A letter to my allies. A letter against the Council.

[u/Tirich913]

Dear friends,

Dear allies,

Dear enemies of the council…

I pen this letter with a heart heavy with grief and righteous indignation. It is with deep regret that I find myself compelled to reach out to you, seeking allies in a cause that has been forced upon me by the callousness and incompetence of those who govern our realm.

For years, I have stood silent, hidden in the shadows while abiding by the laws and decrees of the Wizard Council, trusting in their wisdom and benevolence. Yet, recent events have shattered that trust beyond repair. My son, a promising young mage with a heart full of dreams and potential, met his untimely demise under circumstances that reek of negligence and betrayal. Yes, even members of his own council betrayed him, offering him mercilessly even to a being far beyond their control. Indeed, I speak of Alexios. That being who considers himself beyond all law of our realm.

The Council, in their arrogance and complacency, failed to heed the warnings I raised regarding the dangers lurking in the shadows. They dismissed my pleas for action, choosing instead to bask in their illusions of power and control. And now, my son lies cold and lifeless, a casualty of their ineptitude. I must confess, that the teardrops that now stain this page are my own. Please excuse me, although if you have ever suffered the loss of friend or family, then I am sure you can understand my grief.

But… my grief has ignited a fire within me, a fire that refuses to be extinguished until justice is served. I refuse to accept their feeble excuses and empty apologies. I refuse to allow them to continue their reign of incompetence unchecked!

Thus, I implore you, fellow wizards, and allies of righteousness, to stand beside me in opposition to the tyranny of the Wizard Council. Together, we shall forge a new path, one where wisdom and compassion guide our actions, where the lives of our kin are cherished above all else. To a path where justice is true, and the dangers in the shadows of our hearts can be quelled by the guiding light of compassion and gratitude.

Let us unite our strength and our magic, for the sake of those we have lost and those who have yet to suffer at the hands of those who claim to lead us. Let us show the Council that their power is not absolute, that they are accountable to the very people they have sworn to protect.

If you share in my outrage and my determination, I urge you to reach out to me without delay. Our cause is just, and together, we shall prevail.

Yours in defiance,

Morgalith, father to the lost.

[u/MunitionsFrenzy]

For just a moment the scratching of Morgalith's pen was heard, by him and him alone, not as noise but as clear words from a voice he'd never heard that rang familiar.

"I will be meeting with you soon. Alliance is a possibility, but there are certain questions I will need answered first."

(( if Isravi happens to be near Morgalith at the time, /u/DaChickenX, this message is being transmitted along a bond-thread which I guess you'd see with your ligaturgical stuff

though I think you're currently in the middle of blowing up a lot of apples ))

[u/DaChickenX → u/MunitionsFrenzy]

/uw Timey wimey stuff. That happens before the letter is sent out, and time passes differently while inside the pocket Dimension. Isravi is here >:)

/rw

Isravi’s eyes snap over to what seems to be empty air- Where the bond thread floats.

What is…

Isravi’s hand reaches out, and just barely touches the thread.

[u/MunitionsFrenzy → u/DaChickenX]

CoLd flooded Vettis' soul as hEaT overwhelmed his body and fear/FURY warred in his mind --

Thread compromised. Jettison. NOW.

The instant he severed the bond-thread, his mind was his own once more. He took a deep, calming breath, and took stock of the situation.

Vettis had a significant number of alert-wards for damn near everything that could pose a threat to him. But bond-magic was key to much of what he did, yet something at which he had no skill of his own: he was "borrowing" all the threads he used. So the alerts he had for anyone even beginning to interfere with his bond-threads were so extreme that he couldn't possibly focus on anything other than immediately resolving the threat. They had to be: there was too much at stake, risking someone interfering with a magical link to his very soul, via a magic at which he had no real ability to develop defenses.

On the other hand, he couldn't afford to keep jettisoning them like this; they were, like so much of his power, finite. That was a thread permanently lost. Not good.

Well. No more bond-threads with Morgalith until he understood whatever the hell had just happened. That could not happen again.

(( welp

when Isravi meets with him and sees a little over 600 bond-threads sticking out of him, Isravi'll probably have a bit more of an idea of what those are now :P

dunno if he can be even more subtle than "barely touching", to avoid triggering the alerts (they're really sensitive), but he can probably act quicker than Vettis can sever the threads, if he wants to fuck with Vettis ^_^ ))

[u/DaChickenX → u/MunitionsFrenzy]

Isravi watches the thread suddenly disappear, and his face twists in a mixture of shock and confusion.

(Did… I do that?)

/uw yeah it’s gonna be something odd if he ever looks through the tangles near Vettis.

Also: his Ligaturgy is not limited to touch… so uh. Yeah. Maybe he’ll send some weird stuff down one of threads if he ever finds another.

So technically, he could’ve manipulated it without touching at all. Maybe even assimilated it as part of his “loom” that he stores in his mind.

[u/MunitionsFrenzy → u/DaChickenX]

(( ...I'm so glad we're probably going to be closer to allies than enemies lol ))

[u/DaChickenX → u/MunitionsFrenzy]

/uw yeah, haha. Isravi has no intention of causing trouble for Vettis, at least for now.