Difference between revisions of "Witchling"

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Story Thus Far

Early Life

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Four years ago in late autumn Caliburn and Dagmar, having fed up with being in everyone's shadow decided to do something about it and devised an insidious plan that would not only secure their futures in their house; but also secure their prosperity and future protection; for Hexstrom had one prominent enemy in house Duquette. Duquette a rival house in both honor and prestige was a long-time enemy of Hexstrom and located in the citystate of Evasta in the neighboring country of Bas; from which they would regularly send troops and fodder to harass Ilfor. Caliburn and Dagmar would practice in secret as they cultivated their magic and raid flesh pit after flesh pit, as they attune themselves to the netheric energies of their dark home realm via a dangerous and forbidden ritual. This act would boost their powers to a level unseen in modern times. The duo would soon set off and arrive at Evasta mid-winter with a massive horde of ravenous corpses and proceeded to lay siege. Evasta amid a famine (thanks to the inner workings of Caliburn's toxic magic) was nowhere near prepared for this sudden massive invasion, and in turn, was easily breached and capital razed. Seeing this as a victory Caliburn wanted to leave, saying this defeat will blacken their name for all time; but Dagmar contested in that this open and brazen act of aggression will not go unnoticed and that Duquette will certainly seek reprisal. Dagmar was convinced they needed to see this threw and end every life in the city-state, saying such an action would make them legends. Caliburn in turn decided that if she was to do this she would do it alone and soon departed with his sister cursing his name for his cowardice. Dagmar empowered by the forces of Dirge would see her action through; and in the cold light of day, Evasta was now silent with every resident slaughtered, and all members of house Duquette whether man, woman, or child were on display for all to see; impaled on a forest of spikes. Having relished this event and her new sense of superiority, Dagmar in her reckless indignation would go off and would broadcast her "achievement" for the world over. When she finally returned home she was met with rage and horror, instead of the praise and accolades she was expecting and in her mind rightfully deserved. But Dagmar in all of her foolishness should have heeded her brother, for her actions were thought to have angered Duquette's Shadim lord and would have surely smitten them in retaliation or worse caused a conflict with their own Shadim lord, and Duquettes'. For this Dagmar should have been swiftly executed; if it wasn't for her mother Circe blessing her with immortality at the moment of her birth. Instead, she was branded with treachery and marked with shackles that would feed and seal off her ever-growing magic, then unceremoniously banished to Earth, a fate she bemoaned as it felt as if she was the only one being punished when Caliburn assisted her in sieging Evasta. But her plea fell on deaf ears as Caliburn forwarned them of what she planned to do on his trip back to Ilfor. With that, Dagmar fell through a portal kicking a screaming until she landed in a frozen forest. She would wander the woodlands for a few days looking for some kind of civilization as her irritation grew and festered until she took it all out on a passenger plane that flew overhead.

Dagmar stood on a short ledge overlooking a horde of zombies, those who perished in the plane she brought down and the survivors unlucky enough to have survived to begin with. They were trying to break into a barrier that protected the entrance of a cave. She would however hear the crunch of snow underfoot coming from above her, that and the twin heartbeats of the living. With a glance from her side-eye, she would see two strangers hiding above her, with one scoping her down with a rifle. Using her psionics Dagmar would force the duo off their perch and come crashing down before her. The would-be heroes Maxus and Rose Daegus, cowering before her would then be "coerced" into assisting her with a task. The trio would then enter the cave after the zombies broke the barrier and after combating minor demons and zombies that had not been raised by Dagmar; they would come face to face with a lich who was tasked to guard an artifact known as the "Cube of Necrull"; the lich's employer being non-other than Caliburn, Dagmar's now estranged brother. A lengthy fight would ensue in the caverns and Dagmar would leave amid the battle clutching the cube all while causing a cave-in. Stating that these tools have served their purpose. She would however be dismayed when Rose would manage to climb out of the wreckage after Maxus released a large blast and thus creating a sizeable opening in the collapsing roof. During the interim of this, a blizzard would begin to blow causing Dagmar and later the duo to find shelter at Steelhead; here she would run into a wounded Lucius, an old friend and cambion who would often get in mischief with her. After a spat with Maxus and Rose for trying to kill them (something she completely hand-waved and brushed off), she would be "coerced" by a veteran hero by the name of Frostbyte into assisting the group with a problem with their communication relays far to the north. Upon traveling to the first relay, they were, met by another young hero who was already familiar with her new "allies". While there they dealt with ARGENT and the local wildlife, all would be relatively well, snarky comments aside, until they began to find strange eviscerated bodies of animals, UNTIL soldiers, and strangely ARGENT alike; not long after that they came across a containment area holding a few UNTIL soldiers. One, a lieutenant standing out because another one of him appeared from out of the haze of the blizzard to taunt the group before shedding its disguise and revealing its true form, and instigating an ambush that was quelled with relative ease. Their victory however was short-lived as the group had to take shelter in a bunker due to the blizzard now hitting them up north. Upon entering the cold chambers the group would be met with minute darkness and an eerie silence. This would quickly change when upon entering the antechamber preceding the main lab they were met with the sight of corpses, slain scientists, and for Dagmar the tantalizing smell of fresh blood and fresh bodies prime for harvesting. Following the grizzly sight the group was met by some scientists; survivors of an ambush beset by strange shapeshifting creatures, all wishing to be escorted to the main bunker that housed many of the soldiers and more important personnel. Dagmar however would incinerate one of the surviving scientists much to the shock of everyone in the room. Her actions would be soon justified because the now burning scientist would quickly begin to melt into a viscous puddle of black sludge before evaporating into the air. Her reasoning being the creature she just killed wore the face of a dead man she noticed when looking over the bodies as the group walked through the bunker's halls. The silence of the stunned room would however be cut when the bunker began to shake and rattle due to the forces outside. They soon rushed outside where amid the blizzard that began to bear down on them, they were met with yet another ambush by the strange creatures. after fighting off wave after wave of the things; the group would soon split in two: one continuing to investigate the remaining bunkers and the other escorting the survivors into the main bunker which was well-lit and well-guarded. Dagmar would be with the former, wanting to not be stuck "babysitting" a bunch of old people. When entering the next bunker the visceral visage would be much more upfront as it seems many lives were lost when they were trying to get to the exit, unlike the seemingly unsuspecting scientist of the first bunker. Like the previous bunker, the group would spot more survivors with Dagmar wanting to incinerate them all "just to be on the safe side" but to her annoyance, everyone said no. Lucius would enter the room shortly and separate one of the scientists saying they spotted something on the still functioning security cameras. He then contacted the main base to report the suspicious person only for Dagmar to incinerate that one as well. An argument would follow with everyone accusing Dagmar of her recklessness and her apparent lack of humanity. She would in her usual fashion ignore them and the group would press on to the final unchecked bunker. Thereafter dealing with yet another ambush, they would be met. not with the usual silence and gaggle of cadavers but instead a particularly hideous mass of pulsating blackened flesh (A sight which bemused Dagmar; she wanted to keep the thing as a pet of sorts) and a lone soldier. After looking about the bunker and torching the pile of flesh to Dagmar's dismay. It was decided by the group of would-be heroes that the soldier would also be destroyed; the fact his presence was deemed suspicious as he was the only individual in the building, let alone with a mass of pulsating, blinking flesh; and it was for the greater good. Everyone except one of the young "heroes" agreed on this saying that it was cruel and without merit. He then left the group after the deed was done and was quickly swept up in the blizzard and swarmed by the creatures leaving only fragments of his cape behind. Following this the group met back with the rest of the gang in the main bunker where they learned that these creatures are called Roin'esh and are a race of shapeshifting aliens. After taking time to rest and debrief the group would be beset by aerial fire and an invasion force of machines. Coming out to combat the invaders, Lucius and Rose would be injured in the fight causing Dagmar and Maxus to finish the ordeal and face to the commander of the sudden fleet. Mechanist a cyborg would fight the duo back with surprise assistance from Caliburn to Dagmar's surprise. After Mechanist's defeat and his ship crashing deep into a cavern (with Maxus and Dagmar still onboard) it was revealed that the Caliburn fought was actually a mere shade and that he was after the artifact that Dagmar stole from him as well as the artifact that the Roin'esh were also searching for. After a bit of rest to collect their bearings, Lucius would manifest from the duo's shadow having healed enough to continue the mission. From then on they would transverse the cavern slaying alien after alien until they reached its heart. In the heart lay the alien's ship that was quickly being activated and blasting off into space, forcing the trio to board without being able to think of any such consequences. After fighting through yet more aliens they would reach it's captain who would merge with the artifact stating they were to use it to overthrow their masters. After its defeat Dagmar would obtain the cube, with UNTIL piloting the ship back to Earth. The group would meet back up with a now-healed Rose and return to Millenium City after reporting back to Frostbyte, warning her about an escape criminal who may be gunning for her in revenge.

Dealings with Demons and Explosive Result