In Later Reports.... THE ASSAULT ON GAELAN HAS BEGUN

The First Cistern, the Ice Cistern has been Broken!!!!

The Ice Cistern: A BIG crystal Thingy with A MILLION and ONE health...... killing it took a LONG TIME :)

This Is What Martine had to say when the Ice Cistern was destroyed:

Martine and his mutated Virindi self announces he is on our side

Martine says, "You have done well. This is our first assault against Gaerlan. I..."
Martine says, "I was wrong. Moreover, I failed in bringing the peace for which I yearned. My desires to lead you, to kill Asheron, the harm I brought to Elysa to all of you, all results of Gaerlan's poison words."
Martine says, "Gaerlan appeared in my holding on Marae Lassel as I set the portals to the island here on Dereth. It was an unintentional breach of a Virindi shield that surrounds the Empyrean in portal space that freed him from his stasis. Upon seeing him I had intended to kill him, but he groveled well."
Martine says, "He offered me a gift in exchange for his life. My one true desire. My heart's true wish. A way home. The same way home that he now taunts us with. Ispar..."
Martine says, "I believed him, I sheltered him, and now he has betrayed me. I have read what he has written, his diary, and his reports. They inspired me to visit a larger area of Auberean, looking for evidence of the portal destination from the Olthoi world."
Martine says, "My time there was brief, for the lands there are covered in blight, fungus, and Olthoi. They cluster together on the land and in cavernous burrows beneath the golden cities of the Yalain. Smaller winged Olthoi fill the sky. The fliers are too small to carry their larger cousins, and look too fragile to embark across the sea, I think they are of no true threat...now."
Martine says, "I made my way to Knorr. The Lyceum where Asheron taught his pupils. I searched for evidence of his magic at the place where the Olthoi invaded this world. It is a trick that I learned, when I closed the portals from Ispar to Dereth. I expected to find that it was Asheron's magic that was left, but I found something else..."
Martine says, "I found traces of Gaerlan's magic at the arrival point. It was Gaerlan...his folly, his miscalculation. He moved the portal from their world, when he tried to trap Asheron there. He did not close it."
Martine says, "The Yalaini have held Asheron accountable for this folly and made him a criminal, even though he has saved his race...saved our race. And I meant to kill him..."
Martine pauses and looks at the assembled crowd.
Martine says, "A little boy, a little prince, came to me. He asked me why I tried to kill his uncle. I could not find an answer to his question. I searched within myself to find one, to tell him that Asheron had caused me all of this pain. But Asheron did not bring this upon me. Alayne sold me to the Mosswarts, and the Virindi."
Martine says, "It was curiosity, and an explorer's nature, that made me use the portal to Dereth. We all, made the choice to come here, as others do every day on Ispar. The portals call to us, but it is in our nature to seek something different and new."
Martine says, "Asheron lives, and with his assistance we will overcome Gaerlan, bring his fortress down, and right what has been made wrong with Dereth."
Martine's voice takes on a very deep and guttural tone.
Martine says, "Gaerlan's power is drawn from these crystals that sap the mana from the ley lines beneath Dereth. A barrier surrounds his citadel. This barrier is impenetrable as far as I can discern. I cannot circumvent it by the magical means that I know. We must continue our efforts and destroy these crystals."
Martine says, "Asheron is at work in his Castle, with Elysa. They are divining the locations of these caverns so that you might have access to the crystals. You will be informed when they have found the second, third and fourth. I will be preparing..."
Martine says, "I intend to bring the citadel down. I have unfinished business with Gaerlan."
Martine says, "Gaerlan will have his reckoning!"
Martine says, "Until next we meet..."

Next in the News... Fire Cistern Destroyed! 

It's nice when people work together isn't it? After its destruction Martine appeared here is what he had to say

Martine surveys the area.
Martine says, "A decisive victory. Gaerlan will not allow us to seize his power passively. There will be more resistance as we edge closer to taking his seat of power. New pitfalls will appear, and we must all be prepared."
Martine says, "With this second crystal shattered we have drawn much attention to our efforts. He will surely become desperate soon."
Martine says, "Asheron has informed me that he has noticed a horrible disturbance and fluctuation in the flow of mana beneath the fallen city of Yanshi. Elysa has sent a contingent of her Royal Guard around the city and is sending her most learned scholar to assist in the study of what transpires there."
Martine lets out a soft laugh.
Martine says, "It is possible that something has gone terribly wrong for Gaerlan already, but the result of this error could have larger implications for the world. Asheron has thus placed the discovery of these chambers upon me. I will inform you when the next has been found and furnish you with a way into the heart of the cistern."
Martine looks as though he will leave for moment, then he examines the gathered populace.
Martine says, "In my discussion with Asheron I learned something of importance. The Empyrean that are still trapped in portal space are sealed from him. He cannot see any of them. For the past several years he has struggled to pierce a veil that was put in place by the Virindi."
Martine says, "When the lifestones were created they did indeed have a dual purpose. They anchored our souls and bodies to this world, circumventing a death that was not natural. They were once the beacons that the Yalaini used to guide their ships. Powerful navigational devices would drive massive stone structures and great ships through the air to these waypoints."
Martine says, "When Elysa, and the other humans, emerged from the Olthoi caves victorious over the True Queen, Asheron altered the lifestones composition. What Gaerlan told me is true. The lifestones do siphon energy from us, feeding it to the Empyreans in portal space. A lifeline of sorts. Our sacrifice keeps an entire race alive in the whirl of portal space."
Martine says, "Asheron is a man that holds duty, above his own well being. He feels ultimately responsible for bringing us to this strange world and watches over us as best he can. It is also true that he feels as though he must aid his fellows, trapped there in the world between worlds. But we, have become his primary concern. Though one day he still hopes to free his people."
Martine says, "Asheron thought I held a key to freeing them, he thought that I had been beyond that wall deep within portal space. It was luck though and nothing more. My connection to the singularity through my symbiotic virindi was limited and dissipated quickly as I drove it out and fell into madness."
Martine says, "This news was a blow to him."
Martine shakes his head gently.
Martine says, "So much wasted time focusing my rage on him. So many wasted hours trying to find a way to destroy him, when in truth he only wanted to help me, help all of us."
Martine says, "The penitent man is humbled in the midst of a greater presence, not indignant."
Martine says, "I have much to atone for."

New NPCs In YANSHI

Emissary of Asheron (left) Antius Blackmoor (right)

This is what the Emissary of Asheron had to say

Emissary of Asheron says, "Lord Asheron has asked me to watch this city and assist him in a most important endeavor."

Emissary of Asheron says, "High Queen Elysa has had her guards stand watch to ensure that Scholar Blackmoor and I are not interrupted. How is it that you have made your way through them."

Emissary of Asheron says, "I have been sent here to do Asheron's bidding, I will answer your questions at another time."

Emissary of Asheron says, "My Lord, Asheron has bid me search this place for traces of magical power. I can sense a power of magnitude somewhere beneath the land here. It is deep, but the presence is unmistakable."

Emissary of Asheron says, "What Martine says is true, he has made amends with Asheron. Now the two work together against Gaerlan. They will set the world right."

This is what Antius Blackmoor had to say:

Antius Blackmoor says, "High Queen Elysa, brought me back from my post on Marae Lassel to assist Asheron's Emmissary in study the changes in this area. Thus far, we have discovered little."

Antius Blackmoor says, "Having studied the crater and measuring the distance of some of the debris I have discovered that this explosion originated within the ground. It is as though a great force welled up from somewhere below the city and burned its way to surface before exploding out with a force comparable, if not greater than, the one that destroyed Arwic."

Antius Blackmoor says, "Aside from a rising temperature there are no oddities here that are noteworthy. We've been busy night and day studying the devastation that was levied here. This crater is nearly as large as the one left when Arwic was destroyed, but...the force that destroyed Yanshi seems untainted. Whatever Asheron senses here must be powerful though."

Antius Blackmoor says, "We've noticed some off fluctuations in the mana fields here. They ebb like the ocean tide, from strong to weak and back again. Something is here, I believe it now."

Elemental Cloud.... Unstoppable? Probably...

RUN IT RAINS DEATH APON YOU AND YOU CAN'T SELECT IT.... THE HORROR!!

Acid Cistern goes KA-BLAM!!!! 

Well There goes #3 This is what Martine had to say....

Martine arrives and surveys the devastation.
Martine says, "A battle well fought, and a hard victory wrested from the jaws of defeat. We are closer to Gaerlan's destruction."
Martine says, "We have done well. I thank you for the chance you have given me. Soon we shall hold this world as our own."
Martine says, "One more crystal waits. Buried in the earth, feeding from the mana. Giving him raw energy to command."
Martine pauses and adjusts his mask.
Martine says, "Not as good a fit as it once was."
Martine chuckles.
Martine says, "Elysa told me that her scholar has reported on the situation in Yanshi. Something is growing there, within the temple that Gaerlan used to sacrifice his fallen generals. Odd magical fluctuations and elemental storms have been seen sprouting up in the area of the great stone there."
Martine says, "Asheron is still concerned that the flow of mana has not righted itself even though we have destroyed these active crystals. His concern is that the mana flows have been redirected once more, to an area even deeper beneath Dereth than he thought possible."
Martine says, "He has not stated it openly, but I believe he feels that if this continues, it will hollow the land to a point where it can no longer support its own weight. Crumbling upon itself like a hollow void."
Martine says, "We must act quickly. There is no time to waste. My summons will come as quickly as I can discern the location of the final crystal."
 

MORE COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!