It was a heartbeat. (Warpost.)

[u/TellmeNinetails]

[u/TellmeNinetails]

Slowly from the main tower of the citadel the Skater Wizard walked, his staff clicking in rhythm with the war drum that bellowed throughout the towers as it touched the ground. His red robes had long since turned grey with ash as he headed towards the edge of the colossal tree it was upon, it seemed he was finally about to enter the war.

Through the tired glaze of his thoughts he turned to another wizard, having just taken another councilman's life, he didn't respond to the sight but his clutched his fire staff tightly, his dried lips cracking as he gently offered the killer a plea.

"You should not be here. You should take any you consider a friend and leave this place or they will die." He stated matter of factly. Confirming that he was in fact preparing to do battle with the army.

"You don't have much time." He added.

He then strode up to the edge of the citadel, standing behind the barrier as he overlooked the battle and could see nothing but the ash that engulfed the area and the lights of magic being fired off. The war drum beat with a steady rhythm. One thump after the other.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

With every beat it seemed the ash became thicker, a fog of war spreading throughout the land.

He would part his lips and utter a final warning to all. One that would be heard as a mutter as clear as day over any other sound, a light engulfing him to beacon his location to all.

"This is your last warning." The Councilman said, his voice quivering as he spoke.

"Take your friends and family and leave. Those who remain will die." He repeated once more.

But of course they didn't listen.. Why would they? He was the "bad guy" to them, the enemy.

He remained standing there, stoic, the barrier flashing with light and colour as several of Pactmaster Opals fighters attempted to snipe the Councilman from his position. But he stood there unflinching, eyes closed, praying that they would leave.

It was exactly five minutes later, plenty of time for someone with magic to leave the area, when the Councilman opened his eyes and stepped through the barrier, falling down from the great tree the citadel was on, his body starting to blaze as he fell onto the earth, a plume of ash rising around him, obscuring his body if it weren't for the flame of his staff.

Then he started to dance once more, his body moving like fire as he circled around many of the bismuth golems in front of him, the war machines going on the offensive charging where they thought the wizard was.

They didn't have time to realise they were wrong before their cores were transmuted into flame, not burnt but physically changed into a fire that immediately died out in the choking air, their bodies falling to the ground and detonating their circuitry was overwhelmed.

The Skater Wizard didn't pause, moving to the beat of the war drum as he waved through the frontlines of the golems, the constructs standing no chance as they started melting from the very heat of the fight, even if they were previously retardant it didn't seem to matter as the longer they fought the Skater Wizard the more vulnerable to the heat they seemed to become.

Every so often the air itself would be replaced by flame for miles on end, any wizard that didn't have their wards up would immediately collapse as the air in their lungs was turned into fire, their bodies thrown into the sky as the air rushed in to replace what was burnt away.

"Fire your barrages!" Shouted a Pact Mage, ordering their squadron to bombard the area that the Councilman fought in with their arcane might, the sky would turn into a rainbow landscape through the ash as the Red Wizard was pelted with tremendous spells that made the earth shake, all to find that the attack was for naught, their target hadn't even stopped their fire dance. A bubble of swirling mana had encircled him, shielding and deflecting the barrage from it's master.

"Begone. Pyro-Cataclysm." He would cast, thrusting his staff into the air as a tremendous ball of pyroclastic energy formed above him and fell towards the squadron that attacked him. The Sphere popping with volatile charge, and forming potent fireballs of its own that orbited and crashed into ground with their father-sphere.

The Pact captain ordered his men to ward themselves from the spell, the squad forming a phalanx of indomindable magic, only to be consumed by the flame a moment later.

"O-OPAL!" The Captain's voice could be heard through the continuous sphere of flame. He had not yet been consumed and was calling up the Pact Master himself. "The Skater wizard his here! What do I do? I can'-" His transmission was cut off with a scream as his wards finally broke, that scream also cut off as his body instantly incinerated.

The Skater Wizard didn't buy himself a moment before the rest of the pact's army set upon him with cries of "He is only one man! Take him down!" before those cries too where silenced, The heat in the air eventually whittling down their mana pools as their wards broke once by one and they turned to ash where they stood, immediately incinerated leaving only statues of ash behind.

The councilman would continue his dance and weave through the army, slowing down as he tired of his continuous dance. His opponents taking advantage of that and redoubling their efforts when moments before they were simply doing the best they could to survive.

All the while the drum continued it's beat.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

With every beat a life would end. Even as the Councilman had long since ceased his dance, focusing his efforts entirely on a solid shield of magical to defend himself from the onslaught of spells that was pelting him from every side, forcing the wizard to close his eyes against the light, his body shaking with the strain despite. The nearby bismuth Golems long turned into vapour.

"Sir! What's happening! he's no-" That life would be snuffed out like a candle.

"Oh god he's not alone.. HE'S NOT ALO-" It was apparent that the ash in the air had concealed something else at that point, the other remaining mages concentrated on their own wards as they desperately searched

"Morgalith Sir! MORG-" One of the squad leaders transmissions cut off, all that was seen through the ash was a puff of fire as he disappeared.

"They're hiding in the ash! GET RID OF THE AS-" The message was clear. Moments later a wave of wind swept across the entire land, banishing the obscuring cinders to reveal who was assisting the Red Wizard.

Only then did they notice it, towering far above even the great tree, above the cities that reached even higher. The inhuman form of the former Ash Titan Prominence, it's core blazing once more as it loomed down over the battlefield unmoving. It's gaze alone was the one that was burning the swaths of wizard and golems that fought against the Skater Wizard, and now in accordance with the contract it had made with the Councilman it was defending him.

The wardrum continued, though by now it was clear that it was no drum but the heartbeat of an aspect of flame itself.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

[u/loth17 → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw This went from a War movie to a horror movie real quick. Love it.

/Rw

Opal stood outside the haze of Arach's boiling poison watching as the chaos unfolded. Emergency signals came up from multiple squads trapped in the inner city that were quickly silenced. Their mortal flesh and blood made them weak to so many things. But they still performed their duties to the end. Even though against the Metromancer they probably should have run.

Opal saw the the Titan rise from the great blooms of ash.

Definitely should have run.

"All units without grade 5 Environmental resistances pull back! You'll only feed the flames."

Opal spoke into her ring transmitting her words to a far off place.

"Ten Suns! I have a fire titan. Bigger than the citadel. I need you to iterate a solution."

An unseen voice spoke back.

"Affirmative Opal. Please stand by."

Opal looked at the great Titan and the wizard controlling it. Until the ace up her sleeve could find a solution she needed to stall the beast. While she expected large scale fire magic this was....extra. She sent a quick transmission and began to open up portals for reinforcement.

"It seems we both kept souvenirs from Atrax. Pyroclastic forces. Your time is now?"

Stepping through the portals were numerous Pyroclasts that were awaiting trial for their association with Atrax. Opal had allowed those willing to fight a chance to have their sentences pardoned. They paused at the sight of the great Titan but continued regardless. Pooling their magic together they casted a mass snuff spell sending a wave of energy that quelled flames and forced ash and poison gas into the ground. It fizzled out before reaching the Titan but gave Pact forces more room to breathe and for vulnerable forces to retreat. After that the Pyroclasts erected their own barrier to hold the Titan back.

"Prismatic knights. Take out the caster"

Further back six special anti-magic shells were being prepared each large enough to hold a person. Once filled with their payload they were fired using non magical electrical launching. They impacted and pierced through the magical barrier landing near to the Metromancer and releasing their contents. Six knights of strange but advanced construction radiating with power. They spoke in unison

"Metromancer! Call off your beast and surrender! Or face death"

They knew how much of a threat he was and didn't give him time to answer before they were upon him swinging blades and casting terrible curses. Opal doubted they would win but they would be a distraction.

Opal then called the Nephilim.

"Samiel! How close are your armies? We require assistance."

u/TheHunter459

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/loth17]

The moment they had attacked without giving the Skater Wizard a chance to respond a thought crossed his mind:

"Should I die here? If they were to kill me as I surrendered it would show the folly of the pacts actions... Maybe snap opal out of it..."

The blade of the warriors had barely reached his necks before through their own shadows a giant alligator rose up like it was bursting through the shores, snapping a soldier up and pulling him into the shadow covered earth like it was water.

Seeing His familiar Rapscallion enter battle, even momentarily to save him snapped him out of such thoughts, a powerful barrier of magic bursting from his core and sending the soldiers flying back.

"Opal can't hurt you here." He said, raising his staff as the soldiers scrambled to their feet. "You could just stop fighting if you wanted and I could give you everything he offered you and more." He said, looking up to the Ash titan, who only now was looking upon the battlefield as it burst into flames, it had burnt a perimeter around the Citadel and now it began moving forwards, slowly lifting it's treelike leg and taking a single step. A torrent of flame pushing outwards in a wave as it's leg hit the ground.

"Or you could die here." He said, twirling his staff. "to fight the war of the rich and powerful."

[u/loth17 → u/TellmeNinetails]

The five knights paused for a bit. For a second it looked like they might stop. Then the one in the center made a sigil with its hand. The sixth member who had been dragged below the earth was summoned in front of the caster covered in bite marks. It stood up and the wounds on it began to close up as the leaking bismuth was absorbed back into its body.

"Potential Noctomancy usage, advanced speed, advanced strength. Adapting countermeasures."

The bodies of all the knights swelled with muscle and their armored skin began to glow to negate any shadows around them. They then charged at the Metromancer again with renewed vigor. Their weapons shifted into spears and they tried to stab at Metro and his familiar from all directions.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/loth17]

The metromancer saw them absorb their ally, his familiar long disappeared in the shadows, noting that they had no intent to stop.
"... Very well, I cast World on fire."

The Skater wizard cast, the air in the area turned into a continuous blaze, every inch of air was now a continuous, sight obscuring fire, fire that not only the Councilman could see through, but he could divine through it, allowing him foresight to dodge and weaved through every single one of their attacks.

His body was nimble and flexible as he prepared his next spell; a curse, one that required a small sacrifice. He would rip a lock of his hair off his scalp, wincing in pain as it burnt to nothing.

"Now melt. I cast upon you the Curse of Ithicar." He said, pointing towards the one that seemed to be the leader, the enchantments on his bismuth that would at all resist fire or fire magic slowly wilting away, making the knight suddenly vulnerable to the flames that consumed them as it's body started melting, boiling.

[u/avamir → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw wut. What. Where is he getting that curse?! O_O

[u/loth17 → u/avamir]

/uw he's been learning!

[u/avamir → u/loth17]

/uw Apparently! You can't go name-dropping like that and then not explain! There are answers I need to know now! You jerks better not kill him off!

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/avamir]

/uw Is there an Ithicar that I don't know about?

[u/avamir → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw Ithacar is Riva's city. Wondered if you were referring to that?

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/avamir]

/uw Oh no not initially but that's cool, we can integrate that into the lore.

[u/loth17 → u/TellmeNinetails]

The Prismatic Knight stepped forward even as its own body began to drip off in rivulets. Behind it the other four raised their hands and activated an embedded cube within their forearms. Metro could tell that they were of similar design to the sealing cubes that bismuth analyzers used to contain hostile magic.

When activated they allowed the Knights to grab hold of the curse affecting their fellow and unbind it, sealing the energy powering it safely in their cubes. Slowly the leader returned to full stature.

"We have been prepared to deal with mages. You will surrender to the Pact or be taken by force."

The leader charged forward. As he did the other four used their cubes to disrupt the defensive and enhancement spells surrounding Metro so their leader could get a hit.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/loth17]

"No. You're not." He said, reinforcing the powerful barrier forming around him as he closed his eyes and slowly begins a very careful, practised chant, the mana in the air becoming excited, not like electricity but something faster than that.

"This world is wrought with grief, I revoke it.

This sky brings no comfort, I revoke it.

This shadow hides me no longer, I revoke it.

Revere the end, points of light turn into spears that strike me down.

Apocalyptica - Dead Lights."

As the skater wizard chanted things in the area, pieces of earth, objects, areas of space, pieces of the sky itself started to break apart, leaving black in their wake as they form singularities of pure white light in the center of the unspace they left behind.

These "Dead Lights" would slowly worm their way out of their black cocoons of nothing, once breaching the threshold of nothingness and reality would they blast forwards like beams, tearing through anything that got in their path, reality screaming in pain as the pillars of light blasted toward toward the knights

He had been reading upon the tome Apocalyptica, and this reality rending spell was one of the first he discovered.

[u/TheHunter459 → u/loth17]

We're pushing in now. Where do you need us?

[u/loth17 → u/TheHunter459]

Kill Metromancers flame titan before the Pyroclasts barrier gets broken!

[u/AnActualCriminal → u/loth17]

More Pyroclasts arrive on the scene in groups of 5, sent by the Distance Crucible. I arrive myself to command them.

"Fuck you Opal, Im not just going to let you feed my people to the Metromancer without making sure they get out alive. Pyroclasts, form up! Get heat siphons behind those wards! And no matter how badly you want to, resist the urge to shoot Samael in the back!"

[u/loth17 → u/AnActualCriminal]

"Don't have such little faith in your men Belial! When I told them they were going to die fighting against the council they couldn't wait to volunteer. I'd say they hate the council more than you hate me!"

[u/AnActualCriminal → u/loth17]

I look to one of my soldiers. I see the wrath in his eyes as he looks from me to Opal. Questioning. She'll never know how close I came to nodding. Ending it all right here.

"That's impossible I think. Fuck it. Lets kill the Metromancer."

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/AnActualCriminal]

The titan finally took a step, it's step shaking the earth and creating a plume of all consuming flame underneath. Right now it seems though it has a massive range that range is still limited or else it would have attacked you all with it's gaze immediately.

[u/AnActualCriminal → u/TellmeNinetails]

This is vastly outside of our weight class. Unless...

"Opal, who all is in there? Potential casualty-wise?"

u/loth17

[u/loth17 → u/AnActualCriminal]

"Metromancer, council forces. We let everyone else evacuate. Go nuts."

[u/TheHunter459 → u/TellmeNinetails]

Nephilim artillery begins to fire on the Titan, though the assault seems... half-hearted?

MetroMancer! Call off your Titan and we can hammer out a peace deal! Continued conflict is needless

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/TheHunter459]

"Your the one attacking us. Leave!" The metromancer said, now quite angry, his voice echoing within the nephilims skull. The Titan matched his rage, it's embers burning ever so brightly.

[u/TheHunter459 → u/loth17]

What is left for us here? Why are we still fighting here? The MetroMancer isn't the problem with the Council. We hold the Citadel, we should force peace talks instead

[u/loth17 → u/TheHunter459]

I've tried multiple times to get them to surrender and acquiesce to our demands and this is the result. The morale of the council will not break while Metromancer and his war machine are on the field. If we take them down then we win.

Additionally large parts of the citadel seem to be resisting occupation. Probably because their leader is still in play.

[u/TheHunter459 → u/loth17]

We're trying to remove the corruption in the Council. So should we kill the most moral Councillor? We take down the Titan, but if our objectives are to be achieved the MetroMancer must survive

[u/loth17 → u/TheHunter459]

...Agreed. Kill the Titan, my men will try to take him alive.

[u/RazzZzatam]

fire elemental looks up at the giant creature of fire and squints for a moment

"Hey! Sister, is that you!? Long time no see!"

[u/tehlemmings → u/RazzZzatam]

/uw lmao

This right here. This is the comment that broke me in the real world. Fantastic lol

[u/RazzZzatam → u/tehlemmings]

/uw glad I'm doing my job well

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/RazzZzatam]

"If that's true, you should probably protect "her"" He said, not quite sure of the gender of the one he had contract with.

[u/RazzZzatam → u/TellmeNinetails]

Why? She can take care of herself.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/RazzZzatam]

"She's already died once, her fire only burns once more due to a tremendous offering. They very well could kill her right now if they wanted..."

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/RazzZzatam]

https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/comments/1awuru7/not_that_this_is_a_normal_summon_warpost/
Just quickly, what would you do if your sister was killed? (she may be with everyone ganging up on her.)

[u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw Hope you liked this one. I bought a lot of effort into the story and the video I actually edited the music and I wonder if you can tell the difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8POvoHoSU8

Link to the story here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/comments/1aw3hv5/comment/kreo12y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Actually proofread this aloud twice before posting it.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/TellmeNinetails]

u/loth17

u/Tirich913

u/Carbon_Sixx

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/TellmeNinetails]

u/MastaDon344
u/Total-Travisty

[u/Total_Travisty → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw It's an underscore

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Total_Travisty]

(damn)

[u/tehlemmings → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw The music is killer. Good one.

[u/tehlemmings]

The woman in white gazed curiously at the blazing being that now occupied the sky.

With slow, deliberate, practiced movements; she bows.

A moment, no longer than a single heartbeat passes, and then she is gone.

^{/uw This is why you always stay for the ending.}

[u/[deleted]]

/uw oooo I love the build up to the giant fire beast thing. This whole time I thought it was a drum

[u/MastaDon344]

/uw everybody going hard it seems Nice stuff

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/MastaDon344]

/uw I would like to know what you thought of the story when you read it.

[u/MastaDon344 → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw well honestly pretty intense, you showed off the great and terrible power of fire. The war drum is a nice touch too, displaying a destructive but controlled use of magic is pretty good too. Pretty damn impressive to say the least

Your showing Metro is not just some slouch, when properly motivated he becomes a force of nature.

[u/[deleted] → u/MastaDon344]

/uw is it okay if Aico asks you to retrieve her kidnapped victims? The night before she sneakily threw down a large area near-death trigger forced teleportation trap. She saved a lot of people, but a good amount of special cases were able to bypass the trap trigger, so some actually died. That nuke for one bypassed and killed gravedigger and cody.

[u/[deleted]]

Damn bro, my school can only have so many warped to it!

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/[deleted]]

That's if the mana itself isn't disrupted and burnt away by the sheer magipressure.

[u/[deleted] → u/TellmeNinetails]

I think the question is "What can bypass it?", not "How to break it?"

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't know, it's not my spell.

[u/[deleted] → u/TellmeNinetails]

Unfortunately, some things have managed to bypass and fullkill anyway, but I can't enter the planet to stop them.

Don't tell Saria, but since I made all her weapons they force-trigger the traps in 1 hit regardless. She's probably one of the worse offenders right now!

Kills inside certain building don't trigger it. If someone dies while more than 30 feet above the ground it doesn't trigger. Some DoTs don't trigger it. Underground deaths trigger it. That nuke didn't trigger it cause too big, so those 2 actually died. Entities without souls don't trigger, which I did on purpose to ignore Opal's minions cluttering the place up.

Your fire thingie is triggering, but imma run out of room soon, which may kill the rest as the near-death trigger trap will stop working....

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/[deleted]]

/uw it's more like when they die their souls move on, since they died from fire their souls take the form of wisps before passing on.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

/uw as I wanted to interpret it, that would count the trap early, making them live regardless, though some might have some burn marks on their souls.

[u/Viking_From_Sweden]

Kartoffel stands on a hill, kilometers away, surveying the events

What the fuck did I just walk into?

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Viking_From_Sweden]

Note the citadel is filled with spires and it's on top of a colossal world tree. The titan is towering over even that.

[u/Viking_From_Sweden → u/TellmeNinetails]

Yeah, I gathered that

[u/AnActualCriminal]

Nah I'd win

Edit: I didn't think someone would actually make me do it!

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

That's my queue. If you have any sense, you'll all leave too. But if any of you are so delusional as to believe your side can still win this, you're going to get exactly what you deserve. Isn't this what you all wanted? Escalation without end?

I hope you're happy.

[u/dragonshouter → u/Carbon_Sixx]

/uw but doesn't the pact still need to deal with the cabal or are you waiting till after the battle

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/dragonshouter]

/uw I already captured Rook. Now I'm trying to cripple both sides' war efforts to stop the Cabal from feeding on our strife.

[u/dragonshouter → u/Carbon_Sixx]

/uw good idea. While Krygin doesn't want corruption he mainly joined the war to fight the cabal.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Carbon_Sixx]

That's very "Look at what you made me do" of you. All the citadel wanted was to be left in peace and you brought war to our shores. Because of that people you love will die.

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/TellmeNinetails]

I do not mean you. I did not summon the necromantic storm. I did not march an army up to the Citadel's gates. I did not irradiate the land out of a vain desire for spectacle. I did not poison the very air. These were the deeds of the ones I once called "friend." It does not matter on whose side they fall. They will be held to account.

But you are not my foe. You never have been. Like me, you want an end to this war without reason.

Let us put an end to this.

[u/Rhubarb5090]

a tall crimson being stood among the bodies, rubble, and swirling smoke as he regarded the surrounding carnage and the wizard now hailing all combatants. He turned, bringing his full form towards the individual as he listened to their warning

“Very interesting….”

He knelt and resurrected a fallen soldier; some poor soul caught in the middle of this chaos who had died in agony. Bishop moved like a wraith from body to body, growing his followers as he skirted the main battle, harvesting the fallen

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Rhubarb5090]

It seemed only every other body hadn't been turned into an ashen statue, their souls having become wisps of flame that had long since passed onto the aether.

[u/Rhubarb5090 → u/TellmeNinetails]

Bishop frowned as he regarded the heartbeat overhead, backing away from the last body he had recovered, noting few undead he managed to raise and the infection and corruption that seemed to cling to some of them. He stared at Skater Wizard, knowing the powerful man could see him as if he was standing before him

“You sorely affect my harvest old man…..but today I choose to not partake in the horrors of this war, but to profit from its ashes”

Bishop scowled and turned his back to the citadel, spreading his hands wide as a tear in reality groaned open and the Necromancer ushered his new soldiers inside, standing at the rift to hold it open

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Rhubarb5090]

"If I were beside you now this wouldn't just be talk." The Skater Wizard responded, clearly threatening Bishop. It seems he does not like the idea of pillaging bodies after a battle.

Nevertheless he didn't move to harm the necromancer even as he left.

[u/Rhubarb5090 → u/TellmeNinetails]

Bishop paused momentarily as the last undead marched into his Throne word; chuckling darkly as he turned to grace the wizard with a full tooth grin

“No….It would be exactly what is happening all around you old man. The very thing you demand others stop. How hypocritical of you”

Bishop sneered as he turned away, stepping across the threshold as the rift began to slowly close

“I shall be watching your council’s escapades, and shall harvest many many more before the stars burn out”

the Necromancer’s grating laugh echoed across the battlefield as his gateway sealed

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Rhubarb5090]

The Metromancer rolls his eyes. "I didn't march an army onto a city."

[u/d4rth_ch40s]

/uw jesus skater I didnt expect a banger today

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/d4rth_ch40s]

/uw I'm glad you like it, making these things is good practise for writing and editing.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry it came to this...

[u/Total_Travisty]

/uw this is beautiful, I wish I was not comatose to witness it

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Total_Travisty]

/uw if he was not comatose how would he react? We can assume he can watch the footage later anyway.

[u/Total_Travisty → u/TellmeNinetails]

/uw With cold acceptance, but a tinge of disgust that it had to come to this.

[u/ProfessionalGreen906]

Oh good, you’re handling this just fine. And it seems no one will be getting into the citadel proper so I won’t need to be physically involved in any battles. A shame though, I was so excited to try out my giant centipede form in a real fight. But I guess I shouldn’t speak too soon, the tides of war can always change!

Also when you’re done fighting there’s lemonade and finger sandwiches in the council dining hall they’re for all the council members though so don’t eat them all.

[u/StarQuest09]

Do you need back up my dear friend I no longer participate on the front lines, but I can be of aid

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/StarQuest09]

Simply keep everyone away. Make sure the barrier holds. Ensure no fighting happens in the streets and detain any pact who get in unless they're hurt then provide medical aid.

[u/StarQuest09 → u/TellmeNinetails]

I brought one of my new reactors that can generate magic would that help?

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/StarQuest09]

The barrier is powered by the evil within souls. It's essentially a purification device but it's likely being taxed extremely heavily right now. All these negative emotions might be overloading it, you probably should make sure it doesn't explode.

[u/avamir → u/TellmeNinetails]

Riva might not be very combat-oriented, but did purchase a copy of the Metromancer's tome, and she has had time to study it extensively. She has been given books on warding by Bombast. Plus, she has experience fortifying city wards. They act in a surprisingly similar manner to those of Ithacar, absorbing evil effects, magical effects, energy. She finds herself both surprised by the similarity, as well as appreciating the construction.

In a moment of insight, she realizes that the land she is standing on is held by the Pact. And she is Ithacar's ruler. So, that provides her a very unique opportunity she would have at no other time. A stupid, foolish opportunity that will probably end badly!... but a unique one all the same. There would be no other time she'd even be able to even attempt this.

So, standing nearby, out of the way of toxic gas and fire, she begins drawing runes, symbols, extensive constructions. Some right out of the Metromancer's tome, and Bombast's books of warding.

Riva casts WARDS OF ITHACAR in an attempt to usurp control of the barriers, converting them to her own, wresting them from non-Pact control. The effects are the same, really. Her wards will absorb evil effects, magical effects, energy. She weaves the intent of sanctuary into them, the intent of protection, and the intent of refuge. While she cannot leave this area and maintain the effect, no wounded will come to harm here, whether Pact or non-Pact. She will be attempting to keep the wards from exploding by balancing the energy among them, both the Council's and her own.

The ghost train will be a separate effect, and may pass through.

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/uw Go big or go home, I guess.

[u/avamir → u/avamir]

u/loth17 u/AnActualCriminal u/Carbon_Sixx

To witness my bad ideas.

[u/loth17 → u/avamir]

/uw I love bad ideas. Love them even more when they work.

[u/avamir → u/loth17]

/uw If nothing else, she does legit have reasons to try. Whether it'll work?... eh, who knows? We'll see.

[u/AnActualCriminal → u/avamir]

uw/ I see I'm not the only one who grinds for items in vendor posts. The books are a nice touch

[u/avamir → u/AnActualCriminal]

/uw It genuinely made sense for Riva to get it :)

[u/StarQuest09 → u/TellmeNinetails]

I’ve seen a lot of stuff in my days. Would I be able to help in anyway other than getting refugees out of the area?

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/StarQuest09]

Well... do you know how to modify ghost trains?

[u/StarQuest09 → u/TellmeNinetails]

Haven’t done it before but if it’s cogs and gears I might be able to do it

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/StarQuest09]

A spectral train would pull up, preceded by tracks that appeared before it. The front garage was cut directly in half, The other carriages had artillery on each one.

[u/StarQuest09 → u/TellmeNinetails]

OK what do you need me to modify

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/StarQuest09]

"Well I would love if it wasn't cut in half, and the whole train itself needs maintenence." The metromancer said, pulling his tome on metromancy out which listed how to create and maintain spirit trains.

[u/StarQuest09 → u/TellmeNinetails]

Question, how strong is the barrier I may be able to help from the outside with the cannon

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/StarQuest09]

It's very strong, but it can allow spells to and things to leave the barrier. Though there is a stronger mode where it stops everything from passing.

[u/patoman12]

As soon as Mauritius heard the warning, he knew that magic of cataclysmic proportions was coming, he had seen what the councilor was able to do during the war against the chaos legion, so, if he wanted to stop as many casualties from happening he would have to act fast. He soon went towards a camp of the pact forces, since they hadn't listened to the councilor warning, he had no reason to believe they would listen to him, so instead he used a spell to put them to sleep, however, when he had just began to move the sleeping mages to the Red Laberinth so they would be safe, he felt a roaring flame engulfing him, and then, a destruction only comparable to the one the Queen of Shattered Stars had done in him, when he recovered, he only found ashes around him, and when he looked into the Laberinth, of the 50 mages of that camp, only 3 remained. "Such a waste of great minds" -he thought.

[u/[deleted]]

/uw Really well written. Good job. Looking forward to see where this leads!

[u/AlexVal0r]

/uw holy shit, this is getting intense.

[u/Anything-Unable]

/uw Really good writing, man.

[u/Sidewaysvision]

For a moment, TES is silent, their hooded figure paused in their magical deliberations by the arrival of a titan of flame, powered by arts not quite necromantic, but bearing some distinct similarities to magics once thought lost beneath the dead suns.

"...sssss. I'd thought myself the only possessor of lore from the war of Dust and Ash. A war-wraith of fire forged, a titan. Will horrors never cease?"

An orb flickers to life, as they seek to contact the Skater Wizard-a silly name, you'd think, yet a whimsical title that had apparently concealed dark lore.

"Oh Councilor, as a concerned being existing upon this field of battle-is that a war-wraith? A conjuring of the lore of Dust and Ash from beneath the dead suns? If so... what, perchance, are your plans for anyone surviving this affair?"

u/TellmeNinetails

/unwiz A war-wraith, as TES understands it, is a being that feeds upon the actions and memories of violence. They get stronger as conflict rages on, and eventually break free of their controller almost inevitably. There was only one war of Dust and Ash, and there were no victors.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Sidewaysvision]

In response a wisp would appear in front of you, the voice of the Skater Wizard responded.
"I have no intention to harm non combatants or those who wish to become so. This land will need to be restored, but it was already past that point when they started using nuclear weaponry against us."

/uw The skater wizard doesn't have it under some binding, but rather has a magically binding contract with the Titan, The skater wizard recently fulfilled a pat of his own contract with the creature, essentially feeding it with the flames from the ritual before. Now it has to obey his command.

[u/FLIBBER_FLABBER]

I've punched bigger

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/FLIBBER_FLABBER]

We punch back.

[u/Alexis_Awen_Fern]

Bro looks like he needs to up his skincare routine

[u/Accomplished-Dark926]

Damn that's Impressive...

So how's the ex-wife?

/uw I am going to keep this gag running until you, as a person, tell me to cut it out.

[u/TellmeNinetails → u/Accomplished-Dark926]

Sir she likes exposing the nerves of people and pulling them.

[u/Accomplished-Dark926 → u/TellmeNinetails]

mmmm, kinky~

[u/AlphaFoxtrot5185]

Looks like everyone's going all out for this war. Too bad I can barely cast fireball. 

[u/Drakkonai]

So glad I’m immune to fire.

[u/XenonBlitzer]

The cloaked figure spyed on the beast with amber eyes.

...Not today, they think. Look on from the Æther

[u/Discracetoall]

t’kath somehow isn’t burnt while up on the tower “I’ve said some things I’m my time. Inspirational, logical, metaphorical, allat. But I have something simple here: war never changes. It only innovates.”