairs,"[/color] she reminded her brother sternly. She then handled Myth's comments. [color=ed145b]"You can intervene, Lady Myth - but not on behalf of Asgard."[/color] She then took Loki's knife and handed it to Arnora, allowing the tracker to attempt to pick up the trail once more. If that didn't work, Halley did know of an item found in the Castle that they could attempt to use - a device called [b]Sleuth[/b]. If they pressed it to Loki's blade and recited the incantation, it would lead them to the Asgardian. Of course, Halley didn't know how the device would work given that Loki tended to shift form to suit his own purposes. Halley detected the scent of smoke in the air as well. [color=ed145b]"The smoke is probably from... oh, some celebration or something,"[/color] she said dismissively, not seeing anything that would really alarm her or make her believe that there could have been more to it. Unless Loki or the Tesseract were on fire, she didn't really care all too much about the flames. She had brought Cuyler's friend back to life a year or so ago not out of the goodness of her heart, but mostly to make a point. She wasn't the evil chaotic force that most assumed her to be.