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჻჻჻ ⫥ ϗϟ ⫘ ϗϟ ⫢ ჻჻჻
ʜᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛʀᴏɴ'ꜱ ᴅᴇᴄʀᴇᴇ. ᴏʙᴇʏ.
ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ. ᴡᴏʀꜱʜɪᴘ ᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴀɪʀ.
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[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSwDczBYD0 ]
Outside the Veilward there is one final missive staked to a wooden post, whose papyrus rattles in the dry wind. Too, do black ravens send the parchment to remaining members of the Veilward. Mages who could not be reached might see the missive nailed at crossroads in the west, and the Crownlands if they were brave enough to pass through. The missive’s author worked tirelessly to ensure this missive would be seen by their eyes.
჻჻჻ ᴛ ᴏ ᴛ ʜ ᴇ ʀ ᴇ ᴍ ɴ ᴀ ɴ ᴛ ꜱ ᴏ ꜰ ᴛ ʜ ᴇ ᴠ ᴇ ɪ ʟ ᴡ ᴀ ʀ ᴅ ჻჻჻
I write to inform you that the meeting hall of the Veilward…
Has been repainted red! Such a vibrant color. It’s almost sinful, I’d say. Sin, sin.. Perhaps it feels sinful because this paint is drawn from the corpses of the Veilward’s own? Those whose gore now lovingly smear its walls? Those whose blood comprises this very ink? Oh how deeply I am in love with my work. Our, work, I should write.
Oh, but it’s not my sin, is it? No, no. That would be Architect’s, your beloved, world-eating parasite! She, who is responsible for their deaths, and those guaranteed to come in the near future.
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჻჻჻ ⫥ ϗϟ ⫘ ϗϟ ⫢ ჻჻჻
Read, and read well, you primitive sorceresses, and wizards of the Veilward.
The Veilward has been reduced to rubble, and its inhabitants slaughtered– as I always intended.
All remaining Veilward associates who still draw breath are next.
How little you impressed me. Even the most novice of my Shadowsages, fresh from Faern Magthere, infantize your intellect, cunning, and magical prowess. I suppose it is to be expected. You are a primitive people, you wizards of Aos and Eos. How I hated every moment I was forced to spend with you.
Each and every one of you are known.
You will be hunted down.
There is nowhere you can hide.
Not the ruinous south, the forests of the west, nor the ice of the north. Not the Dragon’s volcano, nor the Black Church if you are truly that stupid. Not Adria, nor Viru, where I know you flock to. Not the Crownlands. Not Storm Island, or Junmura which you failed to infiltrate.
Nowhere will shelter you.
My web stretches to every shadow, every place you believe is safe.
You will die in vain.
You will die for nothing.
You will die because the immortal Architect does not.
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How many more must die before you are willing to face justice, and suffer your final death, Architect?
Kim is dead.
Macintosh is dead.
Many more will die vain deaths.
They died, and will die because of you.
It is only her attempt at playing assassin to blame for why you will die in vain like Macintosh and Kim. Her attempt on the late Emperor Hadrian’s life is why you are killed on sight in every city, every day. Her immortality, and evasion of justice are why this doomed fate is guaranteed. You, Veilward magi, and magi abroad, suffer, and die because of her actions, and her actions alone, while she lives forever. Isn't that twisted? And I thought I was cruel.
She– it, is the Architect of nothing but your unceremonious, pointless end.
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Why do you not hate this creature, who has doomed you, and led you to oblivion? Are you stupid? Lucky for you...
... it doesn't need to be this way!
Abandon all loyalties you may have to Architect. Turn on this creature. Hunt it down. Destroy it, as it has destroyed you. Betray it, as it has betrayed you and your wellbeing. It, who has made this plane inhospitable for your kind, it who has made its denizens kill you so pointlessly on sight. Serve me.
And in return?
You will be spared. By aiding me in ending this creature, you will earn your life. You will not need to hide any longer, and you can continue your miserable, boring lives in peace. The few among you who possess a brain may even be welcomed into my service. Saneral @JustMeMorgan, perhaps. Even the Rimelance too @StingyParrot, if he is not blinded by vain notions of justice. Do write quickly, though.
Refuse this mercy? And you will die miserable, pointless deaths as scheduled. If you’re lucky, you may find yourself in a grave, rather than feeding the maggots in an alleyway or ditch somewhere - your head mounted on a spike outside of Rittersburg to rot in shame. If you’re not lucky–..
Dread what a woman like myself might have in store for you.
Hunt me. Curse me. Plot against me. Scheme my downfall. You will fail, because you are dull, slow prey. Go ahead. Construct a Tear, as I expect from you of such exceptionally low intellect. Make it easy for me to track you down. Try to turn my allies against me. Hunt me with the Iblessian monstrosities I know you possess, Shadowspawn.
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I will see it coming. You will be stopped. And when you are?
I will torture you until your lungs give out.
Or– avoid this fate. Aid me, and my allies, in slaughtering this parasite,
who has deceived you in ways I never could.
The choice is yours. Choose wisely.
Either way,
I win.
჻჻჻ ⫥ ϗϟ ⫘ ϗϟ ⫢ ჻჻჻
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