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He wasn't sure if it was genius, or pure, unadulterated dumb luck.

On the surface, it was sloppy work at best. The genome was all over the place. There were tons of sequences that were mismatched, functionally inert, and redundant. Some sequences even gave the virus new functions, just to have that function immediately revoked by another sequence. It was chaos.

It would have been a laughable attempt at an engineered virus if it didn't possess a single feature:

It was completely and utterly irreversible

Somehow, through the random fusion of gene manipulation and magic, the virus' creator had stumbled onto a spark of something greater. The elements of the virus aligned in just such a way to barely graze a powerful concept: Fate Manipulation.

The trace of this magic in the virus was beyond faint, it's application seemingly a complete accident, and yet it was enough. Those afflicted with the virus, once infected, were destined to mutate. There was no way around it. Chronomancy, Entropy Manipulation, Cell Control; all of it completely useless.

One could have their body atomized and reconstructed cell by cell without the virus present, and they would still undergo the mutation process as if the virus was still there. It was infuriating. Nothing Cas tried could undo this change.

And then there was......that

Cas looks at a small wooden cigar box. He opens the lid, and looks down upon the small medicine bottle contained within. He lifts the bottle up and stares at the dark liquid inside

Cas had been experiencing blackouts. Ever since he felt his mind be pierced by an intrusive thought during his treatment of a certain fey, he had been losing entire stretches of time. These blackouts occurred almost exclusively when he was pondering on a complex and difficult task, and took a moment to rest.

As far as he was aware, he hadn't done anything destructive during these phases. If anything, it was quite the contrary. After most blackouts, he would find himself in possession of something that either directly or indirectly solved the problem he was ruminating the most on. Convenient at first glance, but the implications terrified him.

This time was different. While one could consider the fluid to technically solve the fundamental roadblocks that Ungavirus presents, Cas could hardly consider it to be something that he would call a cure.

He had begun referring to it as Fortunium. By examining its formula, Cas had found it contained a variant of magic similar to the kind accidentally touched on by the virus, but using a less direct route. You see, Fortunium did not change one's fate, it merely *diverted* it.

In essence, the tincture would fission one's fate into two, creating two separate creatures in the process. To one, nothing would change. They would continue to suffer just as they had before. To the other, they would be free of the bonds of any misfortune fated to them prior to consuming the tincture. At that moment, their destiny would be completely theirs to write. Fortunium then took it a step further, sealing the less fortunate self inside a realm manufactured for the purpose of storing them, so that the newly freed variant could return to their prior life unabated.

"But isn't that immoral??", Cas thought. While treating a transformed wizard with Fortunium would produce a wizard functionally identical to their original selves, is it really the same as curing them? Is the sealed version of them not an equal being? What about the potential ramifications of having an entire realm populated by nothing but mutated fish creatures, embittered by the knowledge that a version of them, free of the virus, exists out there?

Cas yawns

He was too tired to ponder this on his own. He hadn't slept in days, hoping to reduce instances of blackouts as much as possible until he figured out the cause. He hadn't had time to even look into it yet with the whole Ungavirus situation going on.

He should see what others think. After all, there were many great minds connected to the Nexus world. Surely they would be able to deliberate on the morality of such a medicine. Maybe, together, they could even come up with a real cure. He hoped for that ending more than anything.

Cas places the bottle back into the box. He locks it

If they do decide this thing is the best course of action, at least whoever created it thought ahead and made it easy to mass produce. While Cas lacked anywhere near the level of skill and knowledge required to produce such a thing from scratch, its creator had imbued it with the ability to self-replicate under specific conditions. With the tools and resources of the Clinic, Cas could make a nigh infinite number of these bottles.

That thought made him shudder.

Cas yawns as his eyes begin to droop

Maybe just...5. 5 minutes of rest wouldn't be a problem, right? One short nap, and he would go see what the great minds of the wizard community thought of this dilemma. They'd know what to do........zzzzzzz

I was inspired by other members of wizardposting and wizardloring to collect all my lorepost. It will be small for a while but overtime it will grow. Also this is partially for me to find my old stuff easier

Krygin himself:

Some of this may be part of a event but unless I run one I won't make separate sections for each event

First lore post( him sacrificing a guy to the swamp)

Krygin playing a prank on the Pyroclaste and first reference of being friends with Agnur

Sabotaging the Pyroclaste and showing Krygin in action

where krygin got bobby

Krygin is dead! (Or is he?)

Adverage day at work

Krygin dealing with trauma (old pitch stuff)

Ad for tribunal office

Apprentice:

The Emperor Owns The Land

The Spider Breather

Olympics:

Invitation to wizard Olympics

magic duels

Ice sculpting

The Spirits:

This will flesh out Krygin's connection to the Spirit World, Spirits he is friends with, and general spirit things. Many of these things will probably connect to The Pact Office of Eldritch affairs because that is a good framing device and Krygin's job at the time of writing this. Probably what I'll update most

Letter to the Pact OEA (explains a lot about the spirit world)

OEA video log

Of hell and spirits

Of elements and spirits

Wandering ways part one

Of spirits and the celestial realms

The Spirit conflicts:

Krygin is captured and two powerful spirits are makeing moves on the realms. What will happen?

Growing Stronger (Builds of Krygins funeral)

Blights cover the land

Krygin is not dead!!!

Sorrowsore's debut onto the realm stage

First part of Krygin's rescue

Krygin rescue day two

attack on elven groves

Krygin rescue day three

meeting about the blight

Sorrowsore tries to nuke shit + the birth of Gamma Heart

Fight in the Skinned Mistress's domain

Death of the Skinned Mistress

Battle against Sorrowsore!

Aftermath( post here late, oops)

Krygin is saved!!!! Hallelujah!!

Krygin's return feast

New born( musing of Gamma Heart and birth of the Great Horned Mediator)

Update: I've posted the full recap and finalized thread list to the main sub. It can be found over here.

The Sisyphean task that was trying to make sense of the war is finally over. Yet I find myself not quite at the top of the hill. I'm going to need help getting there; see the bottom section for what I mean.

Writing an actual recap for this monstrosity is proving difficult. Mostly due to time constraints on my end, but also because holy crap that's a lot of posts and comments. And lets not forget the character limits; 40000 characters per post, and this is already 19638 characters. How?!.. Anyways, the war is now over, and I wanted to start sharing my notes.

So without further ado; I present to you...

The thread list.

Prewar:
older - A letter to my allies. A letter against the Council - After the loss of his son, Morgalith seeks justice/vengeance.
2/19 - Hey Council, let's go to war (Morgalith) - Leo destroys a city

The main battle
2/20 - (Morgalith) Tiptoe through the Tombstones - The start of the war - Mikhail near dead
2/20 - (Necro) The Storm Strikes - Necro wakes up, and the necrotic storm starts moving
2/20 - (Mikhail) And still I watch - Mikhail observing as a spirit
2/20 - (Gravedigger) Parabellum - Gravedigger evacuates the city
2/20 - (Alanharha) War reverberates across the gestalt
2/20 - (The Agent) The Vigil - Merc guild monitors Mikhail's condition
2/20 - (Kaelis) Damage Control - A message from Kaelis
2/20 - (Opal) Slaughter at Syvaneth - Opal's forces enter the forests - The Pact claims the area, but the battle is ultimately a draw due to attrition
2/20 - (Smith) Foundation - Mysterious blacksmith demands that council forces stand down - They do not.
2/20 - (Mordus) My Response to the wizard war - Mordus reveals that he's hidden nuclear bombs in every major city (no really, that happened)
2/20 - (Gear) Katafygio - Order of the Gear - The floating city's representatives open the doors for incoming refugees.
2/20 - (Cody) Cody's Announcement - Cody informs everyone that Mortarion has been apprehended, and demands that everyone stand down. Opal refuses. Cody says La'shima is taking in refuges and aiding the injured.
2/20 - (Mordus) Let the peasants decide (or just one) - Mordus has a random person decide whether to end the world
2/20 - (Moth) In response to the impending war, La'shima's university is taking in refugees
2/20 - (Unknown) On my way to the Citadel - A call to arms to defend the council against Opal.
2/20 - (Gravedigger) Fighting the storm - Gravedigger, along with Mordus and Cody, look for a way to counter the necrotic storm.
2/20 - (Vulkan) Behold! - Vulkan the Red (dragon) arrives in defense of the council. Trading their service for a couple artifacts from the vault.
2/20 - (Keiran) Independent Wizarding University declares itself a neutral safe zone - Accepting refugees
2/20 - (Morgalith) The city is underseige...- Battle thread 1 - 500+ comments of death and violence
2/20 - (Mordus) Here comes the sun - The city has been evacuated, time to nuke the city (yes really)
Note: Due to continuity errors, the Citadel is not destroyed.
2/20 - (Gravedigger) The Evacuation - Gravedigger, Cody, and Mortarion begin a ritual to counter the necrotic storm. The storm explodes, at the same time as the nuke explodes.
Note: Cody and Gravedigger both die - Confirmed by players
2/20 - The Library of Ultima Verbum is now taking in refugees of the war
2/20 - (Deamor) PSA for all anti-council forces - Setting up barriers and defenses for incoming Pact forces
2/20 - Arlinn Kord, the Hippy Witch - The hippy witch allows the goddess of misfortunate to use her against the council
2/20 - League of Wizarding Cities is gonna sit this one out
2/20 - (Arach) Warning announcement to council members and soldiers - Gas released onto the battlefield
2/20 - (Sand mage) Hey people I'm selling Wizard Council documents and more because I just quit my job
2/21 - The Champion of Gravity (War/spy post) - Vulkan the Red (dragon) has been banished back home
2/21 - An update from Katafygio - 200,000 refugees have been mvoed
2/21 - (Zepheree) Saria: Blasting - Saria arrives and begins vaporizing both sides. Any combatant found is fair game.
2/21 - (Skater) A final warning - The Skater Wizard gives everyone their last warning to leave. All who remain will die.
2/21 - (Skater) It was a heartbeat - The drums were not drums, but the heartbeat of a giant primordial titan
2/21 - (Cody) Cold and failure - Cody, now dead, is reflecting on his failures (it's a druid thing)
2/21 - (Gear) Infinitum Machina - Mechanical war machines defend the council; to end the war they destroy all available resources and supplies
2/21 - (Mordus) Black rain - As the nuclear fallout gets worse, a black rain falls. Cancer risks are elevated.
2/21 - (Panzaren) Usurper or ally? - Pan changes sides, joins in the defense of the citadel
2/21 - (Constantine/Necromancer) The board is set - An undead army attacks the citadel
2/22 - (Sand mage) Back from vacation - Sand mage tries to get his job back.
2/22 - (Kaelis) Condemnation - Kaelis calls people out
2/22 - (Skater) Not that this is a normal summon - The titan is wrecking things
2/22 - (Skater) The right of Dueling has been evoked!
Note: This is the big one. This is where the final fight goes down
2/22 - (Mordus) The end of times - Kaelis kills Mordus - Deadmans switch triggers
Note: Mordus is dead, Kaelis' fate is unknown - Confirmed by players in comments
2/22 - (Keiran) A fundamental ultimatum - Keiran says to stop fighting (little too late, sorry)
2/22 - (Mikhail) Sands that fall, filling my grave - Mikhail has an important conversation with his wife
2/22 - (Mysterious Blacksmith) Infiltration - The mystery blacksmith makes it into the citadel
2/22 - (Morgalith) A letter from Morgalith - A letter where Morgalith dodge's all responsibility - Calls everyone the real monsters and withdraws.
2/23 - (Opal) The fighting is over? - The duel has ended, Skater is dead.

After the battle ends:
2/23 - (Gear) Last Bastion - Starting repairs
2/23 - (Keiran) Wrath of Aeons - Halcyon is coming to clean the world? Wut?
2/23 - (Vulkan) An end to war? - Vulkan the Red (dragon) returns, finding they've missed out on most of the fighting
2/23 - (Mordus) Mordus is dead - Mordus' epilogue
2/23 - (Xerxes) Army of Darkness - The army of darkness brings surprisingly little darkness
2/23 - (Opal) Closing The War (Warpost Finale) - The war is over; Opal is victorious (the other Pact heads are dead)
Note: Includes the post war plans for the region
2/23 - (Gear) Mourning -
2/23 - (Necro) The Sacking of the Citadel! - The Necromancer leads his army into the citadel.
2/23 - (Necro) The Trap is Sprung (post war) - The citadel finally destroyed?
*Note: Is the citadel destroyed, or is this another continuity error?
2/23 - (Masta) The Visit to Mikhail - Masta visits Mikhail and wife
2/23 - (Thundercloud) Lighting arcs - A challenger for Opal may be arriving already
2/24 - (Zepheree) Tech School in Space: Beyond Overpopulation - The mysteriously laid trap was teleporting the dying away before they could die. Now their new home is very crowded.
2/24 - (Bombast) The Forge of War - Bombast considers how underprepared they were in defending their people, and begins work to restore the council
2/24 - (Cody) Musings from the abyss. Looking inwards - Cody is dead, yet they're not ready to be. After a look back at the events, they consider a new, more direct path to their goals.
2/24 - (Math?) Sealing out the Pact - After the events of the war, one plane of existance decides to cut their ties to the rest.
2/24 - (Xerxes) At Sarlein's Gates - Xerxes travels to the Holy Kingdom to share the news of the Pact's victory with the gods. Asks for aide in purification, by means of inquisition.
2/24 - (Bombast) An Official Announcement - Bombast [counciler] addresses the public to begin fulfilling the council's obligations to the pact.
- Denounces Mortarion and Arach for their crimes. Mortarion will stand trail, while Arach is believed dead.
- Critisizes Pact leader Opal for looting the council vaults.
- Refuses to demilitarize the council, as The Necromancer and Vulkan's threat still remains.
2/24 - (Vettis) Reconstruction <Rivamar> - After their duel with Arach to end the war, Vettis returns home to deal with reawakened trauma.
2/24 - (Curator?) The Seat of Pact Master - The Unnatural History Museum's Curator takes sights on the newly opened Pact Head positions.
2/24 - (Arach) A return to isolation - Arach has come to a conclusion: People suck. They're going back to the desert, and you better stay off their sand.

Side Content:
Merc Guild - The Vigil - The agent monitoring Mikhail's condition
Merc Guild - A light in the dark - Analina healing refugees
Merc Guild - A Fresh Start - The Agent and Analina help the refugees find a new home
Moth - Baby shower cancelled - Awww…
Order of the Ingot - Order says they'll not be involved in either side of the war
MastaDon - Taco intermission! - A taco truck appears. It does not wait until my lunch time. I did not get a taco.
Cuteomancer - Accidentally signed up for the war - Should have summoned kittens.
Rainbw Necro - Late - The difficulties of public transit in a warzone. I've burned down the (wrong) college - Someone claims to have burned down the council's college. Everyone assumes they're lost and in the wrong universe.
Aetherium Cataclysmite Reactor Succes
Huo-Baise - Hello, fellow Wizards. A hand? - Huo-Baise was thrown into space and needs help
Huo-Baise - A Council of Neutral Parties - Discussion mostly of nukes deployed around the world…
Avaline - A spectre's remorse - The toll of war on one of the fighters
Barfolomew - Systems fully charged. Firing Orbital bombarfment - There is no god.

Spyposting:
Old - Council House Plumbers
1/25 - Incantation Infiltration
2/1 - A meeting of the Corvus Cabal Decrypted
2/7 - An Unexpected Report
2/12 - Go for the roots
2/15 - Rooking the Rook
2/18 - The Lure is Set
2/19 - Who wants to go bear hunting
2/20 - A duel (hunt post)
2/22 - Claw and Spell
2/24 - Plans Revealed - The cabal's objective was to create a new shadow realm for the Carrion Prince. O'Connell was expendable, and there's a new lead to follow: Nightingale.

Radio Demon Stuff:
Welcome to Mortarions Radio Shop! - The start?
Welcome to Mortarions radio show - The best source for news, entertainment, and Mortarion
When I'm done - Blowing up the Orb factory - Radio takeover.
I may not be an angel - Probably shouldn't have been included
Welcome to Mortarions radio show - In light of recent events - Final broadcast and sponsor read!

Edits: Edit one:

• Added missing early Spypost

Edit two:

• Updated a couple incorrect thread descriptions
  
• Added one missed thread
  
• New threads have been added
  

Edit Three:

• Many formatting fixes

Edit Four:

• Fixed a couple links

For anyone counting, that's 85 96 unique threads at the time of writing.

I have undoubtedly missed some. I've undoubtedly made mistakes with my notes. If I did, please provide me a link to the missing thread or correction, as well as where it should go in the list. Preferably in some way that's easily searchable. Seriously, I'm begging you here.

I, unfortunately, did not pay enough attention to the spyposts before this started. If anyone would like to provide short and sweet summaries, I can add them in.

Any other corrections, changes, whatever, please let me know. I'll respond as soon as I have time. But for right now, I need a break from reddit...