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|Summary=The one plotting Phraeganoth's revival is revealed to be Pele's own master, the former king Archeole. The party defeats him, but their victory is short-lived, for Phraeganoth begins to tear his way into their realm, forcing the prince to mount a final, desperate defense. | |Summary=The one plotting Phraeganoth's revival is revealed to be Pele's own master, the former king Archeole. The party defeats him, but their victory is short-lived, for Phraeganoth begins to tear his way into their realm, forcing the prince to mount a final, desperate defense. | ||
| − | |Dialogue= | + | |Dialogue={{ST|Fiend}} Graaaugh! |
| − | Graaaugh! | + | {{ST|Euden}} Whew! Nothing about that was easy. |
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} Hmm? What's that on the ground? | |
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Is that an otherworld fragment? | |
| − | Whew! Nothing about that was easy. | + | {{ST|Notte}} You've seen one of those things before? |
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Only in books. They are powerful fragments dropped by equally powerful fiends. | |
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| − | Hmm? What's that on the ground? | ||
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| − | Is that an otherworld fragment? | ||
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| − | You've seen one of those things before? | ||
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| − | Only in books. They are powerful fragments dropped by equally powerful fiends. | ||
The mana inside is said to be strong enough to bend the fabric of space itself. | The mana inside is said to be strong enough to bend the fabric of space itself. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} Well, there goes my sound sleep. | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} ...... | |
| − | Well, there goes my sound sleep. | + | {{ST|Euden}} Something on your mind, Pele? |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} Apologies. My thoughts drifted to the past. | |
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| − | Something on your mind, Pele? | ||
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| − | Apologies. My thoughts drifted to the past. | ||
Back to when the one-eyed fiend was still my king. | Back to when the one-eyed fiend was still my king. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Oh, so that one-eyed fiend is actually... | |
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| − | Oh, so that one-eyed fiend is actually... | ||
WAIT, WHAAAAAT?! | WAIT, WHAAAAAT?! | ||
That fiend was King Archeole?! | That fiend was King Archeole?! | ||
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} Yes. He, too, was sealed in the space between worlds on the day we banished Phraeganoth. | |
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| − | Yes. He, too, was sealed in the space between worlds on the day we banished Phraeganoth. | ||
The black mana permeating that place transformed him into what you saw. | The black mana permeating that place transformed him into what you saw. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} He must have gone mad if he wanted to unleash his former enemy on the world. | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} Not so. | |
| − | He must have gone mad if he wanted to unleash his former enemy on the world. | ||
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| − | Not so. | ||
Even as a fiend, the king remained himself. | Even as a fiend, the king remained himself. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} Then why's he tryin' to free that super-evil guy he already locked away!? | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} I do not know. | |
| − | Then why's he tryin' to free that super-evil guy he already locked away!? | ||
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| − | I do not know. | ||
But ever since his transformation, the king has been uttering an unending stream of incantations. | But ever since his transformation, the king has been uttering an unending stream of incantations. | ||
These are aimed not at Phraeganoth, | These are aimed not at Phraeganoth, | ||
but at some other unseen party. | but at some other unseen party. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Notte}} You think that could be the wails from Celliera's story? | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} Regardless, I was his vassal. The failure to stop him in this mad pursuit is mine alone. | |
| − | You think that could be the wails from Celliera's story? | ||
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| − | Regardless, I was his vassal. The failure to stop him in this mad pursuit is mine alone. | ||
...Or perhaps I ought have aided him, | ...Or perhaps I ought have aided him, | ||
if I were to be truly loyal. | if I were to be truly loyal. | ||
Even if the world should fall. | Even if the world should fall. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Pele, you can't seriously— | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} I'm sorry. Please forget I said anything. | |
| − | Pele, you can't seriously— | + | {{ST|???}} Groooooaaaaaaarrrrrh! |
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} It's him! | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} The tear in the space between worlds has been rent completely asunder! | |
| − | I'm sorry. Please forget I said anything. | + | {{ST|Celliera}} Were we too late?! |
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} Here it comes... | |
| − | + | {{ST|Notte}} <nowiki>*</nowiki>cough* Ugggh, that SMELL! | |
| − | Groooooaaaaaaarrrrrh! | + | {{ST|Cleo}} A sign of Phraeganoth's approach. |
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| − | It's him! | ||
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| − | The tear in the space between worlds has been rent completely asunder! | ||
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| − | Were we too late?! | ||
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| − | Here it comes... | ||
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| − | <nowiki>*</nowiki>cough* Ugggh, that SMELL! | ||
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| − | A sign of Phraeganoth's approach. | ||
The volcano's mana writhes. | The volcano's mana writhes. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} All this just because it draws near?! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} We don't have a choice. We'll enter the rift from this side and stop him before he crosses over. | |
| − | All this just because it draws near?! | + | {{STD|Pele}} No, you mustn't! |
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| − | We don't have a choice. We'll enter the rift from this side and stop him before he crosses over. | ||
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| − | No, you mustn't! | ||
Crossing between worlds is impossible without proper protection. The trip would flay the flesh from your very bones! | Crossing between worlds is impossible without proper protection. The trip would flay the flesh from your very bones! | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} Then you would have us sit here and watch our end come?! | |
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} I fear safe passage through that tear would require power beyond that which can be found in this world. | |
| − | Then you would have us sit here and watch our end come?! | + | {{ST|Cleo}} Power from beyond this world... |
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| − | I fear safe passage through that tear would require power beyond that which can be found in this world. | ||
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| − | Power from beyond this world... | ||
Would the otherworld fragment suffice? | Would the otherworld fragment suffice? | ||
| − | + | {{STD|Pele}} I could not say with certainty. | |
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| − | I could not say with certainty. | ||
But...it may be so. | But...it may be so. | ||
Yet even if it were, Phraeganoth's power is overwhelming. Would you risk an unknown danger only to face a more certain one? | Yet even if it were, Phraeganoth's power is overwhelming. Would you risk an unknown danger only to face a more certain one? | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Ranzal}} We ain't about to turn and run when the fate of the world's on the line. | |
| − | + | {{ST|Cleo}} No matter how strong the opponent, | |
| − | We ain't about to turn and run when the fate of the world's on the line. | ||
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| − | No matter how strong the opponent, | ||
we will stand and fight. | we will stand and fight. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Elisanne}} If it costs our lives, at least they'll have been spent with purpose. | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} And who's to say we fight alone? | |
| − | If it costs our lives, at least they'll have been spent with purpose. | ||
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| − | And who's to say we fight alone? | ||
There may be other tears elsewhere in the world—and other people brave enough to enter them. | There may be other tears elsewhere in the world—and other people brave enough to enter them. | ||
| − | + | {{ST|Phraeganoth}} Grooooaaaaaarrrggghhh! | |
| − | + | {{ST|Euden}} Come on, everyone. Let's do this.}} | |
| − | Grooooaaaaaarrrggghhh! | ||
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| − | Come on, everyone. Let's do this.}} | ||