Re: Collective Quest Writing

[Dark Avorian]

Three spirits; one green, one blue, and one white appeared atop the three pillars that were largest and closest to the plinth... many smaller spirits appeared and hovered above the other columns...Callum sensed that he was still somewhere on the island... the spirits began to speak

Blue: "An ancient enemy, summoned to be defeated, may be a great boon in this hour of need"

Green: "This temple, rebuilt and rejuvenated, with the ritual of return performed within it, will summon our brethren to free the people."

White: "In the fiery maw of the island lies the regalia of the king."

The spirits vanished. Callum went over what they had said in his head [character will probably talk to self here to hint at what to do] The last one was clear enough...somewhere withing the volcano was the Kings ceremonial outfit...but the others...he couldn't enter the town and how was he supposed to know what an ancient temple looked like or who the ancient enemy was...if only he could go back in time...of course that was when he remembered the enchanted key

[Ruy112]

Callum made his way back to the volcano, everyone was looking for him and he had to hide for everyone. But he made it back to the volcano and met Gyann. Callum was cruious if there was anything he should watch out for in the past of the volcano.

Gyann tells him that the volcano was a much wilde rplace back in the time, the Thzaars were more powerful, but more savage and the volcano was still a fiery place. Also wild beasts were roaming, some of them even fiercer than Jad.

Callum serached for a suitable spot to travel back in time, he found it and activated the key. Closing his eyes waiting for the rush of the time travel, he waited and waited. Slowly opening his eyes, he saw Gyann in front of him.

"I didn't knew you were that old" Callum said surprised, but Gyann shook his head "You should have told me of your plan, you can't go back there equipped like that", Gyann turned his back on Callum. "Return when you are properly protected against the heat, then I might be able to help you"

Callum wondered how he could protect himself from the heat, but then he remembered the Enchanted Water Tiara (Requirement: Dealing with Scarabas) He fetched it and returned to Gyann. Gyann raised his staff and orange twirls raised around Callum, the heat was immense, but his body didn't take damage thanks to the tiara. Slowly the heat died out.

Gyann told Callum that he couldn't travel back in time, due to the magic block placed on the volcano by the Purakasi, even the simplest spells took tremendous effort. However the magic blockade should wear off the deeper you go.

Gyann lead Callum to a huge door, it lead to the deppest chambers of the volcano, no one knew what was behind it or why it was sealed, but somewhere in there, Callum should be able to activate the key.

Sadly the door was sealed by the Council of Fire and it takes four "Firehands" to open it, Gyann explains that back in the days only the council could use magic and therefore it was a secure lock, now that everyone can cast fire spells, it shouldn't be too hard to open the door.

Sadly the magicblock makes it harder to cast spells, so many lesser mages is now unable to use even the simplest magic. Gyann is able to cast the necessary spell (Fire Blast), Callum should be so too (Requires Magic 76).

You should find another thzaar from the sister volcano, they have plenty of skilled mages, also a trustworthy and skillful human could fill the last place.

Callum set out to find the two last members of the new "Council of Fire"

[TATORZ]

You go towards the Wizard's guild. Hopefully you can stumble across a 'trustworthy and skillful human' to help... but sadly, on the door all you find is a note - 'Be back when the smell goes away'

Having no idea what that could possibly mean, you go inside the guild. What you see is a bit of a scene. Scorch marks streak across the walls, fires are smothering in the corners. Smoke lays on the ceiling. You realize that these mages are not very trustable with fire and set out somewhere else.

[Dark Avorian]

Who would I turn to when searching for someone to be part of a fire council?

This is what Callum asked himself as pondered on what he had seen at the guild. Suddenly a thought hit him...Ignatius Volcan...the firemaster.

After making his way to the grove where Ignatius was making his fires callum asked him if he would help. Ignatius said that he would love it and promptly started hopping up and down at the thought of visiting the tzhaar volcano.

But, Ignatius said, there was one small problem...he wasn't very adept with magic...perhaps he could take up an apprenticeship with Thormac...

Callum led him to the tower, Thormac assured him that he would make a mage out of Ignatius...

"My poor scorpions have run away again, perhaps you could fetch them, I'm sure he'll be ready by then, here's a cage."

Locations

1: Top of Agility Pyramid
2: The close pit trap in Tyranwnn (first one when walking out of the little shrine area by the well)
3: Daeyalt mines

At each location callum had to fight a very posionous (starts at 8 ) scorpion (lvl 89)...but as he always did...he eventually got them back to thormac...and picked up a note fromt eh eager pyromaniac saying he would be waiting at the gate...

[Ruy112]

Callum decides to travel to Karamja to find another thzaar to help him open the door. Once he enters the volcano he are greeted by Tzharr-Hur-Brekt who wants him to come see his newest play.

During the very humorous play, the three Ket-Zeks used in the play comes out of control and everyone fless from the theater and Callum is left alone with the three Ket-Zeks (360) He defeated them (Not easy!) and TzHaar-Mej-MejTz greeted him and asked him if there is anything he could do in return, he is by the way a mage, how convenient!

[Dark Avorian]

Well actually...you could help me open this door and be part of a fire council...

So at long last the 4 fire councilors gathered at the door...Each cast his/her/it's spell at the door which flung open before them... tehy entered a huge temple made of obsidian...fountains of lava sprung up everywhere and at teh center was a huge stone platform...

A huge red spirit manifested itself on the platform... " YOU MUST BE TESTED!" it said...pointing a huge hand at Callum..."you bear the approval of the others but I am the decider. Your puny friends may help you."

You must now engage in battle with what at first glance is a glorified fire elemental (lvl 237)...however it can cast earth and fire wave as well as smoke barrage and basic melee...the others will help you but since none of them can cast ice or water spells (It's weakness) they aren't a huge help.

Upon it's defeat it will give you a set of night-blue, silver trimmed robes...a silver amulet...and a straight silver staff...

"So...descendant of the first you are...and worthy...you have gone to the three temples of power and to this final temple as well..."

"What three temples...I just met a blue, a white, and a green spirit out in some ruins in the woods."

"This is not good...They have retreated to the leaf temple (green spirit) which is in ruins, and if they have doen so then surely the fog and bone (white and blue spirits) temples are desecrated as well... only the temple of magma stands...You must resurrect the temples...if you can resurrect the leaf temple you should be able to visit the vault below where plans for the other's are housed..."

[Yep...these are the four elements of the reward spellbook... each one manages to fit nicely with on of the four elemental colors of the main spellbook...giving it a nice little ruse]

[Ruy112]

Callum faces Gyann "Wasn't this door supposed to lead into the depth of the volcano?" Gyann looks a little confused "It was sealed for a thousand years, don't blame me!"

"Everyone wants me to do something different" Callum sobbed, but Gyann turned around "Seek the depth off the volcano" He said and took the robes and the staff "These are not for now, I'll keep them until you return", "What are they?" Callum asked "Later" Gyann answered.

The fire spirit leads Callum through a hidden door and down a steep stair. "I can help you travel back, but I must warn you, this place was savage, when you are going" Callum pondered "Why would the kings regalia be hidden so deep within the volcano?" The spirit, now sad, turned to Callum. "He sought the great power deep down, for the right reasons alas, but he wasn't strong enough" The spirit took the key from Callum "Are you ready? I must warn you, it is dangerous" Callum nodded and the spirit used the key to send him back, into the darkness.

Callum found himself in another cavern, the volcano must have changed alot since. Apparently there were no exits, but a small tunnel lead downwards, Callum was unsure whether he could get through the narrow tunnel, but when he tried the key, he found that also time travel spots had changed, so there was no way out.

[Dark Avorian]

You go down the steps for quite a ways...you disable some traps...mine through some lava incursions and make your way to the deepest part of the volcano...here you see the king chanting in some strange tongue...wearing fine robes. he utters a final word and a single stark "NO!" resounds through the cavern...he fall to the ground...incinerated by pure force...Callum ran forward and grabbed the armour/robes off of the floor...suddenly he felt a great slab of obsidian rise up from below him...it carried him up and up until he was in what looked exactly like the magma temple he had been visiting in his own time...

In fact it was the same temple...some great force had lifted him up...and then the huge stone platform rose violently out of the main obsidian floor...catapulting him out of the volcano and into a stand of trees next to a huge temple with the sigil of the leaf on it...

"Regalia...check...temple plans...must be inside of their...and I can ask those people in the military camp about any enemies..."

Callum quickly stole through the temple, disarmed a few guards and traps, and found that the blueprints were lying on the altar...the green spirit arose from the floor and spoke " Take them...descendant of the first...you have great need."

He left the temple and walked down to the camp where he was met by an army captain...

"Aaah so you're here...the Royal that the fire spirit promised us...the quartermaster has you're equipment...we must fight through and get that mage's spellbook so the new king can cast the banishment, here's a chest...put any valuables in and bury it over by those three big trees..."

Callum suited up and placed everything in the chest...even the regalia...he tried to sneak the key with him but the captain knew and forced him to bury it...

"Let's go kill that slimy mage...he won't steal our souls to heal himself now that we've got a royal...and then we can banish all these intruders back to where they belong"

Callum led the troops out towards a mass of demons...each carrying a strangely familiar...glowing mace....

"So that's who was casting those spells for Kadan..."

[Ruy112]

Callum has no military experience. He commanded a full charge on the mages tower, his men, confident in his expertise did as he said and charged yelling at the enemies tower.

Captain Steamforce followed Callum, his entire body was a steampowered engine, even though he was a result of necromancy and engineering he was the former leader of the army.

Seconds after the charge had started, the demons rasied their maces, the entire squad was wiped out by a rain of fire within seconds. As the men fell screaming and burning to the ground, Callum sought cover behind a rock. Steamforce exploded, the shockwave shook the ground and collapsed a large area of the battlefield, sending Callum into the cavern network below. Covered by a thick mist of steam, the Captain only remain he ran into the cave system's darkness.

Although the entire army had been wiped out and being alone in the darkness, Callum saw an oppertunity to finish the job, the cavern system stretching below the battlefield and possible also the tower.

[Dark Avorian]

Callum darted down the tunnels...he leaped over rockslides...squeezed between stalagmites and stalactites...and crawled through narrow tunnels...finally he found himself at a place where the mage's tower's basement came near to the tunnels...he put his ear up to it to check if anyone was on the other side...knocked on it to see if it was hollow, and then with his tremendous strength he knocked down the wall. Suddenly he heard a noise behind him. he looked back and saw a cadre of seven elite warrior-mages teleport in.

"Milord, the leaf spirit instructed us to teleport to this location. You will need help penetrating the defenses."

Callum nodded curtly and continued into the storeroom, he picked a lock, disarmed some traps and climbed the ladder onto the ground floor. he and his men carefully entered the empty grand hall...

Demons teleported in around them, sealing off all the doors. As they fought for their lives Callum noticed that a shadowy figure from above was casting spells at them...he shouted to his men, dodged a few demons and ran up some side stairs...he darted through the halls and finally made his way to the balcony...although he had to kill a few demons that were in his way. He fought with the mage until the mage was almost dead...

Then the mage laughed..."You fool, now that you're up here i can simply drain the life of your men to heal me."

Callum, thinking quickly as usual, pulled out the dagger the quarter master gave him and stabbed the mage...he then jumped off of the balcony...landed on his feet and screamed "To me!" his men were soon close enough that the mage couldn't drain them...and then the mage screamed as poison flowed through his body...finally he collapsed...and the book tumbled form the balcony to the floor where Callum took it.

Seizing the moment Callum chanted the banishment spell...sending the demons back to wherever they came from, and sending himself swirling to his own time...book in hand...suddenly Callum realized this wasn't just a spellbook, it was a diary too...here he would be able to get answers