Jewelskye
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Thunder boomed outside the stone walls of the tower, wind howling and causing the roof to tremble at it's force. Crysania's deep purple eyes glanced out the thick uneven glass at the night sky outside as lightning cracked, briefly illuminating the countryside far below. There was power in the air... and a lot of it. This was the night... the perfect night.
She'd been an apprentice mage until very recently, with the death of the man she'd been studying under. Funny, how one could wield such powerful energies and handle such complex spells and tasks that would tax even the strongest of men... but at the same time one could fall prey to something so small as illness.
The book was laid out in front of her, the large leather tome dusty from years of not being used... Until now. The old master had always warned that these magics were forbidden, and the tomes only kept here so that he could guard them from those who may try to use their secrets for ill.
Despite all of his warnings, however, she could not keep herself from picking them up. Spells and rituals for summoning... binding. She'd chosen the one that appeared to be the easiest, designed to summon an imp that she could bind to her and who would obey her every command.
She wore a long flowing purple robe, deep in color and a contrast to her fair skin and blood-colored hair. Long sable lashes surrounded her eyes, and delicately formed lips were perched on her angelic face, making her seem more an angel than a magic user.
She looked out over the binding circle she'd drawn on the floor in red chalk, just as the book had told her to do. Everything was perfect... she'd spent months studying this spell, and waiting for the right night to cast it. Kneeling in front of the circle, she laid her hands on the two power runes before her, closing her eyes and concentrating, focusing her energy into the runes below her palms as she began to murmur the text in the book.
The light in the room seemed to disappear, sucked up by the circle, which gave off an eerie black-red glow, and the air around her seemed to move, swirling. It flipped the pages of the book, lifting her hair around her, scattering the papers that had been on her writing table around the room, but still she kept her eyes closed, murmuring and concentrating.
And then suddenly, she felt as if the circle were pulling on her. She'd expected that... but nothing to this degree. Her heart sped up, her breathing became labored. Something was wrong... very very wrong. Forcing her eyes open, she stared in wide-eyed horror as the gate cracked to life in front of her, dreading what was due to come out of it.
Thunder boomed outside the stone walls of the tower, wind howling and causing the roof to tremble at it's force. Crysania's deep purple eyes glanced out the thick uneven glass at the night sky outside as lightning cracked, briefly illuminating the countryside far below. There was power in the air... and a lot of it. This was the night... the perfect night.
She'd been an apprentice mage until very recently, with the death of the man she'd been studying under. Funny, how one could wield such powerful energies and handle such complex spells and tasks that would tax even the strongest of men... but at the same time one could fall prey to something so small as illness.
The book was laid out in front of her, the large leather tome dusty from years of not being used... Until now. The old master had always warned that these magics were forbidden, and the tomes only kept here so that he could guard them from those who may try to use their secrets for ill.
Despite all of his warnings, however, she could not keep herself from picking them up. Spells and rituals for summoning... binding. She'd chosen the one that appeared to be the easiest, designed to summon an imp that she could bind to her and who would obey her every command.
She wore a long flowing purple robe, deep in color and a contrast to her fair skin and blood-colored hair. Long sable lashes surrounded her eyes, and delicately formed lips were perched on her angelic face, making her seem more an angel than a magic user.
She looked out over the binding circle she'd drawn on the floor in red chalk, just as the book had told her to do. Everything was perfect... she'd spent months studying this spell, and waiting for the right night to cast it. Kneeling in front of the circle, she laid her hands on the two power runes before her, closing her eyes and concentrating, focusing her energy into the runes below her palms as she began to murmur the text in the book.
The light in the room seemed to disappear, sucked up by the circle, which gave off an eerie black-red glow, and the air around her seemed to move, swirling. It flipped the pages of the book, lifting her hair around her, scattering the papers that had been on her writing table around the room, but still she kept her eyes closed, murmuring and concentrating.
And then suddenly, she felt as if the circle were pulling on her. She'd expected that... but nothing to this degree. Her heart sped up, her breathing became labored. Something was wrong... very very wrong. Forcing her eyes open, she stared in wide-eyed horror as the gate cracked to life in front of her, dreading what was due to come out of it.