[MP Game] The Eye of Chaos

[Thilock_Dominus]

okay, cool!

[aldin]

The years passed swiftly under the mountain as the Smiths of Ulm plied their craft. It was not a good era, the people often went hungry. There was also no focus - no purpose - no hope. Yet from his forge far to the east, Pug felt the silent cry of his people. Sliding his Anvil into the pouch at his side and slinging his massive hammer, Throg, over his shoulder, Pug moved West. When the people of Ulm saw him, they knew him as the True Smith. They bowed stiff necks and kneeled before their new master. It was the beginning of a new era for Ulm.

~Aldin

[Xom]

After decades of preparations ancient rituals of tremendous power has been performed in the Sunken City. Many illithid died in the process and mind of many more collapsed. Shadows crept in dreams of every sentient being when Void Gate opened and strange being entered underwater halls. Power known only as Faceless arrived.

[atul]

There are those who claim that the Truth is to be found amongst the stars.

There are those who seek the Answers from the dark caverns and neverending tunnels.

There are those who see what is around us and claim that it is all there is.

They are all correct. And, every one of them, so wrong. As you cannot tell what a diamond is by looking a single facet, it is impossible to determine the Fate of the world by just looking at one part of it.

Thus, with signs of coming dark times clearly visible to everyone, a conclave was held. The astrologers who had read the stars met with strange mystics of deep caves and all-seeing priestesses to finally delve the name of the True God To Be. And the name of that god was Kasadye, and He was to be known as Commander of Truth, Fiend of the Wounding Spear, the Teacher of Philosophy, God of Flames and by many, many other names.

(Of course, there was this one mystic who kept claiming that the world is shaped like a doughnut, but he's been doing that "mystic's cave" thing for far too long now, so please don't mind him)

Once more the hoplites don their armour, charioteers sharpen their scythes and animal handlers train elephants. Arcoscephale is ready for the coming war. Woe to her enemies.

I will now be sending out the Emails with the game IP and Port. I do not have an Email for Alexi, so if in the first hout he is unable to show and upload his pretender and give me his Email I will move to the Reserve. If you upload your pretender, please leave yourself connected until I start the game to get the game locked in. The cut off time for those unable to load their pretender is 1:50 PM (EST) if you have not shown up by that time, I will ask one of the Reserve to upload their pretender via Email.

[ January 18, 2004, 15:46: Message edited by: Zen ]

[Thilock_Dominus]

"It's time!" whispered a dark mysterious voice out from the shadows. Only two huge red reptile eyes lurking from the blurred darkness could tell where the thundering sound came from before it shattered on the moss covered walls and echoed through the dark halls of the ancient C'tis temple. "Yesss, my godnesss!" replied Uzim a novice priest of the Swamp temple. "Everything isss ready for your arravial!" hissed Uzim nervously while bowing honourable. "Gooood!" trample the mysterious voice through the halls...

[Truper]

Tai-sui-xing, most exalted Minister of Rituals, led a grand procession though the winding streets of the Celestial City. The throngs of the people, dressed in their most splendid clothes, who lined the route were unaware of the doubts and anxieties that troubled the Minister, for as always his coutenance was serene, his posture erect, and he radiated the confidence befitting one who had risen through the ranks of the adminstration of the Middle Kingdom to the very pinnacle of power.

"All must go perfectly today" he thought to himself. "Nothing must mar the re-dedication of the Jade Palace, or my ancestors will curse my name, and my shame will be eternal." He paused in his reflections to deliver a blessing to a portion of the crowd whose celebrations seemed even more joyous than the rest, for even in the midst of doubt, he was aware of his responsibilites and his place in the Empire, and he knew that those whom he blessed would not forget the honor. "The rebuilding of the city and of the Palace after the Great Earthquake has gone as well as could be hoped" he thought as he went on, and all the vast procession resumed its stately pace behind him. "Still, who knows if there is not some hidden flaw in the way the Palace is situated or in its form? But considering what I paid to the masters of Feng Shui, there must not be. If there is, I will have their tounges torn out."

With this somehow satisfying thought, he and the procession reached the gates of the Palace, and he delivered the sermon he had been writing for the past three months. Long had he labored upon it, for he must weave together many themes celebrating the history of the Middle Kingdom, praising the labors undertaken by all the people in the rebuilding of the city, and most importantly, reflecting the hope that Yu-huang, the Jade Emperor, would find all their efforts pleasing, and would return to them. His long training served him well, and he delivered his sermon flawlessly, and he could see respect even in the faces of the Imperial Consorts and Eunuchs who stood near, and who had heard many sermons.

It was time now to enter the enter the building, and cut the ribbon which would mark the re-dedication of the Jade Palace, and complete the ceremony. He was handed the Jade Knife, for long a symbol of authority within the kingdom, and even as he severed the ribbon with a single sweeping stroke, a voice spoke from the Dragon Throne behind him. "Thou hast done well, Tai-sui-xing, and all my people, and I am well pleased. I shall this day make you Tu-di of the Celestial City, and your name shall live forever in honor". And Tai-sui-xing whirled about, and on his face was awe, for the throne was not empty, and Yu-huang, the Jade Emperor, Lord of the Stellar Lights, God of Near and Close, Commander of Truth had returned!