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Date Posted: 10:29:52 02/14/02 Thu
Author: Maglorius, Defender of Stone
Subject: The hour of discovery
In reply to: Maglorius 's message, "Re: Gathering darkness.." on 10:53:29 02/12/02 Tue

Pine, cedar, salt air, a hint of Jasmine. Perfumes of the new day dawning. Red, Pink, Orange and Yellow, the shades of sunrise. A lonely gull calling from afar, the gentle susurration of waves upon the rocks. My senses were caressed by the land and my inner being floated up from the bottom of existence to the waking world.

My night of meditation had rejuvenated my body and soul. I felt alive as I had never felt alive before; my whole being was infused with the energy of life. I was brought back to reality as the thoughts of the work that lay ahead of me intruded upon my serenity.

My flash of inspiration last night must now be executed as a plan to gain what knowledge I could to help us defend ourselves and our protectorate from the battle that lay ahead.

My aimless daydreaming the night before had lead me to a leap of intuition, which brought me to this point. Know Thy Enemy. An old warriors creed that I may be able to use. My dilemma being how do I know evil when everything evil I abhor? I had come to the conclusion that I must use what powers I have to commune those dark creatures I encounter to find what information I can. While I usually shun the wizardly powers of my art in magery, I found I had been lead to that path. And so my preparations. With my nightlong preparation, I was restored and ready to wrestle with the powers of darkness and wring what information I may.

I had a hasty but hearty breakfast and prepared the tools of my art. The time had come, I could not delay longer.

I settled myself in the centre of the pentagram and cleared my mind of distractions. After kindling a small flame, I threw the mixture of Blood Moss, Mandrake Root, Spider's Silk and Sulphurous Ash in and spoke the words of power “Kal Vas Xen Corp”.

A corridor to the dungeon dimensions opened within the flame. I sent my thoughts probing through to meet the mind of one powerful enough to do what I required.

“Eliogap, I command you to come forth and submit to my will” I intoned.

“PUNY HUMAN – WHO ARE YOU WHO THINKS YOU CAN COMMAND ME. I COULD CRUSH YOU LIKE A SPRITE”.

The words echoed in my mind like the clanging of a iron crypt door in deep dark catacombs. The force of the daemons will was strong, and I knew I must commit all of my mental resources and energy to subduing him. I forced my thoughts through the corridor with all the effort I could master.

“ELIOGAP, I command thee, you cannot resist my will. YOU MUST SUBMIT”.

The resisting pressure rushed through my mind like a tidal wave and I almost faltered. Just as I felt I would fail, the pressure vanished with an audible crack, and the daemon emerged through the flame.

“ROOOAAAARRRRR. YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED THIS TIME HUMAN. NEXT TIME YOU WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY. I SHALL REND YOUR BONES TO DU..”

“SILENCE!” I shouted. “I have won the battle, you must do as I command. Your idle threats waste my time”. His thoughts rumbled into guttural mutterings.

The vile presence oozing from the daemon tainted my body and soul. It would take a week to cleanse the corruption from my house, my body and my being. However, the daemon was here. I had succeeded in subduing his will. However, my trial was not yet over.

“Eliogap, I have no normal task of slaughter for you to perform, but I wish information”

“WHAT NONSENSE DO YOU SPEAK HUMAN. I EXIST TO DESTROY, WHAT USE HAVE I OF INFORMATION.”

“Tis not information you have that I want, but information I wish you to gather. There are evil ones in this world who would see my brothers overthrown at the city of Serpents Hold. They are those who you would enjoy serving as they enjoy sending your kind on a rampage of death and destruction, and make pacts with your evil lords.”

“I wish you to return to your world and seek out your clutch siblings who have heard any news of Serpents Hold in this world, then return to me. Will you obey my command once you return to you world? You must answer truthfully”

“FOOLISH HUMAN. YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF ME ONCE I AM RELEASED BACK TO MY OWN WORLD.”

“Ahh, but what I will not release you just yet. I will maintain the portal until you return with what information you can gather. Will this be sufficient for you to obey me?”

“ROOOAARRRR. YES HUMAN. I MUST SUBMIT WHILE THE MAGIC THAT SUMMONED ME STILL EXISTS. DO YOU THINK YOUR FEEBLE HUMAN MIND CAN SUSTAIN SUCH MAGICS FOR THE TIME I REQUIRE?”

“It must” I replied. “Go swiftly now and return to me in 1 hour”.

With a soul-shaking roar he was gone back through the flame, but not vanished – I could still sense his essence. I fed more reagents and kindling into the flame to maintain the summoning. It would require all my strength to hold the corridor open for so long, but I kept my mind fixed on my goal and settled into a semi-conscious state of meditation and awaited my ‘companions’ return………

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