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Reckoning of a New Age | Open Roleplay
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Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"And stop."
Syndicate camp was still about a hundred yards away, but the warlock did not want to risk. He carefully opened the jar and blasted the Defiler inside with felfire, causing it to sprout tentacles strong enough to move on its own. Obeying his mental demand, the creature crawled slowly towards the camp, and after it flew several eyes of Kilrogg conjured by Hascakkin. The latter whispered a word of power and something that looked like a mirror hung in the air. - "Gather around, ladies and gentlemen, our little show is about to begin." - he chuckled maliciously, anticipating the trouble his creation was going to seed.
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Persen
Leera Fenwick, Jessara Gaunt
Alterac Mountains
"I guess they're not uncontrollable after all", Leera noted. She murmured an incantation, creating a ward that would warn her if anyone approached their location, then shifted her attention to the magic screen.
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Behelich
Syndicate Bandits
Alterac
"Ouch!"
One of the men felt strange pain in his leg. Before he could react, the pain vanished. His companion raised an eyebrow and came up to him. - "Hey, Jerrie, are you alright?"
"I... I am not... feeling well..." - managed Jerrie. The orange mask fell from his face, revealing a drooling, tentacled hole full of circular rows of small, triangular, nasty-looking teeth where a mouth should have been.
"Sw-weet mother of mercy..." - whispered the bandit, slowly backing away. Before he could say anything else, something flew out of Jerrie's new mouth and pierced his companion's throat - a tentacle with a small maw on the end of it. As Jerrie started to devour the body, an extra pair of arms sprouted out of his torso.
Hascakkin shivered suddenly - as if he had just overgone a cold shower and a small glass of vine. - "Smokey!" - he exhaled loudly.
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Persen
Leera Fenwick, Jessara Gaunt
Alterac Mountains
"Disturbing..." Leera said sarcastically and made a face of pretended disgust. "Yet effective", Jessara pointed out as the creature evolved from killing.
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Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
In a few minutes, everything was over - out of more than thirty Syndicate bandits six were turned into Defilers and the rest.. Well, the monsters did not even leave the bones. For a few seconds the Defilers stood silently, panting and drooling. Then, Jerrie, the first of the new pack, raised his head - his human eyes were gone, replaced by six small glowing green circles on his forehead. Out of his eyesockets were growing long, twisted horns. The maw was now covered by two large, flat tentacles that, ironically, resembled a tuskarr. The lower pair of his arms was muscular, with seven clawed fingers on each hand, while the upper, sticking upwards, resembled a felhound's appendages. The face tentacles lifted up as he let out a loud, eerily howl and sprinted right at the direction where Hascakkin and the others were, his fellow Defilers following closely.
The monsters stopped immediately once Hascakkin stood up, him being between the Defilers and the Scourge. - "
Grand Master...
" - said Jeremy, looking at Hascakkin, then turned to Jessara. - "
Mistress...
" - now he was facing Leera and the ghouls. - "
Food?..
" - he asked hopefully, his thick nerubian accent making the words almost unrecognizable. Hascakkin shook his head. - "No. You try to eat her, you get killed. But I guess you may have the ghouls. Understood?" - "
Yes... Grand Master...
"
The Defilers tore the ghouls apart, occasionally muttering something like - "
Rotten food..,
"
Post by
Persen
Leera Fenwick, Jessara Gaunt
Alterac Mountains
"Oh, give it a try, eh?" Leera murmured, flexing her fingers. She wasn't convinced they would obey Hascakkin's commands, and thought it was best to stay alert. She kept the ghouls from fighting back, though she wasn't sure it would have helped. Those creatures were literal killing machines.
"What did it say?" Jessara asked. "Mistress?"
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Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"Precisely. I guess that's because you now have a portion of my blood inside you."
He looked at the Defilers, shaking his head slightly.
"They have tasted living flesh... Undead will satiate them - for now. But, sooner or later, we will have to let them out... to hunt."
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Persen
Leera Fenwick, Jessara Gaunt
Alterac Mountains
"Well as I said... Lordaeron has nothing but scum. We're almost at the border, right? There should be Horde encampments just a little bit to the south. I'll go back for our undead. You can go ahead and I'll catch up", Leera said.
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Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"Negative. We're all going together, so that I can constantly see you and our... children." - he was only partly joking, considering that the Defilers were created after he sucked the infection out of Jessara.
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Persen
Leera Fenwick, Jessara Gaunt
Alterac Mountains
"Fair enough. Should we all go back for the undead, or just go without them?" she asked. "Not so much for attacking as for our own... mostly my, it seems... safety."
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Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"Hmm..." - Hascakkin frowned, then took out a vial that was already familiar to Leera. - "Drink this, I want to know their reaction."
Post by
Persen
Leera Fenwick, Jessara Gaunt
Alterac Mountains
"Oh, I'd rather not... I found it to be quite potent earlier. Drinking it directly could have unforeseen effects", Leera objected, "not to mention their reaction. You'll have to keep them on a leash for now. Not literally, of course. Maybe I can find a way later, when we get back to the lab. Now, how do you want to do this? Cave or no? Jessie?"
Jessara simply shrugged, not wanting to take sides, though secretly she agreed with Leera. They had known each other long enough for her to trust Leera's judgement in most situations.
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Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"Hold on a second.. You still got that medallion of mine with you, don't you? In that case, I let you go without hesitation." - he smiled, then roared suddenly, his Nerubian accent returning. - "
Jerry! Follow me!
"
"
Yes, Grand Master...
"
Post by
Persen
Leera Fenwick
Alterac
Leera quickly made it to the cave, commanded the undead to follow her and set of towards the south, moving more carefully with the large group of undead. She kept herself covered on all sides and a few ghouls were scouting ahead. She was also using the warding spell, just in case.
Jessara Gaunt
Alterac
As they walked south, Jessara kept trying to mentally command one of the Defilers to twitch, stumble or turn it's head, just do something that would let her know it worked, but she got no response.
Maybe I'm not concentrating hard enough
, she thought and tried some more. No reaction.
Well, at least they called me 'mistress'. Maybe they'll listen to spoken commands.
She didn't test her theory, afraid it would make her look dumb, but was determined to try later.
Post by
Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"So, what do you think about this? About them? About us?" - Hascakkin asked, now walking beside Jessara.
Post by
Persen
Jessara Gaunt
Alterac
"Well..." she began her reply, then thought for a moment. "They're actually quite uncomforting. But I've never had any special talent for anything... I've just been, you know, tagging along, doing what I'm told, killing and torturing prisoners, that sort of stuff, but I've never had any magic powers to speak of, or any real weapons training... A few times when I've been really angry I've, you know, cast spells, but never anything I've been able to fully control" she said quickly, putting a bit of emphasis on
torturing
and
killing
.
"If these creatures obey me..." she added, considering her choice of words for a second. "It feels like I'm going to be much more
useful
."
Post by
Behelich
Hascakkin
Alterac
"I am sure you will cope with them.
Jerry
!" - "
Yes, Grand Master?
" - "
From this moment, your Mistress's orders have the highest priority for you.
" - "
Yes, Grand Master.
"
Hascakkin chuckled, shaking off the accent. - "Go on, command him."
Post by
Persen
Jessara Gaunt
Alterac
"What should I do? Circus tricks?" Jessara wondered. "This is going to be silly... Jerry! Go over there!" she said and pointed. The creature paused for a moment, then headed off in the direction she had ordered. "Come back!" she called. The defiler returned to her side. "Funny. Like a pet. A really ugly killer pet with tentacles and enormous teeth. Shall we continue?"
The party went on until it got to the Hillsbrad border, where they halted for Leera to catch up before entering Horde territory.
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Krutos
Krutos Stormwalker
Outskirts of Undercity
Krutos took off and slowly headed towards the sewer entrance, giving his master some time to think as he clearly needed some.
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