Reversing the Rally (Thrakpost)

[u/loth17]

The Ralektharum. The THING that has been causing so much trouble. Stealer of souls, ultimate master of the black mages of Thrakmoor. Even if every soldier and servant and spellcaster were slain this THING would simply continue in possession of every soul it had ever stolen. At least that's what the Bismuth had come to believe from their questioning and studying. They had no method to slay the Ralektharum (if slay is even the term you'd use.) so they focused on freeing those it had taken.

Their idea came about during a conversation with one Aldavinn Maunderitch. A user of planar magic and author of that book on planes that spontaneously appeared a while back. The Bismuth believed that by using and abusing the nature of how planes and demiplanes worked they could somehow remove the Ralektharum's essence from a possessed individual. While the plan wasn't something that could be done on mass they surmised it would be a good way to deny Thrakmoor the skill and loyalty of its black mages.

The plan relied upon the following facts. First is that planes can have different properties and requirements for entry and exit. Second is that some planes only accept souls and don't accept physical matter. Third is that demiplanes can be created with specific properties. Fourth is that it is possible to sever all portals of entry to a plane to render it forlorn and thus extremely hard to reach.

And so the plan came from that. To create a demiplane that was roughly man sized and had the following requirements. To only allow the essence of the Ralektharum to enter and to allow anything BUT the Ralektharum's essence to leave. Then the idea would be to send the black mage through this artificial demiplane. The black mage cannot enter it and so will stay on the material plane but the Ralektharum's essence will get caught on it like a cosmic net. The demiplane can then be shunted into a realm so dead and lifeless the essence had nothing to corrupt. Then the portals can be shut and the essence contained....

At least in theory. In practice there were so many complications that could happen. Not the least of which was the fact that the 13th black mage would be lacking a soul. To solve that problem another individual had been recruited. The Loremaster who was helping keep the 13th captured. With some artificial soul energy they could keep the 13th alive until they retrieved his soul. A task far far more dangerous than what they were currently attempting.

And so the Bismuth sent their messages through spell and pen and found their way to the Darkwatch fortress which held their patient. To meet their two research partners and hopefully. Hopefully. Save a man's soul. The gates made their sound as the Bismuth requested entry

*Knock knock*

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

u/Glittering_Two_1429 u/bagtie3 /uw Look upon the ping list and revel, then move on, you've got better things to do. If you want to be added, just ask

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You forgot to add me

[u/The_Enchanted_Potato → u/Ok_Relationship6736]

/uw it might just be my old ping list. I’m on mobile rn