Apocalyptic!

[Xemadus Echina]

yea lol this is next week for me too XD i'll make a thread.

[The Holy namelesskitty]

OOC: I'll revive this thread.

IC:It was early in the morning on the next day when the battle begun, Cassiopia heard the shouts of the battle far off, and then saw a few of the boats crossing the river, she signaled to her teammates to hide and she did the same, eventually a few started to retreat off of the bridges however each was neatly picked off by arrows from different directions. Soon more came, but a pyro blast was sufficient to destroy them all, or so Cassiopia thought, Caassiopia scanned the area, and surprisingly found one previously unseen survivor who was, surprisingly he ran directly toward her.

Suddenly Cassiopia was grabbed by the shoulders from behind. She brushed off the hands and turned to see a ruddy face, drenched with blood and sweat.

"You've got to help me!" the man cried

"No"

"Please, I'm begging you, you can't let me back out there, It's no battle, but a descent into hell! You can't let me go back!"

"I'll be happy to oblige" said Cassiopia darkly. she reached out and incinerated the man instantly.

And not a moment too soon, she turned around to see masses assembling and running towards the assumed safety across the bridge.

Cassiopia signaled her troops to charge the overfilled bridges and for others to do the same. Cassiopia stood behind the bridges shooting flaming arrow after flaming arrow into the masses of the alliance.

Due to the narrowness of the the bridges, it did not matter weather there were twenty men or twenty thousand men, therefore the prepared thieves were more than a match for the frenzied alliance. The battle fas ofer almost as soon as it had started, and not a single member of the opposing side stood, at least while alive.

soon the leaders of the attack met to discuss terms and such.

[MikeW781]

Jyada wandered ahead of his team towards the base that they would assualt. As he drew near, he spotted a lone wanderer (Fallout refernce FTW). The man (ranien) walked towards the lake side, apparently without knowledge of the Alliance base. He appeared to be the man Jyada had seen in the area when he found the caves. After sitting for a minute, making odd lights with elemental bursts, he walked towards Jyadas position. Damn, Jyada swore silently. Damn. The man walked by him, followed by an Alliance soldier. Jyada lept from cover, and smote the soldier with a strong shadow blast. The stranger turned, and fired a Pyro blast at hum. Jyada's hand swirled with dak energy, but the blast had missed him. The stranger, seeing his saviors anger, pointed behind Jyada. He turned, and saw that the stranger had actually aimed at a second attacker. "We appear to be in each others debt, human," Jyada said.
Ranien replied "Indeed."
Jyada said "You seem to have no fondness for the alliance. Neither do I."
"And you are here to do something about this?"
"You are correct. I work for the Brotherhood, and we will destroy the alliance today. You may join us, or leave"
"I will fight."
"Good. Join Pyrx's team, he will be taking the boats to the Alliance fortress."

OOC: Okay, there you go ranien. You will assualt via the boats, but you can choose your route from there. Sorry I forgot to do this earlier.

IC: Jyada and his team sat, waiting in anticipation for the Contact from the force that was traveling through the caves. Upon the contact, the assembled forces would attack.
NOW! Jyada heard the shout in his mind, and spread the word to his troops (via Contact). Hycea formed an enormous ice bridge, along with the eight other assembled Cyro affinity-Psy fighters. They then charged, with the Thieves Guild staying behind to make sure none of the Alliance retreated with the bridges. About halfway down the bridge, the Alliance guards spotted the attackers. They rained down arrows and crossbow bolts, with the occasional bullet. Denzan and the other healers blocked the majority of the projectiles, with misfires and grazes against armor counting for the rest. After crossing the bridge, Jyada's forces took cover behind a rock. They began to form into a battle formation, but Jyada made a last minute change. He had the melee fighters, backed by several healers, fend of the attackers encircling the rock. Then, Jyada and the rest of the forces went over the rock, and dropped down on their unsuspecting foes. Their fighters met up with them, and then they battled their foes. Jyada thought nervously, Damn, the majority of our forces went through the caves! Where are they!? Their force held out, and, due largely to the brave healers, especially Denzan, suffered no losses untill help arrived. The forces who were using the boats were comprised of the recruited Shadows warriors lead by Pryx. In the nick of time, they arrived behind the forces pinning down Jyada, and destroyed them. Caught between two armies, their enemies were cut down with ease. Now, thought Jyada, for the assualt on the stronghold itself.
After sending Pryx to deal with the archers, Jyada and his team swarmed the Alliance base. They encountered few foes on the way. Fearing the worst, Jyada led their forces to the area where the cave lead, right next to the main courtyard. They found the Alliance soldiers had trapped their forces at the exit to the caves. Jyada's force charged, destroying the attackers from behind. The flash of steel and elemental blast lit up the room. Jyada and his team fought to reach their allies, and valiantely pushed through the attackers. They saw the Father and Buven, accompanied by a large force, encircled by Alliance fighters. Every so often, one of the Alliance soldiers would aquire a random knife wound to the back, or a sniper bullet to the head. Undoubtably the work of Misad, Jyada thought. Just as Jyada pushed through to the rest of his allies, a soldier cut down the Father. Consumed by rage, Jyada and his team sprinted towards him, killing foes left and right. They reached the soldier who killed their leader, and returned the favor. WIth a cut from Khernon's swords, a Cyro Blast from Hycea, a burst of Shadow from Jyada, and a small fireball from Denzan, the fighter was no more.
The battle was over, and the Alliance leader had been captured. It was time for the Night Brothers and their allies to meet.

OOC: Okay Dusk, your turn!

[Steelfist]

OOC: Remember; factions have headquarters, but they have more than one stronghold.

Otharn watched from the gloom as the emissary of the Night Brothers spoke. There was no chance he could be detected; he was simultaneously running obfuscation and fooling the minds of those around him into not seeing him. Normally a difficult task, it was made easier as he was concealed by the gloom. Few could master the stealth and concentration necessary to keep up prolonged 'invisibility', let alone kill at the same time. Otharn never had any problems. Obviously, the Shadowling's incessant talk about debts and a 'darker future' was making it more difficult. He recognised that the shadowling was only saying it to sway the Shadows to their cause. It was still intensely irritating, and it wouldn't work. Hunin was their best diplomat; while the emissary was talking, Hunin was simply examining the benefits of helping, and the benefits of ignoring the emissary. The shadowling left with the promise of aid.

Later, he was informed that he was not to join the battle, as he had expected, but to head for an Alliance stronghold, where the Alliance leader may be hiding, leaving a decoy in the headquarters. He was to infiltrate, discover if the leader was there, and, if so, use all necessary force to retrieve him.

OOC: Might be a nice twist if the one you captured was a decoy. More to come.

[bugfartboy]

Created Faction: The Keepers
[spoiler]The Keepers are an exclusive group of very capable Psi's who have the strong ability to tear information from a mind. They are made of nothing but human and shadowling Psy's. They support all other Factions, though each faction thinks The Keepers work for them only. Their main goal is to collect information from all of the factions to sell to others. *hint hint*[/spoiler]

Character:Zaron (Pronounced: ZAY-ron)
[spoiler]Gender:Male
Race:Human
Class:Psy Fighter
Affinity:Shadow
Faction:The Keepers

Special Skill: While all of The Keepers are extremely skilled, Zaron is very intelligent and competent with shadow. While he is capable of destroying most any who confront him, he perfers to use the shadow that lies in every beings heart and twist it, feed it and consume it's host with it; making them completely loyal to him.[/spoiler]

Character:Jubalian
[spoiler]Gender:Male
Race:Human
Class:Psy Fighter
Affinity:None
Faction:The Keepers
Special Skill: Undoubtedly the most loyal of Zaron's two most trusted operatives. Jubalian was the first to be turned. He runs obfuscation for all of The Keepers. He also acts as head when Zaron is not present.[/spoiler]

Character:Jala
[spoiler]Gender:Female
Race:Shadowling
Class:Psy Assasin
Affinity:Shadow
Faction:The Keepers
Special Skill: A shadowling who was hired by the Devourers to spy on Zaron, she was caught and turned by him. She now works as the head of the "Cleanup Crew" who takes care of any loose ends.[/spoiler]

[Steelfist]

I like the Keepers idea, but I'd rather you PM'd me before announcing it as created.

Characters seem okay; Zaron is powerful, but not as powerful as the purely combat psys, and prefers to use deception and cunning.

[Xemadus Echina]

Jace replied "Mhmm.."
Jyada said "You seem to have no fondness for the alliance. Neither do I."
"Yea.  They're trying to negotiate a peace treaty with the True Humans.  Lemme guess, you're trying to kill the Alliance?"
"You are correct. I work for the Brotherhood, and we will destroy the alliance today. You may join us, or leave"
"Count me in."
"Good. Join Pyrx's team, he will be taking the boats to the Alliance fortress."
"See you at the fight"
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Jace sighed and looked back at the shore.  The boat he was on was filled with a less then nice crew.  There was a man who constantly stared at him and there was a woman on the other side of the boat who kept throwing and catching a knife while staring right at him.  He put his hands up and created a ball of fire in one and then in the other hand he created sparks of light which he tried to fuse with the fire.  After a few mishaps he finally figured out that the entire ship was staring at him "Who are you?"  A cloaked figure looked directly at him with a knife in hand.  "My name is Rainen, my parents were killed by the true humans.  Since then I have been a freelancer and I have worked hard to improve my skills as a psy as well as build up a circle of friends who can some day help me kill the True Humans."  After his speech the boat stayed silent and then in a fit of stored up rage Jace created a ball of light in his hands which spontaneously spit out flames.  He threw the ball over at the water and it created a small cloud as well as a blinding flash.  The rest of the boat looked at him, awe struck, as they moved into the newly created cloud.  
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Jace looked back at the sight of the battle.  He watched as the men he fought with mourned the loss of their Leader.  He listened to the message that the man who recruited him made about how it was the Father's wish for him to be leader.  He watched the other chiefs read a message that said the exact same thing and he watched as The Night Brothers celebrated their new leader.  He smiled a little as he noticed that they all were still mourning over the loss of their old leader He must'a been a great guy for them to feel that way...

[Steelfist]

Wrong faction; the Shadows leader yet lives.

[Xemadus Echina]

my mistake.  I fixed it.  What part do you play in this steel?

[Steelfist]

I have a character, but mainly I just watch. I created it, after all.

Read my chapter if you want to know what my character is doing.

[Duskling]

Misad was leading the Father's team through the caves, since he's already scouted them for the batallion. Most of the journey was uneventful, except for maybe a few rats, or a bat or two, but then it happened. The Alliance gave a short war cry before attacking and downing a Brother.

Fools, Misad thought with a smirk, This is win-win for us, we slaughter them, we'll continue the attack, we get cut down, we create an ample distraction for the other forces to deal with the Allies.

He prepared his sniper rifle on C.R.A. mode, or Close Range Assault mode. That process involved shortening the barrel, so it wouldn't get in his way if the enemy got too close. Every once in a while, a Shadow Blast would come from a Brother, hitting an Ally, sometimes killing him or her. Misad went invisible every now and then, and stabbed an Ally in the back, or fired from behind cover with his sniper rifle until Jyada arrived with backup.

Yes! They haven't noticed them yet! Misad thought upon seeing Jyada's team sneak up on the Allies.

Now the battle has officially begun, everyone had guns and arrows firing at the same time, swords swinging in the direction of the opposition, and daggers stabbing through chests of their enemies. In all that comotion, the Father had been brought down by a sword through the chest. Things went out of control at that point, Jyada was enraged and cut down all Allies in his way, not leaving enough for any more Brothers to even get injured.



After all the forces were back together, the Brotherhood stormed the Alliance base, after a spy went and cut the Alliance's communications so that no help would arrive and overwhelm the Brotherhood's strike force. After a long and brutal slaughter of the Alliance security and military personnel stationed at that base, the Brotherhood had captured the Alliance leader, and Jyada, now being Father, was to decide what was to happen to him.

OOC: Ok Mike, do your thing!

[Xemadus Echina]

yay the story is dead till Mike gets on ^_^

[Steelfist]

I am somewhat hinging my story around the leader being a decoy, so if you wouldn't mind, Mike . . .

[The Holy namelesskitty]

my story is hung on the meeting at the end so include that too, thank you.

[Xemadus Echina]

three cheers for waiting on mike ^_^