Storm's Eye Hill - Revision history

JasonK at 06:32, 16 January 2007

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-Two sorcerer-engineers of [[The Xuan Wu Academy]] stood at the bottom of a hill in the misty morning.  The night had seen three mortals killed, adding to the toll of eight from the two days before.  The road they'd been building was a ruin, as well, and the same was true of their raw materials.  Inam Niu, the elder of the pair, sighed.  "We'd better alert [[Rivers Between Us|Master Rivers]]."
+Two sorcerer-engineers of [[The Xuan Wu Academy]] stood at the bottom of a hill in the misty morning.  The night had seen three mortals killed, adding to the toll of eight from the two days before.  The road they'd been building was a ruin, as well, and the same was true of their raw materials.  [[Inam Niu]] sighed.  "We'd better alert [[Rivers Between Us|Master Rivers]]."
-Hatsu Shi folded his arms across his chest.  "Hardly necessary.  We can deal with this ourselves.  If we just summon a few more jokun..."
+[[Hatsu Shi]] folded his arms across his chest.  "Hardly necessary.  We can deal with this ourselves.  If we just summon a few more jokun..."
 "We can't.  With the construction we're doing all across [[The Marukan Alliance|Marukan]], the local courts are tapped to their limit.  Any more elementals taken from their given tasks and [[Storm of Amber|Master Storm]] says we might disrupt the balance of Heaven."
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 "It was the first thing I'd ever built," she said.  "It was like my child.  I knew, as soon as it was gone.  How could I not?  I felt my heart break."
-[[Hatsu Shi]] came and put a hand on his elder's shoulder.  She turned and buried her head in his chest.  The pair stood together, wordlessly, as the sun scratched shadows into the evening.  Finally, Inam Niu gave one last sob and pulled away.  She wiped her eyes on her sleeve.  She steeled herself and, at last, turned back to the broken earth beyond the road.  "How did this happen?  How did we lose?"
+[[Hatsu Shi]] came and put a hand on his colleague's shoulder.  She turned and buried her head in his chest.  The pair stood together, wordlessly, as the sun scratched shadows into the evening.  Finally, Inam Niu gave one last sob and pulled away.  She wiped her eyes on her sleeve.  She steeled herself and, at last, turned back to the broken earth beyond the road.  "How did this happen?  How did we lose?"
 "We didn't lost, Niu.  This is a setback.  We didn't lose any men, we can rebuild the house..."
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JasonK at 18:41, 11 January 2007

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	"What if we can't win, Shi? What if the Solars aren't strong enough?"		"What if we can't win, Shi? What if the Solars aren't strong enough?"

	"They're not invincible, Niu. They seem it, sometimes; like after [[~~The~~ Battle of Breaking Iron\|Breaking Iron]]. But they've set themselves up against one of the strongest, most terrible forces in Creation, and it's war. We knew there would be casualties. But that doesn't mean we just give in; it means we have to fight that much harder.		"They're not invincible, Niu. They seem it, sometimes; like after [[Battle of Breaking Iron\|Breaking Iron]]. But they've set themselves up against one of the strongest, most terrible forces in Creation, and it's war. We knew there would be casualties. But that doesn't mean we just give in; it means we have to fight that much harder.

	"The Solars can do a lot, but they can't be everywhere. That's why they made us; because they need help. The [[Mask of Winters\|Mask]] is stronger than they are, but not stronger than they can be. Not with us behind them."		"The Solars can do a lot, but they can't be everywhere. That's why they made us; because they need help. The [[Mask of Winters\|Mask]] is stronger than they are, but not stronger than they can be. Not with us behind them."

JasonK at 07:16, 8 January 2007

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	Hatsu Shi blinked. "'Believed?'"		Hatsu Shi blinked. "'Believed?'"

	"I don't know what to think, anymore." Inam Niu shook her head. "I'm still loyal; I'd do whatever [[Rivers Between Us\|Rivers]] asks. But since... this... I've started to wonder. Did you know that [[Three Hills]] is in a shadowland, now? And I've heard rumors that the [[~~Reckoning of Heroes Unsung~~\|southern team's]] gone missing.		"I don't know what to think, anymore." Inam Niu shook her head. "I'm still loyal; I'd do whatever [[Rivers Between Us\|Rivers]] asks. But since... this... I've started to wonder. Did you know that [[Three Hills]] is in a shadowland, now? And I've heard rumors that the [[The_Southern_Expedition\|southern team's]] gone missing.

	"What if we can't win, Shi? What if the Solars aren't strong enough?"		"What if we can't win, Shi? What if the Solars aren't strong enough?"

JasonK at 04:48, 8 January 2007

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 Hatsu Shi cast his eye behind him, down the half-built road destined for [[Celeren]] and leading back to the [[Eye of Hiparkes]].  He sighed.  "We'd better alert Master Rivers."
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JasonK at 20:26, 7 January 2007

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	"How does this not disrupt the balance of Heaven?" Hatsu Shi gestured to the chaos; the tightly-packed earth that had been thrown apart, the timbers splintered, the paving stones crushed to dust. The bodies of the men were worse; their throats had been torn savagely open, and rancid green poison dripped from the wounds and foamed in their mouths.		"How does this not disrupt the balance of Heaven?" Hatsu Shi gestured to the chaos; the tightly-packed earth that had been thrown apart, the timbers splintered, the paving stones crushed to dust. The bodies of the men were worse; their throats had been torn savagely open, and rancid green poison dripped from the wounds and foamed in their mouths.

	"The balance of Heaven..." Inam Niu bent down and touched a ~~stony~~ hand to the poisoned flesh of one of the men. "They walk through our fortifications like they're not there, they hate the works of men..."		"The balance of Heaven..." Inam Niu bent down and touched a jade-bound hand to the poisoned flesh of one of the men. "They walk through our fortifications like they're not there, they hate the works of men..."

	The elder sorcerer-engineer stood. "Dogs of the Unbroken Earth."		The elder sorcerer-engineer stood. "Dogs of the Unbroken Earth."
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	"In abundance. But..." Inam Niu walked to the top of the hill. "The wind falls away here. It blows on every other side of the hill, in from each direction, but the top of the hill is like the eye of a storm - calm.		"In abundance. But..." Inam Niu walked to the top of the hill. "The wind falls away here. It blows on every other side of the hill, in from each direction, but the top of the hill is like the eye of a storm - calm.

	"I'm not sure yet," Inam Niu said as he took a crystal from ~~his~~ pouch, "but I'd wager that this is a demesne."		"I'm not sure yet," Inam Niu said as she took a crystal from her pouch, "but I'd wager that this is a demesne."

	"Surely we would have noticed before now," said Hatsu Shi.		"Surely we would have noticed before now," said Hatsu Shi.

	The other shook ~~his~~ head as he peered through the crystal. "Not if the Dogs have been hiding the Essence flows from us."		The other shook her head as she peered through the crystal. "Not if the Dogs have been hiding the Essence flows from us."

	Hatsu Shi cast his eye behind him, down the half-built road destined for [[Celeren]] and leading back to the [[Eye of Hiparkes]]. He sighed. "We'd better alert Master Rivers."		Hatsu Shi cast his eye behind him, down the half-built road destined for [[Celeren]] and leading back to the [[Eye of Hiparkes]]. He sighed. "We'd better alert Master Rivers."

JasonK at 05:21, 25 December 2006

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	"I'm not sure yet," Inam Niu said as he took a crystal from his pouch, "but I'd wager that this is a demesne."		"I'm not sure yet," Inam Niu said as he took a crystal from his pouch, "but I'd wager that this is a demesne."

	"Surely we would have noticed before now," said Hatsu ~~Niu~~.		"Surely we would have noticed before now," said Hatsu Shi.

	The other shook his head as he peered through the crystal. "Not if the Dogs have been hiding the Essence flows from us."		The other shook his head as he peered through the crystal. "Not if the Dogs have been hiding the Essence flows from us."

	Hatsu ~~Niu~~ cast his eye behind him, down the half-built road destined for [[Celeren]] and leading back to the [[Eye of Hiparkes]]. He sighed. "We'd better alert Master Rivers."		Hatsu Shi cast his eye behind him, down the half-built road destined for [[Celeren]] and leading back to the [[Eye of Hiparkes]]. He sighed. "We'd better alert Master Rivers."


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JasonK at 07:55, 18 October 2006

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	Hatsu Shi folded his arms across his chest. "Hardly necessary. We can deal with this ourselves. If we just summon a few more jokun..."		Hatsu Shi folded his arms across his chest. "Hardly necessary. We can deal with this ourselves. If we just summon a few more jokun..."

	"We can't. With the construction we're doing all across [[The Marukan Alliance\|Marukan]], the local courts are tapped to their limit. Any more elementals taken from their given tasks and ~~Master~~ [[Storm of Amber\|Storm]] says we might disrupt the balance of Heaven."		"We can't. With the construction we're doing all across [[The Marukan Alliance\|Marukan]], the local courts are tapped to their limit. Any more elementals taken from their given tasks and [[Storm of Amber\|Master Storm]] says we might disrupt the balance of Heaven."

	"How does this not disrupt the balance of Heaven?" Hatsu Shi gestured to the chaos; the tightly-packed earth that had been thrown apart, the timbers splintered, the paving stones crushed to dust. The bodies of the men were worse; their throats had been torn savagely open, and rancid green poison dripped from the wounds and foamed in their mouths.		"How does this not disrupt the balance of Heaven?" Hatsu Shi gestured to the chaos; the tightly-packed earth that had been thrown apart, the timbers splintered, the paving stones crushed to dust. The bodies of the men were worse; their throats had been torn savagely open, and rancid green poison dripped from the wounds and foamed in their mouths.

JasonK at 05:58, 9 October 2006

2006-10-09T05:58:36Z

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Two sorcerer-engineers of [[The Xuan Wu Academy]] stood at the bottom of a hill in the misty morning. The night had seen three mortals killed, adding to the toll of eight from the two days before. The road they'd been building was a ruin, as well, and the same was true of their raw materials. Inam Niu, the elder of the pair, sighed. "We'd better alert [[Rivers Between Us|Master Rivers]]."

Hatsu Shi folded his arms across his chest. "Hardly necessary. We can deal with this ourselves. If we just summon a few more jokun..."

"We can't. With the construction we're doing all across [[The Marukan Alliance|Marukan]], the local courts are tapped to their limit. Any more elementals taken from their given tasks and Master [[Storm of Amber|Storm]] says we might disrupt the balance of Heaven."

"How does this not disrupt the balance of Heaven?" Hatsu Shi gestured to the chaos; the tightly-packed earth that had been thrown apart, the timbers splintered, the paving stones crushed to dust. The bodies of the men were worse; their throats had been torn savagely open, and rancid green poison dripped from the wounds and foamed in their mouths.

"The balance of Heaven..." Inam Niu bent down and touched a stony hand to the poisoned flesh of one of the men. "They walk through our fortifications like they're not there, they hate the works of men..."

The elder sorcerer-engineer stood. "Dogs of the Unbroken Earth."

Hatsu Shi twisted his lip. "Nature spirits."

"In abundance. But..." Inam Niu walked to the top of the hill. "The wind falls away here. It blows on every other side of the hill, in from each direction, but the top of the hill is like the eye of a storm - calm.

"I'm not sure yet," Inam Niu said as he took a crystal from his pouch, "but I'd wager that this is a demesne."

"Surely we would have noticed before now," said Hatsu Niu.

The other shook his head as he peered through the crystal. "Not if the Dogs have been hiding the Essence flows from us."

Hatsu Niu cast his eye behind him, down the half-built road destined for [[Celeren]] and leading back to the [[Eye of Hiparkes]]. He sighed. "We'd better alert Master Rivers."

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