[RP] The Killer of the Sewers

[zhai]

Zhai meets Gwinn, Alliva and Eid somewhere near the plaza. "It's time to hunt him down. My rangers have tracked him down to a valley near Ojaveda. He's been hiding there so if we bring enough swords he won't escape this time. We'll have to be careful, if he's ready to summon this collective he refers to we must be ready for any surprises". Soon after that, Alliva is already calling for volunteers down the plaza. The flyers and posters call for everyone:

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"Hear, hear, citizens of Yliakum:

The time to catch the Killer of the Sewers has come.

Let us put an end to his foul ways and bring him to justice once and for all.

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[ We'll be forming the hunting party on Sunday 6, at 22GMT (6pm eastern time). Show up at Harnquist's shop and look for Alliva and Gwinn, who will be leading the hunt. Everyone can join in, no matter how inexperienced in the game you are. I would like to especially invite those guilds dedicated to the enforcement of the law. Look for me ingame or PM me if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!]

[Siteri Kidachi]

I hope to be there. Thankfully the action will be taking place near Oja so if I die on the way to Harnquist and you start without me (or if I forget to get on until a little later), it'll actually help. I'll be able to rush in in the middle of the action and help out! (That is if I can find out where you are.)

[Brenin]

Zhai approaches Jayose with a small piece of paper, where four words can be read:

"Daennor Angamarath Gorhoth Guliant"

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- These are the words chanted by the Klyros in his foul ritual- she says to the librarian- We learned this thanks to a vision Einnol had of the killer... Can they be translated?

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- I cannot put my trias on it but there are certain similarities to an ancient root of elven dialect. Maybe if you break the particles... "Dae" for instance... [...]

[the spell can be translated indeed. do your best! we need to figure out its meaning!]

Interesting, interesting. According to one ancient book I've seen, reputedly from beyond Yliakum if such a thing is believable, the breakdown might go something like this:

Dae: shadow
nnor: (unknown, probably not a dictionary form but rather a mutation where certain letters change or drop out when not a stand-alone word; possibly from 'dor/ndor' meaning 'land')
Ang(a): iron (or possibly a mutation of 'anca' meaning 'jaws')
(a)marath: (unknown, possibly a mutation of 'mereth', feast, or of 'amarth', doom)
Gor: horror/dread (or possibly a mutation from 'gaur', werewolf, considering the blood-eating attacks)
hoth: host/horde
Gul: sorcery
iant: bridge

[zhai]

[well done! seems like you too got the meaning of it. congrats ]

[Weavers]

(We will attempt to have a representitive there to deputize any who wish it. Might as well do this 'buy the book'. We will be passing out the large blue badges of the Civil Patrol for any that wish them. As an added bonus, you will be rememered for future RPs. Not a bad idea to have some friends in the 'police', now is it?

If you are in a guild, but wish to be deputized, ask your guild leaders if a temporary change would be in order for your character. Maybe they will even give you extra points for doing a civic duty on your return?)

[Kaerli]

I will try to be there.  (Don't expect me to do anything huge with my pair of Frosty SSs though).

[Thoughtcrime]

Ah, unfortunately you picked the RL day of Delsabor's birthday, so unfortunately he and I will be out to dinner and unable to attend >< Why is it that I always miss the fun role play events?

[Allive]

yeah all come myself (Alliva) will be there to mannage the hunting i hope i dont screw it up.

[Under the moon]

Just curious (as I will not be there), do you have rules for this 'hunt'. Or shall it be a kick-the-door-down-and-go-in-with-both-guns-blazing-every-kran-for-kranself-and-take-no-prisoners type of thing?

Tell me how it goes.

[zhai]

[There will be some rules, of course, and some surprises ... but they will be given ingame as the party gathers. if you're really interested in hearing them i can PM you, we'll welcome any suggestions.]

EDIT:

Alliva, Gwinn and Eid awaited for volunteers to go after the killer. Brave men and women approached as they called for help. To them came Falida, Dererun, Caphil, Idoru, Zamber, Sayuluvic, Siteri, Ehasara, Vaice, Kaerli, Ralarssenth, Einnol, Jeikei, Nomenag, Slithis, Holdan, Gharan, Gisera, Spetyco and Vaice. Let them tell now what they saw...

[daehaz]

- Come... I'm waiting for you- says Daehaz to himself as he sees the patrol approach the volcano where he hides. He starts shouting his enchantment, opening the way for the collective. It's still too soon and the effect won't be permanent but he has no choice or they will trap him.

- Daennor Angamarath Gorhoth Guliant!

His voice thunders through the valley as a dark wave sweeps through the hunters that come for him. The Collective start to claim vessels. The first was Idoru, who happened to find the klyros sooner than the others. His mind was taken and maddened and his wrath unleashed upon his companions. Holdan was also taken and then Kaerli and Jeikei. This last warrior's mind was strong and the Collective had to resort to much power to take over. Soon they were attacking each other, killing themselves before Daehaz.

Then Sayuluvic stood before Daehaz. Holdan attacked but the brave elf could dodge his attacks and run after the klyros. As Daehaz ran to a safer spot he saw how Alliva was struck down by Jeikei, who was efficiently getting rid of so many hunters... and it was him who dealt with Sayuluvic. The klyros and Jeikei then became the hunters, yet the collective had suffered casualties. Idoru and Holdan were down and Jeikei's mind was fighting back. The control he had over him soon broke and Jeikei woke up. The klyros tried to control Jeikei's mind again but with no effect.

Jeikei called for help and tried to trap the klyros casting weakness on him. However, darkness had no effect in him. Soon Einnol arrived and saw Jeikei healing the klyros. Confused, he hesitated but Jeikei rushed to explain: "The holy magic of the crystal is his weakness! Heal him, quick!". Soon the others survivors arrived. Falida, Einnol and Jeikei managed to pin down the killer with Life Infusion while Gwinn wielded the holy sword known as Laanx's Mind, with which all the darkness within Daehaz was vanquished. The Collective was no more.

Broken, injured and abandoned by his dark allies, Daehaz surrendered, begging for mercy. He was then taken to the city and locked up in a cell withing the temple of Laanx. His tricks and attempts to get away were futile. The killer was trapped.

[Kaerli]

  1 problem that could have been prevented:  Teamkilling amongst members of the collective.  Jeikei, for one, wiped me out right after I was possessed (while I was trying to take out Gisera no less).   

[zhai]

[yes, well, we never said the collective was organized. we thought it would be more fun if the chars involved would not know who were good or evil. so yes, evil killed evil and some good guys killed other good guys in the maelstrom of chaos. ]

[Siteri Kidachi]

...I got a rock.

I mean I died.

[Allive]

Alliva with the help of eid and gwinn gatherd the group of hunter in front of harnquist and moved out slightly behind schedul. Regrouping before the area were the killer had been spoted alliva decided to split the hunters into teams to find and capture the killer as quick as posible. leading there teams the hunters moved out and started to serch soon the teams started to lose members to the world or getting lost or falling victims to the collective. Alliva comes apoun eid and asks eid if he had spoted the killer.
After a quick conversation alliva proseded on but as he did he heard a screem behind him and iduro feel to the ground not knowing if eid was possesd or not he made a snap desistion and stuck at eid quickly and desisvely. strikeing eid down he noticed that eid was not posesd and felt sad. Continueing the hunt he spoted daehaz and ran toward him at that point a dagger from an elf struck him down. After some time and much effort to restore himself to the land of the living alliva found the last of the hunters had caught daehaz. quickly running over he helped the others drag daehaz to the laanx temple and threw him into his cell. Alliva created a barrier of light like he did with gwinn to seal daehaz there and left the klyros to face his judgment.