100 Points to anyone that knows the name of the movie I took this Blog Title from!!!
So what does one do, when the Queens of the Realm are falling ill, and a strange rock like portal opens up in the Faerie Glade? You get a stranger to take the Queens and to sacrifice the Dragon Elder, of course. Okay....what?
Well it happened, and only in Everwind...and well, it was suppose to work. Didn't turn out as planned...oops!
So what happens when you don't go through with doing what needs to be done? You get cursed! So now we have 5 BIG BAD demons running around the Realm. Now, we learned rather quickly, there was no way to killing these things, even as you did they would return 10 hours later as they already were. The more lives they took, the stronger they got...and they took lives!
With the First Knight Rath gone from the Realm on his own personal quest, and King Slip mourning the loss of his wife to this demon curse, we ran short on help. Most of the Knights fell over the days, Guild Leaders started to be plucked off, some of the best and toughest dragons met their end. *Takes a moment to remember Zeno and his horrible Demon Minion Dragon Avatar...shivers* GAH!
So how do you get rid of Demons? or even stay alive to get around to figuring that one out?
We had a wonderful voice of reason, Merrick. One of the highest ranking Mages in the Realm told us what we needed to do, we had to stay alive, to make them weak, before we could fight back. If they killed us, they stayed strong. So easy..stay alive, can't be that hard you think? Wrong! What do you do when so many want to go out and fight then listen to reason? Bodies start to pile up.
So as we stand around in the village and talk, learning that our safety might lie with the Shrines around the Realm, the Demons takes this moment to come and rain down on us.
No better time like NOW to see if the Shrines work or not. As we scatter, some stay and fight, and some would end up dying, others take to the castle to hide. Somehow, Raziel and I end up in the Shrine above the Fae Glade, with the former Elven Queen in her horrible form hissing and testing the barriers around the Shrine. I could almost hear as she dragged her claws along the opening of the Shrine, testing the spiritual field around it. In our own panic we were using the Shrine more as cover and still firing our bows at the Demons....BAD IDEA!....this we noted might anger the God or Goddess and they might lift their protection on the Shrine.
Didn't take long for people to get the word that they had to stay in a Shrine, but its hard to keep people locked up in those tiny things. Many people would wander away from the protection of the Shrine to get some space, then as one of the Demons or their new minions (anyone that was killed by one of them) came hunting, would go running back to the Shrine. Now not everyone that was killed went minion, some good hearts still remained and returned to aid us. But hey...when you get a chance to be a baddie and not have to worry about being stuck with your actions, it's just too tempting to be bad.
I look back at the War of the Demons with alot of fondness, it was a great time to be a Ranger. We ran back and forth between the Shrines, back to the village for food and water, keeping track of who was still alive to fight when the time was right. A few days is alot to ask people to sit around and be stuck in tight places, it was great RP, and always looked back to think that of all those that were lost we only lost 2 rangers, were as the Knights and Warriors, the fighters of the Realm were quickly downed and killed. I guess that can be looked at in a few ways, we aren't purely fighters, if there is another way to handle something besides picking up my bow or sword, I would rather do so.
In the end, as the Demons were lured back into the Fae Glade, and their minions hovering and fighting around us. The Clerics and Mages worked together to draw the void shut and banish the Demons. Rangers and who was left of the Warriors and Knight, took to their weapons ((RP wise that is)) and held off or downed any minions. I still remember Kelly taking out one Minion against a tree, runner her blade threw it and then apologising to the tree! And, what a night to rejoice as those fallen returned to the world of the living. A night to be a Ranger in Everwind.
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Now THAT is respect... pinning a minion against a tree and apologising to the tree! Hehe.
I am no movie expert... but was it from something like the Exorcist?
I'll give you a hint, famous Canadian Director Norman Jewison, same man that directed Fiddler on the Roof, this spin off is from a 1966 movie of his.
Wow Katlin, your blog makes me so nostalgic.
Everwind was my roleplay birthplace also, and what great times we had there. I remember this Demon RP well, I got sturr crazy hanging around in the shrine and foolishly wandered out to see what was happening, promptly getting killed by the Demon Queen Stormy. It was the first time Wren got to explore her dark side *chuckles ...and what a fun night she had, her demonic self taunting the poor fools who remained in the shrine.
After the RP was finished, I had enjoyed the escape from the 'oh so good' Wren so much I created an alt who was a secret rogue. The dark side certainly got hold of me good and proper.
...and I seem to remember the "demon" Wren taunting this little hobbit to come out of his shrine and play.
in all the wonderful chaos i suggested we crack the head of one of those possessed/in spirit form.. a few said 'are you mad?' ..
later i found out that it had happened - with dice - and the demon left that person and they were freed! :D
the adrenaline still pumps thinking about it
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