Death of the Nautic Moon

[TastyCheese]

(OOC: Everyone is still welcome to join this ORP. Please see OOC thread "New Underwater RPG" for details.)

The Crest of Syraenel, the Light of Hope, Triton's Judgement--all these, among limitless others, common names for the Nautic Moon. A single sphere surrounded by a halo of revolving crescent beams that, since the beginning of all civilization, has been in existence. It illuminates the deepest reaches of the ocean floor, in spite of the fact that it is no larger than the average triton or mermaid. It has rested atop the highest spire of Syraenel's palace for centuries. There is no sea-being in existence who does not know of this relic--the symbol of Syraenel's undying power over the ocean deep, the covenant of peace and equilibrium of the waters...it is the gift of the Gods.

For years now, Aurora had dreamed of the day her eyes would be blessed with the sight of the Nautic Moon. To see not only its luminescence, as she always had in her distant village, but to see its true form from which such light emanated. She remembered tales her elders had told her--of its brilliance, of its majesty, of its power. And so the young sorceress, not too long ago, set off on her journey (or rather, her pilgrimage) to Syraenel.

"The waters off Syraenel are so cold..." she murmured, as she flipped her fins around slowly. "I don't know how much more I can take..."

Her doubt quickly faded as she saw Syraenel's gates in the distance. The warmth of the Nautic Moon increased with each step, and with each passing moment, the visions of the Holy Spire became more visible to her. Aurora quickened her pace, swimming almost frantically toward Syraenel. And as she finally reached her destination, she let out a sigh of relief, though she was not able to contain her joy.

She had finally made it. She was here, in Syraenel, the most glorious Kingdom the ocean had ever seen. And for the first time in her life, she was able to see the crescent beams encircling the Nautic Moon. Its power overwhelmed her. Its warmth comforted her. Its presence honored her.

However, her state of bliss was abruptly interrupted. A mysterious event ensued shortly after her arrival--for the first time in centuries, the Nautic Moon's divine light began to flicker. Aurora didn't know what to make of what she saw, and the Syraenians around her were just as disturbed. She cowered to the ground, her fins trembling.

"What...what just happened?" she asked.

But nobody replied. Syraenel was silent.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

An Awakening

The sound of cracking earth reverberated through the water around a patch of bare earth,though it was far enough from Syraenel to delay suspicion.

Something moved,It felt The light flicker....

A head burst out of the ground,deep and blue around the water.It thrashed this way and that,gulping water greedily into a maw big enough to swallow a small whale.

The Creature shook itself free of the ground,coiling about itself like a snake,The powerful spiked tail sending a group of boulders to the ground.

The boulders unmasked a small building,which glowed with a murky light.The light cracked,then faded,a small humanoid form pushing through the blocked doorway,rising clouds of bubbles and chunks of rock,which floated towards the surface so far away.

"Synn....We are free....We are Free!"The figure announced,spinning and lifting free of the disturbed ocean soil and bubbles,floating towards the alrge creature and stroking a large scale.The Beast merely shifted and eyed the figure,a soft warbling noise filling the air,the great creature's purr."yes thats it my beautiful Synn....We will have or revenger for being so cruelly imprisoned.Yes we will"

She smiled and patted his head,for the figure was a she,a murky blue/green in color,with hair in a fan of black behind her.
She slid up around his neck,where a small bony spine created a natural saddle."come my lovely one,let us greet the Syraenel shall we?I think we have much to discuss"

"yes...much to discuss"She muttered distractedly as the Large beast started off,coiling and slipping with a snakes motion,propelling tiself quietly and smoothly through the water.

 

[hawkeye18]

Distrubing News

Tin'opp floated above the ocean floor, blanketed by a green sea of alge. His powerful merman tail gracefully flicked back and forth. His breathing was slow and deep, for he was dreaming. Tin'oop dreamed how one day he would beable to go back to Syraenel and see his beloved, Jenal.
Tin'opp had been hunting the wer-shark for two months, and the chase was nearing the finale. He stroked his long red beard and smelled the sea, hoping for a sent. Suddenly, something went horribly wrong.
The light began to flicker. "What the hell??" he thought. This was never supposed to happen. something was definatly wrong.
No oversized sea creature was worth this. He needed to get home. He needed to get to Jenal. Tin'opp grasped his trident and swam towards Syraenel with all his might.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Behemoth

The huge creature known as Synn coasted closer and closer to its goal,the flickering light a beacon to Syraenel. A mermaid darted outwith a bubbling shriek,and thrashed furiosly towards the dubios protection of the city.

With a cry of triumph the beast surged forward and blood filled the water around its maw,sliding off its scales as it continued on,It's form wrapping around buildings that lay in its path,destroying them.

A large whale wheeled past,trying its best to speed away from the huge creature.Like a snake it lunged,fangs digging cruelly into the whale's hide,which sent a shriek of pure agony vibrating through the waters.

Synn bit down,silencing it and gorging itself with relish.

The figure on it's back chuckled and petted the scale in front of her."yes yes my dear,you are hungry I know,don't worry you will have many to feed on soon Lovely one."

 

[hawkeye18]

Tin'opp 's head was swirrling. As he raced towards the city, he swam past some horribel sea creature with a figure on it's back. But that was just a afterthought in his mind. He could feel his fin muscles getting tired, but he too pushed that out of his mind. All he thougth of was his love, Jenal.


He was close now. He knew because the water was getting warmer, but not as warm as he once remembered it. Tin'opp came over the crest of the hill and looked down on Syraenel. Tin'opp stopped.

He looked down on the destruction of the city, his beautiful home. He could feel the seabed rumble and shake.

"No, oh no. The Nautic Moon. NOOOOOOOO!"

 

[TastyCheese]

The Nautic Moon's light continued to flicker furiously. The citizens of Syraenel were forced to do nothing but to watch. Nobody had any idea what was happening--even the Royal Palace was mute. Chaos ensued.

A tear fell from Aurora's eyes as her dreams were dying with each passing moment. What was going on? She wasn't sure, but she had remembered stories that her elders told her--myths, she thought they were, of a time when the Nautic Moon's luminescence was nonexistent. Of times of war when Syraenel was no more powerful than any of the numerous surrounding kingdoms. She remembered slightly these references; however, there could not have been a worse time for her to remember such tales. Syraenel was in danger. She had no time to dwell in her thoughts.

But suddenly, the Nautic Moon's glow died completely. And in the distance, far beyond Syraenel's gates, Aurora saw a strange light of some sort.

"I had just come from that land," she remembered. "That...was not there when I had passed it..."

From the strange land emanated a dark light that shot directly for Syraenel. Was this the source of the disruption in this powerful kingdom? Somehow, this strange occurrence must have been connected to the Nautic Moon...

Syraenel had lain in darkness as this strange new light overtook the kingdom. But everything was happening so fast. As quickly as it died out, the Nautic Moon's aura came back. But this time, it was different. Instead of flaring outwards and illuminating the ocean floor, the Holy Spire shot one single beam toward the Heavens.

Aurora looked around her and noticed that the Royal Guard had assembled along the gates of the kingdom. And as she continued to observe, she realized that a sea monster of some sort was nearing the kingdom's walls.

"That...that monstrosity. The Royal Guard isn't going to be enough to stop it. I have to do something...I have to help. I didn't come all this way to have my dreams crushed. If there's one thing I will do, I will protect the Nautic Moon!"

And as she proclaimed her vow to the Light of Hope, she raised her hand in the air, and as the water spiralled around her, a crystalline staff materialized. Rested atop her staff was a talisman--it glowed in a prism-like fashion in an icy blue hue and was in the shape of a single diamond resting on a base of ice shards. The young sorceress looked to her left and noticed a dark figure holding a blade that was engulfed in flames. As she looked at him a little longer, she realized that the lower half of his body was serpentine, and he wore a dark cloak around him.

"And so it begins..." the figure whispered, in so light a tone that Aurora was not able to hear.

"You there! Within you I sense the heart of a warrior. The Royal Guards of the Holy Spire are not able to withstand such an abomination. I go to defend the glory of this kingdom. What say you?"

The man smirked as she spoke to him. It brought him a brief pleasure that an actual merbeing was talking to him. So very few had ever spoken word to him--it was almost as if he had forgotten the sound of another being's voice. Grinning, he slithered forward a bit, but did so in a fashion as not to frighten her.

"With all due respect, my lady, but for what reason is an outsider as yourself willing to die for this kingdom? This, I am sure, is something that will soon be revealed to me." As he blinked, a red diamond appeared on his forehead. "But yes, though this Kingdom has treated me with such repulsion, it is the only place I am able to call home."

Aurora was intrigued by this man. How he could tell so much with being told so little. She was a little afraid after he spoke. For what reason did the Syraenians treat him so poorly? Surely it wasn't because of his serpentine body--there were plenty others as he. But this, she said, was to be contemplated at another time.

"...Then let us go."

With her staff in hand and with his sword in his, they went to pursue the sea creature.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Synn

(hope this sin't Too over the top lol)

The huge Serpentin twisted upwards.Walls wouldn't stop it.It coiled upwards over nad over itself,scales flashing in the second hand light glowing from the Nautic Moon,and its own eyes.

The figure pulled a small black-colored cylinder,which telescoped into a wicked,three pronged triden,black and sinsiter looking.

"Syraenel!I come for you,prepare to pay for your Sins with Synn!"The figure shouted,jsut as the beast reared and shot forward,crashing into teh wall and continuing through it,twisting to bite 3 guards in half in one go,It's thrashing body sending currents washing away from it.

A number of Merbeing's shot off harpoons,but they bounced off the creatures hide without effect.The thrashing tail of the beast flattened them. It floated up,curling around teh light,illuminating tiself and looking down,maw open and bloody,roaring.

A number of guards swam up,stabbing bravely at it,but its body merely whipped against them,sending them tumbling unconscious away.

"Fools!Where is your power now!You shall pay for the crimes years past!"The figure gestured as the Giant Leviathon turned and streaked downward,sending guards tumbling as its body curled heavily into the streets,crushing or killing those unlucky enough to be trapped there,its powerful tail destroying houses.
The figure atop Synn pushed the trident out like a lance,capturing a guard in the chest,spearing him upon it and tossing him off it carelessly.

Again the Leviathon rose,circling and coiling around itself almost lazily as it watched the city below.Synn Roared once again,sweeping towards the walls,swooping bac up a few moments later,tridents stuck into his scales like quills.The beast shook them off irritably and smashed the wall in with his tail,angry at the defiance.Another groupof guards swam towards them and the figure laughed,Throwing ehr trident forward,which impaled one.The otehrs slowed,turning to help him,and were caught up in Synn's jaws,which clamped down with a sickening Snap.

The Serpent turned once again,coiling to twist downwards,nearing the Royal buildings and stopping outside the gates,though when It could move about as it willed it was more a gesture then a true barrior.The figure waited quietly as a number of merbeings lined the wall with harpoons.They threw them towards the figure and the leviathon flipped its head,disturbing the throws and sending them scattering to the side with a snort of contempt.

"Where are you?Where are the rulers of Syraenel.Come and meet your executioner"
A moment passed without any mroe reply and the Leviathon snapped its tail portion ot,flattening a number of large houses near it.
"Come Out before I demolish this city!Face me!"

The serpent turned in place,eyeing around itself,coiling into a ball as it eyed the rest of the guard,snapping its jaws and showing off blood-stained fangs.

The figure chuckled dryly and rose up on the Leviathon,floating above the city,The whole thing having happened in barely a few moments.She pulled another cylinder off her belt,and again it telescoped into a trident.Her hair fanned behind her in a black wave.

 

[hawkeye18]

OCC: sorry, did not see where it was going.


IC: Tin'opp saw the serpent fly over the walls. He could hear the screams of the merpeople inside. His thoughts became ones of horror, hearing the screams of the people inside those walls. His mind did not even compute the way the Nautic moon had changed.

Tin'opp grasped his trident and began to murmmur under his breath. His enchanted trident began to glow bright blue, with electric archs jumping between the tips. He kicked his tail up so he stretched out to his full length.

"By Posioden's spear, I will bring down that evil creature, even if I shall fall too." Tin'opp swore to no one. He began his race towards the city, hoping he was not too late.

Tin'opp gained entrence to the city by a small protal no one had used for centuries. As he swam through the streets, he could feel the death in the water. And soon he began to see and taste the ichor of bloodshed and death. He came to an open square, where many mermen were swimming away for their lives. Except for two figures, who seemed to be standing their ground. A female mermaid and a cloaked being. The mermaid was holding some sort of crystaline spear, and had the look of a sorceress. Tin'opp prayed that they were here to battle the evil lurkign inside the city.

 

[TastyCheese]

Aurora and the cloaked warrior took stance, now only a few steps from the sea creature. They were completely void of fear and were ready for anything that this thing might throw at them. And as they watched each and every royal guard crumble before the Leviathan's grasp, as they both had no doubt was going to happen, they prepared themselves for a battle.

But before either of them took action, they spotted a triton nearby, also swearing to vanquish this evil. And as Aurora continued to observe, she witnessed the man's trident glow a strange blue hue. Certainly, a trident of such caliber was not common--Aurora was sure of it. There was something different about this man. There was something in his eyes.

--Who is this man...--she asked herself as she stood, motionless.

She always did that--got stuck in a train of thought when it was most inconvenient. After all, she was standing right before a towering beast that would have wanted nothing more but to devour her.

"My lady, this is no time for inhibitions! Now, we must fight!" the warrior exclaimed.

She snapped out of her trance immediately and gave him a nod. The man held his flaming sword before him. He wondered, with his magically imbued blade and even with his unparalleled skill, whether or not he would be able to pierce through the creature. He closed his eyes, almost as if meditating, and without any thought at all, he lunged forward--eyes still closed, heading directly for the creature's gargantuan spiked tail. If he were to succeed in taking it off, that would be one thing less to worry about while fighting the creature.

Aurora watched the sight-impaired man, still nameless to her, wondering what it was he was trying to do. And not only that, she was wondering exactly how he would do it without the aid of his eyes. She remembered slightly this creature calling for the rulers of Syraenel. As she looked toward the triton with the glowing spear, she began to speak.

"The Priestess of the Holy Spire...this creature and its master wish to meet her. They seem to have a score to settle. We must not let them succeed, or Syraenel will surely fall."

Aurora quickly glanced toward the Nautic Moon, its light still beaming toward the heavens. She asked it for guidance as she waited to act. Before she was to cast a spell, she would have to see if the mysterious figure would be successful in removing the creature's tail.

And all the while, with the brave triton nearby, she was entranced by his glowing trident, wondering what he was to do next. He was no ordinary citizen of Syraenel, she was sure of it.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Synn

The Leviathon lifted,curling voer and voer around the light of the Nautic moon,It's rider silhouetted by its cool light.

A face framed by black floating strands of hair was a greenish/blue cast,though in a pleasant way,a slender,trim athlete's body,and long legs hugging the Leviathin's scaly hide.The figure was dressed in almsot archaically designed armor,numbers of small cylinders attached to her belt.

The figure watched the figure streaked towards her Leviathing and shfited her stance in her bony saddle,the Leviathin deftly turning,lifting its spiked tial so that only a alrge spike was removed by the sword,making teh beast roar in paina dn thrash in teh water,circling higher,out of reach from the ground.

The figure stroked it and murmered croooning sounds to it before turning it,forcing ti towards the challengers spread out."Out of my way!Syraenel must pay for tis crime.I claim Vengeance for my people!"The figure shouted down at them,her collapsable trident held in a locked,lance-like position under one arm,her eyes a sprakling,piercing green.

 

[hawkeye18]

Tin'opp

Tin'opp watched the cloaked figure make the first attack against the Leviathon. But it was too fast and escaped, only losing a scale. He could hear the rider yelling on about somethign, but Tin'opp was in his warrior meditation, focusing all his being on the Leviathon, looking for any weaknesses. It was a mighty beast, and he would enjoy feasting on its heart after it was killed.

Tin'opp coiled his tail and sprung at the beast will all his might. As he approached the leviathon, blue lighting erupted form the tips of his trident. He uttered a wordless battle cry

"URRRRRAHHHHHHHHH!"

 

[DarkThoughts01]

The Leviathon Roared inf ury and pain,the bolt of lightning crackling around tis form,making it thrash around blindly,crushing buildings,home's,shops and people. Its fangs sparked before it grounded its tail,the bolt going to ground.

Debris floated up in clouds,concealing it in a huge dusty fog.

It's rider screamed in pain from the attack,but managed to rise her trident again,and red eyes burned like lava through the misty debris.A moment later the dust cloud burst,a huge maw snapping at Tin'opp.

The leviathon closed around teh tip of Tin'opp's tail and removed a small fang's worth,a few inches at best.It gave another roar as his trident scrabbled along it's scales,and then the beast ahd curled back,dissapearing into teh debris cloud.

On teh ground the leviathon slithered out of teh cloud,nearing teh cloaked figure and the magic user,curling on the ground in a ready,though not as hostile stance.

His rider stood up,and pointed the trident at the two.


"Why do you all Delay my Vengeance?I have claimed my right of Vengeance, you breach My claim!"She shouted at them,a apir of slim gills working at the base of her neck,straining the air around her.Up close soft,glittering emerald scales covered her forarms,the top of her hands,and along her sides and the outside of her legs.

"Well?Tell me!"

 

[hawkeye18]

Tin'opp grimaced in pain and fell to the sea floor from the bite the huge beast had given him. The beast had dissapeared into the debris cloud it had made from his attack. He looked around, and the reached over and grasped his trident once again. THe moment he touched it, blue archs jumped between the tips.

Tin'opp was coiling up for another attack when he tought better of it. He did not want to be killed by this Levianthon, bite by bite. Sometimes the best warrior was the smartest warrior.

" What have the people of Syraenel done to deserve this? Answer me!"

 

[DarkThoughts01]

The Leviathon roared,shaking teh depths as it's rider replied with a scornful tone.

"what have they done?!What have they done!Has it truly been so long you know nothing of the atrocities Syreanel has dealt to my people?A curse on all your families then!I do this for the memory of my people,which were all killed by Syreanals careless cruelty, and you cannot even remember it!"

The great Leviathon,sensing it's riders anger snapped around its maw,growling a low rumble through tis throat.

"For my people I shall kill you.The dead are not silenced so easily,no matter how much their killers forget!The dead remember everything,and their blood signs in my veins,calling me to my duty.


"You have even distorted our Very Names,our honor!Now the name of my race is said with scorn,a thing of ugliness instead of the beauty it once was."

"I can never forgive you,for the slander of the name of troglodyte!"

The rider gave a bellow of challenge and teh great beast arched into the debris,blowing outward and again biting at Tin'opp, missing with its attack.
Its rider however locked trident's with him,twisting deftly,trying to pull it out of his ahnds.She cried out as her arm numbed,dropping the collapsible trident as a shock ran up her arm.

 

[TastyCheese]

OOC: Sorry...same excuse everyone else is giving: Finals week ahhh! But I'm done, and all is well.

The cloaked serpentine warrior stumbled back, seeing that he had only managed to chop off but one spike off the beast's tail. He smirked as he realized that, in a sense, he was quite satisfied with doing battle with a monster of such power. Again, fear was the most distant emotion he was feeling. Aurora was beginning to feel it, though--the fear. She wondered how it was that just the three of them would be able to stop the Leviathan. After all, it did take out almost the entire Royal Guard by itself.

The two watched as the mysterious triton tried his cards with the monster. Nothing he was doing worked. The cloaked figure looked toward Aurora, wondering why she was standing so idly. But all the while, she was doing nothing more than observing. And as she finally heard the beast's master speak of Syraenel's injustice, memories began to flow through her mind once more.

--The Troglodyte...-- she thought to herself.

She had heard of them somehow in her studies in her distant kingdom. She could not remember how long ago or even what had happened between the Syraenians and the Troglodytes. But she was sure there was definitely a link between this strange beast and the oddities of the Nautic Moon.

"They are Troglodytes! What do you know of the Troglodytes?" she asked the cloaked figure.

But he said nothing, and it was clear he had no knowledge of such a race. It was true what the beast's master had said--that their name had been erased from the pages of all history. Aurora felt somewhat sympathetic for those she was battling. She had once experienced something similar--the destruction of her home kingdom. She was almost envious, to be truthful. The ones standing before her knew exactly that Syraenel had wronged them and were now here for their revenge. For herself...she could not say the same. She was the only survivor of her distant kingdom. All she could remember was the light--that immense light that overtook the palace. It had only happened just a few weeks ago...

Yes, she was on a mission of sorts. She had to find the person or people who had destroyed her home. And Syraenel was the best place to start. Everyone went to Syraenel. Everyone was here. There was bound to be someone who had heard of her kingdom and its destruction. That was what she couldn't tell the cloaked warrior.

She raised her crystalline staff in the air once more, closing her eyes. An immense deep blue aura surrounded the waters around her. The talisman lying atop her staff began to emit a strange light, acting harmoniously with the Nautic Moon's beam.
A ring of ice shards began to materialize around the beast and its master. They encircled the two entirely and raised up above them. And as she brought the her staff down toward the ground, the ice shards dove, attempting to pierce them.

The cloaked figure grinned and decided now was as best a time as any to attack again. Aurora was casting her spell, and the beast's master was impaired by Tin'opp's bolts. The warrior banged his sword on the ground as its flames grew stronger. As he closed his eyes once more, the diamond on his forehead glowed slightly.

"It may be best for you to retreat now, as your child has not fully grown yet..." he said, in the most calm fashion, to the cloaked lady.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Synn

The great Leviathon screame din pain,rearing and thrashing away from the painful atatcks thrown against it. Ice came raining dowen upon it,the tinkling shards of ice shattering against most of his scales,a number of them slipping between cracks and drawing blood.The ice shards reared out of his back like spines.It shook them off angrily and bit at the water around it.

It turned,biting at the cloaked warrior and slammed him against a building,cracking teh wall behind it as a sword plunged below its eye,making it roar yet again.

It slunk slowly to the ground and curled up into a coil,gazing at them with baleful red eyes.Its rider slipepd sideways and slid on to her feet,a large shard of ice stuck into her right thigh,another pinned through her shoulder.
"no....dammit...so close....A curse on you"She looekd through half closed,wincing eyes at the magic user."you bastard.....Why do you help them..."She slowly floated dowqnward,unconcious.....

 

[hawkeye18]

Tin'opp

Tin'opp saw the opening he needed. The Beast was surled up on the ground and the female rider was off her great mount. He rushed at her, with his trident flashing in front of him.

In the far recesses of his mind, Tin'opp searched his knowledge of the Troglodytes, and if she was truly one. They had been destroyed many a year ago, so far past remembering. But the mighty ones of the Syraneel must have done something very hurtful to her peole, for this much hatred after soo long.

Tin'opp drew up to the rider.

 

[Donsehan]

Wanngurth Alume'a felt a stirring that awoke him. He got up, and looked outside, hmm the light was flickering what an odd thing. He chanted making his clothes appear on his body and his weapons attach to him. He then thought of Syraenel imagined it around him and the world twisted around him and he appeared just as a lightning bolt shattered the area around him. Grateful for protections, he swam around a pillar and saw a huge creature. His eyes went wide, when he realized he might know what it was. He felt the surge of energy as a young spellcaster called upon magic to aid her, it sung happiness into him. He calmed down and swam closer, while disappearing from sight, he swam closer to investigate. He thought it was a troglodyte, but he wasn't sure, he remembered them to be extinct, which made him wonder, where did this thing come from?

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Synn/Trogolodyte

The great Leviathon gave a rumbled warning to the warrior as he drew near to his Mistress,the Rider laying motionless but for shallow breathing,the slender gills at her neck working slowly,but peacefully.She looked as if she had passed out from blood loss and if left open for too long would most likely die.

Up close the rider was even younger then she appeared,barely emerging into adulthood. She was dressed in a warriors clothing. A plate of dark-colored coral across the chest,the outsides of her legs,and her shoulders,with a tight,stretchy material covering the rest.Around her waist hung numerous mettalic cylinders,spare tridents most likely.A small locket was threaded into her long hair,the gold glittering in the murky light cast my the nautic moon.



(sorry guys,holidays and stuffX_X<happy holidays anyway^^)

 

[DarkThoughts01]

*bump*
just helping the thread,where is everyone?)

 

[Donsehan]

Originally posted by DarkThoughts01
*bump*
just helping the thread,where is everyone?)

*bump* I'm waiting to see what happens)

 

[DarkThoughts01]

waiting on Tasty i guess)

 

[Donsehan]

yup pretty much, my character is waiting to see what happens.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Tasssttyyy...where are youo.o)

 

[Donsehan]

Originally posted by DarkThoughts01
Tasssttyyy...where are youo.o)

lol, this place is turning into an OOC thread now.