OCC: Nope, I have no problem with this.

Karn, and his brothers, same

The reply to the lich's challenge was instantanious, Karn released dozens of throwing stars, and his brothers rushed forward to kill this abomination permanantly. The middle one's fist blurred as he tried to smash the undead creature's chest. Elven shortsword slashed through the air as the eldest brought it down in an overhead-chop, and the three attacked it from multiple directions.

But Karn found himself hanging back, hesitant to enter the melee. Something isn't right..... Then he noticed the staff's malevolant red glow. That radiates raw power, we don't even know what it does. He stepped back, feeling somewhat frightened by the thing that the lich wielded.

He couldn't bring himself to caution his brothers, he couldn't find his cold voice........

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Fervus, going out in a blaze of glory. (quite literally.)

There was no time for Fervus to evade the storm of attacks. Even if there was time, he couldn't. His body was simply too slow. Bones shattered under the assassin's attacks.
,,This is the end. Ironic, to be killed by someone who is an infant compared to me in age."

The Lich mustered all of his remaining strenght.
,,If you think you've won, YOU ARE WRONG! AS MY LAST DEED IN THIS WORLD, I WILL DESTROY YOU!" He smashed the staff's butt into the floor, releasing its powers in a massive explosion. The explosion tore through everything in its path, showing no mercy. Even the mountain could not withstand its might. Without encountering any resistance, it smashed through the ceiling. Higher and higher it rose, becoming a wonderous pillar visible througout the province. From all corners of Cyrodiil, people turned to watch the display.

As sudden as it had appeared, the pillar vanished. In the center of a blackened crater where two things. The staff that glowed a bright white from the heat, and a pile of ash. Fervus, the man who had escaped death twice before had embraced his final fate.





(So uh, did the brothers die? They could've jumped away at the last moment. If not, that attack utterly wipes out anything so I don't think there would be enough left of them to put in a grave. Also, consider most of the cave ruined. Also, bedtime. Goodnight.)

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Karn, aftermath

Karn simply stood there, and watched as his brothers beat the lich savagely. The lich yelled, and thrust that malevolent staff into the ground, the flash of light was blinding.
Before the light overwhelmed his eyes, Karn saw his oldest brother leap back, but he wasn't as far away as Karn. The cavern was swallowed up in an instant, the dunmer ninja felt himself get lifted off his feet, flames licking at his body and lightning coursing through him, he was thrown into a wall, and felt unimaginable pain as he slammed into a wall.

Ian, nearby

Before the pillar appeared, Ian had been looking down at the area where the camp was located. The only warning of its brilliance was the brilliant glow that was emiting from the cave's enterance. Then the crown of the pillar blew half the mountainside of, sending it cascading onto the camp.

Ian covered his eyes, but it took several minutes for the spots to completely dissappear. When he reopened them, he beheld a different landscape the before. A small portion of the Silhouete's camp was buried under the mountian's pieces.
What in Oblivion just happened? The vampire/Imperial agent stared down upon the enemy's base.

OCC: Not sure if the eldest will survive, but Karn will. Fervus will be missed....... at least when everyone realizes he's the one who died saving Satyana.

Flogir

Flogir suddenly stopped in his tracks once he saw the brilliant display of light flaring off in the distance. It wasn't long until a noise similiar to thunder reached his ears.

"Was that just an explosion? That was east right?" Flogir said astonished.

I sure hope Satyana wasn't where ever that was...


Voltar, Location Unknown

Voltar sensed a mighty surge of energy and turned to see a towering inferno of light.

"My my, somebody possessed a nice little toy there. Doesn't look like they're using it anymore though," he mused turning to Veric.

He had instantly probed the source of the blast and found that whatever called it had disappeared. And Voltar was quite sure in his abilities to find those who tried to hide after using such power.

"Must've been a last ditch effort..."

Flint Ironwood, looking at Fervus' tombstone.

The Breton sensed the disturbance in Magicka. Instantly, his eyes turned towards where that disturbance was coming from. There he saw how a distant mountain literally seemed to explode in a pillar of roaring flames and crackling lightning. Several breathless seconds later, the sound of the explosion washed over the group.
Flint watched at the pillar with his mouth wide open in stunned disbelief. He surely wasn't the only one.
,,What the hell is that? Wait a minute....it looks familiar. Where did I see it before?"

Flint's memories conjured the image of a man hidden underneath a brown robe. A staff in the man's hands, zombies trying to kill him as a female Dunmer watched. Then, the staff hitting the snow and a terrible power being unleashed.
,,I saw that before. Fervey! The old man is there!" The Breton shouted and made his horse go faster. If the old man found it necessary to use that trick, then he was in serious trouble.
,,Well, looks like we no longer need to seek Sathyana. I bet that wherever she is, it must be close to that pillar of doom!" He shouted back at the group.

Satyana, somewhere...

Satyana whined when she was hit by Fervus´ hand, at the same time she was magically moved away...in a way that , despite the healing-spell made her feel very sick....

One moment she was lying on the cold stone floor, the next she was floating in the void, not knowing up from down. Finally she ended up.....somewhere! She hadn´t the faintest idea where she was. Also she felt very sick, not from the poison but from the ghastly travel

oh....where am I? Issac? Rann?

Then she lost consciousness again

Issac

Issac paused to gaze at the pillar, awestruck. What sort of thing has enough power to create something like that? He continued to stare until the sound from the explosion made him clamp his ears shut in pain.

He only heard part of what Flint said, as his ears still hurt. But he understood enough, whoever this Fervus is he's one powerful being..... Then he could have sworn he heard something else, but it was faint.
Satyana? Issac realized who he'd heard, and felt sure that he'd heard her. But where is she? I can't track someone through telepathy...... The Valus Mountains didn't feel right anymore, but he could't tell where Satyana was for certain.

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Flogir

"Hey, hey, wait Flint!" Flogir shouted at the rapidly leaving Flint, "Do you seriously think it's safe to go running towards a place where a pillar of fire and lightning just shot out of!? That thing is like a beacon that just screams "Everyone! Come here!". That place is going to be crawling in baddies in no time, friend."

Flogir hesitated before continuing. "Plus, who could survive something like that?"

Flint Ironwood.


Flint reluctantly slowed down.
,,Fervus can. The only time I saw him do that, he wiped out like a dozen zombies but didn't even get a single wrinkle in his robe himself. On the other hand, the pillar was much smaller then. Something like this must cost an amazing amount of Magicka." He watched the remains of the mountain in silence.
,,Just what was he doing there? He would never join up with the Sil, I know that. Nor would he go seek a fight unless he was really pissed."

He addressed the whole group.
,,Alright, what do we do? Are we going to check out that mountain or are we going to continue our aimless search for Sathyana? I personally have the feeling that she must be close to there. And, I also want to see if an old friend is ok."

Green-Root, near Hero Hill.

Green-Root hissed angrily. He had been told to go inspect the base here but just before he arrived, half the mountain was destroyed and threw what was left of the base into chaos.
,,Perhaps the Silhouette is not on the winning side after all. Yes, a cornered man will fight with all his might. In this case, the cornered man was quite powerful. He is not the only one with such power. I'll have to investigate."

Flogir, thinking

"Well, it might be good to split off into smaller groups, one of them could look for Satyana, while the other investigates the explosion," Flogir thought out loud, looking over the group.

An idea crosssed his mind when he looked at Serene and Issac.

"How far away can you two be to speak telepathically with each other?" he asked Serene and Issac, "Because you two could be separated into two different groups, but we'll still be able to communicate with the other group if need be. That is, if you can reach each other over fairly long distances."

Flogir wasn't familiar with telepathy, but if the situation worked out, they would be able to get more done faster. It was risky having a smaller party, but smaller also meant they could sneak through the enemy easier.

Serene

"Pretty far...in fact distance isn´t an issue....the minds are! You see if I focus hard and ´say´something to Issac or Satyana, they receive it almost wherever they are..if they haven´t ´shut off´their minds, or are unconscious...which I think Satyana is right now, because naturally I´ve tried to reach her, but she doesn´t answer"

"Maybe we should split up....on the other hand we are stronger if we stick together....and more vulnerable!"

Flint Ironwood, adding his thoughts.

,,Strenght is not an issue. We should focus on stealth here. Remember that whatever is out there will be extremely pissed by now. Even if we stick together, we won't be able to take on a whole army. So I'd say that the splitting is a good idea. We'll have to leave the horses behind though. They're big and easily spotted."

He dismounted his owne horse and patted the creature on the neck.
,,I am worried about Sathyana. If you can't reach her, she's at least unconscious. In the worst case scenario.....let's not think about that."

Flogir

"Well I second the choice of splitting up then. We're going to need stealth for what we have to do, especially since that explosion is likely going to draw a lot of enemies here because they'll think they're under attack. So, who wants to go find Satyana, and who wishes to investigate the explosion?"

Serene

"I´ll go for Satyana, if Rann or Issac will come it´s good, she´ll wanna se some friendly faces when we find her.."

Flint Ironwood.

,,As long as we keep the ability to communicate between the two groups, it's fine with me. I'll go to the mountain. Who else wants to come?"

Flint distanced himself from the group.
,,Those who want to go find Satyana, go stand next to Serene. Those who want to check out the explosion and perhaps get hunted by an angry gang of baddies, go stand next to me."


Green-Root, Hero hill.

Green-Root cast a simple invisibility spell on himself and moved towards the cave unseen. Inside, he found a massive pile of rubble in his way. A staff that was radiating heat lay at the center of a large crater.
,,I'm not going to touch that cursed thing. If it won't kill me, it would still injure me greatly."

He looked around a bit more and saw two Dunmer laying on the floor. One was still breathing but the other, he wasn't sure if the man was alive or death.
,,Focus on the one with the greatest chance of survival."

Green-Root crouched down near Karn and layed down his spear. Rummaging around in his sack, he retrieved a collection of herbs, potions and a pair of pincers. With the pincers, he carefully removed the stonefragments from the man's many wounds. He then made sure he desinfected them before applying the herbs and bandages on the burns and scrapes.
,,Live, elf. The Silhouette still needs you."

Ian, Hero Hill

After a good while climbing down the butte he'd seen the explosion from Ian shook his head. This is too slow, I guess I should test what I can accomplish now... With that he leapt from the narrow patch of ground and began to jump from rock to rock, making his way to Hero Hill.

He decided to forget being stealthy, nothing he knew could survive being buried under meters of snow and be ready for a fight. He approached the cave cautiously, remaining wary of any ambush.

Issac, group

He felt conflicted on where he wanted to go, Issac wanted to find Satyana, but there might be something useful at the site of the explosion. If Rann went with Serene then naturally Issac would have to go to the camp.

I'm sure I heard Satyana. He finally moved toward Serene, hopefully the others will be all right...

Karn, battered and bruised

Karn coughed blood as he regained consiousness. He felt like he'd been trampled by a guar stampede and dunked under a lava pool for a few seconds. Karn opened his eyes slightly, taking in the fact that Green-Root was helping him.
"I don't care if the Silhouete was Mehrunes Dagon's most trusted advisor, but I don't intend to die here." He only managed to whisper, his chest hurt with every breath.

Flogir, making his decision

Flogir walked up to Flint's side. "I'll help Flint investigate this explosion. I'll be stealthy enough, I promise."

Flogir thought his soldier's training would help him observe the Silhouette's army and what they might try to be doing. With Serene and Issac deciding to look for Satyana, they had more than enough power magically and tactifully that his muscle was not needed.

Veric

"That was impressive," Veric said astonished, sensing the power as well though not comprehending the status of the source as Voltar did. The two had travelled silently alongside the group of adventurers originally ran into in Leyawiin, though they had split off after a while and now Veric and Voltar were stalking the wilderness alone heading in the general direction of the blast that had just occurred.

He turned to his companion, "I would like to see what kind of power caused an explosion like that. Change of plans," Veric grabbed Voltar's shoulder abruptly and in a flash of light the two were rippied across the landscape before Voltar had a chance to protest; a teleportation spell. The only flaw with teleporting like this is the threat of getting half way stuck in a rock or some sort. Which is why the two appeared about fifty feet in the air.

Veric let off a quick feather spell allowing him to land softly if not very gracefully. He imagined Voltar would be sharp enough to do the same. "This makes me feel young again, sneaking around like this," he said almost giddily. The young Breton face he had switched back to had made the statement a little confusing though.

They crouched in some brush, watching the entrance to the cave for activity, wary of anyone trying to sneak up on them.

Voltar

Before Voltar knew what was happening, the sensation of teleportation magic enveloped him and he soon found himself hovering in the air alongside Veric. He quickly casted a feather spell of his own and landed somewhat roughly on the ground, having to use his legs to brace the fall.

An annoyed looked crossed his face as he turned to Veric. "A little warning would've been appreciated."

He then looked around at his surroundings and found that they must be at the location of the blast, as rubble littered most of the area.

He crouched down in the bush with Veric, who had now reverted back to his Breton form.

At least we're doing something... Voltar thought as he peered at the cave entrance for activity.

Ian, hero hill

There was a flash of light and a slight thump as if something had fallen. Ian spun to look around the area, and slowly began to search for what had made the disturbence. He narrowed his eyes, the new vampiric instinct kicking in somewhat.

Leaping high into the air he landed on a ledge above and behind a set of bushes....... and those bushes were hiding two people, a breton and a high elf.

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