"Head Priestess," Acknowledged the other Clan elder, the Famine elder who now stood in front of a dais resurrected in the very center of the colosseum. Things had been quiet recently and that made them all compliant. Things had been quiet, but not for long.
"It is done then." She turned her attention away from thoughts of grubby student claws and sweaters and moved towards the platform, gently running two sets of fingers along the strange orb. It was familiar to some, foreign to most, but oddly enough, it resonated to each horsemen, familiar, a murmur of suspicion already arising from the gathered. "Indeed a fragment of it's true self," Medea confirmed, all soft and mysterious smile, "This is the orb, the remains of the very artifact that could have claimed the Human World as ours, this is the artifact we retrieved from the Spire, the only artifact that has the power to amplify any natural portal and permanently create a rip between the Human World and ours. This is the orb that would have brought us the once-promised apocalypse."
A loud silence. And then everyone began talking at once, whispers at first, and then louder. A slew of emotions. Hope, pride, power, and then in some, hesitance, and fear. If anyone else caught wind of this, if they were defeated again-
"Children," The Head Priestess interrupted, raising one hand. "The Humans do not Fear us any more: even if this orb was activated it would no longer fulfill it's purpose without enough Fear. No, in order for us to obtain what we want, what we desire, to obtain revenge, we will have to persevere. The Humans will have to truly Fear us again, and then from their Fear the artifact will grow in power, it will call to us and grant us what we desire the most. Do we not finally deserve the ending we wish finally, once and for all?"
Several horsemen wavered. Others, confused.
"Also yet, there is one obstacle, if you consider Humans or Hunters then two, that stand in our path. The first is more immediate, this blight called Insanity. I speak as I spoke before, the warning now more dire than ever: if the Insanity rises before and above us, then our work, our kind will be eliminated into nothing. Remember your path, our path, our promise, our oath to our family and kin and fight stronger now, to bring us victory." The orb, as if in response, flared, slightly, promising. It seemed surreal that it was there, a little bit of the legacy was back. "If we can gather enough Fear now, than the Human World will be ours, on a level that the Insanity cannot compete with, that the Hunters can only Fear, that will make both worlds realize how little control they truly have over us."
She circled the dais now, standing behind it. "We are as we have always been, strong, limitless, unbounded, and we fear nothing but the existence of being forgotten and lost. There is nothing we have not endured or fought through, and because of that we are stronger. We have fought, we have proven our existence, and we have grown. Now, it is time to sharpen our weapons once more. Now, and always, we will strike."
As in in confirmation, the orb itself, the pieces of white, the non-charred parts, flickered in confirmation.
OOC
FEAR GATHERING:
- This meeting was HORSEMEN ONLY for many a good reason. However, Initiates may hear secondhand that something is brewing in order for them to get stronger (though not more details than that)
- All horsemen are asked to participate in new Lair tasks, as many as possible to bring back Fear Points
- Read the rules for the Lair tasks and then start them after reading HERE (in this subforum!)
- Once you are done with a Lair Task, post you Fear Points tally for each person (whomever you rped) using the form below
- The goal is to fuel the Fear collected into the orb artifact to help re-assist in its regrowth. This is the very same artifact that would have caused the Apocalypse so logic goes, if everything goes well....
FEAR BONUS:
- If 50 Fear Points total are posted cumulative, horsemen will be able to unlock their mount form in battle, changing their damage modifier to -4 for 1d6 rolled turns per battle. This effect will be permanent.
- If 100 Fear Points total are posted cumulative then the orb will recharge enough in power to....
DROP OFF
Icly have your character drop off a little bit of Fear from their shard into the dias. When you do so, you can also place this drop off form!
[b]Fear amount collected:[/b]
[b]Proof of RP:[/b]: HERE
[b]Proof of RP:[/b]: HERE
