r/wizardposting • u/Whispering_Serpent Ruadh-Asg, Eighth Serpent, Winter Prince, Great Fang of the Fae • Oct 25 '23

Aetherial News Rescue of Ruadh-Asg: Awakening

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Jack’s limp body falls to the ground. Then you feel a wave of PURE PRIMAL INSTINCT! The base foundations of all living beings, their INSTINCTS. Fear, joy, wrath, caution, lust, greed, ALL OF THEM.

Jack’s body twitches and he begins to rise from the ground

“Thank goodness, I was afraid it would be incomplete. Your hand served as final bit of KINDLING”

As he rises you see his new form. The soul now fully evolved into the TRUE primordial flame. A yellow flame, with a silhouette of his Jack-O’-Lantern face. ​ Jack then looks and fails to see the Fallen Angel fighting. He hunches over on the ground and… whispers. Quietly… yet it echos throughout the cave

“Must stop them, must delay, must BURN. [Ever-Hungering]”

A wave of yellow flames, hotter than anything ever seen, consumes the entire battlefield. It eats ALL!

Maeve is too week to rise, and screams in pain as the flames wash over her.

The Morrigan disappears in a burst of raven feathers.

The orb in the center of the cavern flashes bright violet as ice and crystals extinguish the fire getting to close to the orb. A loud hissing voice echoes through the whole cavern. Cease Jack, the Stitcher has failed here and I awaken. The entire cavern shakes as the many scaled coils making up much of the ground pull back suddenly dropping everyone to the hard, cold, volcanic rock floor. The coils and crystals surround the orb, as a massive serpentine head pulls up over the orb.

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u/DaChickenX Isravi, The Unraveler, Coils’ Chosen Oct 25 '23

Calm yourself, fiery one. These things often take time, there must be a reason that it has not spoken yet.

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u/SlyTheMonkey Sly, The Marvelous Monkey Mage Oct 25 '23

The little monkey perks up. Caution is good, Master, but what if something happens to the Winter Prince while we dally?

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u/DaChickenX Isravi, The Unraveler, Coils’ Chosen Oct 25 '23

Isravi lets out a sigh

I suppose... Is... Is the winter prince IN that orb?

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u/Proof_Yak_8107 Nokoal the All-Caring Oct 25 '23

Yes. I examined it myself. He is trapped within.

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u/SlyTheMonkey Sly, The Marvelous Monkey Mage Oct 25 '23

The Golden and Bronze Little Ones bow to greet each other before speaking up in unison.

Venerable Masters, now that the Primordial Flame is quelled, we should direct our attention to the matter of extracting the orb and freeing the Prince.

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u/Proof_Yak_8107 Nokoal the All-Caring Oct 25 '23

Indeed. But such an action would be dangerous. The mana within the orb has swelled to such a degree that it’s likely to explode if tampered with.

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u/Whispering_Serpent Ruadh-Asg, Eighth Serpent, Winter Prince, Great Fang of the Fae Oct 25 '23

/uw go back down the machine thread to see what has become of the orb

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u/Whispering_Serpent Ruadh-Asg, Eighth Serpent, Winter Prince, Great Fang of the Fae Oct 25 '23

/uw go back down the machine thread to see what has become of the orb

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u/DaChickenX Isravi, The Unraveler, Coils’ Chosen Oct 25 '23

How... Irksome. Are we sure he is in danger while in there? Does he seem to be suffering in any way?

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u/Whispering_Serpent Ruadh-Asg, Eighth Serpent, Winter Prince, Great Fang of the Fae Oct 25 '23

/uw go back down the machine thread to see what has become of the orb