[Event] Investigate Crann Mor [Closed]

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The Wraith flailed at the buffeting wind, screeching with frustration. Eldak's attack took off one of its scythe arms, and the creature had to use another to catch itself as it began to fall over. The creatures eyes flashed and the pain in Maaren and Daja's wounds stopped. In fact, they couldn't feel anything around the wounds as Daja's leg and Maaren's arm became coated in a thin layer of ice. The Wraith used its remaining scythes to swipe at Eldak and his familiar.

Oakthur was having a worse time than the Wraith, however. Wood seemed to be growing over the injury it sustained from Daja, but Maaren's spell seemed to slow that down. And then the magma hit. The external damage set Oakthur ablaze, but the still open injury placed some Magma inside the tree guardian. Oakthur stumbled away from the black mist, though its damage had been done. Between its weakening effects and the magma inside it, Oakthur began falling apart into blazing and melting pieces. However, Oakthur's stumbling led him next to the Wraith.

"So this is how it ends...someday, my three fellow Guardians will avenge me. But let it not be said that Oakthur died for nothing! I will make it...easier...for...them..."

Just before Oakthur collapsed and was consumed by the fires of the magma, it touched its staff to the Wraith. Suddenly, the Wraith's entire physical form became armored in a thick wooden layer. As Oakthur smouldered away, a mouth opened up on the Wraith, and a cold blue mist began to spew from it...

[Danyal Brights]

"Ho-ly shit, Sally.."

Danyal figured the little girl had some power in her, but he had no idea she had that much power. He stood by, dumbfounded, as the lava erupted and engulfed Oakthur, setting him on fire and filling his open wound with lava. "Jeeze.. I .. I almost feel bad for the guy," he stuttered out to nobody in particular. When the tree-man started stumbling, Danny took a few steps back, then jumped a bit, to make sure the flaming, magma filled creature didn't get near him. His eyes followed the staff as it moved toward the wraith, and he shouted, thinking for a moment to move forward and stop it, but there was no time; before he knew it, the wraith had been covered in thick, bark-like armor, and that mist began coming out.

Danny shouted out at the group. "Eldak, try to blow that mist away! Don't let it touch anybody if you can help it." He put Sally back on his shoulder, and she lazily climbed into his jacket. Apparently she was calm now, and decided to take a nap in the midst of the chaos. "Daja, chip away at that armor. None of us can touch it as long as it's there." Then, his eyes moved to the open mouth. He glared at the creature, sneering, and pulled a pair of daggers from his jacket pocket. "Say 'Ah', you creepy son of a bitch!" With a flick of his wrists, he hurled the daggers through the air, aiming at the wraith's mouth. With any luck, at least one would land, and .. who knows?

[Eldak]

I SEE FIRE

♛ Sorry guys feeling a little off because I got a wisdom tooth extracted >>

The elf slid smoothly away, his now elated hummingbird following closely behind. He tripped a little as he moved backwards, but that accidental movement allowed him to dodge an overhead scythe. Lucky. Eldak leapt aside as Oakthur drew near, lips curling into a growl of distaste.

And then. Poof. Well, not exactly. Now he faced an armored Wraith. Bloody brilliant. As Oakthur drowned in the fire, a mist began to spew from the Wraith's mouth. The blond retreated rapidly, careful not to touch the mist. No doubt it would do some sort of harm.

He had managed to retrieve his dagger as he retreated, and before Danny spoke, Eldak hurled his dagger at the Wraith, hoping it would fly into that gaping maw of it. Blow the mist away? Shit. Did he still have enough energy?

Bracing himself, the elf stepped forward, still dancing around to avoid the mist. He clicked his tongue loudly, and Rhosyn flew a few circles around his head, before once again beating her wings strongly, a strong wind gathering that would hopefully redirect the mist away. The elf had failed to notice if any of that eerie blue gas had touched him, simply hoping for the best.

CODED BY ELECTRIC OF GANGNAM STYLE

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Danyal and Eldak's weapons went into the Wraith's open maw as the mist was blown back at the Wraith. The wooden armor froze over and became brittle, and the knives went through the Wraith and broke out the other side. The Wraith's screeching came to a sudden halt. The armor over the Wraith cracked and burst, and the entity underneath disintegrated. Finally, the Wraith was truly dead. The ice over Daja and Maaren's wounds thawed, the pain and numbness fading away. However, something was left where Oakthur and the Wraith once stood: a collection of staffs resembling Oakthur's...

The Blood Offerings Have Converted Into Essence! Daja, Maaren, and Danyal have each received 10 Essence! Remember to add all other obtained rewards to your trackers!

With that horror destroyed and Oakthur defeated, the two greatest threats residing in Crann Mor are no more. Feel free to explore Crann Mor further on your own (OOC: in your own threads), but now that the Hollow can learn how to access the higher levels and the tree's most dangerous inhabitants are gone, the job is done. Some questions linger, but the answers will not be found here...

Each Participant Has Earned a Version of Oakthur's Staff! Which type you got and how much Essence each person has earned will be posted soon. Until then, feel free to use this thread to discuss and speculate.

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REWARDS

Danyal: 80 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type C

Maaren: 70 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type S

Daja: 70 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type S

Eldak: 70 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type C

Dakota: 40 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type S

Kuroth: 40 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type O

Elysia: 30 Essence and Staff of Oakthur Type O

Each Staff of Oakthur can cast an Intermediate Spell of the Plant Element. The spells for each type are listed below.

Type O: Vines of Wrath (Offensive Plant): Thorned vines burst from the ground in a five foot radius and attempt to entangle anything in that radius, limiting movement and causing scratches and puncture wounds. This vines stop when commanded by the user or otherwise destroyed. This spell cannot be cast on the same spot twice.

Type S: Tough Bark (Support Plant): Covers or mostly covers the selected person or object in hard, but not cumbersome, wood. This could add a layer of defensiveness to an ally or put some extra weight on a weapon. The bark withers after five posts.

Type C: Suicide Sapling (Crafting Plant): If this spell is cast on a seed and then nurtured with water and fertilizer, it grows into a walking wooden bulb that will follow its creator around and do nothing else until commanded to go to a spot specified by its master and detonate into a hail of high-velocity splinters. If a Suicide Sapling is brought into a thread and not used by the end of that thread, it will become permanently inactive, serving no other purpose than being a piece of wood.