John Wilson
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After passing through the opening, he covered it with his shrub disguise, hoping that it would be enough to fool any passersby. ~A garden?~ he thought to himself, noting that he was now surrounded by an entire courtyard of various flowers. Some of which he recognized, though it seemed that they had been manipulated in some way as they were growing way taller than usual. In fact, most of them were taller than even he was. ~How did he get them to grow so... orderly,~ he thought to himself, as he tried…-
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? The pathway outlined by the pillars of trees began to spread out towards the distance, surrounding what seemed like a massive woodland mansion and creating a sort of fence around it. ~Deer?~ Lucius wondered, as he noticed that many of the pillars closer to the mansion had very detailed depictions of deer-heads, with massive horns that created archways along the path. ~No... it's probably the venari. Eikthyrnir's den,~ he quickly realized. Though he hadn't expected their den to look like this.…
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"Your Furtong is even better than mine. You must've been taught since you were an infant," the father added, before letting out what Lucius could only describe as the fakest laugh he had ever heard. ~Are interpreters that respected? Or is it just because he thinks I work for the council?~ Lucius pondered to himself. However, this was to his benefit as he doubted they would've spoken to him any other way. "Yes, thank you. I was sent out here to ask everyone if they know anything about what's going on…
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229 Magic Weapons Research (30) "And what's wrong with that?" Lucius shot back. At this point, a few more of the deer humanoids were beginning to crowd around the argument. And even though the other creatures clearly couldn't understand what the argument was about, they too began to gather around, perhaps expecting a fight to break out. "Come on, don't make me laugh. What are you anyway, you speak our language but you don't look like us," the creature replied, looking Lucius up and down as if…
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"But still, what are the odds that a fire erupts right when I plan on coming here? Talk about perfect coincidence," Lucius whispered to himself, as he continued moving deeper into the forest. It was times like this when he truly felt like a main character. Though this little event made him aware that there were others who wished for the downfall of the council. Even if the guards somehow found out that fires could be put out using water, the wall was bound to take some serious damage. And…
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Because the green forest was completely covered in decay, and therefore probably infested with undead spawning pits, Lucius decided to take the route through the clan lands. Though he wasn't familiar with this particular path, he knew that if he just continued going west of the Behemoth mountains, he would make it there eventually. So he ventured on, avoiding whatever wild beasts attempted to attack him on the way. He hadn't traveled more than three hours before the massive wall the chief had spoken…
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Using the remaining materials he had in storage, he quickly crafted three axes, a pick-axe, and another set of climbing axes. He then used vine ropes to tie the tools to his back and attached double-strengthened vine ropes to the climbing axes to support his weight. Since he was running out of time to create Granovarish's weapons, he planned on doing only a bit of surveillance before actually carrying out the operation, so there would be no time for him to return and make more tools. Once he was…
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When he woke up from his short rest, he gathered all the weapons he had created and began the initial trials. He started with the weapons he had done the shoddiest jobs on -the ones with the most misaligned edges- and used to force his energy into them. For a moment, a bright luminescence radiated from within the weapon's handle, before suddenly dimming. A split second later, a few cracks began to appear on it, and the reddish-brown color it once had slowly turned to a shade of grey. Before…
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After another hour, Lucius had finally finished creating all the other tool heads, as well as the handles for each of them. He was in the process of attaching the handles when he sensed someone approaching. Though he could tell it was a Zeldrave with a small stature, it wasn't someone he had been around too often, so he wasn't familiar with this signature. ~Ah, Trel,~ he thought once she had gotten to the curtain. "What do you want?" Lucius asked, not stopping his work to even acknowledge her…
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As he was about to start working on a few axes, and other common tools he would need around his new smithing lab, he sensed two presences approaching. ~Alpha and... Zhayen,~ he thought to himself without so much as taking his eyes off the work he was doing. That was the level his earth sense had now reached. Not only could he tell the threat level of the beings he was sensing, but he could tell other things now as well. For instance what size they were, how much energy they were carrying, and if he…
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