Posted by Horstivo -- The Unwise Bard on September 24, 2000 at 23:03:55:
In Reply to: Well, how's that for dramatic? posted by Cothurak on September 24, 2000 at 22:26:51:
Cothurak says 'To follow the path of Fire, one must live to the aspects of fire:'
Fienn taps his overgrown, yet attractive nose, thoughtfully.
<856hp 759m 609mv> The Tale-Telling Fire
A huge gray stone fireplace lies in the west wall. Small statues sit atop a
thick oaken mantle; their shadows dance against the wall in the fire's
light. The fire seems to move with a beat of its own, slow and rhythmic,
moving back and forth. Despite its large size the fire barely whispers a
crackle and its heat only surrounds you in a warm glow. Plush couches and
chairs surround the fire and a large rug covers the floor. As if respecting
the tales to be told, the noise from the rest of the inn also seems to quiet
and dim to a dull mutter. A painting hangs above the mantle, swirling
with colors. People sing and dance to the east in a cleared area. To the
north more soft chairs and tables sit about while to the south lie long
tables stacked with food.
[Exits: north east south]
A raging tower of flame hovers just above the ground.
(Translucent) Missila is resting here.
Anthragok is here.
Mayenne is resting here.
(Purple Aura) A dark faced duergar sits quietly eating dinner.
Juzrisium is resting here.
(Translucent) Shyntlara is here.
Graffilon is resting here.
(Purple Aura) Ekirhal is here.
Chayan is here.
(Purple Aura) Garenth is here.
Juzrisium is here.
(Purple Aura) Grakurmanu is here.
Shivara is here.
Fienn is resting here.
Phindar is here.
(Purple Aura) Cothurak is here.
(Purple Aura) A stout dwarf bouncer hefts his cudgel and looks for trouble.
(Purple Aura) Resting in a deep chair by the fire an ancient dwarf opens his eyes and
motions for you to sit and listen to a tale.
<856hp 759m 609mv> People near you:
Shivara The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Horstivo The Tale-Telling Fire
Anthragok The Tale-Telling Fire
Missila The Tale-Telling Fire
Fienn The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Grakurmanu The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Cothurak The Tale-Telling Fire
Juzrisium The Tale-Telling Fire
Juzrisium The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Shyntlara The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Garenth The Tale-Telling Fire
Mayenne The Tale-Telling Fire
Graffilon The Tale-Telling Fire
Phindar The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Chayan The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Ekirhal The Tale-Telling Fire
<856hp 759m 609mv>
Cothurak says 'The ability to destroy, the ability to cleanse, and the unending consumption to grow.'
Cothurak pauses for a moment.
Lithandria steps out of the shadows.
Lithandria dual wields a thief's dagger.
Cothurak says 'Fire always seeks to consume the environment around it, to grow upon others....'
People near you:
Lithandria The Tale-Telling Fire
Shivara The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Horstivo The Tale-Telling Fire
Anthragok The Tale-Telling Fire
Missila The Tale-Telling Fire
Fienn The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Grakurmanu The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Cothurak The Tale-Telling Fire
Juzrisium The Tale-Telling Fire
Juzrisium The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Shyntlara The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Garenth The Tale-Telling Fire
Mayenne The Tale-Telling Fire
Graffilon The Tale-Telling Fire
Phindar The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Chayan The Tale-Telling Fire
(PK) Ekirhal The Tale-Telling Fire
Cothurak says '...to learn from others' mistakes and accomplishments...'
Mayenne stares blankly into the fireplace...lost in thought.
Cothurak says '...and to move on, never to continue in one spot so that the fire might never die.'
Fienn sips his cocoa.
Juzrisium says 'Might we interject for learning's sake?'
Grakurmanu closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Missila sinks deeper into her large robes.
Fienn mutters something quietly to himself.
Fienn says 'Shush!'
Juzrisium snickers softly.
Juzrisium slaps Fienn.
, mutters something in a hushed tone about Inn etiquette and those in the shadows should remain visible.
Cothurak says 'In this consumption, Fire moves over all that is around in, in one way or another.'
Horstivo mutters something in a hushed tone about Inn etiquette and those in the shadows should remain visible.
Fienn pouts.
Mayenne enthusiastically high-five's Fienn!
Lithandria steps out of the shadows.
Cothurak says 'Those that cannot withstand the Fire and are weak, are destroyed.'
Fienn rubs his cheek soothingly.
Juzrisium snickers with someone about their shared secret.
You no longer resist blows.
You feel less righteous.
Your shield of words crumbles away.
Fienn mutters something quietly to himself.
Grakurmanu closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Grakurmanu is surrounded by a protective shield.
Cothurak says 'Attacked from all sides, the Fire burns the outside to only ignite on that which is within.'
Someone concentrates for a moment, then resumes its position.
Cothurak says 'Those that are not completely destroyed are cleansed, the fire strengthening and tempering that which is within.'
sing reveal
You sing 'He chanted a song of wizardry,
Of piercing, opening, of treachery,
Revealing, uncovering, betraying.'
Lithandria is revealed!
Lithandria begins to twitch uncomfortably.
A fire elemental is revealed!
A fire elemental begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Mayenne is revealed!
Mayenne begins to twitch uncomfortably.
A duergar hunter is revealed!
A duergar hunter begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Juzrisium is revealed!
Juzrisium begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Graffilon is revealed!
Graffilon begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Juzrisium is revealed!
Juzrisium begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Grakurmanu is revealed!
Grakurmanu begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Shivara is revealed!
Shivara begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Fienn is revealed!
Fienn begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Cothurak is revealed!
Cothurak begins to twitch uncomfortably.
Graffilon raises an eyebrow.
Phindar whispers 'STIVO!'
Your morale boost has worn off.
Ekirhal disappears into the void.
Juzrisium bonks you on the head for being so foolish.
Grakurmanu nods in agreement.
Ekirhal has returned from the void.
Garenth closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Cothurak smirks.
Garenth closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Fienn looks at a duergar hunter.
Lithandria glances at Cothurak.
Shivara sits down and rests.
Cothurak pauses for a moment.
Garenth closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
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Garenth closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Garenth is surrounded by a white aura.
The Tale-Telling Fire
A huge gray stone fireplace lies in the west wall. Small statues sit atop a
thick oaken mantle; their shadows dance against the wall in the fire's
light. The fire seems to move with a beat of its own, slow and rhythmic,
moving back and forth. Despite its large size the fire barely whispers a
crackle and its heat only surrounds you in a warm glow. Plush couches and
chairs surround the fire and a large rug covers the floor. As if respecting
the tales to be told, the noise from the rest of the inn also seems to quiet
and dim to a dull mutter. A painting hangs above the mantle, swirling
with colors. People sing and dance to the east in a cleared area. To the
north more soft chairs and tables sit about while to the south lie long
tables stacked with food.
[Exits: north east south]
Ekirhal is here.
Lithandria is here.
A raging tower of flame hovers just above the ground.
(Translucent) Missila is resting here.
Anthragok is here.
Mayenne is resting here.
A dark faced duergar sits quietly eating dinner.
Juzrisium is resting here.
Graffilon is resting here.
Chayan is here.
(White Aura) Garenth is here.
Juzrisium is here.
Grakurmanu is here.
Shivara is resting here.
Fienn is resting here.
Phindar is here.
Cothurak is here.
A stout dwarf bouncer hefts his cudgel and looks for trouble.
Resting in a deep chair by the fire an ancient dwarf opens his eyes and
motions for you to sit and listen to a tale.
Juzrisium looks at a duergar hunter.
Garenth closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Garenth is surrounded by a protective shield.
Anthragok gets a cherry pie from a Big Ol'Pack Sack.
Fienn stands up.
Fienn closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Cothurak says 'Almost unchallenged, the Fire is a force to be dealt with, as such, so should it's followers.'
Chayan sings 'We'll sing all night, and drink all day,
And on the girls we'll spend our pay,
And when it's gone, then we'll away,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows.'
Fienn is protected from the elements.
Cothurak says 'Most followers of the path of Fire strive to become leaders of men, for they hold...'
Fienn closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Fienn's feet rise off the ground.
Cothurak coughs lightly.
Cothurak pauses for a moment to drink some honey.
Phindar bows before Cothurak.
Lithandria whispers 'Preach it, Priest'
Shivara stands up.
Juzrisium whispers 'Amen!'
A fire elemental returns to the elemental planes.
Cothurak says 'In the end, a follower of the Fire, will not slowly dwindle but leave swiftly to spark the fire of another.'
Mayenne glares at Lithandria.
Fienn whispers '..priest...ess.'
The edges of a fox's being stretch and twist and he returns to normal.
Cothurak says 'For those of the Fire must never doubt themselves, or those that follow will doubt them, and the fire will surely collapse...'
Lithandria says 'Greetings Riebold'
Cothurak nods at the Emperor.
Riebold taps his cheek thoughtfully and looks about.
Lithandria bows before Riebold.
Juzrisium shrugs helplessly.
Garenth gives Riebold a crooked smile.
Cothurak says '...burning not outward but inward, destroying itself for it has no where to burn.'
Grakurmanu bows before Riebold.
Riebold gallantly tips his hat to Garenth.
A duergar hunter drinks ale from a tankard of dark wood, filled with a rich Duergar Stout.
Shyntlara joins Riebold's group.
Fienn offers Riebold a cup of cocoa.
Garenth chuckles at Riebold's joke.
Fienn smiles happily.
Lithandria concentrates for a moment, then resumes her position.
Cothurak pauses for a moment.
Riebold nods.
Riebold looks at Garenth.
Cothurak whispers 'You've come exactly for the moment I wanted you to hear, Emperor.'
Phindar drops a cup of warm spiced tea, sweetened with a hint of honey.
Juzrisium looks at Riebold.
Fienn gives Riebold the half-full cup.
Phindar sacrifices a cup of warm spiced tea, sweetened with a hint of honey to the gods.
Juzrisium looks at Riebold.
Juzrisium yawns.
Riebold nods and gestures for you to continue
Fienn gives a cup of warm, frothy cocoa to Riebold.
Ekirhal gets the pouch of nourishment from a traveler's baggy sleeves.
Ekirhal opens the pouch of nourishment.
A sweet aroma wafts across your nose as Ekirhal opens the pouch of nourishment.
Ekirhal gets a roasted chicken from the pouch of nourishment.
Ekirhal closes the pouch of nourishment.
Ekirhal puts the pouch of nourishment in a traveler's baggy sleeves.
Ekirhal gets a metal canteen insulated in a wolf's pelt from a traveler's baggy sleeves.
Ekirhal puts a metal canteen insulated in a wolf's pelt in a traveler's baggy sleeves.
Garenth closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Lithandria smiles with such vileness that sends shivers down your spine.
Cothurak slowly sighs.
Mayenne shivers uncomfortably.
Garenth snorts derisively at Lithandria.
Juzrisium shivers uncomfortably.
Fienn taps his foot impatiently.
Cothurak says 'As a follower of the flame, I have begun to realize my own demise....burning myself.'
Grakurmanu closes his eyes and hums for an instant.
Grakurmanu is surrounded by a protective shield.
Cothurak turns to scan the crowd.
Lithandria whispers 'The preacher speaks boldly'
Garenth closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Garenth is surrounded by a white aura.
Mayenne looks at Cothurak.
Cothurak says 'I've been running from something that I know is the truth, fighting that which is right, and being what I have come to despise.'
Garenth whispers 'ye should na'speak at all drow.'
Chayan sings 'Sang in answer a song of staying,
Resisting, battling against power,
Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,
Of changing and of shifting shape...'
Grakurmanu closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Grakurmanu gets a wild look in his eyes!
Fienn taps Lithandria's shoulder lightly.
Juzrisium says 'You burn yourself when you try to confine the fire, correct?'
You give a tankard of a deep red ale, frothing over the edges, labeled Mortorn Dark to Garenth.
Cothurak says 'For awhile, I've been watching the path I walk, and what meaning it has held in my life.'
Shyntlara utters the words, 'ghix'.
Shyntlara is moving more slowly.
Shyntlara utters the words, 'ghaiz gtui'.
Shyntlara's skin turns to stone.
Lithandria smirks at Garenth's saying.
Cothurak says 'Hold questions until after.'
Mayenne looks at Cothurak.
Juzrisium says 'Don't you find your path counterproductive then?'
Juzrisium shrugs helplessly.
Graffilon looks at Missila.
Cothurak says 'The path I have taken....is of no Fire, but a collapsing rift of greed and false power that has corrupted my soul.'
Missila whispers 'Oh dis getting to be messy. Missila feels it. Hold on tight.'
Cothurak says 'Awhile back, I was deemed unworthy to hold the prayer power from Lord Zulghinlour, and have had much time to think.'
A wry little smile crosses Garenth's face.
Lithandria closes her eyes, breathing slowly.
Juzrisium whispers 'drift wood burns good.'
Lithandria takes a deep breath and jumps nimbly to her feet.
Riebold taps his cheek thoughtfully.
Juzrisium nods.
Cothurak says 'In this time, I've saught to regain the Lord Zulghinlour's blessing....'
Cothurak waits for emphasis.
Fienn closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Cothurak says 'I no longer do.'
Lithandria sits down and thinks deeply.
Missila whispers 'ACK!'
Cothurak pauses for a minute.
Lithandria coughs loudly.
Fienn holds his shield a little tighter.
Juzrisium throws back his head and laughs into the night.
Missila hides behind everyone
Cothurak says 'What I do now is search from the Phoenix the redemption of my soul, that has come so close to being lost permanently.'
A duergar hunter drinks ale from a tankard of dark wood, filled with a rich Duergar Stout.
Cothurak says 'I've come to realize that to hold the power of the Lord Zulghinlour, or even more, is not worth the cost of my soul.'
Fienn bumps into Missila.
Garenth grins and grips his axe as he begins to chant a battle song.
Phindar listens carefully.
Lithandria scream
Juzrisium claps at Cothurak's performance.
Fienn blushes.
Missila whispers 'ACK ack!'
You cackle gleefully.
Cothurak says 'The darkness is a candle that burns at both ends, two flames that come to destroy itself.'
Cothurak is now anathema to the Empire.
Lithandria gnashes her teeth in seething rage.
Juzrisium throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!
Cothurak says 'Their passion and thrive as a Fire is correct, but their corruption and destruction of that which is right, is not.'
Cothurak yells 'Die, Grakurmanu, you sorcerous dog!'
A dwarf bouncer yells 'There will be no fighting in the bar, Grakurmanu!'
A dwarf bouncer's crush devastates Grakurmanu!
Grakurmanu narrows his eyes and glares in Cothurak's direction.
Cothurak can no longer find the strength to wield a two-headed pickaxe with tips of diamond.
Before your eyes, Cothurak withers under Grakurmanu's spell!
Grakurmanu's withering DISMEMBERS Cothurak!
Grakurmanu's cleave DISMEMBERS a dwarf bouncer!
A dwarf bouncer's crush devastates Grakurmanu!
You yell 'There shall be no fighting in this bar!'
You crack Grakurmanu on the head with a small bat!
With a few swift strokes, you crack a little sense into everyone, and stop the fighting.
You cease fighting in the room.
Garenth throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!
Lithandria says 'I spit on you Cothurak'
You kick Grakurmanu out of the bar for brawling.
Cothurak says 'I've now stopped one end of my candle, and realize the fight is that against those of the Shadow.'
Juzrisium says 'whooooooohooooo!'
Lithandria spits on Cothurak.
Lithandria concentrates for a moment, then resumes her position.
Cothurak says 'The fire within my soul has tempered the cold coal of my heart, to a stainless steel that reflects the light within me.'
Fienn gathers some beneficial herbs.
Fienn gives the medicinal herbs to Cothurak.
Cothurak looks better.
Graffilon snorts derisively at Lithandria.
Fienn closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Fienn's feet rise off the ground.
Cothurak says 'For obvious reasons, I now denounce and proclaim the beginning of the end of the Empire.'
Fienn closes his eyes for a moment and nods at Cothurak.
Cothurak's feet rise off the ground.
Cothurak stands proud.
Juzrisium says 'Welcome, Cothurak.'
*Yay!* Go Cothurak!!! Juzrisium cheers her on.
Mayenne whispers 'Lithandria, you're leaking...'
Fienn closes his eyes for a moment and nods at Cothurak.
Cothurak's muscles surge with heightened power.
Cothurak says 'Within me burns a new flame, that will consume the tainted goals of the Empire, and I will hunt those of the darkness until my soul burns within the company of the Phoenix.'
Lithandria says 'You have gone amok, and no mercy for you at all'
Riebold looks at Cothurak thoughtfully, his cold eyes promising certain demise.
Cothurak says 'As I can say to myself, as to all those that know me, welcome...'
Cothurak says '...to the new Cothurak.'
Someone looks at a duergar hunter.
Juzrisium laughs at Riebold mercilessly.
The flames in the fire burn out of control, the duergar hunter explodes into a million bits, Zulghinlour standing before you.
Chayan musics 'Greetings and a decision well made Cothurak'
Cothurak lifts her head and raises her hands lightly as they begin to flare in an eery light-blue flame.
Missila whispers 'ACK!'
Someone cringes in terror!
Juzrisium stands up.
Cothurak speaks in a deep and unholy voice.
Fienn says 'G'yah!'
Juzrisium throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!
Zulghinlour flashes a wicked smile.
Missila run around looking for a place to hide.
Lithandria steps out of the shadows.
Lithandria says 'L-lord...'
Cothurak says 'The Fire shall bind, strengthen and control my soul.'
Horstivo taps his lip in deep thought.
Garenth says 'Know tha'power that be tha'Light imperials!'
Zulghinlour drives his axes into both sides of Cothurak's body.
Zulghinlour's brutal attack does UNSPEAKABLE things to Cothurak!
Zulghinlour's brutal attack does UNSPEAKABLE things to Cothurak!
Cothurak is DEAD!!
Cothurak's finger is sliced from her dead body.
Juzrisium looks at Zulghinlour.
Lithandria cheers and sings... she is just BURSTING with joy!
Garenth closes his eyes with a look of concentration for a moment.
Garenth is surrounded by a white aura.
Fienn boggles at the concept.
Lithandria winces in agony.
You kick Zulghinlour out of the bar for brawling.
Riebold grins lightly and looks at Lord Zulghinlour.
Riebold chuckles politely.
Graffilon smiles at you.
Lithandria drops some gold.
Horstivo taps his lip in deep thought.
A flaming pentagram appears upon the ground. It flares brightly as a figure cloaked in fire steps forth. The fires flicker and fade to reveal Zulghinlour.
Mayenne looks at Zulghinlour.
Juzrisium gets 11004 gold coins.
Lithandria says 'I don't want that money'
Zulghinlour says 'That .... was unwise Horstivo'
Cothurak arrives from a puff of smoke.
Juzrisium looks at Zulghinlour.
Riebold taps his cheek, obviously deep in thought.
Graffilon looks at Cothurak.
You say 'Figured as much, but we all have standards'
Zulghinlour nods.
The edges of Shyntlara's being stretch and twist and she becomes a racoon.
Riebold says 'I was about to say the same Lord Zulghinlour'
Anthragok looks at Zulghinlour.
A racoon forages around and starts chewing on something.
Riebold utters the words, 'yrl'.
Riebold's feet rise off the ground.
A racoon forages around and starts chewing on something.
The edges of a racoon's being stretch and twist and she returns to normal.
Cothurak puts her hands together as the blue flame dies out as it washes over her entire body.
Cothurak tilts her head back and shakes her hair and then looks over the crowd.
Cothurak whispers 'And that concludes the Sermon of the Fire.'
Zulghinlour has transferred you.
The Pentagonal Lair
This huge five-sided room is quite unique. Each wall is a different color:
black, white, green, blue, and red. There is a symbol painted onto each wall:
flames on the red, lightning on the blue, a snowflake on the white, a skull
on the green, and two crossed cattails on the black. Each symbol is illuminated
by a candle, the same color as the wall. The ceiling is angled towards a
central point, making a it extremely high; at least 60 feet or more.
[Exits: west]
(White Aura) Hissing in unison, five uniquely colored heads attached to a mammoth dragon's
body swing around and greet you.