November 8th, 2880
Erebonia, Karel Imperial Villa
17:38 PM
The imperial family's vacation estate, normally it was quite empty bar its guards. The only activity here was around the summer when the imperial family spent their holidays here and a month in the spring when it was open to visit by the public. Still, it was property of the imperial family and thus was guarded by the Imperial army, not their finest no those were only here when the emperor was but not a bunch of incompetents either. Fortunately the guards were persuaded to maintain their duty for the betterment of all those involved and not involve the main host of the army as well. There was after all no reason to make a big deal out of this.
Roselia inhaled through her nose, it was time to begin the process. Over a quarter of a millennia had led to this exact moment the culmination of their efforts and the beginning of something new. The staff in her hand was raised, besides her a row of her kin raised their staves as well. Each following the words she uttered in perfect unison. As they did so the ground would manifest a massive magic circle. The premier estate of vacation spending for the last two generations of the imperial family being lit up with the night sky itself. The chance that this locale had been a coincidental choice by the Erebonians was astronomically small. No it was a marker.
Underneath, far below. Contained in something adjacent yet impossibly far away something primal slept. Even as the words spoken above broke the veneer between it and them it continued its rest. A dark aura beginning to exude from its very form, permeating through the chamber in which it slept and further still. The Imperial Villa was overtaken by a black miasma, one which burst from every pore between bricks and every inch of fresh air. The light of the circle began to devour this miasma as well however, until it was well and truly. Blinding.
Erebonia, Black Workshop
17:38 PM
Alarms ringing, warnings blaring. Action was required, they had made a move. The move. Eras of preparation had gone into this and yet they were not ready. Black Alberich sat at a table, an emergency meeting had been called. They needed a solution and quick, what they had ready both would not arrive in time nor would it be enough they felt.
"Mobilize the Mirages, send them out in Soldats." He ordered, they could not let this happen. "Contact Amalgam, let them have their fun as long as the Nameless One lives." He continued, they wouldn't ask questions and would look the other way. More than anything they'd want to test out any toys they had and while a risk they needed a group which wouldn't hesitate. A phrase came to mind, specific wording by one of their clients.
"And contact Ardennesse. Lets see if she can work the miracles she claims to." It was now or never, their enemies from three hundred years ago had arrived once more to ruin everything. The man's red eyes settled on the building, or where there had been a building now there was a thing. Like an egg waiting to hatch.
"A̵̷̬̺̟͇r͉̮͉͇͡ͅg̱̙͎̭̞̪̬̀̕r͓̼̬̬̩̥̤͢͝è҉̸̞̜̗̱̹̯̰̺ͅs͔͔̦͙. I won't let it be in vain, all these years. All this time."
He rose from his seat, it would be rough seeing her again after all this time but if this was what she had settled on. Then the past continued onto the present.
Erebonia, Karel Imperial Villa Gral of Erebos
18:09 PM
The entire landscape had warped, at the horizon one could see it return to normality. Like a picture from a book had been pasted over another and the edges cut off to reveal the truth underneath. Just at the corner of one's vision. Up close however, it was painfully clear that the structure in front of them had just erupted into reality. For thirty one entire minutes it had already existed in their presence, its very nature giving off an oppressive air. One needn't believe in superstition to be able to truly call this place, cursed. But that was why he was here, why they had brought him here. The man with the golden knight.
Above them there was a spiral of staircases reaching five hundred meters upwards where at the outside one could see a beam piercing the purple sky, seemingly consuming it with every second. Shielding the egg-like shape was a barrier, magic circles on every side protecting an almost perfect protection. No man made tool could pass without their explicit permission a comfort which brought her to the plateau here.
"The stage is set my lord." She turned to the man, the one to slay the Nameless One slumbering so nearby. Roselia gestured towards a woman clad in a white gown, her eyes were closed as she took a bow in front of the man who was to kill her and remained there with her head.
"All you need to do is claim your blade and your battle may commence."
Originator Zero, the pure sword of the End which could fell the beast before them. Though it would resist once it awoke.
Nothing wished to die, not when they had geared every remaining shred of themselves to self-preservation.
But, as expected. Interference arrived outside at that moment. Outside they would face the Guardians of Karel Villa from the Army as well as the majority of their Golems the 'Magic Knights'. On the inside, awaited worse.
Roselia's gaze turned upwards, to the plateau at the very top of the structure where they too had arrived. One hovering almost magically in the air with no clear means of suspension.
"It pains me I will not get to spectate or encourage you but, alas." They had come too far for things to go wrong at the last second. "I shall ensure that your duty can continue."
Like that the woman vanished, moving upwards through magical means to intercept the designated point of arrival. The place the gral had forced them to appear at as well.
Erebonia, Karel Imperial Villa
17:38 PM
The imperial family's vacation estate, normally it was quite empty bar its guards. The only activity here was around the summer when the imperial family spent their holidays here and a month in the spring when it was open to visit by the public. Still, it was property of the imperial family and thus was guarded by the Imperial army, not their finest no those were only here when the emperor was but not a bunch of incompetents either. Fortunately the guards were persuaded to maintain their duty for the betterment of all those involved and not involve the main host of the army as well. There was after all no reason to make a big deal out of this.
Roselia inhaled through her nose, it was time to begin the process. Over a quarter of a millennia had led to this exact moment the culmination of their efforts and the beginning of something new. The staff in her hand was raised, besides her a row of her kin raised their staves as well. Each following the words she uttered in perfect unison. As they did so the ground would manifest a massive magic circle. The premier estate of vacation spending for the last two generations of the imperial family being lit up with the night sky itself. The chance that this locale had been a coincidental choice by the Erebonians was astronomically small. No it was a marker.
Underneath, far below. Contained in something adjacent yet impossibly far away something primal slept. Even as the words spoken above broke the veneer between it and them it continued its rest. A dark aura beginning to exude from its very form, permeating through the chamber in which it slept and further still. The Imperial Villa was overtaken by a black miasma, one which burst from every pore between bricks and every inch of fresh air. The light of the circle began to devour this miasma as well however, until it was well and truly. Blinding.
Erebonia, Black Workshop
17:38 PM
Alarms ringing, warnings blaring. Action was required, they had made a move. The move. Eras of preparation had gone into this and yet they were not ready. Black Alberich sat at a table, an emergency meeting had been called. They needed a solution and quick, what they had ready both would not arrive in time nor would it be enough they felt.
"Mobilize the Mirages, send them out in Soldats." He ordered, they could not let this happen. "Contact Amalgam, let them have their fun as long as the Nameless One lives." He continued, they wouldn't ask questions and would look the other way. More than anything they'd want to test out any toys they had and while a risk they needed a group which wouldn't hesitate. A phrase came to mind, specific wording by one of their clients.
"And contact Ardennesse. Lets see if she can work the miracles she claims to." It was now or never, their enemies from three hundred years ago had arrived once more to ruin everything. The man's red eyes settled on the building, or where there had been a building now there was a thing. Like an egg waiting to hatch.
"A̵̷̬̺̟͇r͉̮͉͇͡ͅg̱̙͎̭̞̪̬̀̕r͓̼̬̬̩̥̤͢͝è҉̸̞̜̗̱̹̯̰̺ͅs͔͔̦͙. I won't let it be in vain, all these years. All this time."
He rose from his seat, it would be rough seeing her again after all this time but if this was what she had settled on. Then the past continued onto the present.
Erebonia, Karel Imperial Villa Gral of Erebos
18:09 PM
The entire landscape had warped, at the horizon one could see it return to normality. Like a picture from a book had been pasted over another and the edges cut off to reveal the truth underneath. Just at the corner of one's vision. Up close however, it was painfully clear that the structure in front of them had just erupted into reality. For thirty one entire minutes it had already existed in their presence, its very nature giving off an oppressive air. One needn't believe in superstition to be able to truly call this place, cursed. But that was why he was here, why they had brought him here. The man with the golden knight.
Above them there was a spiral of staircases reaching five hundred meters upwards where at the outside one could see a beam piercing the purple sky, seemingly consuming it with every second. Shielding the egg-like shape was a barrier, magic circles on every side protecting an almost perfect protection. No man made tool could pass without their explicit permission a comfort which brought her to the plateau here.
"The stage is set my lord." She turned to the man, the one to slay the Nameless One slumbering so nearby. Roselia gestured towards a woman clad in a white gown, her eyes were closed as she took a bow in front of the man who was to kill her and remained there with her head.
"All you need to do is claim your blade and your battle may commence."
Originator Zero, the pure sword of the End which could fell the beast before them. Though it would resist once it awoke.
Nothing wished to die, not when they had geared every remaining shred of themselves to self-preservation.
But, as expected. Interference arrived outside at that moment. Outside they would face the Guardians of Karel Villa from the Army as well as the majority of their Golems the 'Magic Knights'. On the inside, awaited worse.
Roselia's gaze turned upwards, to the plateau at the very top of the structure where they too had arrived. One hovering almost magically in the air with no clear means of suspension.
"It pains me I will not get to spectate or encourage you but, alas." They had come too far for things to go wrong at the last second. "I shall ensure that your duty can continue."
Like that the woman vanished, moving upwards through magical means to intercept the designated point of arrival. The place the gral had forced them to appear at as well.