Extinction (Certain Death)

[Chance]

Recent developments and preparations have been productive in the face of overwhelming odds...

The Final Frontier
- Activation of the fabled Titan, the pinnacle of 21st century artificing +5000
- Svengalf's ralllying of the small folk (+25%) +500
- Midpoint's near complete relocation of soldiers to the Final Frontier, as well as resources +1200
- Esoti Lam's trapmaking +300
- Arcane Ritual of Temporaral Solais +2000
5000 -> 15,000

Arcadia
- Svengalf's rallying of the small folk (+75%) +1500
- Svengalf's & Company's Grand Ritual +5000
- Elzara's Reinforcement +4000
2000 -> 12,500

Realms of Delphina
9000 deployed to other nations (30,000 -> 21,000)
- Naval expansion +5000
- Booster Distribution +1000
- Awakening of the Runeoaks Barrier +5000
30,000 -> 32,000

The Ruby Empire
23,000 lost in defeat (33,000 -> 10,000)
- The Shigenobu Clan's resourceful reinforcements +1000
33,000 -> 11,000


Serenity
- Completion of the Spriggan-Titan +2000
- Oy-Deniz has heeded their mercenary call, in exchange for a hefty sack of silver and charismatic words (550k coin + 50k influence), goblin reinforcements are sent. 
+3000 & permission to make 3 Level 200 Goblin PCs via Emporium
10,000 -> 15,000

[GravityChill]

"Long has my home, my land been terrorized by the likes of such filth. Demons that hold their heads too high, Necromancers that covet something never theirs, corpses that should have long been buried. The Nest throughout it all survived, continues to thrive, and even in such moments we shall not yield."

-Commander Mio Kazana

Into the Temple of Dragon's Nest, after statues and saints, the rhythm of a hammer hitting an anvil, metal being struck, again, and again, could be heard, a constant work being made by the best Forges on the island, with the help of the Herald, Arnet Dawnseeker, the Commander, Mio Kazana, and the Priestess of Fahldrex, Mhyrrk. They work in special weapons... Made to combat the Atrellyan threat, reinforced with dragon's scales, and baptized in their fire and soul.

“For all things are made, so too will they eventually be torn down. Within our time have we seen the fall of a great nation of defenders, Aegis, as proof of this. But Fahldrex teaches that there will always be a second chance. And to that, I ask all who follow the Divine, and even those who do not, to raise your heads. We are not to rely on the Gods to find our path, for they bless those who forge their own with their own hands. Carve from the Earth,


Rend those who destroy the cycle and disrupt it. Let Our will be that which guides us to the future with teeth and fang, proving to the demons that there will not be a quarter for those who only know destruction.

Fahldrex will watch with pride as His people emerge victorious,

His Blessings to gain. That second chance is now, under his gaze, that we will hold our land and we will defend it to our last.”

- Priestess of Fahldrex Mhyrrk

As well, the island is constantly being changed, defenses are being formed, and Earth Magi of all types were gathered and raised walls around the island, reinforced with Tyrium to absorb all kinds of magic that strikes against it. The Bridge itself has become unstable and dangerous for all foe who tries to cross it, the crystals became spikes, and the stone statue of a Dragon was covered in runes, glowing more and more each day, as if it was somewhat awake.

"The darkness cast over our world by Atrellya is inexcusable. In the name of the Four, by Nyssa's divine command, the time has come for the black flame of the Atrellyans to be extinguished, and for their evil ways to end."

- Priest of Nyssa Saige Stormheart

The forces are gathering, soldiers are moving, and the skies and earth seem to quite literally move with the island, clouds dangerously gathering, while the island itself becomes a fortress. Meanwhile, aid is offered, and soldiers move to Frontier, armed and armored with wings and Scales, they present themselves to fight against the threat and defend the center of the West.

"At the beginning of the world, Dragons fought the Darkness, in the old time, they did it again. And we shall do the same. The Divines bless our stride to protection. These monsters shall not destroy our creations, our homes. For the Earth and Sky is ours, fire is in your veins and our souls yearn for glory."

- Herald of the Divine Dragons Arnet Dawnseeker

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Materials used in the projects.

Copper 1100x
Iron 1300x
Adamantite 1100x
Mythril 1300x
Orichalcum 700x
Tyrium 300x

Provisions:

Wheat 1290x
Tomatoes 1220x
Lettuce 970x

Funds Towards Military Growth Post Expansion:
40,000 Influence
150,000 Coins

Soldiers sent to Frontier: 1000x

Current Soldier Strength: 2000x

[Egomaniacal]

With the legions of Atreylla orchestrating siege preparation upon Prospera--
Missives and meetings were had to discuss the movement of troops along with enacting other contingencies.

After much discussion, a conclusion was arrived upon. A sacrifice must be made for the good of the Republic, the troops of Prospera will stand with it's greatest allies in the day to come to ensure their prosperity.

Effective immediately, citizens scrambled around their streets and homes to wrangle up food and supplies as the mass evacuation is underway. Troops were also mobilized and divided into two evenly split forces

With two thousand and five hundred  troops being dispatched south-west to the City of Gloomlight,

The other two-thousand and five hundred troops being dedicated to the south sea, Fortune's grand Kingdom.

While the evacuation was underway, some of the city's citizenry were seen tinkering amongst the streets. Ripping up the very gold bricks that composed the city. Some have refused to leave the city, opting to stay behind within the fortified depth of the undercity, ready to die rather than surrender.

[Daeut]

Desperate, necessary measures echo with a haunting of the past as the Republic tastes its first major loss. Its most illustrious figures work around the clock to secure its core countries, while some of them exact the idiom more literally. A nation both vaunted and deplored for its intrigue is wont for secrecy; Aphros has proven no exception to itself just yet. 

It is said that the common folly of man is to not reckon storms in fair weather. Yet it has been the tireless endeavor of those seasoned by the inclement ages of Meranthe to be prepared for the inevitable evil at its doorstep and within. Some are louder than others. They know better than to believe their halcyon ever arrived. The calm preceding the calamity to come has a name, and it has a purpose. 

Into the innermost recesses of Unreality, something stirs in the still silence. None of its denizens can ascertain the source of this eerie upset in their lives--an imperceptible thumping in every which way. The pervasive sensation of restlessness that comes and goes like the wind. The occasional feeling of unshakable, ominous dread heralding the hurricane and earthquake that causes critters to flee.

To those denizens possessed of Unreality's gift, they may yet hearken the palpitations that echo the future.

They need only listen closely.

[Frothier76]

In the night, upon the base of the Observatory in the desert, among the cooled dunes and the cold breeze, nine magi led by Oliphr met for one purpose.
To raise a barrier from the forgotten runes laid buried in decades of sand.
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Oliphr Ishiko, Jango D. Bogard, Xiao Amamiya, Rued Silvanas, Dunsman S. Viridi, Daliah of Serenity, Sayenia M. Ishiko, Guy of Midpoint, Cassia M. Silvanas and Daire Silvanas stood before the Observatory, surrounding the Element Core, bearing ten materials to manipulate the Eight pillar magics and the Two magics of emotion- of unity and division.

The Element Core was raised in a sphere of runic text, instructions laid to mark the boundaries of Nightview to protect, and the formulation of the magics to weave together and provide the walls between the markers.

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Occult

the base of the barrier, closest to the soil to whence all decay return-
The grounding for the mana to be dispersed into the ground where the Barrier runes reside.

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Explosion, Fire, Magma, Plasma

lay just above the occult magic-
The dissipation of Occult like the extreme expansion of Explosion; tethered to the calmer explosion of Fire; concentrated into Magma; and refined into mana of pure heat, Plasma.

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Lightning, Sound, Tempest, Air

laying above the fire magic-
The refined concentration of plasma like the concentrated and precisely directed mana of Lightning; dispersed as a wide-range shockwave of Sound; a shockwave as violent as a Tempest; and generated as the gales of Air.

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Mist, Water, Wellspring, Ice

residing above the air magic-
The gales carrying mana along the breeze like Mist upon the valley; precipitating into whole Water once more; cleansing rain collecting in a Wellspring; fortified and refined as Ice.

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Metal, Crystal, Sand, Earth

resting atop the water magic-
The fortification and structure of Ice like that of Metal; structured like Crystals; which fall apart to Sand; to return to the all-encompassing Earth.

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Armed, Unarmed, Enhancement

coaxing the in between of the magics of Earth and Biology-
The intricate cycle of the Earth like the intricate and deliberate movements of an Armed combatant; further honing their strengths to just their Unarmed hands; finally, honing their strength into peak Physical Enhancement of their whole form.

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Bone, Blood, Nature, Poison

woven to the end of the physical magics-
The truest strength of the body lying in its Bones; which produce the body's structure and creates its Blood; just a variant of the life-giving liquid of Nature; which can grow or decay and become a Poison.

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Illusion, Time, Shadow, Light, Gravity

strung to the biologic magics-
The poisons which grant death, illness and induce Illusions; much like the easily fluctuating illusion of Time; a concept which marks the history of existence from, and eventually returning to, the Shadows; which can only exist, conceptually, with the existence of Light; which bears the weight of all motes of light inducing the existence of weight and Gravity.

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Cosmic, Absorption, Energy, Spirit

interconnected with the same concepts of the metaphysical magics-
The gravitational field of the suns- or stars- in the Cosmic plane; stars that take light to Absorb; to keep it alive, the light stores other light as Energy; energy which can be found in all beings that may bask in the light, beings with souls and Spirits.

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Holy

the pinnacle of the barrier, raising upward to the gods above to link the Ethereal magic skyward-
The connection of the Spirits to the Spirit Realms where the Deities reside- in Vanaheim.

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With the instructions created, the ten magi put forth the base of their magics:
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Oliphr with his Occult

Jango with his Fire

Xiao with her Air

Rued with his Water

Dunsman with his Earth

Daliah with her Physical

Sayenia with her Biological

Guy with his Metaphysical

Cassia with her Ethereal

Daire with his Holy

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The mana, imprinted to the magic materials and their internal instructions detailing all 34 magics within, infused with its instructions and shot off into the sky as ten motes of light. Crashing down to the markers as ten pillars of pure mana, from whence all those magics were forged from, piercing the sand and reaching beyond a measure of sand to reach to the Barrier Runes casted by Umbra over forty years prior in the land of Nightview.

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As the pillars connected with the Barrier Runes, the walls of the barrier began to from. A wall of rainbows enveloping Nightview, as all colors, including the dark and the light, banded together to form the barrier that rose to the night sky and reached below the depths of the planet. Much like Gala's Veil, the primary faith of Nightview, it would become invisible to the world- unseen, but still very much existent. Planted firmly around Nightview, enacted by the power of the magi and the unshattered resolve of the Element Core's creator, the purpose of the shield had begun to take shape, as was its born intention-

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The purpose of defending against the attackers.

(Log: https://rentry.co/v5u9ue4p)

[Dandeli]

 

Royal Kingly Mantis Spirit of Mintas of His Glorious Kingly Domain exacted a great many trials on man to ascertain their worth.
    
It is rumoured in the depths of the Shadowlands that Sterling Starling Montelione fed it and it's children over one thousand jars of jam, and that it learned fish use river banks.
    
After being convinced there is fun to be had in helping the people of Meranthe, the Royal Kingly Mantis Spirit of Mintas has received his first order from the odd Duchess.

  

"BOHOHOHO!

GLORIOUS SPIRIT OF MINTAS SHALL CLAIM HIS GRAND THEATRE:
MUCH FUN IS TO BE HAD, AND MERANTHE IS HIS STAGE!

HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE FOUL ATRELLYANS TO FLOOD THE WORLD
WITH GREAT PAIN AND WOE, AND KILL THE BEAUTIFUL CATERPILLARS!

His Majesty SPIRIT of MINTAS hereby DEPLOYS HIMSELF and
his LOYAL BULWARK: YOU WILL REGRET YOUR SINS, HEARSAYERS!"

     

RESOURCES SPENT:
 

Copious amounts of jam.      
Copious amounts of puns.    
     Copious amounts of eloquence.
       Copious amounts of nightmares.
     Copious amounts of friendship.

  

[The Exalted Spirit 'Spirit of Mintas' deploys himself and his spirit subjects to safeguard the borders of Martyr's Vigil.]

[Chance]

In light of Prospera's retreat, the territory of Prospera has been claimed and those that remained. 

Victory through Fear: +3000 to the Atrellyan Empire, specifically the legions occupying Prospera (13,000).
Loss of 1000 to Prospera in their retreat via morale and casualties (5000 -> 4000).

Gloomlight: +2000 (total of 9000)

Fortune: +2000 (total of 3000)

Following this victory, the two Demon Lords leading the siege have been recalled to the Citadel of Ash.  Those that were personally scarred by Indras see a vision of the Abyssal Dragon on the opposite side, shadowed in a silhouette, moving a chess piece on the board within the scattering of ruined pawns: the Bishop.


"A tactical retreat so early, ah... you're making it too easy for me. Okay, how about this? Now, go again, and try to keep this game going for a while longer, won't you?" 



The Demon Sage of Judgement, Allinaes, has been deployed onto the battlefield by the Demon King. And he takes to commanding the 13,000 directly south to the City of Gloomlight, the scales to weigh the sin of humanity held in his hands. Trials and tribulations of the heart await you. 

Sage of Judgement vs. Gloomlight (13,000 vs. 9000 - 145%)
Wednesday 6PM EST
Troop movements permitted today in response

[Chance]

SAGE OF JUDGEMENT vs. GLOOMLIGHT (6PM EST Wednesday)
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Priority towards faction members & close allies

IF UNHARMED: /roll - 2-3  is a 24 day temp, 4-5 is 12 day temp
IF TEMP INJURED:
1 is a -10vit perm, 3 or less is a -5 vit perm, 5 or less is a 24 day temp
IF 2+ KNOCKDOWNS:
1 is death 
3 or less is a -5 vit perm
5 or less is a 24 day temp
IF PERM INJURED:
1 = death
3 or less = upgraded perm (from -5 to -10)
IF PERM INJURED, total of 3+ KD's
3 or less = death
In the event of death, a participant may choose to sacrifice their life to save another. This should be stated by the person wanting to sacrifice via RP and not asked or discussed in LOOC.

[GravityChill]

"My home for so long...I'm sorry I couldn't do more to see to hold you. But at least I will not see you held in the hands of those monsters."

The fruits of their labor had been seen, the evacuation efforts and moving of their soldiers meant the lives of many would be saved on this day. But that wouldn't be all...as from the distance looking upon their home, now overrun by demons....he held within his hands a detonator.

 

CLICK!

 

What happened next could probably be felt through a good portion of the continent, as the once-city of Progress would soon be consumed in a glorious light, an explosion rumbling the ground below the demons that occupied the city as they found themselves amid the last trap lead by the nation.  A bomb created with the likes of many of Meranthe's greatest artificers called forth.

 

May these demons rest in hell and live as nothing more than a scorch mark on the ground.

 

Materials that went into the bomb:

90 Iron Shuriken

150 Copper Shuriken

1499 Steel Shuriken

10 Arcanium

50 Nyshek

500 Orichalcum

200 Adamantite

100 Tyrium

701 Blue Mercury

60 Viridium

200 Leather

Fireshard Explosive

10 Cobalthine

900 Herdaia

100 Saniskriti

200 Marignolia

20 Blanchebloom

150 Demon Horns

10 Fairy Powder

3032 Wood

Treasure Detector

Mana Surge Gem

500 Venom

99 Wheat

Four Magibane

345 Fire Crystal

300 Earth Crystal

300 Air Crystal

310 Water Crystal

371 Lightning Crystal

Remote

Collar

[Chance]

.....

While there is indeed destruction, one would learn that flattening an entire kingdom hastily is not so easy without multiple years to prepare. Especially if meaning to take out an enemy along with; the timing is difficult.

It is not a poor attempt nonetheless with the collaboration of artificers and resource investment, despite racing against the clock.

Prospera has been partially destroyed. The Atrellyan Empire has lost 1000 power (now 12,000).