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Queen Elysa Strathelar
Appears!
One June 28th, the High Queen summoned her people to the Festival
Stone of Thistledown near Cragstone Falls. Asheron and Martine
were both present. After an exiting exchange, the Festival Stone lit the
sky with brilliant fireworks.
Killer Angel of WE reports:
"Sheesh! Hello Jack Cat! I tell you...When it said High Quen Elsya
Strathelar calls her people to the Thistledown Festival Stone...Hundreds
of people were streaming through Subway (I was one of them) :-) running
towards Cragstone where the festival stone was. When I got there (I was
one of the first), there were already lots of people, but considering the
amount that soon came afterwards....I was one of the first, so I finally
got to see Asheron himself. He was the REALLY tall old looking guy in
Empyrean robes and a hat. The robe and crown were white and blue. Elysa
wasn't there, but Martine was. He was standing a little aways from
Asheron. Asheron was addressing the people when Martine showed up and
Asheron told him he was not welcome here. So I went over to Martine to
take a screen shot and right when I was going to press the button, he
casts a spell and a HUGE flame ring circles him, killing me and I don't
know who else. So I didn't know what happened after that until I got back.
When I got back, the whole radar map was COVERED with white. There weren't
even dots...it was like all white...LOL.... But Asheron and Martine were
already gone. I wasn't able to get screenshots of them, but I do have some
screenshots of what the crowd looked like and what happened to my
computer. ROLFMAO...haha...Anywayz...
Thank You...
Killer Angel of WE
High Queen Elysa Strathelar calls her
people to the Thistledown Festival Stone.
Elysa looks out over the gathered crowd and clears her throat.
Elysa Strathelar says, "People of Dereth, I am High Queen Elysa Strathelar,
and many of you wonder how I came by my title."
Elysa Strathelar says, "It was by the will of those that lived here on
Dereth when we first broke free from the bonds of slavery beneath the
jagged claws of the Olthoi."
Elysa clears her throat again to speak up over the
gathered crowd.
Elysa pauses.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Since that time many have gathered in Monarchies
that have come to symbolize the unity of our people here on Dereth."
Elysa Strathelar says, "I expect that many of you feel you owe me no
allegiance, and truly you do not. I am the leader of those that would have
me lead, and no more."
Elysa looks to Asheron, then back to the gathered
crowd.
Elysa Strathelar says, "We were once subjects to the Olthoi. I, for one,
will not see my people subjected to a rule that they deem unjust. We are
not meant to be slaves, we are meant to be free people. "
Elysa Strathelar says, "People with free will and choices. "
Elysa Strathelar says, "To that end I have asked Asheron, a man whom many
have slighted and misunderstood, to come and speak with me over the next
month at these gathering stones."
Elysa Strathelar says, "These stones were once the heralds of the festival
times for his people. He will now rededicate them to a new cause. The
Isparian cause."
Elysa Strathelar says, "It is time that we claim this land as our new
home. It is time for us to claim its name as well!"
Elysa Strathelar says, "So from this day forward, until the time when we
and Asheron work together to bridge the distance between Dereth and Ispar,
we shall be known as Derethians."
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Asheron takes a few seconds and
surveys the crowd.
Asheron bows his head.
Asheron says, "What Elysa says is true. You are a free people to whom I am
indebted. "
Asheron says, "Without your aid even this small island of my world would
not have been freed from the Olthoi. "
Asheron says, "But this has never been without its difficulties and
tribulations--several of your first leaders fell in the early years as you
struggled without my protection."
Asheron says, "Your strides against this foe have been remarkable, and you
have adapted well to a world alien to your own."
Asheron says, "Your civilization has succeeded in thriving in this
adversity, growing in number and laying claim to the land as your own."
Asheron says, "But when you needed me in turn, I have not always been
here."
Asheron straightens his robe.
Asheron says, "This cost has weighed heavily upon my soul for many years.
What is worse is that in the past when I needed you to further defend my
home, you have been there for me."
Asheron says, "Specifically, when Ilservian returned you rose to fight him
by my side. "
Asheron says, "That time is at an end."
Asheron says, "I have watched what the Virindi did to Martine and seen the
horrors that can come about when you decipher our texts without proper
guidance."
Asheron says, "Though our magics are more potent than you can harness,
time can change everything and grant you the capacity to learn."
Asheron says, "This is that time. I will not stand idly by and see your
civilization destroyed. Torn asunder from within or otherwise."
Asheron says, "You have made Dereth your home. So shall it be. And a time
shall come that will be akin to a golden age for your people."
Asheron motions to the stone and sweeps his hands in a wide motion.
Asheron says, "This festival stone will now stand as a memory of the days
when these lands became the lands of the Isparians!"
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Martine's gaze falls
upon Elysa.
Martine says, "Pretty lights and honey coated words. Smoke and mirrors
make this magician all the more impressive."
Martine says, "Ah, my love. Why are you here? What has brought you to this
place amongst the rabble, with the epitome of all I find wrong and unjust
by your side?"
Elysa stares at the thing that was once Candeth
Martine and glances at Asheron.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Martine. You are not welcome here. What you have
done to these people cannot be forgiven...will not be forgiven."
Martine says, "Why do you say this to me, dearest? I have only joy in my
heart for you."
Martine says, "My unfettered rage and desire to liquefy flesh is focused
solely on the old man called Asheron."
Martine says, "Your flesh is too fine to mar...how could I live with
myself if I ground your bones to paste? Of course I could rebuild them,
but I'd be forced to live with that memory."
Asheron says, "Martine."
Asheron says, "I only wish to help you, I have never wished anything else
from you. You are in pain. That much is obvious. Let me help you."
Asheron says, "Elysa away! I will hold him here!"
Asheron says, "Martine, please listen to reason! I know you are still in
there somewhere!"
Elysa shudders as Asheron's magic flows over her,
sending her away.
Elysa Strathelar says, "I will not leave, Asheron! This monster
tried to kill my son. I will see him slain where he stands!"
Martine issues a guttural laugh and a hum begins to
grow from within him.
Martine says, "You stole her from me! You! And now you wish to make peace
for what you have done?"
Martine says, "I will flay your flesh and study what makes you work, Old
Man! But not here, not now."
Asheron looks about at the grim scene.
Asheron says, "Derethians, I am sorry that this has happened, but I
will see it done. I will see Martine is made whole and that his madness
brings you no more pain."
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The
Second Meeting!
On July 3rd, Queen Elysa and Asheron appeared at the Frostfell
Festival Stone outside of Stonehold.
High Queen Elysa Strathelar
calls the people of Dereth to the Frostfell Festival Stone.
AAsheron says, "This festival
stone, the second dedicated to your people of Dereth, signifies the bond
that you have made and your unity."
Asheron says, "It lights now for the Houses of Dereth!"
Elysa smiles broadly to the people.
Elysa Strathelar says, "We live in a time of adversity, a time that is
filled with strife and sorrow at every corner."
Elysa Strathelar says, "Through it all we stand united in the common cause
of making our home a place that is secure for future generations."
Elysa Strathelar says, "Here we make our peace. Here we recognize the
unity of the houses of Dereth, those joined by blood and those bound by
oath alone."
Asheron says, "This stone shall signify that unity and those bonds. It
shall be a beacon for the wayward and the lost. It shall be the light in
the darkness."
Elysa raises her hands.
Elysa pauses and scans the crowd for reactions.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Derethians. We must speak now of the matter at
hand. We are faced with a most frightening foe. One who once was like us."
Elysa Strathelar says, "This same group has grown to become an offshoot of
both my own Royal Guard and the Arcanum."
Elysa Strathelar says, "Candeth Martine was once one of us. He came from
Ispar like all of you and adventured across these lands as a member of the
Explorer Society."
Elysa Strathelar says, "But he was lost to us, taken by the Virindi."
Elysa Strathelar says, "Asheron has returned to help us stop the
atrocities that Martine has begun. We have seen the destruction that has
been wrought upon the world. "
Elysa Strathelar says, "At the Menhir, magic itself has revolted against
the natural order and destroyed the Essences. "
Elysa Strathelar says, "But now it is threatened."
Elysa Strathelar says, "And though, with aid from Asheron, the Arcanum has
concentrated components necessary for the casting of magic, mages have
become concerned over oddities in workings of magic, a lessening in its
strength and power."
Elysa Strathelar says, "The world that we know here hangs in a tenuous
balance, an order that must be maintained. That order has until now
remained untouched, in balance, complete."
Asheron says, "The balance Elysa speaks of was threatened only once
before,in a time not documented well by my people."
Asheron says, "It was a time when war spread across this world, and the
victors consumed and destroyed the history of the conquered."
Asheron says, "My ancestors were the victors and the civilization of the
Gelid dissolved."
Asheron says, "The Gelid hid well for a time but a group amongst
them...broke free. They were eventually slain, as you may have learned,
but they left a mark upon the world."
Asheron says, "These marks remain in the form of Elementals, beings
created from the very essence of magic itself, given form and sentience by
those that once commanded them."
Asheron says, "The goals and machinations of this offshoot coalition were
thwarted by the Gelid of Frore."
Asheron says, "Their tomes and halls were lost to time, hidden from even
my sight beneath the weight of a history written victors who did not wish
these secrets known."
Asheron says, "When my people held this land, no one studied the arts of
elemental control."
Asheron says, "The elementals were assailants even then, but they
were...less aggressive. In time they became tools of the undead, the
Dericost, who have roots that stretch back to a history that we are all
better off forgetting, lest we let their power grow anew."
Asheron sighs heavily.
Asheron says, "But I fear that over time even the greatest magic fails if
not fueled. It is by this avenue that I fear Martine came by his
knowledge."
Asheron says, "He duped Nuhmudira into aiding him in his acquisition of
raw power, in the collection of the invisible river's power, tapping into
what you call ley lines."
Asheron says, "The essences' destruction was the first of much to come.
What Martine has set in motion...is beyond even my capacity to fully
understand."
Asheron says, "Magic in its rawest form is unpredictable. It is only
through temperance and understanding that we can give it the forms of
defense, enhancement and destruction."
Asheron looks to Elysa.
Asheron says, "We must all band together and stave off his hand. Stop him,
before the actions that he has begun have irreversible consequences."
Asheron says, "To that end, I will be assisting Elysa and the Arcanum in
researching the way to curb Martine's plans."
Elysa nods to Asheron and then turns her attention
back to the crowd.
Elysa Strathelar says, "We will not fail, my people. We shall succeed as
we have so many times before when facing a foe bent upon our demise. This
world is ours now."
Elysa Strathelar says, "We shall not stand by and see it ruined."
Elysa Strathelar says, "I thank you for attending."
Elysa Strathelar says, "I shall be lighting three more stones over the
course of this cycle of the moons, and in that time, much more will be
explained."
High Queen Elysa Strathelar and Asheron have
returned to his castle.
The Third Appearance -
July 8, 2002
Thanks to Kithric To'kal for
transcript and to Azu Jai for pics!
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High
Queen Elysa Strathelar has arrived at the Leafcull Festival Stone.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Today we light the torch upon the stone of
memory, to signify those that we have lost--those that are missing and
those that have sacrificed of themselves to see us grow."
Elysa Strathelar says, "The list is longer than most will ever
know."
Elysa Strathelar says, "But the light from this stone will serve as
a reminder of all those who have fallen."
Martine says, "Melanay? Please listen to me."
Elysa looks around her.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Martine?"
Elysa Strathelar says, "I have no words for you, I have nothing
more that I can offer you. There is no temperance within my arm to stave
off an attack upon your being."
Martine's voice sounds soft, filled with love.
Martine says, "You. You speak as if you bear me great ill.while I
hold nothing more than love for you, my sweet, sweet Elysa. Come, let us
end this petty squabble and join together for the good of the people."
Martine says, "I've missed you."
Asheron says, "Martine."
Martine reaches toward Elysa and pulls back
suddenly!
Martine stumbles away from Elysa and Asheron.
Martine says, "You! You!"
Martine says, "Elysa, no. Don't let him take you away from me
again. No."
Martine says, "Come away with me, quickly before he takes you."
Martine says, "Why do you recoil, my love?"
Asheron takes a step toward Martine and lowers his
voice to speak very calmly and quietly to the man.
Asheron says, "Martine. You are sick. You need help. We want to
help you."
Asheron says, "I only want to help you, to give you back what you
had."
Asheron says, "The Virindi changed you, Martine. They took part of
you away and replaced you with a piece of them."
Martine says, "Stay away from me!"
Asheron says, "Martine please...let me help you. With your help, I
can make everything right. I can make everything whole again."
Asheron says, "I can take that thing out of you."
Martine says, "Take us out? Query. You feel you can rectify magics
you cannot comprehend?"
Martine says, "You are the same one who still tries to sunder our
defenses to free your people, yet fail?"
Martine says, "You are the same Asheron that abandoned these
people. No?"
Martine says, "You are the same Asheron that brought these people
here, to a world of pain."
Martine says, "The same Asheron that damned his race! Killed his
most prized pupil! Wrought destruction everywhere!"
Martine says, "Query. Can you save them all?"
Martine says, "Do I sound less virindi than human or more human
than virindi?"
Asheron says, "Martine, no. Stop this, you don't want to do this."
Martine begins to glow with an unearthly purple
light, electricity cascades off of him and a deep thrum sounds from within
him, spreading into the ground around him.
Martine says, "But we do! We want to see the inside of the flesh.
We want to see the inside, the inside!"
Martine says, "Tell them Asheron, tell them what your protection
does. What the lifestones do!"
Martine says, "Tell them how their deaths is used to save your
people! Tell them! Tell them of the double edged sword you wield! Your
split allegiance!"
Martine says, "Tell them...or I'll show them how easily I bypassed
your magic and end the lives of these people forever, even your precious
little Elysa!"
Martine calls torrents of electricity into his
hands. You feel a pull from the pit of your stomach.
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Asheron says, "Martine...I..."
Martine grabs his head, the sound dissipates with
the halo about him.
Martine says, "No...get back down you thing!"
Martine says, "No!"
Elysa stares into the distance.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Asheron. "
Asheron breathes a heavy sigh of relief.
Asheron and High Queen Elysa have left Osteth. Martine has disappeared as
well.
Asheron shakes his head and makes a slight gesture, looking to the spot
where Elysa stood.
Asheron says, "I must take my leave of you. I must..."
The Fourth Appearance -
July 10, 2002
High
Queen Elysa Strathelar has arrived at the Coldeve Festival Stone. Located
outside of Kara.
Elysa Strathelar says, "People of Dereth, I thank you for coming."
Elysa looks out over the crowd as if searching for
someone.
Elysa Strathelar says, "I have called you here to speak of what has
happened."
Elysa Strathelar says, "My son was once the target of Martine's
rage. He meant to strike at Asheron for crimes that were not his, but the
Virindi's."
Elysa Strathelar says, "We made the choice to pass through those
first portals regardless of what we may want to believe. They may have
called to us, but it was our choice."
Elysa Strathelar says, "A choice that I would not have undone. "
Elysa Strathelar says, "Over the past year he has worked to allow
passage to Marae Lassel a place he knew was inhabited by an Olthoi Queen."
Elysa's tone takes on a timbre of anger and rage.
Elysa Strathelar says, "Ever since Martine was changed, he has been
lost in a struggle with that which the Virindi placed within him. He is
losing, or so it appears."
Elysa Strathelar says, "He has also tried to penetrate my ranks and
attempt to assassinate both me and my son Borelean."
Elysa shoots a glance to Asheron.
Elysa Strathelar says, "I'm not a woman who is driven by her anger.
But I cannot stand by and watch this madman tear this world apart."
Elysa Strathelar says, "I care not for his salvation, even though
Asheron believes he can be saved."
Elysa Strathelar says, "If you see him, I say kill him. See him
brought low."
Asheron closes his eyes and appears to be mumbling
quietly to himself. His eyes suddenly pop open and he reaches for Elysa.
Elysa looks to Asheron, and speaks more quietly.
Elysa Strathelar says, "If you see him... "
Elysa Strathelar says, "What is it, Ash?"
Asheron waves his hand, a portal appears.
Asheron says, "Elysa, the ocean...something has risen. I
must see this."
Asheron says, "Something has changed. The northeast. The closest
homestead is Norstead. From there it is east. Quickly!"
[portal opens]
Asheron and High Queen Elysa Strathelar have
returned to his castle to study the strange events surrounding the citadel
to the southeast of Aerlinthe.
Asheron says, "Elysa, we must go back to my island. I must see if
this has happened anywhere else. This is not right. "
Asheron says, "The invisible river is changing. Something is
gravely wrong."
Asheron and Elysa have returned to his Castle to
study the strange events
surrounding the citadel to the southeast of Aerlinthe.
Asheron says, "The invisible river is changing. Something is
gravely wrong."
Asheron says, "Elysa, we must go back to my island. I must see if
this has happened anywhere else. This is not right. ". |
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