Draezir seals the runes to the Broken Lands (log)

The Elanthia Weekly
A Newspaper of Gemstone III

Sheruvian Temple

There were strange happenings in the Broken Lands on the evening of August 4th. Some excerpts from talk on the amunet:

Scheindlin: "No one can travel to the moon anymore. The runes have been sealed."

Nimax: "'what????? sealed??"

Cobbeo: "Youve gotta be kidding Scheindlin?"

Setzier: "Mlord High Priest Draezir has severed the runes power. No Elanthians shall pass into the area known as the Broken Lands."

[later:]

Jingleberry: "MC's runes vanished for awile.. but they came back durin a commune... not sure if the commune had anything to do with it though"

[and still later:]

Kriztian: "Avatars in the MC, once again stay away!"

Luky: "There are deaders all over in Sheru with no help to aid them, no lives kept, no foggers. Elders needed in there to rescue."

Darlter: "'How bad are the avatars"

Nalax: "Are they making progress toward anywhere in particular?"

Cobbeo: "very bad...so stay out unless youve got the magic defense of a god...they werent too nice..dunno if they are still up in Sheru's but..there are alot of dead on the other side of the runes..not sure if there are enough clerics"

Then, Lady Sirinna sent me this account of her horrifying experience in the Sheruvian Temple. I thank her greatly for that.

Hunting in Sheruvian monastary, me and my hunting group comes across this particular strange Priest....

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You see Lord Draezir Moltoniron the Sheruvian Priest.
He appears to be in his 120's, has long, braided white hair, grey eyes, and tanned skin.
He is in good shape.
He is holding a razor-sharp black veniom tiger-claw with crimson vaalin claws in his right hand and a crimson vaalin kite shield edged with veniom and covered with silvery runes in his left hand.
He is wearing a thin sky blue glaes key suspended from a thin silver mithril chain, a tightly-woven spidersilk sack, a faded leather shoulder satchel, some heavy black velvet robes sewn with veniom runes the color of warm blood, a hand-tooled veniom wrist sheath, an intricate crimson vaalin unholy symbol of Sheru, and a polished black ora sheath etched with an unholy symbol of Sheru.

(He warned us that we are invading and ask us to leave...)
(bound and silenced Sakket...)

Morningmoon waves to Draezir.
Draezir says, "You were warned..."
The Sheruvian initiate murmurs a prayer to Sheru.
The initiate kneels before Draezir and bows deeply, touching its head to the ground.
Lord Morbakk just went north.
stance def
The brilliant luminescence fades from around you.

The Sheruvian monk's eyes fill with hatred as it struggles to regain control!
You are now in a defensive stance.

* Sakket just bit the dust!
Draezir rubs an intricate crimson vaalin unholy symbol of Sheru.
Draezir casts into the air above his head and a rip appears in the sky!
The fissure begins to feed on the air around you!
A quartz crystal is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 40 points of damage!
Draezir rips a chunk out of the Sheruvian initiate's right leg.
The Sheruvian initiate is stunned!
A white flask is sucked into the void striking Morningmoon along the way!
... 20 points of damage!
Left kneecap smashed into pulp.
He is knocked to the ground!
He is stunned!
A brown zircon is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 10 points of damage!
Torn muscle in the Sheruvian initiate's right leg!
Some wolifrew lichen is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian monk along the way!
... 40 points of damage!
Blow to chest causes the Sheruvian monk's heart to skip a beat.
A green garnet is sucked into the void striking Sakket along the way!
... 35 points of damage!
Vertebrae in neck disintegrate from impact!
Neck sinks into shoulders.
* Sakket drops dead at your feet! [the editor: Green garnet crit? Sounds like something that'd happen to a bard...]

The silvery luminescence fades from around Sakket.
The very powerful look leaves Sakket.
The light blue glow leaves Sakket.
The white light leaves Sakket.
The deep blue glow leaves Sakket.
The opalescent aura fades from around Sakket.
Sakket becomes solid again.
The pall of silence leaves Sakket.
The bright luminescence fades from around Sakket.
Sakket comes back into focus.
The translucent sphere fades from around Sakket.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around Sakket.
Sakket seems a bit less imposing.
Sakket seems to be in a different place than you remember.
A plain iron chest is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 20 points of damage!
Blow raises a welt on the Sheruvian initiate's right arm.
A dented brass chest is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 40 points of damage!
Internal organs bruised.
The Sheruvian initiate is stunned!
A large pink pearl is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 35 points of damage!
Bones in left arm crack.
A blue spinel is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 30 points of damage!
Stomach shot lands with a hollow *thump*.
A crystal amulet is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 15 points of damage!
Torn muscle in the Sheruvian initiate's right leg!
A clear sapphire is sucked into the void just missing Sakket along the way!
A blue topaz is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 35 points of damage!
Bones in right arm crack.
A plain fel chest is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian monk along the way!
... 5 points of damage!
Blow leaves an imprint on the Sheruvian monk's chest!
A good lockpick is sucked into the void striking Morningmoon along the way! ... 10 points of damage!
Mighty blow cracks several ribs.
A yellow jasper is sucked into the void striking Morningmoon along the way!
... 20 points of damage!
Left elbow smashed into a thousand pieces.
A badly damaged mithril chest is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian monk along the way!
... 35 points of damage!
Hearty smack to the head.
A good lockpick is sucked into the void striking you along the way!
... 50 points of damage!
Crushing blow to the spine!
You slump to the ground.
You are knocked to the ground!
You are stunned for 6 rounds!
A small statue is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian initiate along the way!
... 20 points of damage!
Blow raises a welt on the Sheruvian initiate's left arm.
A clear topaz is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian monk along the way!
... 25 points of damage!
Blow to the head causes the Sheruvian monk's ears to ring!
A rose-marrow potion is sucked into the void just missing Sakket along the way!
A crystal amulet is sucked into the void striking a Sheruvian monk along the way!
... 35 points of damage!
Grazing blow to the stomach.
A rock crystal is sucked into the void just missing Sakket along the way!
A clear sapphire is sucked into the void striking Morningmoon along the way!
... 10 points of damage!
Blow to back cracks several vertebrae.
A Sheruvian initiate is sucked into the void!
Rather abrupt decompression causes a Sheruvian initiate to explode!
Billions and billions of tiny bits of flesh shower everything.
Quite severely dead.
A Sheruvian initiate is knocked over by the wind!
A Sheruvian initiate is sucked into the void!
Rather abrupt decompression causes a Sheruvian initiate to explode!
Billions and billions of tiny bits of flesh shower everything.
Quite severely dead.
A Sheruvian monk is knocked over by the wind!
A Sheruvian monk is sucked into the void!
Rather abrupt decompression causes a Sheruvian monk to explode!
Billions and billions of tiny bits of flesh shower everything.
Quite severely dead.
You are sucked into the void!

Blasted into a thousand pieces your remains speed through a limitless void for several moments before you feel a tugging on your remains by some unseen force. You realize you are falling rapidly when abruptly your remains come to a crashing stop.

High above the Town Square a small speck begins to grow, after several moments it becomes apparent that some large object is speeding down! A local townswoman who has also seen this, runs away yelling, "THE SKY IS FALLING!" just as a massive gelatinous lump of flesh lands on the bench splattering everyone present with flesh and blood.

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Somehow, I survived the ordeal, and ended up in TSC...
What a strange experience!!

*You notice the whole letter been etched by a shakey hand making the wordings hard to read...*

Signed..
Lady Sirinna

And, Lady Sirinna says that, though it was hard for her to hear what was going on, Lord Draezir spoke of Shar--a goddess of darkness at odds with Sheru. (Can anyone tell me more of her? I thought I knew those of darkness by name, at least, but had never heard of her.) That would seem to tie the situation in with the Meteor Swarm cast at Voln, a couple of weeks ago, by Azerea, a servant of Shar.
August 6. Volume 1. Number 9

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The Elanthia Weekly - Draezir seals the runes to the Broken Lands (August 1998)