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'''<big>Some Thoughts from a traveling sorceress...</big> | '''<big>Some Thoughts from a traveling sorceress...</big> | ||
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'''There is something about this place that seems heavenly. That's not the right word... Otherworldly. | '''There is something about this place that seems heavenly. That's not the right word... Otherworldly. | ||
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'''But in a land of dark sorcery it was inevitable that a dark sorcerer would try to mine us for our secrets. When one plays with demons like us, one plays a high risk game and one pays ones debt with blood and souls. One came. Carefully, he mined. He studied, he wished to learn from my sister and my sister wanted her freedom. When she broke free my nine companions and I helped her keep her husband in the ground. For a time. | '''But in a land of dark sorcery it was inevitable that a dark sorcerer would try to mine us for our secrets. When one plays with demons like us, one plays a high risk game and one pays ones debt with blood and souls. One came. Carefully, he mined. He studied, he wished to learn from my sister and my sister wanted her freedom. When she broke free my nine companions and I helped her keep her husband in the ground. For a time. | ||
− | '''I'll not | + | '''I'll not bore you. Their were wars. There was an empire. And one day the Lady walked away from it and from us. She had to. She was Named and her powers fled. For a time. |
− | '''She took up with vagabond mercenaries. And again she raised | + | '''She took up with vagabond mercenaries. And again she raised and empire. More wars. More magic. More death.... In the end... well, is there ever really an end? |
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− | '''One day, when something of peace of a sort was achieved, the God of War and his drunk brother came and claimed my sister and I | + | '''One day, when something of peace of a sort was achieved, the God of War and his drunk brother came and claimed my sister and I. |
− | ''' | + | '''He told us that he had recently discovered we lived. He talked to us like children. |
− | '''We were immortal sorceresses and mistresses of Empire! We had ruled the world for five hundred years like goddesses! My sister and I, never really friends, raised our combined might against this lone warrior | + | '''We were immortal sorceresses and mistresses of Empire! We had ruled the world for five hundred. years like goddesses! My sister and I, never really friends, raised our combined might against this lone warrior and his laughing drunken red headed brother. We who had stood battle in armor and blade for centuries bore our blades against him and the god of War slapped them aside. We worked together and he stood silent as he tapped our blades aside as if we were squires. |
− | '''Time passed and we never came near touching him. So we moved back. We summoned our wills. We summoned demons to devour him. We summed the fires of the | + | '''Time passed and we never came near touching him. So we moved back. We summoned our wills. We summoned demons to devour him. We summed the fires of the earth, the waters of the oceans, the stones of the earth to destroy him. The skies darkened as lightnings cracked to smite him. The howling of storms and the howling of demons and the howling of our elemental fury filled the air with a riotous din. We showed our proud might to this presumptuous godling! |
− | '''He | + | '''He said, “Do I have to do everything, Bleys?” |
− | '''The Red Drunk stood unsteadily, taking a drink from | + | '''The Red Drunk stood unsteadily, taking a drink from a silver flask. Looking at our hell falling upon them, he casually waved his hand. A giant glowing symbol appeared of a kind unfamiliar to us. A spell flew from it and all our forces were gone. We stood under dark skies as it began to rain in the sudden absence of noise. |
− | ''' | + | '''He stepped forward and looked into our profound shock. “I do not know what names you go by in this realm but I know what names you were christened with when you were born in the depths of Chaos. You are Doria, born first.” He pointed to my sister. He aimed his for finger at me, “and you are Desri, born next. You have a older sister named Maylon and another whose name is unknown. Yet.” |
'''My sister howled, “How dare you presume to to make such claims and to bring war to our world! What hell did you come here from?” | '''My sister howled, “How dare you presume to to make such claims and to bring war to our world! What hell did you come here from?” | ||
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'''The drunk chuckled, “Now, lets not be hasty, Ben. Amber is kind of a hell for some of us.” | '''The drunk chuckled, “Now, lets not be hasty, Ben. Amber is kind of a hell for some of us.” | ||
− | '''Looking aside with a short scowl, he spoke, “I am Benedict of Amber. This is one of my brothers, Bleys. You will go by those names | + | '''Looking aside with a short scowl, he spoke, “I am Benedict of Amber. This is one of my brothers, Bleys. You will go by those names for now till we know what better to call you. Our king has asked us to collect the lost stragglers of our family so we find ourselves here to collect you. I have reason to believe that the two of you are my daughters. It is good to see you are not defenseless. We will see that you add to the knowledge gained in your childhood.” |
'''I started to tell him our childhood was far in the past but I was wrong. My childhood had just ended when the red haired drunk looked in my eyes and my will was clamped like a sparrow in hand. Even the will of the Dominator never held my mind so tight. A whisper in my mind told me to relax and rest. | '''I started to tell him our childhood was far in the past but I was wrong. My childhood had just ended when the red haired drunk looked in my eyes and my will was clamped like a sparrow in hand. Even the will of the Dominator never held my mind so tight. A whisper in my mind told me to relax and rest. | ||
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− | ''' | + | '''I awoke in a bright place and I felt no fear. The little terrors that haunted the corners of my mind, the many voices were silent. A servant left immediately and a forceful looking woman came in with what smelled like cooked meat but of a kind I did not know.. She was tall, sturdy, and clearly used to being obeyed. I knew that kind my sister was one. I tended to rely on fear. |
− | ''' | + | '''“Its good that you are awake. My name is [[Dame Margot]] and we are going to be good friends. Now, Princess Fiona or Prince Bleys will be here in a moment to discuss your magical issues. Now, I imagine you are hungry. Lets satisfy what we can.” |
− | ''' | + | '''“Where am I? Who do you think you think you are to treat me like a child?” |
− | ''' | + | '''“I'm Dame Margot, and sweetness, if you are a child or not is yet to be proved. Now, if you would like me to take this platter away I can.” |
− | '''I was about to tell her what to do with the | + | '''I was about to tell her what to do with the plate and damn her to the hell of crows when the smell filled me. Hot.. a loaf of hot thick bread. A jar of mustard, a bowl of pickles. I knew these things but food was always a chore to me. Till then. She filled a split roll of bread with meat and mustard.. chunks of some cheese.. |
'''I ate. It was as if I had never tasted food. I was ravenous, as if starved from birth. As if every feast in my life had been cold porridge and rotted muscle. | '''I ate. It was as if I had never tasted food. I was ravenous, as if starved from birth. As if every feast in my life had been cold porridge and rotted muscle. | ||
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'''The woman spoke. | '''The woman spoke. | ||
− | + | '''“Well you gave us a bit of a puzzle. Lets take a look at you.” | |
− | '''“Well you gave us a bit of a puzzle. Lets take a look at you | ||
'''“Take a look at me how?” | '''“Take a look at me how?” | ||
− | '''I was about ready to strike her for her attitude but she produced a small glowing magical symbol in the air, similar to the giant one that had dispelled all the magics my sister and I could muster. | + | '''I was about ready to strike her for her attitude but she produced a small glowing magical symbol in the air, similar to the giant one that had dispelled all the magics my sister and I could muster. |
− | '''She looked me over, gazing through the symbol floating in the air, the size of her palm | + | '''She looked me over, gazing through the symbol floating in the air, the size of her palm. |
'''“Desri, my name is Fiona. I'm your aunt. This is Dworkin. He is your great grandfather.” | '''“Desri, my name is Fiona. I'm your aunt. This is Dworkin. He is your great grandfather.” | ||
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'''Looking at them I asked, “Really? I don't see the family resemblance.” | '''Looking at them I asked, “Really? I don't see the family resemblance.” | ||
− | '''“I don't imagine you would. Our genetics are tricky. Especially yours. We will go into detail later but for now | + | '''“I don't imagine you would. Our genetics are tricky. Especially yours. We will go into detail later but for now id like to discus your magical problems.” |
'''I wasn't sure what to say, figuring she would tell me. | '''I wasn't sure what to say, figuring she would tell me. | ||
− | '''“You had a | + | '''“You had a logrus based necromancy spell embedded in you. It was very poorly implanted. It was designed to allow you to gain the memories of the dead and to learn from them. Ideally it would have integrated the memories with your own but having been flawed it made you speak in the voices of the dead and gain only a fraction of their knowledge. Im willing to bet it made you hear voices in your head all your life too” |
'''This woman knew my darkest secret and the fear that drove me. | '''This woman knew my darkest secret and the fear that drove me. | ||
− | '''“And how did you | + | '''“And how did you ...” I stopped mid sentence. Its a moment I'll never forgot. I had spoken several times. And in the same voice. I stood up, surprising them.. I started reciting. I spoke speeches I had given, dialogs I remembered. I started saying random words in random orders.. |
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'''It was gone.. The howling in my mind. I was speaking in one voice. | '''It was gone.. The howling in my mind. I was speaking in one voice. | ||
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'''“Is...is.. is this my voice?” | '''“Is...is.. is this my voice?” | ||
− | '''Dworkin walked over close, raised a symbol that looked like fiery snakes in an orgy of | + | '''Dworkin walked over close, raised a symbol that looked like fiery snakes in an orgy of green light. |
− | '''“There are residual effects.. I think the spell is fixed. But it only delivers memories at the time of death.. Short term... partials.. Still, Fiona, it might be useful. Regardless, she has a Logrus imprint for some reason and | + | '''“There are residual effects.. I think the spell is fixed. But it only delivers memories at the time of death.. Short term... partials.. Still, Fiona, it might be useful. Regardless, she has a Logrus imprint for some reason and no power to shapeshift. That will take some fixing.. It means someone controlled her shape while forcing her through the logrus. It can be done but it's like juggling badgers and broken glass. Doria has the same thing but somehow assimilated it better. Its probably why she managed her magics better in their homeworld” |
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'''I walked to fill myself a glass of water. There was much I needed to know. Sitting on the edge of the bed I squared myself to these two. | '''I walked to fill myself a glass of water. There was much I needed to know. Sitting on the edge of the bed I squared myself to these two. | ||
− | '''“I desire information and clarification. “ I said, trying to marshal my forces in the room. | + | '''“I do desire some information and clarification. “ I said, trying to marshal my forces in the room. |
'''Fiona laughed. “And you will have it.” | '''Fiona laughed. “And you will have it.” | ||
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'''Time passed. Years really. | '''Time passed. Years really. | ||
− | '''I attended school; Fantalin | + | '''I attended school; Fantalin. I was the crazy death-goddess of Khatovar and I was going to school with a backpack full of books. |
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− | ''' | + | '''I met my kin. I met King Random. I spent time with my father. My father: Prince Benedict of Amber. |
− | ''' | + | '''Dworkin and Fiona taught me. I learned to shift my shape, control the powers. I learned high order sorcery. |
'''Everything I was, every thing I had done, everyone I had killed, was forgiven. | '''Everything I was, every thing I had done, everyone I had killed, was forgiven. | ||
− | '''I didn't know I needed forgiveness | + | '''I didn't know I needed forgiveness. But when it was given, I cried for a week. |
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− | ''' | + | '''The woman that walked out of the tear-stained room was not the one who had been on of the Ten Who Were Taken. |
− | '''I had a clean slate. All debts paid, all crimes forgiven. And it would stay that way if | + | '''I was no longer Soulcatcher. What i had been had been whiped away by the passage through the Pattern of Amber and the royal decree of King Random that i had a clean slate. All debts paid, all crimes forgiven. And it would stay that way if i behaved. |
'''I was Desri of Amber. | '''I was Desri of Amber. | ||
− | + | '''I walked the pattern. I was told that I could go anywhere. So I did. Since then, I have learned things. | |
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'''In time, I found myself here. Nu Yark, Nu Yark. | '''In time, I found myself here. Nu Yark, Nu Yark. | ||
− | '''I bought a luxury apartment in this arcology. Ten rooms | + | '''I bought a luxury apartment in this arcology. Ten rooms. A palace of technology inconceivable to the world of my birth. If nothing else...This '''place is clean. |
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'''More to come. Check back for the further ramblings of Desri, Lady of Amber. | '''More to come. Check back for the further ramblings of Desri, Lady of Amber. | ||
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