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Date Posted: 18:57:20 02/15/02 Fri
Author: Maglorius
Subject: Encounters
In reply to: Maglorius, Defender of Stone 's message, "The hour of discovery" on 10:29:52 02/14/02 Thu

A second seemed like a minute, a minute seemed like an hour, an hour seemed like an eternity. I was sweating profusely and my head throbbed with the effort of maintaining the corridor to the dungeon dimensions and my link to Eliogap’s mind. However, the hour was almost up and time had to come to call him back to me. I drew on the last of my reserves for the final confrontation with the Daemon.

“ELIOGAP!!” I shouted my thoughts across the void, “Return to me”

A brilliant chiaroscuro of flame and light exploded from the fire in front of me. I leaped back in surprise, almost losing my hold over Eliogap’s mind, as a huge nightmarish abomination spread its great bulk in front of me, dwarfing the now seemingly tiny Eliogap. A Daemon Lord himself had appeared through the flame and I knew that I was destined to lose this battle with monsters from without. I began to rue my foolish decision and prayed that Dana would guide me to better ideas in my next life.

I summoned up what courage I had.

“Halt Daemon Lord! I have not summoned you and this place is not permitted to your kind otherwise. Your minion has submitted to my will and must obey. How do you appear before me – return whence you came”

“FOOLISH HUMAN” the Daemon Lord threw his malevolent thoughts in my face. “DO YOU THINK YOU COULD OPPOSE ME! I COME HERE AT YOUR COMMAND TO MY SERVANT. BUT OF MY OWN WILL. YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME. I COULD DESTROY YOU BEFORE YOU RAISE A TINY MORTAL FINGER.”

I knew he spoke the truth, but the fact I was still alive meant that something strange and unique had occurred. For in all of wizardry, I had never heard of a Daemon Lord coming to a summoning, or appearing outside of those areas when the fabric between the dimensions allowed them passage at will. My fear was being replaced by a strange curiosity and a wild glimmer of hope.

“So you come as part of my command. Does this mean that you have information for me about the planned attack on Serpent Hold?”.

“HA HA HA. YES HUMAN, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WISH TO KNOW. BUT MAYBE WHEN YOU HEAR IT YOU WILL WISH YOU HADN’T ASKED.”

“MY KING HAS GRANTED ME THE POWER TO ENTER YOUR WORLD IN THIS PLACE. HE HAS TOLD ME THAT YOUR MORTALS ARE SO FOOLISH IN YOUR ARROGANCE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE WILL ONLY FUEL OUR PLEASURE AT SEEING YOU CAUSE EACH OTHER PAIN.”

His words wiped away my hopes of an answer that I sought, but I hoped I could still salvage something that we needed from this confrontation.

“THOSE WHO WOULD ATTACK YOU ARE POWERFUL INDEED AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE YOU SHALL FALL BEFORE THEM BEFORE YOU CAN STRIKE BACK. THEY HAVE MANY TIMES SUBDUED OTHERS OF DAEMON KIND AND YOU SHALL DO US A GREAT SERVICE BY VISITING RETRIBUTION UPON THEM. WE WISH TO CAUSE MORE PAIN AND SUFFERING AND SEE YOU BOTH GROUND INTO THE GROUND BY EACH OTHER. TO THIS END HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOUR SEEK. THOSE WHO WILL ATTACK YOU HAVE POWERS OLDER AND STRONGER THAN YOURS AND ARE NOT OF YOUR KIND HUMAN. THEY ARE….ARRRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!”

A great sheet of flame engulfed both Eliogap and the Daemon Lord as I was simultaneously struck into immovability. A mocking laugh came from behind me, and before the daemon could retaliate against its unseen attacker, I was struck from behind, and fell senselessly to the floor of my abode.

What happened after that I could only surmise. For when I came to, the daemon’s were gone, my attackers were gone and the blackened remains of my summoning fire were all that was left of my encounter. I assume that when I was knocked unconscious, the corridor I had opened to the daemon world had collapsed, drawing the evil beings back to whence they came. Why I had been left unscathed by, I assume, those who were our enemies, I could not tell. Obviously, after Jarek’s encounter and now mine, they had some reason to keep us alive.

I should be grateful that I escaped the whole episode relatively unscathed, although I was so mentally drained that I did not have the strength the create some food to sustain me. I crawled to my bed to get some much needed rest and felt chagrined that I had rushed into my places without enlisting the assistance of my Avataar’s Guard brothers to aide me.

All I could hope for now was that Dana saw fit to forgive my rashness, and that my actions had not further jeopardised our mission to protect the Island fortress. Only time will tell what waits. I must now go and prepare to defend as best I can. My brothers, I hope I have not let you down.



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