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[SWP] The beginning of the end :: the ending.

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The Helovian Gods had taken everything from him. Purged his lands of the lives that he had cultivated for centuries. They'd uprooted four of his carefully crafted lands and unceremoniously dumped them into their own terrain, with no thought to the consequences. They wrapped up their genocide and mass appropriation under the guise of altruism. They were helping all those poor Riftians, the lands were infected

What. Utter. Bullshit.

But now they would see the true power of the Rift. Of the magics that grew and bloomed wild and untamed there. He was nothing if not proof of the hardiness and resilience of his world and his peoples.

And he would have them back. All of them. And more.

Already Kaos' shadows had been choking out the outer Helovian realms, guiding and pulling all those far away from him towards the Spectral Marsh where his power had been constantly growing and swelling. Now was the time. He was ready.

The black altar which previously only spurted blue flowers and pleasant smelling teal liquids begean to dissolve into a semi-solid sphere. It pulsed and writhed with a brackish and sickly-sweet light. It emitted a hum that could only be felt in ones bones rather than heard. It called to all of Helovian, pulling them closer. The thick black fog which had covered almost half of Helovia now doubled in size, forcing any who would try and evade Kaos' calls to comply or die.

“DO NOT FIGHT ME.” Kaos roared, his voice supernaturally propelled across the Marshes and far beyound, ringing in the ears of every living being. “Everyone will go into the portal." His voice boomed, followed by an ominous whisper: “One way or another."

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They disobeyed. Of course they did - Kaos was expecting this. He was not above making examples out of them. Hadn't their Gods done the same to him? But unlike the Helovian Gods, he was not here flaunting any sort of altruism. He was here to reclaim what was his.

An ivy-adorned stallion and a winged were were babbling something about having their child spared. Were they really pleading with him? Did they think their offerings were going to change his mind? Ilios, Parelia, and their darling little Areli (where was the crown he had given her all those months ago..?) were unceremoniously yanked off the ground in a fist of teal light. Their bodies exploded as black smoke poured from their eyes and ears. Their were shouts of outrage, but Kaos' was numb to their cries. “FOR EVERY REFUSAL, MORE SHALL DIE." Run, a water-colour looking mare tried to tell her child as she watched her former mate die, but the words did not manage to leave her lips, and Xolani too was taken by the light and shadows.


And, like he knew they would, more still refused.

Fine.

This time the teal light fell upon another trio. Two paints and a young girl. Seeing what Kaos was about to do, both Aaron and Brendan stepped forward to shield Farah from the light racing towards them, but of course their material bodies could not stop his magic, and Farah too was dissolved in black and teal light.

Screaming some nonsense about their brother, two winged mares charged ruthlessly towards him. Without so much as a thought both Grusha and Tae found themselves pulled apart into smokey nothingness.

“HOW LONG SHALL THIS CONTINUE?" Kaos roared, his voice on a knife's edge between mirth and annoyance.

Apparently longer, as more disobeyed his orders to step through the portal.

Kaos set his sights upon young girl with lighting racing up and down her neck. As his teal light raced towards her, a pale pegasus mare stepped in the way, wings flared. But of course this was no use. Aleta and Sohalia were gone. Watching his sisters die proved too much for Matheo, who charged towards Kaos. He didn't even make it more than a few steps before his sunlit body exploded with shadowy vapours.

“HOW MANY MORE NEED DIE BEFORE YOU LISTEN?" An ugly mutated boy was the next to be gripped by the light, following the soldier he had once tried to help. Kaos tisked under his breath - she had had potential. But now neither Ru'in nor Ru would make it through. A pale red-horned mare  and blue-horned stallion were next to try their luck, but of course neither Phantom nor Vadim could best Kaos' forces. Shadows claimed both the ashen mare and stallion.  

A fallen angel tried his luck at martyrdom, trying to position himself before Kaos so that others could flee, but his sacrifice was short lived. Mikyael's body bled shadowy vapours as light wrapped around and enveloped him.

Together the two immortals of the group made their stand. Cast down by the deadly shadows, both Tarik and Ode got to their feet (albiet shakily) moments after. A smile passed over Kaos' lips, though it never reached his eyes. “TAKE WATCH. ALL OF YOU." The black smoke coalesced into a blade. With deadly accuracy it swung towards Ode, cleaning slicing off his head and allowing black smoke to pour from a wound which was overtaken by teal light before it could even bleed. For Tarik, the light seemed to move towards him and then stop, disappearing beneath his hooves. “Dead men tell no tales." Kaos whispered as smoke poured upwards annihilating him.

“WHERE ARE YOU GODS? THEY HAVE ABANDONED YOU. YOU HAVE ONLY ME. Choose life and go through the portal. You will not be harmed." But already the smoke had covered most of the marshes. The Helovian's ability to make this choice for themselves was quickly disappearing.

"What will happen to the companions if we go through?" Cried a blue lightning-marked mare. If Kaos thought she had any intention of actually going through his portal, he might have answered. But the defiance in her eyes sealed her fate. Ampere was overcome by teal light and black smoke.

Next came the charge from a line of warriors. A rather motley crew who stood no chance of succeeding, but they came all the same. Arion, Adaeze and Sialia. Hadn't they just watched how poorly such a tactic had worked for the others? This was beginning to get a bit annoying. This time as the group was covered in teal light, a flash of lightning lit the sky overhead. The remainder of the group had tried to flank him, but Argen and Boetius found themselves out-done by the shadows, while Einarr and Cirrus' aerial attacks earned them only a flash of teal lightning followed by their utter non-existence.


Out of the corner of his gaze, Kaos saw a darkish unicorn murmur something to a golden mare, before he and his two foxes tried to skirt around behind him. Fool, Kaos thought as Sacre was captured by a fist of shadows and destroyed.


For those who appeared indecisive, as if standing and waiting to see if their loved ones would arrive soon or were considering their own attacks, Kaos had no sympathy or patience. Kirottu and Grimalkin found themselves in the clutches of teal light, and then black smoke. “TIMES' A WASTIN' Kaos sneered, glaring at all those lurking nearby.

A rag-tag group led by Ophelia, tried to attack Kaos from all four directions. His shadows hadn't been dispersed into four before, so they reasoned at least one of them must be able to get through. But as Ghost, Eden, Ophelia, and Banjo charged like arrows shot from a quiver, smoke and light enveloped them all simultaneously.

“Nice try." Kaos mused, though his expression was annoyed and impatient. “ANYONE ELSE? Or can we all agree that your options are extremely limited."

Choosing to die in their own right rather than be forced into Kaos' portal, Zunden and Glasgow defiantly raised their heads and their voices against Kaos. But of course this did no good, and sickly green light and smoke took them just as easily as it had the others.



NOTE: If you have 'died' in this post, you may post your character elaborating on the circumstances of their death, or you may not. Up to you. If I missed anyone, let me know!

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The beginning of the end :: the ending. - by Kaos - 07-12-2017, 12:26 PM

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