Grief and Fury [Quote based Worldbuilding Game]

[OriginTrainer]

Breaking News: Strange Woman Found in Shake Shack, Turns Out To Be Living Proof That Multiverse Do Exist!

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Headline from Kipo's Eye Channel #5, one of the 8 worldwide channels used to disseminate information of all kinds by the spider-like 'God of information; Kipo'. Apart from running his channels in the background, he coordinates other heroes whenever they are in range of his servers and satellites. Said objects are rapidly becoming deployed in more corners of the world, with a worldwide web said to be the future.

The news footage shows a weirdly dressed woman with a local devouring the Shacks specialty burgers with near-ravenous relish. Halfway through the numerous meals, she seems to be startled as numerous items and inlaid gilding on her clothing and person suddenly begin glowing, buzzing and all manner of actions, before she disappears, leaving behind a large scar through local space-time.

What was assumed to be unsanctioned, experimental teleportation was revealed to not be the case, as inquiries made to the other side of the wormhole revealed that the other end terminated outside their own reality cluster.

Armed expeditions are being prepared, and the shack has been converted into a heavily guarded facility built around the now stabilized scar.

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"Death to the wretches, for they revel in the Darkness!

Death to the witches, for they betray us all for corruption's poisoned power!

Death to Ozymandias, for the city has welcomed both into her arms for far too long!

We shall purge them all in cleansing flame! Purifiers! To me!"

 

[Apollo_Man]

"Death to the wretches, for they revel in the Darkness!

Death to the witches, for they betray us all for corruption's poisoned power!

Death to Ozymandias, for the city has welcomed both into her arms for far too long!

We shall purge them all in cleansing flame! Purifiers! To me!"

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– A war chant from a heretical sect of the Order of Ylana as they prepared to launch a genocidal attack upon the city of Ozymandias. Formerly a military wing of the order, Sodal's Vengeance eventually grew more blasphemous, violent and even more fanatical when they began to slaughter anyone who are considered "impure in Ylana's eyes", with their first act of blasphemy being the Jakan Massacre, with the total of 200,589 innocent lives being killed in their blind crusade to save the world. As a result, the Order of Ylana had deemed them as heretics before banishing them forever more.

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"Before we go into that world, I would to brief into you all of Oracle's latest visions. Warnings, to be exact."

"Alright then, Jetfire. You may proceed."

"She warned me that there are lots of monstrous shits to be expected on the other side of the portal. Biological abominations roaming in some parts of land, psychic shape-shifting beings of darkness stalking and corrupting the hearts and minds of the unlucky, greedy rulers who'll stop at nothing to get what they wanted, fucking Puritans on crack, empires that still practice slavery and shits, and so forth. Know that these are fractions of dangers lie ahead so listen to this: keep your eyes peeled, don't trust anyone there so easily, don't get caught lacking and always stay strapped!"

"Remember that we're not gonna be having some happy-go-lucky Isekai story, ladies and gentlemen. No, we're gonna hop into a world that is a unholy mix between the Witcher and Warhammer Fantasy. May God have mercy upon us."

 

[Gaemnomut]

Spoiler: my bad

"Death to the wretches, for they revel in the Darkness!

Death to the witches, for they betray us all for corruption's poisoned power!

Death to Ozymandias, for the city has welcomed both into her arms for far too long!

We shall purge them all in cleansing flame! Purifiers! To me!"

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- Mother Antonina, high priestess and leader of the Sisterhood of The Great Spinner, leading the detachment of Purifier Acolytes into the breach during the Siege of Grustonia. this was two days befor the Learnian cataclysm devastated the region.

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"Another year gone already? We have kept watch for so long, time... just flows like sand through the fingers. Still the vigil holds, and that is all that matters."

 

[Apollo_Man]

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Um, bro? I already replied to that one

 

[Gaemnomut]

Ah damn, how did I miss that?
Ok, I don't have time to write something else atm, feel free to disregard my post kn the mean time.

 

[OriginTrainer]

– A war chant from a heretical sect of the Order of Ylana as they prepared to launch a genocidal attack upon the city of Ozymandias. Formerly a military wing of the order, Sodal's Vengeance eventually grew more blasphemous, violent and even more fanatical when they began to slaughter anyone who are considered "impure in Ylana's eyes", with their first act of blasphemy being the Jakan Massacre, with the total of 200,589 innocent lives being killed in their blind crusade to save the world. As a result, the Order of Ylana had deemed them as heretics before banishing them forever more.

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"Before we go into that world, I would to brief into you all of Oracle's latest visions. Warnings, to be exact."

"Alright then, Jetfire. You may proceed."

"She warned me that there are lots of monstrous shits to be expected on the other side of the portal. Biological abominations roaming in some parts of land, psychic shape-shifting beings of darkness stalking and corrupting the hearts and minds of the unlucky, greedy rulers who'll stop at nothing to get what they wanted, fucking Puritans on crack, empires that still practice slavery and shits, and so forth. Know that these are fractions of dangers lie ahead so listen to this: keep your eyes peeled, don't trust anyone there so easily, don't get caught lacking and always stay strapped!"

"Remember that we're not gonna be having some happy-go-lucky Isekai story, ladies and gentlemen. No, we're gonna hop into a world that is a unholy mix between the Witcher and Warhammer Fantasy. May God have mercy upon us."

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The last debrief of the United Kingdoms Alliance-assembled Hero and military group; Mythchaser, before proceeding to cross the Goron Gate to Ylana's world.

The group consisted of a team of 7 star heroes from different disciplines, a handpicked team of veteran soldiers with different specialties, and a small group of scientists there to make sure the gate remained open on the other side.

By this time, two incursion events from the other side of the gate to theirs have occured, with the on-site team at the now named Rift facility being slaughtered to the last by the aforementioned abominations in the first one, and completely repelling the second with the help of several stationed 7* heroes. The bodies were taken for study, and the discovery of the seemingly sentient force of Darkness animating most of the abominations prompted a worldwide response to beef up the armed expedition.

The public have been kept in the dark about the corruptive effects of their bodily fluids and flesh.

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"I have been blinded for so long by faith and dogma. The Darkness... It is not the pure evil we are taught it is. It has shown me wonderful things. Terrible things. Hidden in our flesh and blood, in the land, seas and sky.

I have torn out my false eyes of flesh and finally I can see.

See past the illusion of faith the Orders will have you believe.

This world is made of the rotting meat of God.

Is it not wrong? To not feast on the bounty our father has given us?"

The following pages are illegible, stained with all manners of blood and offal to the point of uselessness. Disturbingly, the viscera remains fresh despite the decades old script.

 

[Apollo_Man]

The last debrief of the United Kingdoms Alliance-assembled Hero and military group; Mythchaser, before proceeding to cross the Goron Gate to Ylana's world.

The group consisted of a team of 7 star heroes from different disciplines, a handpicked team of veteran soldiers with different specialties, and a small group of scientists there to make sure the gate remained open on the other side.

By this time, two incursion events from the other side of the gate to theirs have occured, with the on-site team at the now named Rift facility being slaughtered to the last by the aforementioned abominations in the first one, and completely repelling the second with the help of several stationed 7* heroes. The bodies were taken for study, and the discovery of the seemingly sentient force of Darkness animating most of the abominations prompted a worldwide response to beef up the armed expedition.

The public have been kept in the dark about the corruptive effects of their bodily fluids and flesh.

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"I have been blinded for so long by faith and dogma. The Darkness... It is not the pure evil we are taught it is. It has shown me wonderful things. Terrible things. Hidden in our flesh and blood, in the land, seas and sky.

I have torn out my false eyes of flesh and finally I can see.

See past the illusion of faith the Orders will have you believe.

This world is made of the rotting meat of God.

Is it not wrong? To not feast on the bounty our father has given us?"

The following pages are illegible, stained with all manners of blood and offal to the point of uselessness. Disturbingly, the viscera remains fresh despite the decades old script.

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– The following excerpt taken from the diary of one of the captured worshippers of the Darkness during the once festive night of Ylanatide.

Led by their enigmatic leader, revealed to be a politician named Revaj Myazz, they were responsible for a vast number of missing person case that had once plagued the entire republic up till their eventual arrest.

They were burned on the stakes two days, and those who had been working and even befriend with Mr. Myazz without knowing his true nature have to spend two months of quarantine within the Grand Cathedral of St. Marty, receiving their mandatory purification rituals before they can go back to normal routine.

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File #2034841 (Baal Hadad)

File Status: CLASSIFIED

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P.O.I. Number: 2341

Full Name: Anatoly Kraichonsky

Cape Alias: Thunderer

Nationality: Grustonian

Affiliation: The Fearless Five

Alignment: Neutral Good

Classification: TYPHON

Essential Procedures: Mr. Kraichonsky, along with his teammates is to be given the same privileges as any other benevolent individuals with supernatural abilities.

Besides giving him the luxury of having a temporary stay at Facility 234 in California (12 × 12 room with a comfortable bed, a shower room, a TV, a table and all the necessary items for him), he would, for him, also be given additional privileges to walk freely throughout the facility and meeting his teammates, albeit with the conditions of having three guards following him around and also helping researchers in learning about his homeworld (officially dubbed as Erebus).

Due to his nature as an elemental being, and also a number of traumatic experiences behind him, he was to be given mandatory sessions with Dr. Lee in hopes of giving him control over his anger issue and other mental problems he may not know of. Personnels are advised not to rile him up, in any shapes and form whatsoever.

Failures to comply will be met with extreme disciplinary actions.

Description: Initially thought of as an average human male, further investigations and interviews had shown Anatoly as a powerful sky elemental who had shown great prowess over all forms of weather, as well as a very precise intuition and skill in the art of astromancy (a school of thaumaturgy that allows practitioners to divine the futures and cast spells via the administration of the heavenly energies), on par with that of Stellar Diana, one of the magical girl member of The Diomedes from Russia.

Personality wise, he pragmatic, laid-back and tend to be curious of almost anything yet also shown to be honourable, kind and protective of those he regarded as allies. However, being a sky elemental he truly is, he is not without his flaw, in the form of his temper that, while righteous, can be very dangerous if not controlled.

Researcher's Note:

He's like a tiger, protective of his comrades and is willing to go into high heaven in order to keep safe as much as possible. Truly, he have a potential to be among the heroes of our world just as much he already is to his world, too. Perhaps we should report about this to the Higher Council.

– Dr. Sawyer Hart, director of Facility 234

 

[Gaemnomut]

– The following excerpt taken from the diary of one of the captured worshippers of the Darkness during the once festive night of Ylanatide.

Led by their enigmatic leader, revealed to be a politician named Revaj Myazz, they were responsible for a vast number of missing person case that had once plagued the entire republic up till their eventual arrest.

They were burned on the stakes two days, and those who had been working and even befriend with Mr. Myazz without knowing his true nature have to spend two months of quarantine within the Grand Cathedral of St. Marty, receiving their mandatory purification rituals before they can go back to normal routine.

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File #2034841 (Baal Hadad)

File Status: CLASSIFIED

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P.O.I. Number: 2341

Full Name: Anatoly Kraichonsky

Cape Alias: Thunderer

Nationality: Grustonian

Affiliation: The Fearless Five

Alignment: Neutral Good

Classification: TYPHON

Essential Procedures: Mr. Kraichonsky, along with his teammates is to be given the same privileges as any other benevolent individuals with supernatural abilities.

Besides giving him the luxury of having a temporary stay at Facility 234 in California (12 × 12 room with a comfortable bed, a shower room, a TV, a table and all the necessary items for him), he would, for him, also be given additional privileges to walk freely throughout the facility and meeting his teammates, albeit with the conditions of having three guards following him around and also helping researchers in learning about his homeworld (officially dubbed as Erebus).

Due to his nature as an elemental being, and also a number of traumatic experiences behind him, he was to be given mandatory sessions with Dr. Lee in hopes of giving him control over his anger issue and other mental problems he may not know of. Personnels are advised not to rile him up, in any shapes and form whatsoever.

Failures to comply will be met with extreme disciplinary actions.

Description: Initially thought of as an average human male, further investigations and interviews had shown Anatoly as a powerful sky elemental who had shown great prowess over all forms of weather, as well as a very precise intuition and skill in the art of astromancy (a school of thaumaturgy that allows practitioners to divine the futures and cast spells via the administration of the heavenly energies), on par with that of Stellar Diana, one of the magical girl member of The Diomedes from Russia.

Personality wise, he pragmatic, laid-back and tend to be curious of almost anything yet also shown to be honourable, kind and protective of those he regarded as allies. However, being a sky elemental he truly is, he is not without his flaw, in the form of his temper that, while righteous, can be very dangerous if not controlled.

Researcher's Note:

He's like a tiger, protective of his comrades and is willing to go into high heaven in order to keep safe as much as possible. Truly, he have a potential to be among the heroes of our world just as much he already is to his world, too. Perhaps we should report about this to the Higher Council.

– Dr. Sawyer Hart, director of Facility 234

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– Dr. Sawyer Hart, director of Facility 234 ('Rift Facility') in a status report to Minister of global Security Dr. James Hartfoot-Lee.
Minister Hartfoot-Lee was a long standing member of the world council at the time, serving under World President Saskia van Aichinger.
Although cautious by nature, van Aichinger was eventually convinced to allow extended retrieval and study of components from Erebus, including authorization of the notorious Project Snowfire, which focused on Yagarite deposits.

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"Sound the alarm! Sound the alarm! They're loose! Oh gods, they got Rian and Jill, tore them to shreds, I heard them scream and scream. Oh gods, I can still hear them. Why? Please, why? Why... won't... the... the... screaming... STOP!?"

 

[Apollo_Man]

– Dr. Sawyer Hart, director of Facility 234 ('Rift Facility') in a status report to Minister of global Security Dr. James Hartfoot-Lee.
Minister Hartfoot-Lee was a long standing member of the world council at the time, serving under World President Saskia van Aichinger.
Although cautious by nature, van Aichinger was eventually convinced to allow extended retrieval and study of components from Erebus, including authorization of the notorious Project Snowfire, which focused on Yagarite deposits.

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"Sound the alarm! Sound the alarm! They're loose! Oh gods, they got Rian and Jill, tore them to shreds, I heard them scream and scream. Oh gods, I can still hear them. Why? Please, why? Why... won't... the... the... screaming... STOP!?"

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– The last radio message of Sheriff Jamie Dollas to be heard right before it went offline. This is taken during one fatal incident on a small town in Shemu, in which over 2,000 people were killed by a hoard of cultists and abominations of Darkness that somehow managed to sneak themselves away into the Goron Gate, which was highly secured within the House of Knowledge in Edur.

Because of this incident, many are now suspecting a potential mole or two within the Royal Court of Edur and the research team working in the House of Knowledge, since only they can access it. As a result, King Garras II ordered everyone to be investigated by the Order of Ylana, even himself. Meanwhile, the Inquisition, the Edurian army and thirty heroes of Sehar march through the Goron Gate and into Shemu to bring down the servants of Darkness down. (And also bring the teaching of Ylana to Shemu, in the case of the Inquisition).

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"Really, Razzle Dazzle? You really have to bring along the boombox playing that one Lemon Demon song from Earth, I mean Sehar, into Shemu?!"

"Why not? It sets the mood!!"

"Just because your cape theme is that of a jester, does not mean you have to act like one 24/7, let alone, cranking it up to eleven!"

"Can you both just shut up and help the Grand Inquisitor in exorcising the absolute shit out of that cult leader!?"

"Yes, sir!" "Aye, aye, captain!"

 

[Gaemnomut]

"Really, Razzle Dazzle? You really have to bring along the boombox playing that one Lemon Demon song from Earth, I mean Sehar, into Shemu?!"

"Why not? It sets the mood!!"

"Just because your cape theme is that of a jester, does not mean you have to act like one 24/7, let alone, cranking it up to eleven!"

"Can you both just shut up and help the Grand Inquisitor in exorcising the absolute shit out of that cult leader!?"

"Yes, sir!" "Aye, aye, captain!"

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- Fester the Jester, his colleague Woman of Shadows, and their team leader Lord Bloodhammer. On a mission to track down and elimibane the escaped cult leader. Unfortunately, they underestimated the threat the cult leader posed and their overconfidence led to disaster. Lord Bloodhammer was slain when the Cultist set a trap for them, Lady of Shadows was injured and somehow corrupted, and only Fester escaped. He managed to deal the cult leader a grave injury, but had to retreat befor he could finish the job.
Both the leader and Lady of Shadows went underground after that.

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"WARNING TO ALL PERSONAL, HEAD TO YOUR ASDIGNED EVACUATION PORTS IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAD BEEN A CONTAINMENT BREACH IN DECK 3.
DECK 3 IS SEALED. SELF DESTRUCT PROTOCOLS ARE IN EFFECT, CORE DETONATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 5 MINUTES."

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"WARNING TO ALL PERSONAL, HEAD TO YOUR ASDIGNED EVACUATION PORTS IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAD BEEN A CONTAINMENT BREACH IN DECK 3.
DECKS 2 TO 5 ARE SEALED. SELF DESTRUCT PROTOCOLS ARE IN EFFECT, CORE DETONATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2 MINUTES."

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"WARNING TO ALL PERSONAL, HEAD TO YOUR ASDIGNED EVACUATION PORTS IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAD BEEN A ConTaINmeNT BrEacH iN- ..Deck insert number here... ARe seALed...ComMaNd CenTEr CompR-... CORe deTOnatIOn AboRTed... *static*"

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"ALL PERSONAL, RETURN TO YOUR STATIONS. THERE IS NO CAUsE FOR AlarM. I REPeAT, THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. THiS wAS A TEST.
HEAD TO YOUR STATIONS AND AWAIT EVALUaTION AND FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS."

 

[Apollo_Man]

- Fester the Jester, his colleague Woman of Shadows, and their team leader Lord Bloodhammer. On a mission to track down and eliminate the escaped cult leader. Unfortunately, they underestimated the threat the cult leader posed and their overconfidence led to disaster. Lord Bloodhammer was slain when the Cultist set a trap for them, Lady of Shadows was injured and somehow corrupted, and only Fester escaped. He managed to deal the cult leader a grave injury, but had to retreat before he could finish the job.
Both the leader and Lady of Shadows went underground after that.

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"WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL, HEAD TO YOUR Assigned EVACUATION PORTS IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAD BEEN A CONTAINMENT BREACH IN DECK 3.
DECK 3 IS SEALED. SELF DESTRUCT PROTOCOLS ARE IN EFFECT, CORE DETONATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 5 MINUTES."

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"WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL, HEAD TO YOUR ASSIGNED EVACUATION PORTS IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAD BEEN A CONTAINMENT BREACH IN DECK 3.
DECKS 2 TO 5 ARE SEALED. SELF DESTRUCT PROTOCOLS ARE IN EFFECT, CORE DETONATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2 MINUTES."

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"WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL, HEAD TO YOUR ASSIGNED EVACUATION PORTS IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAD BEEN A ConTaINmeNT BrEacH iN- ..Deck insert number here... ARe seALed...ComMaNd CenTEr CompR-... CORe deTOnatIOn AboRTed... *static*"

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"ALL PERSONNEL, RETURN TO YOUR STATIONS. THERE IS NO CAUsE FOR AlarM. I REPeAT, THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. THiS wAS A TEST.
HEAD TO YOUR STATIONS AND AWAIT EVALUaTION AND FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS."

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– Radio announcements in Facility 234 as personnels are in the state of panic. Initially, everyone thought that somehow, Sehar is sharing Shemu's problem, especially with how distorted the announcements get before returning back to normal.

However, upon entering Deck 3 (the Fearless Five, two visiting priestess of the Order of Ylana and 27 MTF operatives are in the scene), it eventually clear that it's not a truly the case.

There is another crack in reality, much like the one that leads to Erebus. But this one was different, for it seems to lead to somewhere fantastical, wonderful and even downright magical compared to that of Erebus.

Turns out, it was the door to Egon, the Narnia to Erebus' Warhammer Fantasy.

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"Pumpkin Spice Latte? What even is that?"

"A delicious concoction straight of the heaven, Mother Antonina!"

"Preposterous! how can such drink be of any worth at all?!"

2 days later....

Breaking News: Local Star Buck Visited By Mother Antonina of the Sisterhood of the Great Spinner. ​

 

[Gaemnomut]

"Pumpkin Spice Latte? What even is that?"

"A delicious concoction straight of the heaven, Mother Antonina!"

"Preposterous! how can such drink be of any worth at all?!"

2 minutes later....

Breaking News: Local Star Buck Visited By Mother Antonina of the Sisterhood of the Great Spinner. ​

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- The daily News. Known as a populationist 'news' (thinly veiled propaganda, swimsuit model pictures, and various gossip stories) delivered in many parts of the global government sectors.

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AN:
I love this new addition with the connected dimensions and the darkness spreading to them. Very cool. Reminds me of Elex, which was also a pretty cool of post apoc, sword and sorcery, and scifi elements all in lne setting.

Is anyone interested in running a rough compendium of collected info on what has been established so far? I can threadmark it and all that. As much as I loathe to shoulder that off to someone else given I am the thread op, I unfortunately don't have the time or energy to devote to that at the moment and I think it would help keep things internally consistent with all the various branching lore snippets we have so far.

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"Initial reconisance of the blighted lands in this sector reveal that they are about as hostile as we expected, if not more. The grojnd is mostly barren, temperatures range from unbearably hot during the day to freezing at night, the darkness is heavy in the air, and occasional corrupted roam the land.
One detail that bares mentioning is Scout Vandril reported sightings of organized tracks vanishing into one of the large cave systems we discovered, but before further imvestigations could proceed, the mission had to be abandoned due to lack of supplies, degredatkon of the equiptment, and the presence of several extremely jostile corrupted."

 

[Apollo_Man]

"Initial reconnaissance of the blighted lands in this sector reveal that they are about as hostile as we expected, if not more. The ground is mostly barren, temperatures range from unbearably hot during the day to freezing at night, the darkness is heavy in the air, and occasional corrupted roam the land.

One detail that bares mentioning is Scout Vandril reported sightings of organized tracks vanishing into one of the large cave systems we discovered, but before further investigations could proceed, the mission had to be abandoned due to lack of supplies, degradation of the equipments, and the presence of several extremely hostile corrupted."

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– Excerpt of the "Hallow Telegram", written by the famous explorer, Sir Presley Scheller, to Administrator Solon Herodamus of the Inquisition.

Sir Scheller made the telegram for the sole purpose of reporting his eyewitness accounts of what went wrong during his and his teams' exploration in the newly-discovered island in the Gulf of Urun.

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"Alright then, ladies and gentlemen. Y'know the drill: keep your eyes peeled, don't trust anyone there so easily, don't get caught lacking and always stay strapped! This is our first time we're going to Egon, or as Oracle would like to call it, 'a legit high fantasy world straight out of fucking D&D!' But of course, you all know the motto when jumping into another world, right?"​

""YES!""

"WHAT IS IT?"

""AIN'T NO WAY THIS SHIT IS ISEKAI MANGA!""

 

[Gaemnomut]

"Alright then, ladies and gentlemen. Y'know the drill: keep your eyes peeled, don't trust anyone there so easily, don't get caught lacking and always stay strapped! This is our first time we're going to Egon, or as Oracle would like to call it, 'a legit high fantasy world straight out of fucking D&D!' But of course, you all know the motto when jumping into another world, right?"

""YES!""

"WHAT IS IT?"

""AIN'T NO WAY THIS SHIT IS ISEKAI MANGA!""

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-The squad of the World Government marines known as the "Hungry Dogs", preparing to escort a diplomat for negotiations through the rift. The squad was notoriously elite and ruthless, and their deployment both a statement and a favour of the general to the diplomat.
What started as a diplomatic mission ended in a horrific attack by a rampaging darkness beast which interrupted the proceedings. While most of them made it back through the rift to resume negotions another time, Trooper Hal Everlast was separated from the group and believed dead. This, however, as was later discovered, was kot the case.

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"What do you mean they tainted the river? How? Oh gods below, do you have any idea what that would mean?! THAT RIVER SUPPLIES HALF THE SECTOR WITH FRESHWATER!"

 

[Apollo_Man]

"What do you mean they tainted the river? How? Oh gods below, do you have any idea what that would mean?! THAT RIVER SUPPLIES HALF THE SECTOR WITH FRESHWATER!"

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– Hive King Thul-Ardum after hearing his minister's daily report of the internal affairs of his kingdom. Several hours ago, Archwizard Democritus had accidentally spilt his jar of morbium into the stream moving down the river near said kingdom, and said morbium are toxic to Darkness-corrupted beings. Thul-Ardum and his sorcerers scrambles and try their best to cleanse the water of morbium while also hiding they and their kingdom's true nature to all of Erebus.

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Day 6, since the attack.

Yet here I am, still kicking and running. Ever since I stumbled upon that hidden dungeon three days prior, and then beating it with all my efforts, I was rewarded by a trans-sentient organism (TSO), a plucky goddess of labyrinths named Tawena with Weaving Magic, and also an intuition on how to use it. Along with that, the All-Tongue skill, which allows me to write, read and understand all languages, and two magical karambits powerful enough to kill evil spirits and beasts so mighty.

I, Hal Everlast of the feared Hungry Dogs unit, is now a legit wizard; the threads of reality are now mine to use however I see fit. Sure, it's not enough to like, becoming the next Endymion of the Seven Virtues back in my homeland, but enough for me to survive through this wilderness.

Until I can finally come across a village or whatever (especially on that's not hostile to hapless strangers like me), I'll continue to endure the wandering.

Just hold on, comrades. I'll be waiting for you.

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[Gaemnomut]

Day 6, since the attack.

Yet here I am, still kicking and running. Ever since I stumbled upon that hidden dungeon three days prior, and then beating it with all my efforts, I was rewarded by a trans-sentient organism (TSO), a plucky goddess of labyrinths named Tawena with Weaving Magic, and also an intuition on how to use it. Along with that, the All-Tongue skill, which allows me to write, read and understand, and two magical karambits powerful enough to kill evil spirits and beasts so mighty.

I, Hal Everlast of the feared Hungry Dogs unit, is now a legit wizard; the threads of reality are now mine to use however I see fit. Sure, it's not enough to like, becoming the next Endymion of the Seven Virtues back in my homeland, but enough for me to survive through this wilderness.

Until I can finally come across a village or whatever (especially on that's not hostile to hapless strangers like me), I'll continue to endure the wandering.

Just hold on, comrades. I'll be waiting for you.

End recording.

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- The journal of Hal Everlast, wanderer of worlds. The start of a long, long tale of fantastical proportions.

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"The blood you drank was mine. Laced with my will, my power, and my design for this world. You can feel it even now, don't deny it."

 

[Apollo_Man]

"The blood you drank was mine. Laced with my will, my power, and my design for this world. You can feel it even now, don't deny it."

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– Kaplan von Sturm, aka Baron Blood, to the Black Shuck of Grustonia. He's the grandmaster of Hemomancy, a variant of Water Magic revolving around blood.

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"Now, let us get to the point. How on Earth did you managed to make the water spirit fall in love with you, Dr. Kessler?"

*Sitting on a sofa while being cuddled by said spirit* "it's....a long story, Dr. Hendricks"

 

[Gaemnomut]

"Now, let us get to the point. How on Earth did you managed to make the water spirit fall in love with you, Dr. Kessler?"

*Sitting on a sofa while being cuddled by said spirit* "it's....a long story, Dr. Hendricks"

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- Dr. Kessler and Dr Hendricks, discussing the elephant in the room, or better said, the elemental.
It turns out that the water elementals of the Hellfire Sea are not mindless beasts as was previously assumed. They simply have a very different culture and communicate via infrasonic wave patterns that regular humans can't interpret. Dr. Kessler was the first to build a device to receive and translate those sounds, and in the process of testing it, grew quite close to the elementals he met. One of them, Shariasslaosslahiria, was quite fond of the idea of vsiting his homeworld, and after a year of experiments on how to let her survve outside her own home, they actually managed to bring her there.

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"They're here! All of you, fire at any that poke their heads through. Set the proximity mines and the dampeners live, turn on the invisibility countermeasures, and don't let a single one through. You know what's at stake here!"

 

[Kolejny dzień]

"They're here! All of you, fire at any that poke their heads through. Set the proximity mines and the dampeners live, turn on the invisibility countermeasures, and don't let a single one through. You know what's at stake here!"

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First Sergeant, Billy-Ray Batson.
Callsign: Quality

Final Transmission ends with gunfire, snarling, cursing and chanting. Religious members of the staff all report some variation of a message of hope before the snarling abruptly ends. Retreival squads managed to recover samples of gear from the mezzanine overlooking the atrium of anomoly codename: DETROIT.
Artifacts include one Crucifix, three M-249 Squad Automatic Weapons, one M-4 Assault Rifle, Assorted ammunition. No bodies recovered.
All gear recovered reported to induce a sort of 'blissful hatred' for 'The Corruption' among adherents of various faiths.
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- The Hills, they have fallen
and the forests were burned
But The Legion kept marching on.

Oh The Legion goes marching on.

Ikanna is gone but The Legion is strong,
And The Cullor is dry, But we keep singing our song!

The Legion still marches on!

 

[Gaemnomut]

- The Hills, they have fallen
and the forests were burned
But The Legion kept marching on.

Oh The Legion goes marching on.

Ikanna is gone but The Legion is strong,
And The Cullor is dry, But we keep singing our song!

The Legion still marches on!

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- Marching song of The Legion, the legendary armed forces of the City State Serentis.
Clad in heavy armor with golden accents, and trained relentlessly, the soldiers of the legion were a force to be reckoned with. Indeed, they held for a long time against the onslaught of the darkness.


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"Draw your sword coward! I'm not done with you yet. After all you did, all the misery you left in your wake, do your really think you'll just get to walk out of here?"

 

[Apollo_Man]

"Draw your sword coward! I'm not done with you yet. After all you did, all the misery you left in your wake, do your really think you'll just get to walk out of here?"

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– Solaris, leader of the superhero team known as The Hexagram, to his former teammate Dr. Midnight, who had long secretly embraced the Darkness a few years prior.

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"BORUS, YOU SCALY-WINGED FUCK LIZARD! I, ERUN THE STRONG, SHALL BRING FORTH YOUR LAST SUNSET!"

 

[Kolejny dzień]

– Solaris, leader of the superhero team known as The Hexagram, to his former teammate Dr. Midnight, who had long secretly embraced the Darkness a few years prior.

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"BORUS, YOU SCALY-WINGED FUCK LIZARD! I, ERUN THE STRONG, SHALL BRING FORTH YOUR LAST SUNSET!"

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- Qorunamar The Pure
As played by Nikira Sun-Child in 'Son's of Borus' a comedy re-imagining of the 'Tragedy of Morrow's Rest'
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"I hear them in the winds and rivers and sand and under every blade of grass. I see them in the stone and brick and and on the cover of every tome.
You, fell-thing, tell me my bretheren are a feast for the Night-kin!? Fuel for the foul and slaves to the Darkness!?

I tell you, nay!
I hear their war songs,
I hear their oaths!
I hear a ghostly horn,
My Brothers wake!
I am not the end of The Order!

I am The Harbinger of Renewal! I am the promose of Spring!

I speak for The Choir you have roused, writhe in your foetid hovels as creation Sings!"

 

[Apollo_Man]

- Qorunamar The Pure
As played by Nikira Sun-Child in 'Son's of Borus' a comedy re-imagining of the 'Tragedy of Morrow's Rest'
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"I hear them in the winds and rivers and sand and under every blade of grass. I see them in the stone and brick and and on the cover of every tome.
You, fell-thing, tell me my bretheren are a feast for the Night-kin!? Fuel for the foul and slaves to the Darkness!?

I tell you, nay!
I hear their war songs,
I hear their oaths!
I hear a ghostly horn,
My Brothers wake!
I am not the end of The Order!

I am The Harbinger of Renewal! I am the promose of Spring!

I speak for The Choir you have roused, writhe in your foetid hovels as creation Sings!"

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– An epic speech made by Gessar The Courageous just before he channelled his inner Light and start the battle against the Hive King of Endur.

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"Ted"

"Yes?"

"I just realized something"

"What?"

"Armrests are sofas for the arm"

".......woah!"