WestCarolina 1779 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2022 Spoiler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CKJ-ilailE A rippling, terrestrial shake cascades south as those renegades send the once floating Ando Alur to its demise. Panicked faces matched the fields of agonized cries that sounded from nature. What was left was desolate land, twisted and manipulated – shards of violet, and an ill blanket of air. Those Father Circle Drui who first scouted the blight were met by a stab to their core – a sickening silence, akin to the heel strangling nature's neck. It was as if time itself had stopped. An uncanny, surreal scene that had desecrated the hope of many. “Be comfortable with the uncomfortable.” They dutifully returned with the cinders trick. A torch met the ailing trees and ground and to no avail would blight be scorched. “Be comfortable with the uncomfortable.” The lure of a yearning song, meager and stifled in the foreign, deafened terrain led Drui to battle against cultists, against shuul, and creatures alike. “Be comfortable with the uncomfortable.” The voice grew louder and louder upon every mission, and the further those warriors ventured in the wretched lands. An unforeseen tree, a voidal tear, and diligent Drui and Acolytes who healed and fought for their duty and lives. “Be comfortable with the-” And after decades of trials, heavy hearts carried three stones and a tri-blade dagger. Before a multitude of eyes, an explosion pangs at those chests. A flash that blinded. A life sacrificed and color that’d amaze beyond what has been seen. A towering willow. One that kissed the now blue sky and canopied over green. Lush, lush, green. HER voice never left, instead, it joined THEIRS. And she said, “Be comfortable.” Two streams collide - a reunion of old, forested souls. Spoiler Post is dedicated to all the folks who got involved in trying to heal Ando Alur after the months of RP, as well as to the ST who have added a forever story to all of our characters' narratives. Also, thank you to @Valannorfor looking over my writing and title! Lastly, as hinted, to @Mewliet for sacrificing her character to cleanse the blighted lands - this post is an ode to Tanila! 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
creamynoteblock 2426 Share Posted May 12, 2022 druid land wins again 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenGeorge 124 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Spoiler Blessed be! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathat 614 Share Posted May 12, 2022 He had witnessed it, her attunement. He'd witnessed several other moments of the seedling Hyssop as well, albeit typically in passing or in moments of life or death. It was strange. He never thought he'd see the day where the Drui would actually take his advice, the advice of attuning those with a Deathwish to use their imminent sacrifice to restore the balance of the world. And yet here it happened, with someone so close.At least their soul law with the aspects, and their sacrifice unforgotten.A worthwhile death, and to the opinion of he who lives in it, one well earned. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatzMomo 2088 Share Posted May 12, 2022 "My brothers and sisters, let it be known it was we, the mali'ame that cured this land, both druids of the father circle and the greenblades of Nevaehlen! Ay'elame!" The Prideful elf with his untamed mane bashed a fist into his chest, then cheered out for the cleansed hollow. "Ay'elmani! Ay'elame! Ay'elmali'ame! Ay'eldruii!" 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnusualBrit 2058 Share Posted May 12, 2022 "Kronk... yer 'ave been avenged." Aghal solemnly commented when the news reached him. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criala 728 Share Posted May 12, 2022 No words, no sound came from the Aureon Chieftess as her feet took her back through the gates of Nevaehlen. Tears were drying on her cheeks, though another occasionally fell, redampening them. When she originally left, she was with two of her daughters. Now... She returned with only one. Hollow. Everything felt so hollow. Her heart ached, an unfillable void left. People were interacting around her, showing relief for returned loved ones, speaking to one another. But none of this seemed to register for her as her trek continued. She disappeared deeper in to tell her second youngest daughter that it was done. Tanila was gone. The words brought forth another round of tears, from both of them, before Leilani left the Vale a short time later. To return to the Wilds and inform her husband of their daughter's fate. The tears hadn't stopped coming, not since Rosalia said her final good bye to her baby sister. She barely was able to let Tanila go, wanting to prolong the last moment she'd see her. She could only watch as her sisters and her mother left to what would be Tanila's final moments. Despite knowing there would be no other outcome, despite trying to prepare herself for this moment, she hoped that the three of them would come back together with news that somehow Tanila wasn't going to have to die. That there would be just one more moment longer with her baby sister. But her mother returned alone, and the news of Tanila's sacrifice was given. It went just as it was supposed. The tears increased tenfold. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefy 2047 Share Posted May 12, 2022 A Grey-Man would sit within one of his abodes, a violet wash of his own blood welling from the stigmata on his chest.."I hope it is all worth it..." A simple bottle tilts back, and his friend for the evening would be the ceiling above.. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassyDryad 1733 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Even getting eaten by a giant cave plant just minutes prior could not diminish the surge in her soul as she felt the druii she never met pass on. The horror she had long felt was finally gone. Spoiler The hollow is gone! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoopy_Duck 1500 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) The young wood elf had made it home from what once was the hollow with a strange feeling. He had witnessed scenery and creatures he had never known to exist. He never fully understood why those around held such disdain for the void, but now it finally made sense to him. The void took a friend to many, and he never wanted to see it do so again. Edited May 12, 2022 by Spoopy_Duck 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadGaia 924 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Breaking through the sky- Tanila found herself awakened, resting against soft, verdant grasses. Her eyes opened to gentle light that doused her, and slowly, her eyes would adjust to the light. She was nestled firmly in the roots of a great tree, that towered over the lands around it. Its roots enveloped a small island, and she found the world around her filled with the sounds of nature, at peace. Birds sand their song, wind whistled through the branches above her, and a familiar voice hummed a gentle tune nearby. When she looked up, it was the face of Awaiti that greeted her, encircled in the horns of a great ram. The elder would smile, and invite her over. A small pot boiled upon a fire, smelling of sweet berries. "It's so good to see you, dear. Come, sit with me. You can rest now." 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenGeorge 124 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Soon after the initial awakening and welcome from Awaiti another figure would appear, the small figure of a halfling which moved with an air of tranquility around her. Seeing that Tanila was in good hands she did not approach at first. Instead, Marie moved quietly in the area around them to see that the two would be undisturbed by any intrusive fae. As much as she wished to greet her new Sister, she could wait. Within the Forest there was all the time in the world. So when the right moment came the caring halfling would come to help Tanila however she could to settle in. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybbyl0127 618 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Passing some, but few, on the roads as she walked, Leniandir heaved as she pulled a carefully packed cart along the long path from the Vale to the once blighted lands of the hollow. There upon the edge, by the hill, while the healing took place, she stood out of the way of the process and slowly chiselled in the final touches to her craft. Before her upon a pedastol stood a granite statue, in size slightly larger than life, done in the likeness of the late Tanila Aureon. Though she did not know this woman, the knowledge of the sacrificial process that took place and the emotional trauma which lingered with that knowledge tickled at the dark elf woman's eyes. Pained, for the suffering of those who knew her, Leniandir worked tirelessly. Until it was complete, there she would be working upon the statue, and until it was safe to enter, there she would stay by the hollow in wait, to install the memorial for the brave druid who put down their life to save the ungrateful, who would never know what had transpired here. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Peasant 445 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Ser Roylan Grant Sirame finally felt the soothing, gentle soul of the land instead of the twisted silence, and then the scream of nature had finally gone...silence. Peace reigned through his mind as the echo of sorrow of the parting mixed together with the relief of the land and the soft pulse of air. Departing from the place the collision had clashed as the vision of those mani sparked within his eyes. And flashed within his memory. The great moose that had stepped over them within the end. "This...this is going to stick with me for awhile..." 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinwolf1 193 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Tanila upon arriving at forest and getting most of her business in order with the other two of the welcoming party would be offered a tour of the forest by a crazed goblin and a giant ferret "Sprinkle wants to give you tour yes yes! you heal the land so you get my spot!" vex was eager to welcome a sister to the eternal paradise 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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