First Day in Vana'diel (long)

[Hart]

ooooo So mysterious... . Sounds like Akrith has got a mystery on his hands. I like the idea of the White Martyrs of Shallaya, extremly intiguing.
This just keeps getting better and better... hopefuly your server will be up today.

[Akrith]

OoC-Sorry for the delay. My modem had problems that I discovered were an easy fix ofcourse three days later.

"Assault on the Orcs and Planning for Death"

I headed out seeking King Ranperre's Tomb again....(yes I still haven't found it...:mad: ) and after getting fustrated I headed over to the Ghelsba Outpost to take my fustrations out on the Orcs that dwell there. In my travels I teamed with a Taru healer named Byudan and later an Elvaan warrior named Lizardking (?) and a Elvaan monk named Deven. Deven is quite familiar with the area and we had some good fights. I even got to help killing two Stonechuckers! (Man I wish I could post pics... :mad: :mad: ). For some reason we were headed to Fort Ghelsba itself. It was a really cool sight with the rope bridges leading to it. We got ambushed hard being out numbered by like 7-4 and they all ran....I stayed behind trying to buy them some time (Being the hero that I am.....: ) ). The only one who made it out was Deven. We didn't hear from him again and it was myself with Byu and LizKing back at the gates. Byu led the way around Western Ronfaure picking out targets for Lizzie and I to bash. OoC- It was real funny...it was like a Taru Don King leading his fighters around and saying "Kill him and make me exp....now that thing.....now that...". It was getting late and we parted our seperate ways and I headed back into town and bought myslef a new shield. I'm currently planning on asking Byu, Phunk, and a taru redmage Rickytan (I know only through reputation) to assault the tomb once and for all! I'm going to get a map of the place and start planning soon.


Thanks for reading.....

[Akrith]

"The origins of Shallaya"

I found through the Shallaya prayer books I found the origin of this person worshipped by some as the Mistress of Mercy. It appears there was an island of the coast near the city of Norg. It was a prosporing land where the men and land were one. Shallaya was a skilled healer in these times and was a leader of the people and led them in peace. In these times alot of the ideals of the church of Shallaya were made practice. After her passing the people seemed to worship her as a protecting force even in death. About 200 yrs after a man named Braleth tried to change the face of the land in his own sense of order.....in unliving death. Using the power of dark crystals and synthesising them into himself he was neither living nor dead...everything he touched died...from the southeastern shores the dead walked in a mockery of the living. In these dark times the White Martyrs were formed and laid waste to the plague that was before them. With the faith of Shallaya behind them they were pushing back the forces of Braleth and before he could finally be defeated he used all of his considerable power he summoned the power of the sea and for 6 days he eventually sank the unknown island beneath its crashing waves. Before the island completely sank a group of Shallayans were sent to preach the word of her so she would not be forgotten. These Last Pilgrims ,as they were called, carried with them all the information of Shallaya and their doomed land. Of Braleth they say his spirit lingers and is the cause for the undead in the greater Norg area......


Thanks for reading....... Whew! that took a bit....

[Hart]

!!! !!! A new journey begins. Good stuff, this Braleth puts a new plot/threat to this story. Cool, so a group of them suvivded and carried on her name. How creative :spin: .

[Celeras]

Heh heh heh.. ronperre is at the southern most point of ronafure. Being the adventurer you are, I'm sure you'll have no troubles figuring out which ronafure I mean

[Hart]

???Huh??? :confused:

[Akrith]

@ Celeras I actually know where it is.....I just keep dying before I get there...


OoC-Well I got my first taste real of what party combat is like last night (6 members in it fighting tough things I would never look at bymyself). Suffice to say the group I was with was very experienced and knew what they were doing.....and decided to not take the time to explain to me what they wanted of me. I can understand the concept of warrior=tank but when you can't even tell said warrior i.e. Me the correct way to set up a Provoke macro the way they would like and the rest of the party getting itchy sword hands it makes it kinda annoying for the new guy. Well, lesson learned and I figured how they would've liked it set after I logged off. I had two main problems with last night (well 3, they kept calling me ARK) ....the lack of party patience and I didn't like the idea of just engaging a target and waiting to use either a w.skill or provoke. All the while hoping I didn't die from an unexpected critical hit if the healers weren't doing their job. I've always liked the "artillery" approach as opposed to the "tank". Felt more comfortable to me. So if you start seeing a radical change in attitude in the ol' AK then you've been warned. What he's going towards is more of the "high school live action role playing Akrith" I used to do and was quite fond of and I kind of miss (I'm now 28 to give a reference of how long ago that was). I'll still keep the storyline and try to incorperate it when ever I can weave it in. It's just gonna get a bit more dark in here........

[Akrith]

"The Weakness of Steel...."

While I was on a recent adventure into the La Theine Plateau (my first time) I noticed something that was kinda bothersome to me. While we were resting I noticed all the warriors working on keeping their swords sharp and the beastmaster trying to keep it's pet from biting her nose off. Finally there were the white mages....keeping the magic stored inside them to keep the warriors up because they cannot rely on themselves to get out of a jam on their own. I actually felt depressed....here were a bunch of people completely dependent weapons and armour or needing warriors to fight for them. Until on the horizon I saw a man fighting off a giant bird with not with a weapon he had to buy and slave away keeping it sharp later on or using a warrior to fight for you while you heal them up. No this man used the actual power of the cosmos itself. It was quite a sight. Now that is freedom.....that is power. After we seperated I went home and started doing some research. First I figured I needed to get my own staff so I'm setting out to aquire a hatchet and make my own. As I went to sleep I remember looking at the armour and weapons piled on the floor and thinking....soon I'll be a slave to you no more.

[Hart]

Power of cosmos... .

[Akrith]

@ Hart .....just a fancy way I could think of to describe a black mage.

[Hart]

Oooo.... I see. haha much better :sweat: .

[Akrith]

**Just so things look a bit better I'm going to continue Akrith's "path down darkness" in another thread just to make things clearer. I mean c'mon how long of a first day can this be.... **

**P.S I figured out a way to post pics so starting in the new thread I'm gonna do so. It may be wierd cause I'm only able to at a friends house so I may edit posts with pics after the fact.**



Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this....

[Hart]

Perfect, I look forward to it. I cant wait...