07-11-2023, 03:12 AM
The warning has met its last moments, and the bells toll.
Time was up.
Faoivein had breathed its last, a dying settlement that had grown dormant and stagnant.
Upon its deathbed did it see the reaper, bathed in a monochrome glow and sporting wings of shimmering metals and scaled feathers.
The children of the reaper, the shades that had watched its death drawn out over years, were given a single command.
The Owldrake had come to give a final relief to Faoivein, an act of mercy-killing.
It may not see another suffering moment.
No words were spoken, either from the maw of the Helbeast, or from the dying settlement's last defenders.
Only a silent night would befall the ears of any onlookers, if any remained.
Time was up.
Faoivein had breathed its last, a dying settlement that had grown dormant and stagnant.
Upon its deathbed did it see the reaper, bathed in a monochrome glow and sporting wings of shimmering metals and scaled feathers.
The children of the reaper, the shades that had watched its death drawn out over years, were given a single command.
The Owldrake had come to give a final relief to Faoivein, an act of mercy-killing.
It may not see another suffering moment.
No words were spoken, either from the maw of the Helbeast, or from the dying settlement's last defenders.
Only a silent night would befall the ears of any onlookers, if any remained.
A silent command was issued, pulsing within the minds of the spectral humanoids and driving them to an aggressive state.
With little more than a demand, the inside of the mountain was infested with the creatures.
They ripped apart anything they saw, acting as hunters in this terrible night, and treating their prey as little more than vermin.
The memories of this land would go with them.
The two mouths of the Owldrake opened, a void of energy filling its maws and being held within sharp teeth.
With a quiet pulse of undeniably powerful magic, Helflame blazed over the surface, grey anti-light suffocating and eradicating any traces of Faoivein upon the surface.
Pure ether, distilled to an emotionless destruction, had turned Faoivein into a Helscape.
A mountainside turned to glass at its behest.
There was no final scream of Faoivein's last moments.
Not even a statement before an unfortunate end.
Not even a whimper bathed within a sob.
But the memories of Faoivein would remain just as that.
Imperfect recollections of what has already happened, mutable and shapable by the minds of those touched by it.
Another name lost to history.
Na'Ria would not be one of them, but Faoivein would.
UNCONTESTED VICTORY
FAOIVEIN COMPLETELY ERADICATED
ANOTHER GOAL ACHIEVED BY ME
THESE MEMORIES ELIMINATED
With little more than a demand, the inside of the mountain was infested with the creatures.
They ripped apart anything they saw, acting as hunters in this terrible night, and treating their prey as little more than vermin.
The memories of this land would go with them.
The two mouths of the Owldrake opened, a void of energy filling its maws and being held within sharp teeth.
With a quiet pulse of undeniably powerful magic, Helflame blazed over the surface, grey anti-light suffocating and eradicating any traces of Faoivein upon the surface.
Pure ether, distilled to an emotionless destruction, had turned Faoivein into a Helscape.
A mountainside turned to glass at its behest.
There was no final scream of Faoivein's last moments.
Not even a statement before an unfortunate end.
Not even a whimper bathed within a sob.
But the memories of Faoivein would remain just as that.
Imperfect recollections of what has already happened, mutable and shapable by the minds of those touched by it.
Another name lost to history.
Na'Ria would not be one of them, but Faoivein would.
UNCONTESTED VICTORY
FAOIVEIN COMPLETELY ERADICATED
ANOTHER GOAL ACHIEVED BY ME
THESE MEMORIES ELIMINATED