Look up, but don't let your guard down.

Lift the door off oh him, proceed upwards.

>>17460340

Ask if he wants... Mercy.

rolled 90 = 90

>>17460340
End his misery And proceed on wards

better too ease this things suffering than let the pain linger, quickly tear out its heart.

then proceed upwards or where he pointed, drag the glaive along the ground for added effect

>>17460363
And then have Mercy Trample him to death?

Related note, name all weapons and associates positive values that can be misinterpreted in conversations. Justice, Freedom, etc.

rolled 78 = 78

Leave him, whether he lives or dies is not our concern now.

Use our arcane sense to see if we can pinpoint where the wizard responsible for this mess is, then head up to meet him, carrying the fury of the burnt, twisted skeletons we passes on road with us.

>>17460374
You are right underneath all the jumble of leylines and a giant fire elemental. Cant see shit capt'n

>>17460373

I think mercy is a central point in his character, since he killed all his people as a merciful act, the steed is a symbol of that.

are these things guilty of anything?
examine the other creatures in the room

rolled 99 = 99

>>17460384

Hmm, clever positioning on the wizard's part, to confound people looking to sense or scry on him.

Onwards and upwards then.

>>17460387
The Creature is alone in the room, no weapons or even armor are evident. You do notice a few beds with some personal belongings scattered around.

>>17460385

Mercy in the sense that we do the dirty work and make the hard decisions that no one else can.

We sacrificed our heart and replaced it with cold, cutting steel.

>>17460369
>>17460403
I don't think we are beating these rolls, unless someone gets a 100

rolled 26 = 26

>>17460403

UPWARDS AND ONWARDS!

But first do not let the creature suffer, end it quickly with the glaive.

>"Sleep"

>>17460403

>99
>Upwards

Did we suddenly get Wings?

rolled 23 = 23

>>17460384

Continue up then. Continue pumping cold. Let the creature die. It's an accomplice to the deeds that went on here; it deserves no help from us.

>>17460432

There's really not much else we can do, other than continue our sweep of the building.

Whatever else is in here surely knows we're coming now, be on guard again for traps.

>>17460442
must be our bitching cape

>captcha cohomology esemor

>>17460442
Stairs bro, its a spiraling tower thing.

>>17460442

I assumed there were stairs.

But it's amazing what you can do with a column of flames and hot air.

>>17460460

I was making a joke because it was a critical on GOING UPWARDS.

>>17460467

/r/ the pic of natural twenties

>>17460456
>bitching cape
>wings

Well, I have an idea for our next upgrade now...

rolled 59 = 59

>>17460481

Oh... Oh my

>>17460481
Oh my god yesssss

do we really have any reason to think these things have done something wrong? we seem to be assuming they are evil

>>17460481

We are going too far I think, at this rate Mercy will become useless...

I dislike the idea of using phrases that are intentionally misleading and then killing them, like "Do you want Mercy" and then trampling him, since it seems a little bit too "Ha ha, fooled you!" for this character. Plus, didn't we agree that he should avoid speaking as much as possible?

>>17460503
>fire-blasted landscape
>magical abomination of an elemental burning shit up
>trail of charred, dead skeletons on trail leading up to this building

Even if they're not the cause, who ever is here knows SOMETHING of what's going on, and our strong suit for getting information right now is intimidating the FUCK out of them.

>>17460506

Nah. Mercy is our ride.

After all, no matter how strong we are, we'll still get tired FLYING OUR MASSIVE ARMORED ASS AROUND.

The wings would be at most a glide-type thing and not out right fly-thing, we could probably fly with them, but not for long.

>>17460503
The man has a point...

>>17460503

They may not be, but they are serving something that is, don't forget we are in a hellish wasteland with charred corpses everywhere, a fire elemental summoned from diverged leylines is towering above us, and we have a distrust of wizards because of what happened to our kingdom.

as of now all we have really seen them do is die and be crippled

>>17460518

Yeah, I agree. That just seems to cross over into needlessly cruel to have our horse trample him.

>>17460506

It was just a joke, I realize that we still want Mercy around.

>>17460518
He is not speaking he is using a "Mental projection"

At least that's the way I have been reading it.

rolled 41 = 41

Kill the bugger then proceed in the direction he was previous pointing.

We are the Black Knight. We do not let live, we kill as a well sharpened executioner's blade.

>>17460543

Well we don't really have lungs or vocal cords or a mouth, but if we want to say something, the words come out anyways.

It's not psychic, we're just so goddamn badass that we will the sound of our voice into existence.

>>17460543

We only mind-speak with our horse.

We can speak, we just don't. Mostly because our voice sounds like metal being torn apart.

Grabbing your glaive from your side, you place it to the young creatures throat. It barely acknowledges it.

>"SLEEP."

You echo, as you draw the blade cleanly over his throat.

Taking a moment, you stare at the body, then over to the beds. You WILL know what is going on here. Someone WILL pay.

And so you begin your ascent up the twisting stairs, the body shattering and getting caught up in your chilling wind. You can't stand pointless deaths.

It is a few moments before you reach the next floor, a scene of bloody massacre. What seems to have once been a dining area, was now the sight of some things you wished you had never seen again.

>What do you do?

rolled 34 = 34

>>17460440

adding a roll to this

>>17460574

Describe myself the things to better react

>>17460553
>We do not let live, we kill as a well sharpened executioner's blade.

This man is not the cause of the evil that blights this land. He may serve a master who is, but our grudge is not immediately with him.

If necessary, we shouldn't hesitate to kill him, but I see no reason to go out of our way to do so, unless it is to put an end to his pain.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17460574
Fap off to the horror.

rolled 75 = 75

>>17460574

Build rage, a cold wind sweeps through the room as we look on.
After a moment of silence we continue moving up the tower, justice will be done.

rolled 75 = 75

>>17460574

Can we tell what possibly might have caused this? Was it a proper fight, or an ambush, what? I imagine we have some experience seeing the aftermath of fights, from our time as a normal knight.

Also, something we seem to have forgotten, is there anything around that we can potentially absorb?

>>17460574

Inspect with magic vision, then cleanse the mess with a rapid freeze.

Stay alert for whatever made the mess.

>>17460574

investigate the dining room for bodies, weapons/armor, and runes. We'll find out how these people died and continue along our way to bring vengeance and justice to this careless mage's act

>>17460601
You forget you sent millions of tiny ice daggers through the open windows. Most of the carnage you see if from your own causing.

rolled 72 = 72

>>17460601

Magic stuff, and we can't deduce that here, none of our arcane detection works.

And just a reminder to everyone, we aren't evil. We are a good "person" we won't hesitate to purge the wicked but that thing we killed was in mercy because we unintentionally maimed it.

examine the massacre to see what possibly could have caused it and get a better understanding of the monsters strength

rolled 89 = 89

>>17460616

Oh whoops, I missed that part.

We're like a walking wall of collateral damage.

Well, continue upwards, it's not like we have anyone that we are beholden to apologize to.

>>17460586

Exactly. When it comes to the subject of euthanasia we should be squarely in the "pro" section.

There is a double meaning in there.

>>17460616

Okay, try to determine WHO these people were, IF possible, and what they were doing.

Then continue onward to the master's place to freeze his candy ass off.

rolled 95 = 95

>>17460616
HA that is so perfect.

Try to determine if these are just normal people who live in a volcanically active area or if this is actually some evil mage's base.

Did no one read the part when you entered the building?

rolled 58 = 58

>>17460616
oh never mind then... welp then see if there is anything to absorb
(and sorry put the sice thing in the wrong spot)

rolled 71 = 71

>>17460635
>it's not like we have anyone that we are beholden to apologize to.

No one but ourselves.

We need to be careful, if we get too careless with the lives of others, then we're no different from the evildoers that we are sworn agai-

>Most of the carnage you see if from your own causing.
>Most

Wait wait hold on a second, what caused the rest of it then?

>>17460647
So you inspect the room, seeing if everything there are things you killed. Writing.

rolled 32 = 32

Wonder if we will ever see another dining hall that isn't covered in blood.

rolled 58 = 58

>>17460647

I guess a lot of people missed it.

>>17460663
There is so much blood, and you didn't know what it looked like beforehand. No way of really knowing.

>>17460647

Apparently not, i think we picked up some newcomers who don't know what the fuck it going on.

Recap:
Sold our body to better protect our people
Kingdom was betrayed and destroyed by a wizard
We slaughtered the kingdom in mercy
The kingdoms souls fuel our steed, controlled by a young boy who thanked us for the mercy
we escaped the ruins of the kingdom to find the landscape torn asunder
We rode across an ocean towards black clouds
Found a charred wasteland with an enourmous fire elemental reigning due to converged leylines
Only wizards can move leylines
Came to tower led by a trail of corpses
Brutalised the tower
and here we are.

>>17460696
Thanks for the recap Anon should help the late comers

rolled 55 = 55

>>17460678

Well fuck.

Guess we won't have any answers until we reach the top then.

Next time hold back on the ice shards until we can pinpoint who exactly deserves one shoved through their eye socket.

>>17460711

To be fair it was a fit of rage, we still have emotions, they tend to be unchecked though.

>>17460711
They are living in a place that had dead mockeries leading up to the front door

>>17460696
sorry i thought we entered a new area.
im still not entirely sure we arent just killing people that were hiding in a house but i easily could have missed somthing

rolled 34 = 34

>>17460711

Let's not forget this a room full of people who are walking around of their own free will, while some fucking magical sociopath carefully posed DEAD WOMEN AND CHILDREN along his front walkway.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say they weren't exactly innocent.

rolled 3 = 3

>>17460721
>>17460719

Ah, point taken.

I see a very simple way to justify killing the people upstairs in terms of our character. Anyone who would allow the murder and desecration of the bodies outside deserves to die, whether or not they were under duress. Failure to fight evil is in itself evil, and those who are evil must be slain.

Stepping into the room, you sweep your gaze over the scene before you. Little and bigger creatures littering the floor, ones entrails strung out into a cozy fire another, a female it seemed was pinned to the wall by a rather large shard of ice.

Again, you see no traces of weapons and armor, your fury rising even further. You raise your temperature back to a reasonable level, and stormed fully into the room.

>1d100 for a spot check, first 3 rolls. 75 for a crit

rolled 49 = 49

>>17460728
You do realize, don't you, that during a volcanic eruption boiling hot clouds of ash rush down the side of the mountain, right? It can petrify a person instantly. They might have just been enjoying a gala and been hit by the ash cloud.

rolled 84 = 84

>>17460736

So now that we've successfully assuaged our conscience (what's left of it anyways), let's go kick that mage's ass.

After all, if it weren't for his dickery, we wouldn't be here in the first place.

rolled 62 = 62

>>17460746

Alright

>>17460746
Roll for spotting everything.

rolled 42 = 42

>>17460746

Spot check.

>>17460736

I don't think we have progressed that far into cynicism yet, it would make for interesting character development though.

Right now we just don't know what the fuck is going on, the landmass we were born on doesn't exist any more, another kingdom has been put to torch, we have the power to do justice this time.

rolled 40 = 40

>>17460746
>no traces of weapons or armor

Puzzling.

Rolling for spot check

rolled 18 = 18

>>17460574
I grimace as much as I can being a walking case of death and search the room for anything that could be useful. If I find any people I will walk towards them as menacingly as I can and slam the Glaive down and wait until they break and start spilling answers.

rolled 55 = 55

>>17460752

Oh shit please tell me this can count for a spot check roll.

rolled 77 = 77

>>17460752

Perfect, we want answers, there will be a chance to bring him to justice later.

>>17460764
And I was late

>>17460753
>>17460752
>>17460747
Smells like a crit to me.

>>17460780

It was in the first three

rolled 94 = 94

>>17460799

GO GO DEDUCTIVE POWERS

>>17460747

... I wonder how we will react if this ends up being a colossal mistake on our part and we just slaughtered a bunch of innocent people.

>>17460829

We will stay silent

We will not move

We will stare

rolled 69 = 69

>>17460829

Then we'll have to undergo some serious character growth.

>>17460841
This THIS is what will happen

>>17460829
i dont know but i cant help thinking it might be funny

>>17460387 (im this guy)

>>17460829
I have a contingency plan for that. Worry not.

>>17460842

This, we are a good guy, i mean... we think we are, aren't we?
I don't know anymore...
Do we have the right to decide?

>>17460842

Apparently involving the number 69.

>>17460866

We are just the black knight, we are still conflicted with what to do after centuries of isolation.

>>17460866

We're certainly not a hero, the things that we've done in the name of mercy and justice are not nice things and no one else should have to bear their burden.

There's really only one thing that we are meant for, and that is to be a weapon. A weapon is neither good nor evil, but is merely a means to an end. As to whether the ends justify the brutal means that we resort to..

... well I suppose we're about to find that out.

You know, we were all for gathering information and determining what we were up against first, and then we saw the dead corpses littering the road, and we kind of lost it after that.

rolled 56 = 56

>>17460918

I'd consider that a reasonable in-character response.

Fuck, I really need to go to sleep.

Thanks for the quest, Black Knight, it's been great so far.

>>17460926
It will be Archived when you awake good sir

Something catches your "eye" as soon as you walk in. One of the bodies was slightly different than the others, dropping to one knee, you take a closer look.

This one had not just been killed. It had been dead for a while. Looking down the body, you see its entrails have been removed, and looking at the previously set table, had been on the menu. You notice strange metal bindings burned into the creatures wrists, had your arcane vision worked here, you could find out if it was magical. standing briskly up, your fury holds back just long enough before you notice glowing red bottles arranged neatly on a counter across the room. Striding over, you examine the bottle and hold it as close to your "eye" as you can.

Briefly you get something before it mixes up into the rest of the chaos that is the magic here. Your fury returned to a chilling one. You had seen enough mind control serums being used in your days as a Royal Guard, but to use it like THIS? This was some sick joke of a cruel divine.

>How do you proceed?

>>17460918

We are in character, this is emotional responses and rule of cool the quest.

>>17460947

Are there more stairs? Keep going..

>>17460948

>I'm sad
>...
>I'M SAD

rolled 45 = 45

>>17460947
Storm upstairs to deal with this son of a bitch mage. I will rip his entrails from his still living body and feed them to him using my arcane magic to keep him alive. He will pay for what he has done to the souls that at one time lived here. HE WILL PAY!

>>17460947

Sweep the serums off the counter to shatter on the floor, release the bindings on "dinner" and attempt to consume them, failsafe way to test if it's magical.
Turn your chilling gaze towards the remainder of the stairs and confront whatever waits at the top.

rolled 61 = 61

>>17460947
take the potions
(you never know)

rolled 98 = 98

>>17460983

forgot my dice

rolled 84 = 84

>>17460947

RIGHTEOUS FURY RE-ENGAGED

SOMEONE IS GOING TO ANSWER FOR THIS SHIT

CLIMB THOSE STAIRS LIKE A BOSS.

rolled 69 = 69

>>17460990

No, we won't stoop to that, for now we are still nobledark

>>17460947
Well, looks like these dudes were evil after all. I won't be needing that contingency plan then.

rolled 50 = 50

>>17460947
attempt to consume the bindings and serum

rolled 43 = 43

>>17461000
oh damn and i was feeling good about my role. try to consume anything of interest

>>17460983
>>17461002
>>17460981

These.

Stick those serums in our magical cape. Could come in handy later.

rolled 98 = 98

>>17460983
>attempt to consume bindings

This actually seems pretty awesome.

Reforge the chains that bound this sacrifice into something we can use to fight against the evil that bound it in the first place.

>>17460983
while consuming the bindings, try to create from then bitchin' chains of hellfire and metal wtih sharp hooks in the end, for both offensive purposes and grapelling around.
If we're gonna be GhostRider Batman, we can't miss the chain.

>>17461000
>>17461002
>>17461026
Writing

rolled 65 = 65

>>17461029

You know what else we need after this?

Fucking PENANCE STARE.

>>17461024

You're not me O_O

>>17461039
In order to gain a power like that, we must consume something with meaning, with life, with power.
If and when we reach the master of this place/elemental, we must beat the shit out of it, then attempt to consume its FIERY POWERRRRR
HARNESS IT TO LEARN A NEW SKILL, FOR WE ARE MAGIC, LIGHT AND GLORIOUS MACHINERY.

>>17461045
no i meant you blew my role to keep the potions away

Slamming the potion back down, you sweep your arm along, smashing all the accursed vials against the wall. Turning swiftly around with your blade readied, you swing down chopping the victims hands off.

You have not consumed anything in ages, may as well see if you can, in memory of the wayward soul. Holding the bindings in your hands, you absorb them.

And you feel something, this is different, much different than when you tried to eat the gem. This felt so...so right.

CHOOSE YOUR UPGRADE:
>Try to tap into SOMETHING in the armor (Mercy was born this way, remember.)
>Upgrade an existing thing
>Something else?

>>17461072

Oh okay got you, sorry about that.

>>17461078
Oh fuck, 1d100. 50 for a pass, 75 for a crit

rolled 23 = 23

Destroy the potions!

These weapons of evil shall never harm an innocent!

>>17461078
TAP IN TO THE ARMOR

rolled 59 = 59

>>17461078

Tap into the armor!

rolled 12 = 12

>>17461078

upgrade the Glaive

rolled 4 = 4

TAP DAT ARMOR

>>17461080
its cool but i am sad we cant make some mind slaves later on

rolled 12 = 12

>>17461078

Tap into the armour! Alternately channel it into the glaive

rolled 6 = 6

>>17461091
tap into the armor

>>17461078

It seems like a lot of people wanted the chain to be like the Ghost Rider chain in a way, where it is a weapon. I could see it being attached to the back of the glaive, and long enough so that we can hold the glaive in one hand and the chain goes to the other hand, and still has a good 10-15 feet left to use for our own ends. The benefit to this is that it means we could also use the glaive as a sort of ranged weapon, where we throw it and then bring it back using the chain.

>>17461078
Armor the tap into.

rolled 77 = 77

>>17461111
CAPTCHA!

>>17461109

Roll for this post.

rolled 3 = 3

>>17461097

thank god you rolled

rolled 41 = 41

Pull from ourselves. Call from the pain from this poor soul, and out bindings..no. Chains. chains that are like our own limbs. We bind, grip, pull. Drag those deserving punishment to the hell they deserve.

>>17461111

quads! make it so

rolled 9 = 9

>>17461119

Fucking typos.

Armor tapping it is.

>>17461136

We don't exactly have a torrent of souls this time, so this should be fun.

rolled 76 = 76

>>17461158
No we have one extremely tortured soul

>>17461136
i'm excited to see this latest development

rolled 42 = 42

>>17461161

Technically, it was a soul of a extremely tortured person.

You try and force some thing out of you, reminded of your steed. Focusing inwards, you pull, pull the chains of the soul, calling out to this wretch for a chance of vengeance.

And it replies, barely audible at first, but growing progressively louder until it screamed pleading in your head. Begging for a chance to live, to strike down the crazed bastard that did this, almost sobbing.

>I AM YOURS I AM YOURS I DON'T CARE I AM YOURS

Tears of blood pour out of your visor as your new companion begins to form and coil down your arm forming into a rather odd creature. As black as the rest of you, it has crimson red eyes, as its tongue flicks out tasting the first air of its new life.

Holding out your other hand, it rests its head in your palm and stares back at you. Riveted steel seems to go down the entirety of the snakes skin, yet seems to be exceedingly flexible. What shall we call you?

Name your snake.

>>17461214
The way i would play it would be both actually but that's just me

>>17461230

Going with the Mercy naming theme, probably Vengeance.

rolled 63 = 63

>>17461230
Vengeance.

>>17461230

Loyalty?

Liberty?

>Both work so well, since it's a snake of chains and all.

>>17461230
Justice.
For that is what ye shall recieve

>>17461230
No torrent of souls this time I'm afraid. I picked the snake because people seemed to really want the chain, but I wanted to keep with the motif of everything that comes from us is effectively alive.

>>17461246
I like Loyalty.

rolled 91 = 91

>>17461245
going to roll for this as well first thing that popped in my head

rolled 23 = 23

>>17461230

Wrath

Because it is our justice it will enact, and it's vengeance that brought it into being.

rolled 57 = 57

>>17461268

I will take this moment to point out that Wrath is apparently a synonym for vengeance

>>17461245
>>17461268
Seems to be vengeance.

rolled 40 = 40

I like Liberty.

Because that is essentially what we gave to the soul. Also, we are quickly turning into metal beast master.

>>17461248
Siding with Justice. That should be our theme. Mercy? Justce? noble terms for a knight to say. They should all embody it, not in visage, but in actions. We are grim, but we have not forgotten what to be a hero is like. And so should all souls we bring with us on this journey.

>>17461285

Heh, at this rate people will not only have to fear the black horse and its rider, but the black snake, dog, and hawk as well. Not that that is a bad thing.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17461230

Question the snake, it was captured by these things so it must know something about what's going on. Whatever it is it isn't dead like everything else here, so where did it come from?
How did the fire orcs capture it?

rolled 25 = 25

>>17461307
Imagine the songs that will be sung in ages to come

rolled 77 = 77

>>17461307

Don't forget two ferrets.

Vengeance.

Let's become the AntiHero this world deserves.

unrelated question but have we ever decided on what our Black Knight looked like yet?

>>17461283
makes me think of the 3 faces of the night angel
mercy vengence and now all we need is justice

>>17461341

This guy has got it right.

We are too filled with hate to become a true Hero.

But we aren't enough of an evil dick to become the villain.

Mercy, Vengeance, we'll name other companions if we get them based on their circumstances.

rolled 14 = 14

>>17461347

Next abomination we spawn is called justice, that was always going to be one of the names.

Also let's stop at three soulforged, any more and this will get silly.

Adding my roll to this >>17461312

rolled 48 = 48

>>17461365
the next abomination we spawn is going to be named depending on what birthed them

This spirit cried out for vengeance, the spirit our horse is from cried out for mercy.

>>17461345

obviously

>>17461379
i agree with this

Why don't we use the snake to talk through?
if we can talk to the soul-forged telepathically and we don't want to speak why not have the metal snake do our talking except for those really climatic moments?

>>17461379
You have my support

Op you still out there?

>>17461405

Op either waits for a consensus / decision to be reached or he is just a slow typer.

>>17461392
that sound pretty amazing
>>17461379
i totally agree i was just making a comment on something i noticed

You stare back at the snake.

>"VENGEANCE"

The snake slowly nods its head and coils back around your arm, all the way up so it can place its head on your left shoulder. Keeping still as a decoration, it would appear to another that it is just a clasp for your cloak.

You question it as you move back out and up the stairs.

>"WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE?"

The head flicks its tongue and images flash into your head. A searing wasteland, the fire elemental *The Fire God*, a decrepit old man *Speaker of God*, the red potions *Gods gifts*, an image looking up at the old man pouring the red liquid into a cup and passing it around to the creatures, when the cup comes to you, it is empty *Choosing ritual*.

>"No food....."
You hear echoed in your head. Now it makes sense, this entire masquerade will end tonight.

You mercilessly cold fury returns in full, steam billowing from you into a thick white smoke. You come to another room, this one is empty save for a large bed and rather luxurious looking wardrobe.

You can see the door leading to the top from here, but you may also be able to get something else from this place.

>What do you do?

>>17461393
Damnit mine too from Justice. That feels right.

>>17461392
Because, if we talk through it it lacks the personal factor that makes us intimidating. It just seems... wimpy to have a smaller servant do the talking. And if we just let the snake talk, eventually we just look like the dumb yet brawny sidekick, or worst, a thug.

>>17461345

I've had him pictured in my head something like this, though more sinister.

>>17461410
I'm just slow at the moment, I've been typing for the past 8 hours. Trying to finish this part before I call it a night.

rolled 84 = 84

>>17461416

We've waited too long, every second is a luxury this "speaker of god" does not deserve, we can come back later.

rolled 96 = 96

>>17461422
damn thats a valid point
>>17461416
search for anything of interest burn the rest

rolled 11 = 11

>>17461434

that's a pretty good approximation, cross that with art of the Lich King and we pretty much ahve it.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17461416
Storm upstairs to deal with this son of a bitch mage. I will rip his entrails from his still living body and feed them to him using my arcane magic to keep him alive. He will pay for what he has done to the souls that at one time lived here. HE WILL PAY! And Vengeance will get what she deserves as well from this waste of life.

>i know basically same answer as before still like it

>>17461434

I like it.

>>17461434
ah something kinda like this i suppose

rolled 81 = 81

>>17461473

We aren't cruel, we will get the answers we want, and he will die, but he will not be made to suffer more than necessary by our hand. Vengeance however may wish to have some time with him and i'm sure we won't object.

>>17461440
Alright man let me know when you are done and I shall archive

>>17461416

Flip over the bed mattress. Wizard might be an idiot to hide something under it.

Ransack the wardrobe.

Hell, ransack the room for anything that looks magical in nature.

Then use the wardrobe/bed as your herald as you throw it through the door to the next room.

>Enter with smoke billowing from the room, climbing over the shattered remains of the door, angry flames literally burning from our helmet.

>>17461505

Just archive it right now, archive auto-updates bro.

>>17461460
So we are ransacking the room, then storming up the stairs?

>>17461542
yes

>>17461542
I vote we just storm upstairs.

rolled 23 = 23

>>17461542

I wanted to skip it, but it seems that way, torch it as we leave for dramatic effect at least.

>>17461542
Actually, before anything I really really need a drink right now. I'll be right back

>>17461570

You've earned it

I have returned. Commencing writing.

>>17461570

>>17461589

Agreed. Have a smoke while your at it.

>>17461607

This is today's finale/cliffhanger right?

rolled 79 = 79

>>17461625
Yep thats what the man said cant believe we have been here for 8+ hours

>>17461679

I know, jesus two god damn threads in one day and we haven't done shit all, this is the mark of a great quest right there.

You make a mental note of the room as you pass by, you think you hear something inside.....No matter, this foul mage has life long past what is due.

Building up you presents as much as possible, you brace yourself to take down the large stone door when-

*KSH SREEEEE*

It unlocks and opens, beckoning you and your hissing cargo in. It swings shut behind you. You are on the stone platform you had noticed when you first arrived, and are pleased to see a large portion of the surrounding land is now covered in a pure white fog, to the front is an old man sitting in a chair with his back facing you. An engorged red eye shall watch all proceedings that take place here.

>What shall you do?

>>17461709

>"WORDS SO EASY"

>>17461705
>Shit all

We have survived the sundering of an entire nation, seen oceanic wonders that men have never before seen and strode into the jaws of hell because we felt like it. We have not done shit all good sir.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17461735
We have done FUCKYEA ALL

>>17461709

Demand that he turn and face his judgement
Turn and witness what the prayers of the fallen have called forth
Turn and beg for forgiveness and mercy
Turn and receive Justice

>>17461735

As quest we haven't actually accomplished much is all i'm saying.
In the two threads today we found an apocalyptic wasteland presided over by a fire lord, and climbed a four story tower.
Don't take it the wrong way, i'm still here and posting because i'm enjoying myself.

rolled 95 = 95

>>17461761
This then we unleash Vengeance on him and let her have her way

>>17461709

Grab him by the head, let him see our horrible visage, then proceed to brutalize his ass.

Which can be accomplished by sending Vengeance to bind his old ass so we can rip out HIS entrails and set HIM on fire.

rolled 43 = 43

>>17461709
call mercy we might as well have all our assets here

>>17461709
>>17461570
I know its kind of in bad taste to mention other quests in a quest thread... But please.... Please, don't go the way of Influence. This is a great quest, and i don't want to see it stopped halfway through.
That said...
Grab him by the neck, and chokeslam him. We're doing this the old fashioned way. He pulls a spell, you pull a weapon. But nothing lethal. You promised vengeance that he could have that. Also, have vengeance watch that eye.

rolled 44 = 44

>>17461709

I would like to see you face your death standing.
For justice has come.

>>17461761
>>17461782
>>17461795

Going with these.

A thought occurs, Mercy was born of mercy, Vengeance was born of vengeance both by the power of our armour. Weren't we born of our desire for justice?
Does that make us Justice?

>>17461843
Yes but we have no name

rolled 56 = 56

>>17461847
what are you talking about?
our name is Sir Hadrian Blackhand

>>17461868
my goodness good sir I apoligize profusely

>>17461868

Sir Hadrian Blackhand, Knight of the Fallen Kingdom, Justice

>>17461879
its fine i have forgotten far more important things (and we havent really mentioned it for a while)

God damn. We're going to go old ass testament on this mage aren't we?

rolled 75 = 75

>>17461922
yes yes we are... I really hope Vengeance wriggles in his intestines

>>17462000
If only we were going to be so merciful.

We are not.

Your thoughts echo through yourself.

>"MERCY, COME"

Bring your attention back to the matter at hand, you notice the old man has not made a single acknowledgement of your existence. Striking the but of your weapon down into the ground, you bellow out in your loudest voice.

>"STAND AND FACE ME /KNAVE/. YOUR END HAS COME."

The old man seems to have heard you, but rather than turning around, simply says idle words.

"Have you seen my family? I have raised them since as long as I can remember.....I'm been around almost as long as this guy you know." He jabs a bony finger up to the sky. He went to mumble on again.

"My family...my family...no food at all here you know? nothing lives, but I found a tribe of them one day yes, and dressed them in clothes and gave them food to eat, good food despite them living without anything I have ever seen before...elemental fire plane.....It went to far when I made the ritual game for fun....didn't think they would do it....the women were nice especially that girl I had the other day..." Vengeance shot up in his own fury and launched forward, quicker than you could move, biting the man on the back of the head and wrapping his long body around him.

>SISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTERRRRRRRRRRRRR

His anguish recoiled through you, that was accompanied by searing rage with what he sees. Alarmed, you poise your weapon and walk forward, around the side of the man until you face the front.
>Cont. next post

>>17462071
A simple knife protrudes from his stomach, and his front is stained red with precious lifeblood that is still pooling at his feet.

"That young one has fire in her....." he smiles grimly "I wish I could have tasted her m--ACK" Vengeance tightens his grip round the mans neck. Coughing, he looks to you for the first time "Ah, death himself come to see me off. Well you had better run then, when I go, nothing else will be getting HIM up in the air."

Oh. Shit.

Snapping the mans neck, Vengeance slithers back to his position looking intently at you.

>MASSSSTER, MY SISSSSTER. PLEASSSSE

Your companion is asking you to go search for a girl when a fire elemental is just moments away from crashing down on you. You think to the noise you heard in the room just down the stairs....

>What do you do?

>>17462077
Save the sister. She might be short on time, and Vengance serves us. Justice should reward those who serve it.

>>17462077

we'll find his sister and get her out of here. After all Knights protect and defend the weak at the cost of their lives.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17462077
Can we use Vengence's soul to reach out and feel the sister?

>>17462077

IT'S HERO TIME!

>"QUICKLY"

Tell mercy to wait ready outside the tower, run down to the room we heard the sound from, find out if she is there!

rolled 5 = 5

>>17462077
and this is why we called mercy
search for the sister

rolled 36 = 36

>>17462116

dice

>>17462131
>>17462116
>>17462115
>>17462102
>>17462095
BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED

I had thought you guys would be peeved at not getting a few shots at the mage.

>>17462116

Fucking seconded.

And seeing as we're nigh on indestructable, we can always hide the girl in our cape (I'm sure 1 humanoid < 1/2 shark) if the fire elemental crashes on top of us.

It probably won't kill us.

>>17462077
I go to bed.
Seriously, its 1 am over here. Please have this thread archived when i get up... i need my sleep. However, remember the image i give you. This should be our mantra. also, always save the girl.
Cya, elegan/tg/entlemen

rolled 81 = 81

>>17462142

I knew from the start that vengeance would get what he was made for. But i'm confused, the dagger, did he kill himself before we even reached him?

rolled 85 = 85

>>17462148
ba ba ba Archivist to the rescus dont worry mate ive got ya

rolled 87 = 87

>>17462144

Your dice good sir you seem to have forgotten them

rolled 76 = 76

>>17462142
meh dead is dead and vengence gained his namesake so i would call that a win

>>17462157

I'm thinking the sister did it, and when she heard the ice shard explosion, hid somewhere.

Like that wardrobe.

>>17462188

Sense makes that does

rolled 30 = 30

>>17462188
well if thats true im sure glad we didnt burn it like i wanted

Well you managed to fill two quest threads in one day OP, that's actually really impressive, congratulations.

Something you had not felt all these long centuries welled up inside you, something warm, yet burning, passionate. You will save this girl, after all, despite the long torturous years, you were still a knight.

>"QUICKLY."

The snake nods and goes back to the way he was around you. You sprint to the door and lightning flashes in the sky and the loud roar of thunder is heard. A storm was coming.

Reaching the door, you direct Mercy of where to meet you and plunge back into the dwelling. Jumping the stairs, you land on the landing and hurriedly make your way over to the wardrobe, taking note of the recently used bed. Vengeance stayed quiet, but you could feel his anger.

The wardrobe shakes, and you hear a rapid heartbeat and breathing.

>How do you go about this?

So, what I'm getting from this is that this mage somehow brought the elemental from the plane of fire, it burned the land, and he dominated the people into eating each other since there was no food.

Well this is a whole lot of fucked up.

rolled 28 = 28

>>17462255

Just take the wardrobe with us, it will either act a shield or an oven for the girl!

That, or we unceremoniously crack it open and toss her into our cape and GTFO.

>>17462263
Lets not forget they seemed to have treated him as a prophet of some kind.

rolled 78 = 78

Take the wardrobe and run fuck it we can carry this we are sir badass

rolled 84 = 84

>>17462255

Fuck, okay so we are the very picture of doom, her brother is a metallic snake, and hell is coming.

No time, spirit her into the cape and dive out the nearest window. We can try and explain when everything isn't about die.

Land safely with fire magic and mount Mercy.

Proceed to gallop away feeling accomplished and leave where we are going to the next thread

>>17462255

"now I know that my voice sounds evil but I assure you that I'm not"
"Right now a great storm is coming to sweep this land and destroy all that remains."
"In order to save you I need you too come with me, so we can do this two ways."
"The first way is you leave the wardrobe and we run, the second is I carry the wardrobe with you bumping around inside."
"Hurry and make a choice"

I say we count to 10 or so for her to make her choice.

>>17462255
Before we were vicious justice.

Now let's be the stern guardian.

Our appearance will terrify her, so let's talk to her first. Something like "I have slain the fiend responsible for all this suffering. I will take you to a safe place now. Hurry, there will be great destruction soon."

If she doesn't respond, we might have to just KO her and carry her with us.

rolled 53 = 53

>>17462271
i second throwing her in our cape if possible but try to open the wardrobe without giving her a heart atack

>>17462297
we need to go with this, his rule of cool roll won it

rolled 75 = 75

>>17462305

No time, unceremonious grab and run.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17462305
scratch what i said rule of cool

>>17462297

Second

>>17462305
>>17462297
Alright, combining these if there are no objections. This shall be the last bit of the night, I will pick up again around 18:00 4chan time. Maybe a bit later.

>>17462355

Jolly good

Tune in next time for Black Knight Quest 3: The raising of a little girl

>>17462355

OP are you alright? it's been 25 minutes

>>17462542
Hes typing up the end of tonight's quest he will deliver unless he passed out. I am certain of it that he will deliver has to.... *starts scratching*

>>17462542
He takes his time writing. It's a wait, but we get quality posts.

Better than some people who churn out walls o' text full of misspellings and bad formatting.

>>17462571

I've been here since quest one and yes he takes his time but this is the longest break yet, and we don't have any banter to fill it with.

Jabbing the Glaive into the ground, you step foward, and in the "gentlest" voice you can manage, try and get calm the girl. But despite your efforts, you still hear a little squeak of shock when you start speaking.

>"LITTLE ONE, I MEAN NO HARM. PLEASE STEP OUT OF THERE."

Silence followed by an accusation. "YOU are the reason all the screaming happened happened earlier aren't you?"

>"...YES."

You don't see the reason in lying to the child, if she hates you for the time being, that is fine, you can just force her out.

>"YOU NEED TO COME OUT OF THERE NOW. THE FIRE GOD IS COMING TO THE GROUND."

A few sniffles and the door slowly swings open, revealing a girl with the same green eyes and brown skin the others had, you aren't sure how old she would have been, but she is about the size of the others, yet only comes up to just below your stomach. Maybe you are just massive compared to this race.

She starts in awe at the armored knight come to take her away, she must had read fairytales like this at one point where the knight in shining armor would come whisk the princess away, at least thats the stories you had raised your own daughter on.

Holding out a hand, you pull your cloak out a ways, beckoning to her.

>"COME."

Reluctantly she grabs your armored hand, and you effortlessly toss her into your cloak, again with a squeak. Turning and running towards the window at the opposite side of the room.

>"STAY PUT. YOU WILL BE SAFE THERE."

Dashing, you fly through the window into the mists below. Going by the ever increasing glow, the king had begun to fall, and so chucks of the stone tower were falling all around you.

With a quick burst of flame manipulation, you land as lightly as someone the size of you can land, and sprint to the galloping Mercy. Hooking a foot in the reins, you hop unto the back of the beast, and surpass the crashing speed of sound, willing Mercy forward with all the strength you could muster.

>>17462610
well so thats good we dont want to auto sage before he finishes...

>is anyone else having trouble with captcha being wierd

>>17462616
As Hell descends behind you, again you hear the crash of thunder and lighting, and you turn to watch the fiery eye fall screaming into the jagged mountains surrounding it.

Thunder booms and lightning flashes. A storm has once again come to this desolate land. The rain beings sparsely at first, but soon sheets begin unfolding down.

Holding a out a hand, you catch the water, watching the death of a self styled God as lighting and stone tear it apart.

The world shall change, for you shall make it.

And thats all for tonight folks, I hope you enjoyed the final. I'll stick around for a little to answer any questions or anything.

>>17462616
>"YOU are the reason all the screaming happened happened earlier aren't you?"
>happened happened

Fuck sakes.

>>17462641
Archived mate feel like i should change my trip to The_Librarian haha

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17460340/

>>17462651
Thanks very much. You have archived all the previous threads haven't you?

>>17462659
Yep same guy been here since the beginning

>>17462641

I honestly didn't notice.

Aww yeah, summary time.

We got the bitchin cloak, we got the bitchin snake, we got the bitchin heroism and we got the bitchin snakes bitchin sister.

So the Fire elemental was killed by this? Will the leylines realign or is this a problem for another time we can't deal with?

>>17462666
Thanks, you have been a great help. Although it seems that everyone else left while I was taking my sweet ass time with the final post.

>>17462674
Ehh its cool. This is my first quest thread that ive spent any large chunk of time in and im fucking loving it...

>although im about ready to fucking murder captcha

>>17462672
You don't really know what will happen now, you aren't a mage. Leylines are part of nature, so it will probably end up fixing itself eventually.

>>17462633
so these things have darker skin seem to be shorter than hadrian (but he might just be tall) and i think i remember something about pointed ears but im too lay to check.
is all that correct and did i miss anything? (just trying to get a mental picture)

>>17462674

Theme song guy will always love you, i'm still here.

Also Archivist, yeah i'm getting the captcha problem too.

>>17462685
nope you are correct

>>17462685
They have:
>Dark skin
>Green eyes with vertical pupils
>pointed teeth (I was thinking fangs, but it doesn't really matter)
>pointed ears
And they are about up to your stomach.

>>17462683

As long as we keep anything else from messing with them, if i'm not mistaken.

>>17462683

thanks for the thread blackknight

well it is officially 1:20 here so i am out. good night all i look forward to the next thread

>>17462701

jungle elves/mountian cat elves

>>17462711
No problem, this is quite enjoyable for me as well. For most of the night I was sweating in anticipation on what was going to happen.

Also, heres the link to ALL the other threads if any late comers are confused.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Black+knight+quest

>>17462723
Its 5am here, but it was totally worth it.

>>17462738
your a better man then me Blacknight

Anyways, sleeptime. New thread tomorrow around 18:00-19:00 4chan time. I look forward to see you beautiful people there.

>>17462723
12:20am here but i have to be at work in 3 hours no sleep for the wicked

>>17462723
It's 9:36am here and I haven't slept yet.
TOTALLY WORTH IT.