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Here we go!

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Recent Events Summary:

You pursued Matthel into the bowels of the cathedral, and managed to subdue him. However, you let your guard down, and he used the opportunity to warn Metatron to release the sigil's anchor and move it to safety.

Arcturis, Hemmelus, and yourself entered the sigil cavern to stop Metatron. A prolonged battle forced Metatron to activate his most powerful spell, which, while killing him, managed to hold you off long enough to transport the sigil to safety.

You're now regrouped with your allies, and Arcturis, who has comitted himself to your alliance. With Sandalphon scheduled to arrive the next morning, however, he worries that you have no advantages - and now that the fourth demon lord has been summoned, you need every friend you can get.

You've consulted with Adavan, who managed to steal the final key to Hecate's seal during the battle against Metatron. You've agreed to free Hecate, after discussing the plan with your inner circle - Donovan, Auriel, Abigail, and Ila.

You then brought together Auriel and Fang, who agreed that it was the time to contact the Black Lady. But when you called, she didn't answer.

Later, you revealed the plan to unseal Hecate. Auriel didn't protest, but insisted she wouldn't help you, still unable to forget the war she fought against the former. You went with Abigail, Ila, and Adavan. A demon lord made a surprise appearance, but you managed to get away without any problems.

You unsealed Hecate, and have gotten her up to speed on current events, and on Erebus's original plan.

You returned to Arland, and briefly spoke with Sandalphon, who has brought his angels and his allies from Atlantis - and the Black Lady.

After surviving a sudden assination attempt, you brought your assailant to Fang for questioning. He worked with Auriel to pry what they needed from him. Sandalphon was only using his arrival to draw your attention from an assault on the Nemesis!

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>>30510073

Took the words from my mouth, anon.

>>30510076
The habbening is here

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/iLLgXYp0

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/6h1bkpKv

>>30510092

...What is that picture supposed to be?

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>>30510054
GET HYPE

>>30510115

An alternate universe Shadow who pretends to be Abby's guard dog.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 79/81
Mana: 76/76
EXP: 3

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Strong
(Maker) - Normal
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Strong
(Breeze) - Normal
(Hammer) - Broken
(Ardor) - Strong
{Resolve} - Empowered
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Aurora Water Gem (pocket)
Shade (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Haven - Inner Fortress

--Current Location--

Dobshire

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Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
Aurora - Water
Va'ad - South Generator - Earth
Va'ad - North Generator - Earth
Arland - Dryfeld - Water

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>>30510054
CHEERS TO 100 THREADS!

>>30510135
We've had waaaaaay more than 100 threads

>>30510135
Do we get exp for surviving 100 threads?

>>30510115
A dog in a doorway.
But the reflective properties of animal eyes makes it creepy as fuck.

>>30510153
I know, but I'm not counting the parts threads.

Let me have my fun anon.

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>>30510131

I have no problem with that.

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>100 threads

>Last time...

Auriel stands up. Her hands clench into fists. She looks at Fang. "Put him in that fucking thing if you want, I don't care. John, we need to go, now!"

"What?!" the angel says. "But you said - "

"You're lucky I don't kill you myself!" she shouts. "They're going after Donovan. This was all just a distraction!"

"Well, since he's no longer useful..." Fang opens the box and channels Spirit.

Wong releases the angel's bonds. The angel's arm is dragged toward the box's opening. He grabs his wrist with his other arm and tugs, digging in against the stone with his boots, but the box's pull is inescapable. He screams as his hand is sucked into the lid, and then his entire arm, all the way up to his shoulder. He begins to bend, and his head is pulled in next, and then his body, warped into the wood until he's gone.

Fang shuts the box. "Let's get going. What's our fastest available route?"

"Hamil and I have an active portal and communication link," Adavan says, "but while he's moving on the Nemesis, it'll be unstable. Can you provide the groundwork?"

"Certainly," Fang says. He focuses. Against the far wall of the dank bunk-room forms a sigil of spirit, half on the floor, half twisted up onto the wall. Adavan steps forward and focuses.

"You're opening a portal onto the Nemesis?" you ask.

Auriel nods. "Don't disturb him. He's waiting for Hamil to answer. Get ready to go through."

"Did the angel say anything else?"

Auriel shakes her head. "No, but the Ring City only brought 4 airships, didn't it? The Velarion has no power core, and the Noiralev is a wreck - that leaves them 2 to spare. If they're both attacking the Nemesis, it could be in trouble."

"The Nemesis made it through the Skysever," you say. "I'm not worried."

"But it has no weapons," Auriel says. "If they can pin it down or infiltrate it, they could disable its engines. It's not invincible."

There's a crackle of orange light. The sigil flares once, then vanishes. The portal opens.

Roll 1d100

Rolled 1

>>30510178
Rollan'

Rolled 1

>>30510178
FFFFF

Rolled 67

>>30510189
we fokin lost man

>>30510199
>>30510189

no FUCKING way

>>30510199
>>30510189
oh my god

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>>30510189
>>30510199

Rolled 83

>>30510178

>>30510189
IT'S HABBENING AGAIN! NOOOOO

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>>30510189
>>30510199

OH GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE IM SO SORRY GUYS IM SUDOKU'ING AS WE SPEAK

>>30510189
>>30510199

NO

SOMEONE IS FUCKING AROUND

SOMEONE IS USING THE INVISIBLE DICE

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>>30510189
>>30510199

Rolled 74

>>30510178

Insight roll, I hope?

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>>30510189
>>30510199

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>>30510189
>>30510199
I think we just summoned a demon lord inside the Nemesis.

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>>30510189
>>30510199

>>30510213
In honor of 100 threads of shitty shoadow luck can we ignore these?

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>>30510189
>>30510199

Fuck

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>>30510189
>>30510199

DEATH


DEAAAATH

>>30510213
if i wire you cash will you save us

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>>30510189
>>30510199

Welcome to Shadow Quest 100, anons! Now with more DIE!

Rolled 67

>>30510189
>>30510199

The portal explodes, killing Flint and auto-summoning Hyperion.

>>30510258
>>30510213
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!11

..please....

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>>30510189
>>30510199

And i was so happy that Shadow Quest was starting.

>>30510189
>>30510199

I think this is the worst roll I've ever seen.

I hope ti just does something annoying, like teleport us a few miles north of the airship or something.

>>30510213
Use the stored critfail here to make this a TRIPLE CRITFAIL

You know you want to

Rolled 78, 91, 45, 93, 76, 19, 42, 30, 81, 81 = 636

Testing dice

Hey, can we get our auto-crit fail now?

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>>30510199
>>30510189
Holy shit I feel so bad, and yet I'm laughing too goddamn hard. How in the name of all the dice gods could this have happened?

>>30510189
>>30510199
Abandon all hope. This is the end of Sir Donovan Flint.

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>>30510199
>>30510189

I tested, just in case, and they're legitimate.

That's unfortunate.

Well.

Here comes Dave guys.

>>30510258
seconding

>>30510189
>>30510199
>>30510213
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

>>30510189
>>30510199

And to mark Shadow Quest's 100th anniversary...!

>>30510312
And by Dave I mean he's going to arrive ON THE NEMESIS.

Fuck, I can't even.

>>30510308
Seriously? Can you just cut Shadow some slack for once? Please?

>>30510189
>>30510199

>Welcome to Shadow Quest's 100
>now with 500% more death and despair

"WE NOW RETURN TO SHADOW QUEST EPISODE 100: 'THE DEATH OF SHADOW QUEST'"

>>30510189
>>30510199
And that pretty much sums up the last 100 threads.

>>30510189
>>30510199

Remember that time we got our shit slapped by a book?

Is it gonna be like that again?

say goodbye to donovan

>>30510189
>>30510199

So... Who's going to be on the ship? Dave, Sandles or four Demon Lords? Or all of the above?

Donoven is dead or captured and we lost the Nemesis, GG angels.

>>30510308
I will bake you ten thousand cookies if you make this not happen.

So, BOTH Airships are attacking Nemisis.... Nemisis HAS been borded.... Shit IS hitting the fan, and the teleport spell doesn't work properly....

Aren't QMs supposed to compensate for shit rolls by making sure that there's a way out?

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I should be horrified, but I'm just sitting here waiting for the HAPPENING.

I'm shaking with excitement. I feel all tingly. This is going to be good.

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>>30510392
>lossing our bad ass airship before we use it for anything

>>30510419
We have to deal with Dave while the Nemesis gets boarded by Sandals

>>30510439
We'll have to compensate by artifacting Steward's Jaeger

>>30510439
Shadow is not meant to have airships, apparently.

>>30510468

Or Dynamos....

I wonder if it would be possible to convince Dave to fight for us.

Sandalphon wants to bring back Hyperion. If he really loves us, he'll fuck up angel boy.

>>30510460
This would actually be really interesting, if only because Dave could very well recognize the poor bastard and see it as an opportunity to try and win back our favor.

>>30510496
He may also devour Donovan to make sure it doesn't happen since that's far easier.

Do Not Want.

A white flashes through the portal. You here Hamil's voice, echoing through your head. <GET BACK!>

There's an explosion of Light.

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>you've taken 15 damage (64/81 HP)

You're buried in rubble. Your arms scrabble to clear it off of you, but there's stone everywhere. Part of the castle must have collapsed.

"...Shad...ow..."

You dig, and dig, and dig, desperately seeking the source of Auriel's voice. She's nearby. You throw up five or six tentacles to support the weight of stone above you and pull her out.

It's bad. One of her arms is broken. She's covered in cuts and scratches. <Auriel...fuck.>

"Heh...you shouldn't swear...sounds stupid..."

<You're going to be fine. You're fine.>

"...had worse." She coughs. "We gotta get...outta here."

<I'm healing you first!>

"Others...need help. Donovan...you've got to save him."

>Go fuck yourself. I'm healing you now.
>Alright, but I'm taking you with me.
>Ok. I'll be right back.
>some other strategy

>>30510467
>>30510468

fuck that if the angels are boarding the Nemesis we are stealing all the dynamo's from their airships

>>30510496

I think we can manipulate Dave to do any one thing pretty easily, as long as it's something he'd expect Erebus to order him to do.

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I look forward to our inevitable doom.


>>30510516
Ok. I'll be right back

She's a big girl.

>>30510516
>Ok. I'll be right back.

Auriel is a big girl, she's not gonna die from a broken arm.

We need to MOVE

>>30510516
>>Alright, but I'm taking you with me.
Pocket her

>>30510516
>Alright, but I'm taking you with me.

>>30510516

Oh god. Was that a warning 'GET BACK!' or 'DIE FOUL MONSTER YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD GET BACK'?

>>30510516
Do we have an approximate location for the Nemesis? I get the impression that teleporting is out the question now.

>>30510548
>>30510550
wouldn't she be safer where she is? I don't see the logic here

>>30510516
>>Alright, but I'm taking you with me.
POCKET

>>30510516
>some other strategy
Summon Hecate to heal Auriel and leg it

>>30510516
>>Ok. I'll be right back.

"You'd better not die. Donovan would be crushed."

I'm not that worried, she has her own healing magic.

>>30510516

>Ok. I'll be right back.

could we grab Donovan, put him in our pocket, drop him off with Auriel then go sort shit out?

>>30510580
Spirit has shitty healing.

>>30510516
>Ok. I'll be right back.
>>30510548
>>30510550
>>30510574
What the fuck are you guys doing? She's better off here

>>30510574
>>30510548
...hey SM, what happens to the pocket if we die?

>>30510573
POCKET

>>30510571
>Do we have an approximate location for the Nemesis?

You know the vague route it planned to fly. Might take time to search. Someone that knew its location more precisely might be nearby...

>>30510580

I thought that Spirit wasn't the healy type...

>>30510516
>Ok. I'll be right back.

>>30510592
Spirit healing is better then Auriel bleeding to death

>>30510592
And its a massive waste of her power. She also needs to conserve energy.

>>30510604
Yea skimmed over that the first time, still not sure about it. Pocket is pretty traumatizing and the castle should be safe.

Going back to the last thread, Raziel was the 4th highest? Really? The guy we beat by doping on a dynamo?

The hells up with the gap between him and Metatron?

>>30510516
deep focus

>>30510516
>>Alright, but I'm taking you with me.
pocket her, she's safer there than anywhere else

>>30510627
Raziel was 8th iirc anon.

>>30510627
8th Highest. Raphael is Fourth.

>>30510516
>Ok. I'll be right back.
<You'd better not die on me, Auriel. I wouldn't be able to handle the lack of daily snark. Stay safe.>

>>30510625
She can handle it

>>30510627
Raizel was 8th

>>30510516
>Part of the castle must have collapsed.
This is probably a lot worse than expected, given that we're in the dungeons.

>>Ok. I'll be right back.
But make sure she gets somewhere safer once she's healed. If things collapse further it'll be pretty bad.

>>30510581
>I'm not that worried, she has her own healing magic.
This is pretty reasonable.

>>30510610
>Someone that knew its location more precisely might be nearby...
Probably a good idea to try and mentally communicate with either Adavan or Yi Fang buried under rubble and see where exactly they were opening the portal to.

>>30510646
>>30510652

That's a bit more understandable. Even so, that's a hell of a jump. I guess Metatron and Sandles are Hyperion's Chosen, as opposed to his Servants?

>>30510627

Raziel was 8th Highest. He also underestimated you. You surprised him by blowing a hole in his stomach. Metatron knew you were coming and was prepared.

Alright, we'll pocket Auriel and drag her up through the rubble.

>>30510516
>>Alright, but I'm taking you with me.

>>30510679

Honestly, if you think about how old the angels are, it's surprising that they aren't more powerful as a whole. I mean, they've had hundreds of years to train and perfect their skills.

>>30510684
I wonder if she can heal herself in there.

Probably not, but eh. Whatever.

>>30510548
NO. POCKETS.

Especially not people we actually care for. Our pocket is a better torture device then travel aid.

>>30510719
I don't see why not

>>30510722
It's better than leaving her under all this rubble.

>>30510722
We put Obis in there for like 25 min and he was perfectly fine.

>>30510684
No no no no no! Pocket is a bad place. Can't we just carefully move her?

>>30510684
Warn her to prepare herself.

>>30510757
Just fucking pocket her, she'll be uncomfortable but she's been through much worse. She's not a delicate flower.

>>30510751
He still flinches every time we mention or use it.

Ok, let's see if Adavan or Fang can tell us the location and contact Hamil. In the VERY unlikely event that he is still alive, we can try to teleport again. Otherwise, manaport/supersonic time.

>>30510757
It isn't that bad. Obis took it for awhile and was perfectly fine. You're overreacting.

only downside to pocket is that you get put into TOTAL sensory deprivation.... while bearable in short durations, extended periods within may cause psychological trauma...

Though it should give her time to heal herself up a bit...

So what if we....
We attach an anchor to an object
Put that object in our pocket
Travel to the object
And open up our pocket?

>>30510684
Actually, can we use Detect Life/Detect Magic to locate and Ink through the rubble and pocket Adavan/Yi Fang as well to get them out as well?

Getting one of them to tell us where they were opening the portal to saves us more time than trying to search, even with the time spent getting them out taken into consideration.

>>30510784
No he doesn't, he just remembers how bad it was, it isn't like we traumatized him for life.

<I'm taking you with me. Don't move.>

You reach out and pocket the angel. She vanishes.

You turn up and claw through the rubble, shifting it back below you, and inking between rocks when you can. You breech the surface and puncture your way through to daylight.

The southern wing of the castle has collapsed, exposing a huge portion of the building. A landslide of rubble has poured down and piled against part of the inner wall, and down into the foundation. It's like you're in a barren wasteland.

Ila and Abigail are sprinting toward you. Tyrael lands nearby and immediately begins burrowing into the rock with hands coated in light. It piles up at his sides at a tremendous rate.

You un-pocket Auriel, laying her out on a flat portion of rock. "Elements, that was odd." She coughs again, and then begins to channel Light into her wounded arm. "I'll just slow you down, this will take time. You need to get to the Nemesis!"

"It could be anywhere along its flight path."

"...Adavan or Fang would have a better idea of the location. The portal would have told them that much."

"John, what the hell happened?!" Ila shouts. "We felt light, and then the castle just fell in on itself!"

What do you do?

>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble
>take off for the Nemesis immediately (bring allies?)
>some other strategy

>mana: 74/76

If we can save Flint, we need to bring him to Hecate immediately. Behind a barrier made to hold back Elemental Lords he'll be safe. None of this airship bullshit.

>>30510820
We're kind of busy.

>>30510820
Anchors attach to spatial coordinates, not objects.

>>30510832
>>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble

>>30510832

Statistically, we're safe from bad rolls for the rest of the thread.

Realistically, I'd want to take the entirety of Haven with us if we could.

>>30510832

>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble

Use Earthforge to speed up the search.

>>30510832

Fill them in on what's happening very quickly.

>>30510832
>>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble
Guess I got a little ahead of myself.

>>30510827
>use Detect Life/Detect Magic to locate and Ink through the rubble and pocket Adavan/Yi Fang as well
Or Deep Focus if that would be necessary instead. We should have a good idea of where Adavan is if he's still around thanks to our Servanting him.

Rather than trying to clear the rubble off of them, it's probably faster for us to do an amorphous wiggle between the rocks to their location and Pocket them out from the rubble.

>>30510875
Seconding.

>>30510832
>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble

>>30510832
>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble

The time saved by knowing the airship's location will make up for any time lost trying to dig them out.

>>30510874

Man, I wish we had Dave on our side. We could really do with a Nether castle and hordes of disposable allies.

>>30510832
>some other strategy
Why don't we just follow the Shel'kath trail?

>>30510883
This plan works great

>>30510832
If we bring allies, consider Arcturius. With Windburn, he's stronger than Chosen Ila is.

>>30510903
Because neither flint nor the sigil are anywhere near us, how are we supposed to see the trail?

>>30510901

Having Dave on our side would basically have meant going the Order route. We would have to be an utterly manipulative asshole to have what we have now and Dave and company.

If we can find him quickly enough

>>30510903

It's linked from Donovan to wherever the sigil is now. You have no trail to follow.

Alright, going for Fang/Adavan. Writing.

>>30510832
focus for spirit magic in the rubble.

>>30510924
Yeah, sorry, was too used to having that thing constantly hovering nearby.

>>30510832
>>search for Adavan or Fang in the rubble
More specifically, use detect magic, ask if they need help, then where the Nemesis is

>>30510922
We should pocket all our allies, it'd be perfect for an ambush if we can stealth our way onto the ship.

Speaking of allies, where would we find Shade? If we know where he is it'd be worth while pocketing him.

>>30510936

Wasn't Erebus really good at that? I mean, the Black Hand were fanatics, and Erebus never gave them a second glance. Dave became a male (hopefully non-romantic) Yandere, and Hecate was willing to seal herself away on his word. Guy made people dance on his strings.

>>30510943
>"John, what the hell happened?!" Ila shouts. "We felt light, and then the castle just fell in on itself!"
We should probably ask Auriel to fill them in while we're diving back in to find our bone bros, if you're not having us do that already.

>>30510985
He's probably already in our pocket.

>>30511019
This

>>30511021
Ah yes, you're right.

>>30511019
This

>>30511019
This.

>>30510054

Jesus Christ, we're off to a bad start, aren't we?

At least we can blame it on Sandalphon.

>>30511147
Yeah

If we're on the subject of bringing people to save flint, why don't we just bring Melody? If she can summon the staff she's basically a living god, and if not she can help us trump Sandals.

>>30511186
Just pocket everyone

>>30511186
there's a possibility she's been soul trapped, we need to remember to investigate later but for now she's too risky to bring along.

>>30511186
I am all for this.
We team up with her and consume sandalphon.

>>30511251
Soul trapped?

>>30511251
When was this ever mentioned?

>>30511275

Remember what the angels did to the Shadow and Spirit mages?

>>30511186
If Fang is alright and we can convince her, this would be a good plan. I'm pretty skeptical of our chances at Sandy right now.

>>30511275
The same thing they did to the shadow and spirit mages in the city. Basically makes someone a slave for the Ring city.

I hadn't thought of that, but it's a good point to bring up.

Don't you just hate it when people come up with their own personal theories and just assume that it's canon.

>>30511275
>>30511299

Like Ila was, Sandy said she's been dealt, I figure this was a possibility as to what he meant.

>>30511311
Okay thats full on paranoia. She openly sided with us in the negotiations and Sandals was furious. There's no way.

>>30511328
It's just speculation, I'm not pretending it's anything more than that.

>>30511251
Given that she seemed perfectly capable of communicating, even when it ran counter to the Angels' agenda, this is pretty unlikely.

Especially given that Lucifer seemed to be in charge of the whole operation, and he was dead long before Sandalphon contacted Melody.

<Auriel, explain,> you say.

While Tyrael burrows into the rubble like a human mole, you turn to Ink, slipping between the chunks of rock and mortar to quickly descend. A brief focus gives you five points of spirit - four smaller than the one. Luckily, Fang is almost right on top of three of them. Tyrael seems to be making relatively quick progress toward the fourth and relatively feeble ball of spirit.

You puncture through to Fang's position under the rock - and he's standing with his arms folded, the two councilors and Adavan at his side. A barrier of spirit holds the rock back. He glances at you. "I would have blasted our way out, but those panicking neanderthals are in the way."

"Drop your barrier," Tae Wong says. "I'll forge us a path."

Councilor Wong channels earth. After Valeria, he might actually be the strongest Earth Mage you know. Fang's glowing bubble of spirit vanishes, but the rock doesn't fall - it trembles, and then melts, reforming like water. A switchback stairwell appears above you, and you quickly climb the steps back to the surface. Auriel is still down, but looking better, if exhausted.

Tyrael is already back from his expedition - with Hamil.

Ila is on her knees. She clutches at Hamil's robes, tears pouring down her face.

>con't

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skLjnVQ677Y

Hamil's left leg is gone, and his shoulder had exposed bone, still smoking from the blast of light. He's barely alive.

"...not like this," Tyrael whispers. "You..." He grabs Hamil's shoulder. "You owe me a game of stones! You hear me?! Hamil! Hamil!"

"Stop," Ila says. "Just stop."

Abigail gently touches the back of Tyrael's neck. "...Highest..."

"Stop acting like he's dead!" Tyrael snaps.

"Lieutenant," Auriel says, "control yourself."

"He's still alive. We can still save him!"

"...I wouldn't have the strength, even were I rested. He's fading too fast."

Rock is punched up in the distance, drawing your gaze. Steward is emerging from under the ground. Vaz Grak climbs up behind him, scraped and torn up, but still fine.

A flare of light and a gust of wind are rapidly approaching from the top of the castle. Sandalphon and Arcturis are flying down toward you.

What do you do?

>write-in

>>30511374
...Is it raining?

>>30511414
WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING MURDER SANDALPHON!!!

>>30511251
Remember that soul trapping made them feel empty when we looked at them.

Melody doesn't feel like that.

>>30511414
So are angels good at healing, can we force Sandalphons arm into healing hamil?

>>30511414
GREAT HEAL

Then we force Sandals to fucking heal his ass

>>30511414

Max power Great Heal on Hamil?

Sure, he won't be pretty anymore, but at least he'll be alive.

>>30511447
>>30511373
Good point, you're right.

>>30511414

I guess I'll Scattenkrieg over and punch Sandalphon.

>>30511455
This

>>30511448
Would you stick your hand down a lion's throat?

>>30511414
>>write-in

ADAMANTIZE him to stop the bleeding

Then, but and use Earth forge to start regeneration and stabilize him

>>30511481
To save a life? Yes.

>>30511414
what if we chosen him?
i am NOT about to lose him.
the guy has been an absloute bro.
if he dies. fuck everything. we need to KILL sandalthong.

>>30511481

I might be able to trigger its gag reflex.

>>30511414
Hmm, it would appear that the angels earlier comments were not true (unless Sandy sent a subordinate to get Flint). We need to assess this situation before we do anything rash.

>>30511481
To save a friend

>>30511498

This might actually be a good idea.

Would Servanting Hamil save his life?

>>30511414
So we know that we can't do limb replacement, but our healing has proven more versatile than Auriel's in the past.

Great Heal to try and save him, and maybe even Dream Walk to infiltrate his unconscious mind to try make sure he still wants to save himself.

Being able to try and keep someone from going into shock even if they're unconscious is pretty useful.

>>30511455

I'll support a great heal.

In fact, use Maker to assist, split the energies to auriel.

Splint auriel, then use Earthforge to help the mending process

>>30511508
They probably sent ever other highest and a fuck ton of other angels and their allies there.

>>30511498
>>30511512
We have to be at a Shadow Pool people. Jesus.

>>30511481

Sure why not? It'll be a laugh if it ends poorly and if it works well then happy days.

>>30511498
Nah, we shouldn't waste a Chosen on him. He's really just a side character. I'm all for attempting to save him with a resource that isn't limited, however. Like Sandy.

>>30511508
>Hmm, it would appear that the angels earlier comments were not true (unless Sandy sent a subordinate to get Flint). We need to assess this situation before we do anything rash.
Double 20's were rolled to interrogate the angel. I don't want to get meta, but he was pretty fucking spooked, and there's no chance he was lying.

>>30511512
servanting someone does not make them immune to death friend.

>>30511512
>>30511498

It doesn't matter. You don't have the EXP.

>>30511482

Creative, but it wouldn't work. Adamantize doesn't turn someone into metal, it just makes them more durable.

>>30511527
This would explain why Sandalphon's main cronies aren't in Arland with us right now. They were ALL sent to the Nemesis.

>>30511530
we can go at a speed faster than sound. getting to a shadow pool isnt a problem.

>>30511541
temerity dude please leave

You guys seriously think Sandalphon isn't familiar with the process of servanting and realize it for what it is?

>>30511578

Well, can we Great Heal?

Even if we know it couldn't help, it wouldn't be out of character to give it a shot anyways.

>>30511541

Speaking of Chosen we should Arbiter Adavan first to teach Abigail not to be a jealous bitch.

>>30511596

Well, SM has shot down Servanting for Hamil, but we don't know for sure that Erebus had lower-level Servants, only that Dave was his Arbiter.

>>30511578
Well, if what you're saying is that he's going to die anyway... no need to let that delicious soul go to waste, right?

>>30511619
>Arbiter Adavan first
There's only One Arbiter...

>>30511584
This is pretty sneaky, and wouldn't surprise me at all.

>>30511578
I'm still behind doing something beyond just Great Heal, but the best I can come up with is still Dream Walk to try and speak to his unconscious mind to keep him from giving up.

>>30511606
whats the shard for healing anyway?
humanity? peace?
...resolve?

>>30511578

What if we consume Tyreal to get the xp to Servant Hamil? That way it'd be extra tragic if it fails.

>>30511606

You can Great Heal, that's very in-character. It won't be enough by itself, even if Auriel was able to help you.

>>30511619

You know, I've seen that come up a couple of times, and I think it's a bit silly to take her comments that far. Abigail was just pouting, she was only half serious. She's a little jealous, maybe, in the sense that she enjoys being your center of attention, but she would get over it. Sheesh.

>>30511663
Maker

>>30511578
>It doesn't matter. You don't have the EXP.

Are we seriously 1xp short of Earth's Gift?

>>30511653
We could use Frostbite to close the wounds.

I remember Vonegut doing something similar.

>write-in
Great Heal with shard support.

Great heal to keep him stable until Sandals comes around playing up the ignorance card. Then we flip it back on him and force him to assist in healing.

>>30511670
What about Great Heal + Maker?

>>30511670

Well, let's Great Heal Hamil then. Maybe we can give him a few extra seconds with his boyfriend, yo. That's probably worth it.

>>30511653
id say pretty much this. use maker to enforce it. and dream walking to have him not give up sounds neat.

also "where's abigail!?"

Deep focus to find the survivors after healing

>>30511687
> You're about to go over and help him, but he brings a hand up to his wound. Ice freezes across his flesh, creating a patch that staunches the blood. He keeps running. He's tougher than he looks. Well, you learned that firsthand.
Looked more like a stopgap measure, but it couldn't hurt.

>>30511670
What if we make Hamil an artifact?

>>30511715
>where's abigail

It's times like these I suspect people don't actually read what I write.

>>30511670
Let's artifact him. It's to save a life.

>>30511726
>Looked more like a stopgap measure, but it couldn't hurt.

ooh. Nice!

>>30511704
Wait...isn't there that one water prince around the castle somewhere? Think he might be better at healing?

Are we seriously going to dream walk in front of Sandalphon and leave ourselves completely vulnerable? He could just obliterate us with the magical equivalent of coup de grace while we're "away".

I'm all for keeping Hamil alive because he's the only one who KNOWS what's going down on board the Nemesis, but come on.

>>30511726
It might at least help stablize him. Which is what we need more than anything.

We aren't a good enough healer to completely fix this. We just need to keep him alive long enough for someone else.

>>30511739
>>30511745

We can probably only artifact Steward, and even that is a dumb idea.

>>30511726
I'm sure it hurt like hell. It's just that people rather feel a bit of pain they've known before than face death they're afraid of.

>>30511745
i wish it could work like this.
i really do anon.

>>30511414
>>30511698

This might be a plan. Either Sandy tries to play coy and thus has no reason to let a man die, or he decides to be an (even bigger) ass in front of Lord Flint.

>>30511759

Holy shit yes

>>30511760

I agree with you just on the premise that we need to get to Flint ASAP. Hanging around to play therapist with a dying man doesn't strike me as a good use of our time.

Great Heal, Hamil, and know that we tried our fucking best. Then, move the fuck on and get to Flint.

>>30511788
If sandals refuses then we make a beeline for him.

>>30511769

I dunno I'm sure Artifact Steward would be Diet Arbiter or something.

>>30511759
Chain Great Heals while topping off on mana constantly by portal tendriling to Haven mana pool. Either have the Water Prince summoned here or get Joey to guilt trip his waifu into healing Hamil.

>>30511769
I think we've got more than one use left. Even ignoring the moral dilemma, our faction is patchwork. We could risk alternating our allies of they knew we could have saved him and didn't.

>>30511760
The thing is that he's obviously still trying to play the "hurr i'm totally innocent" card, and running up and trying to CLEAVE AND SMITE on a guy who's in the middle of medical care is as far from that as he could possibly be.

That, and if we're in Hamil's mind, even if he IS going to give up the ghost, he can tell us what's happening on the Nemesis first.

>>30511823
It doesn't matter if Hyperion's re-summoning becomes secure. Two birds with one stone, anon.

>>30511739
then he'd be officially awesome

>>30511822
*alienating. Fuck this phone.

>>30511823

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Sandalphon is currently in the process of a hostile boarding action on our ship.

You guys are forgetting that this whole negotiations meeting was a ploy to keep Flint in Arland.

Sandalphon is only here to feed Flint to the Hyperion Summoning Sigil.

Do you think he gives two fucks about what the nations of the world think when Hyperion is only one heartbeat away from coming back?

Vote 1:
>Great Heal to try and keep Hamil alive

Vote 2:
>Use Frostbite to stem the bleeding. Ask for Sandalphon's help.

Vote 3:
>try to access Hamil's mind with Dream Walk

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Note: For the record, artifact only works on inanimate objects.

>>30511840
You can apply the same logic the other way; if he thinks he's going to successfully bring Hyperion back, he doesn't NEED to rush to try and kill us here at the price of public opinion.

He can have Hyperion come back, hold a big trial and then have THE BIG MAN claim that we're evil and blow us up for flawless moral victory.

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
no option for all 3?

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
>Great Heal to try and keep Hamil alive

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
3

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
1

>>30511879
1 and 2

>>30511374
Wait a sec... We should probably get the lowdown from Tyrael ASAP. We'll need info before we rush to Flint.

>>30511879
2

>>30511879
1

I'm wondering if Hyperion would be really weak upon his summoning.

And was Sandalphon really strong prior to him being turned into an Angel?

>>30511881
It's also possible he reveals that we did try to block the return of the Big Man himself in the meantime, which might taint our look somewhat.

>>30511978
Probably not, considering that the black lady isn't anyones servant and she nears his power

>>30511879
Since nobody in their right mind is going to vote for anything NOT including a Great Heal, is there going to be any time at all afterward to determine what else, if anything, to do?

Given >>30511670
>You can Great Heal, that's very in-character. It won't be enough by itself, even if Auriel was able to help you.
if not, we're just shooting ourselves in the foot by doing the reasonable thing first, which doesn't seem right at all.

>>30511978

Almost certainly. As far as we know, the only mortal more powerful was Dave.

>>30512008
Powerful mage + Vampirism boost anon.

>>30511985
But everyone here knows about it.

>>30512008

The Black Lady is a vampire, and possesses the Staff of Winds. And she's still much lower. As in, Auriel is to her as she is to Sandalphon.

>>30512017
I was just about to mention that, can we include option 2 or something? >>30511879

>>30512034
But not everyone here knows everyone here knows about

>>30512025
Vampirism can't be that much

>>30512044
The power scale did not account for the staff of winds

>>30511879
1

>>30512020

Was Dave that strong?

idk why not make him into a lich or a ghost?

>>30512044
Sandalphon could not even come close to stomping her like she could stomp Auriel.

>>30512061
he was erebus' arbiter. and pretty much his sandalthong. same power level

>>30511879

writing

>>30512017
I would think Purify, to prevent infection, and try to find a water mage.

>>30512061
>>30512085
Dave was much stronger than sandalphon

He was almost as strong as Hyperion.

>>30512052
The power scale only accounts for aura power too, which is only one factor in a fight. Yi Fang is a legitimate threat to Sandy for example.

>>30512061

He took on Hyperion and didn't die. That's a pretty solid mark of power.

>>30512052

Even without the staff, vampirism is probably on par with a Servanting. She probably also has a great understanding of blood magic, given her time on Xile.

>>30512118
Exactly, it does not account for skills and items

>>30512052
Quoted from SM's word of god:

"pastebin summary:

Natural Vampires:
>created by Archon in Archon-Empire wars in supersoldier experiments
>physically strong, and technically immortal, but very weak against magic, very easy to detect for mages; basically useless in war
>some few escaped; wild vampires are exceptionally rare because they're easily destroyed by magic or sunlight; no mage ever got infected for the same reason

>and then the Black Lady. Strong mage + vampirism = crahaaazeee shit"

I feel it may be too late to comment, but the dice gods exacted their payment for all those 100s, VoidBearer.

>>30512052
>the staff of winds
Wait a second, the Black Lady can summon the it, right? We should definitely bring her when we go to save Donovan.

>>30512085

Nah, if Sandles had taken on Erebus, he would have been eaten alive and probably wouldn't have put a scratch on him.

Dave took on Hyperion, and came out relatively intact. He's probably the most powerful mortal to ever live.

>>30512085

Also quoted from Word of God:

"Erebus gave power to only one human," she says. "Why him, or who he really is, or was...or whatever...no one knows. But he called himself Erebus's arbiter, and was the leader of the Black Hand. He was destroyed in the battle before the mutual annihilation event. At least...I thought he was."

<...you were there.>

"...it was a long time ago," Auriel says quietly. "But Legion's power was at least double that even of Sandalphon."

>>30512157
I don't know where you guys got the idea of her "summoning" it. she may have it hidden or in some sort of pocket dimension but the term "summoning" in this setting is completely wrong.

>>30512216
That is scary/

>>30512216
So. Heeeh.

Would anyone be willing to fail banishing a certain succubus and ask a certain Dave if he's willing to accept a certain last mission?

>>30512216

...And that was before he became whatever he is now.

Goddamn, would it have been that hard to pretend that we gave a shit about him? Having someone who could benchpress Sandles would be pretty handy about now.

>>30512264

Honestly, Dave would probably be happy to receive the kind of mission he'd expect Erebus to give. If we handed him a list of the highest and the Demon Lords, he'd probably start chewing through them.

>>30512264
Honestly.... I'm down for asking Dave if he Wants to kill Sandalthong, saying that he is trying to Summon back the greatest enemy of Erebus, Hyperion.

>>30512216
This makes me think... What if Dave could be summoned as demon lord #5? Then we'd really have to face our demons huehuehue

>>30512260
>>30512264
>>30512268

Same poster, I would like to clarify one thing.

Chaos has grown substantially as per EVERYONE's ramblings. Sandals has become far stronger in the interim from that battle 700 years ago.

Dave is a being of Order now like us, I doubt he has also grown at that rate. I'm not saying he still isn't stronger, but they may be closer to even.

>>30512264

Dave would buttfuck Sandles, yes, but I don't think the rapetrain would stop there, guys.

Dave would keep on raping until he got back to us.

>>30512264
>fail banishing a summon
><Dave, you see that guy over there? Remember him? The smugfuck with white wings?>
>Y̶̧̧̛͝E̵͡Ę̵̨͏͠E̸̕҉̕S̵̶̷̀͡S͏̨̀͜S̡̧ ̶̕͞M̴̨͢͡Á̵̵̕Ś́͝S̵͜͜S̡̛͘Ţ̷͟Ę̴̨͠R̸͏Ŗ̶?̴̴̨͢
><Enjoy.>
>Ý̶̗͓͍̲̝̳̹̤̯̲͞͡È̡̛͕̻͍͖̺͉̰̻͓͎̦͈͇̥̥͟E̵̹͍̲͉̥͟Ş̛̘̙̩̟̪̺̥̤͟͜ͅͅS̼͉̗̦̝̪͕̟̺͕̜͚͈͕̤̖̀͞ ̺͓̝͙̟͇̗̩̺̯̬̣̭͈̺͓͜͠M̛̲͖̬͔̭͚̩͚̳̖̜̮͈̮͜ͅA͟͢͏̹̖̫̰̰͚Ą̡̠̹͉̙̮̫̼̥̖̕͝͝Ş̴̵̦̦̩͍͈̲̹̠̯͕̙͚̭̲̻̟S̷̵̫̝̜̼̲̝̠͔̻̮̬̘̳̞̟̕͝ͅS̶̴͇̺̯͖̙̙̬̝̲̖̥̗͇̙̯̱T̛҉̴͔̳̲͕̹̪̺E̴̛̪͎̮̗̯͔͎̦̘̠͘͟R̴̴͓͇̫͓̀͡!̸̀͠҉̳͎̟̥ͅ

>>30512307
No anon, no.

Dave wants OUT of the Nether. What opens up the Nether to let everything out? Pentaverate.

Dave wouldn't kill the Demon Lords.

>>30512319

He's also been camping in the Nether. Either he's been eating for that time, or he's been adapting. The first way, he's now even more powerful. The second way, he's probably the closest being to us in terms of pure nature.