r/wizardposting • u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious • 13d ago
Gaius in the Ce’Darian Wastes of Shadeholme Lorepost (open interaction)
Gaius descended upon the Ce’Darian wastes of Shadeholme just as a sandstorm was brewing. His instinct for sensing these things was impeccable, an almost sixth sense for natural disasters about to happen. As the storm swept across the wastes, Gaius flew in its midst. Soon it passed by a city at the center near an oasis. Gaius noted it but did not bother to descend. This place felt right. The terrain was appropriate and the valkyries of Shadeholme had invited him as former allies of his father. So a short ways from the center he descended to the earth.
The storm swept on without him, but as it cleared the area it revealed a new mountain towering into the air at the heart of the wastes. Six miles tall and ten in width. Gaius curled up tightly atop the peak, his ever present guards arrayed around him.
Gaius: “Tell me how he died.”
Hydrozeno: “Like a warrior.”
Gaius: “But how? Fighting what?”
Hugo: “He was fighting to bring the power of Gaia back to Earth. He also was giving an opportunity those who wished to travel to Earth’s Embrace but had been imprisoned for simply wanting that.”
Gaius: “So he was doing good like Azrek tells me to do.”
Wyn: “Good and evil did not apply to Lord Atriox. He bound himself to the world and forces of nature. He existed to embody its more destructive aspects of change. He would kill or destroy anything that he felt threatened the long term existence of Earth. He destroyed entire cities or nations if he felt that the need to cut back on the population was necessary. But he would do good as well later once he had the power of Gaia herself. He raised several continents and such. He also would aid friends when he felt like it was needed.”
Marshal: “He stormed several of the world’s most secure locations to save people he deemed friend. He was reliable in that sense. He also was honorable in that he would never torture his foes. He would give a simple death.”
Gaius: “But what about the plagues? Those seemed like they could be painful.”
Hydrozeno: “Oh they were. But the foes of Atriox were the ones who unleashed the initial plague to kill your father. He simply turned their own power back on them. Arguably more effectively than they ever did. When challenging a foe outiside his duties as Calamity he would often bind himself to such rules. He wouldn’t kill if his opponents if they held to the same standard. Likewise he didn’t turn the plagues loose until his foes infected him first.”
Gaius: “So why do people seem to not like my father? He seemed to have a lot of restraints on him to prevent to much destruction for someone who was a Calamity.”
Hugo: “Jealousy, greed, fear. Also the powers that be don’t like anyone they can’t control. They even bend the forces of nature to their whims, even if it is dangerous in the long run.”
Gaius: “But my father altered nature too.”
Wyn: “But he never altered the laws of nature. It is a fine distinction. He might trigger an earthquake but he would do so in a more natural way. He might cause a rock to crack or something similar and trigger it. He wouldn’t use anything that wouldn’t happen naturally. It handicapped him in a way.”
Gaius: “The planet will dry without him won’t it?”
Hugo: “Nost likely. He provided a balance to the artificial magics of the mages of the world. He was a… regulated destroyer.”
Gaius: “Did he enjoy it though?”
Hugo: “Yes. He blamed the other races for a number of things and relished the opportunity to pay them back at any opportunity.”
Gaius: “Should I follow his path?”
Hydrozeno: “Only if you choose. One thing that I always respected about him was he encouraged people to be who they wanted to be. He respected freedom in his own way. He rarely if ever imprisoned another. If you want to be your father’s heir in Calamity that will be your choice.”
Gaius: “Who killed him?”
the guards around Gaius remain silent.
Gaius: “You refuse to tell me what happened exactly.”
Hugo: “When you are older and your power better developed.”
Gaius: “Fine.”
With a sigh, the young dragon curls up tighter against the stone of the mountain peak for comfort and strength. The power of the mountainous form beneath him a steady comfort.
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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Stealer of Titles 13d ago
Sigurd manifests in a circle of dim light
It has been brought to my attention that I was, rude the first time we met. I, do apologise. A show of my sincerity, I bring a gift, a history of the world.
Sigurd is holding a large snowglobe.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Gaius looks at the snowglobe
How is that supposed to work?
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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Stealer of Titles 13d ago
Moves light from some suitable point in the past to now. One-way, it looks like a black ball on the other end. See, that's it right there.
A figure of Sigurd in the globe points at something, then the real one mimics it. There is indeed a black ball floating in the air.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh ok that seems interesting. I will have to play around with that.
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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Stealer of Titles 13d ago
It's voice command. Apart from that, everything should be self-explanatory.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Ok I will have to try it out. Does it only have a history of things that happened on this world or in other planes and dimensions as well?
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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Stealer of Titles 13d ago
It's a basic wrap, so it can't move into other timelines, but it'll go through anything that isn't warded against teleportation.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
That’s fine.
Gaius looks at the globe and whispers something. The scene that unfolds is of the departure of Atriox and the Church from Earth’s Embrace, but then it stops as soon as they vanish.
It doesn’t show it…
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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Stealer of Titles 13d ago
Oh? Must have something around Bismuth. I watched a little, they got quite far. Should I tell you?
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh, that would be nice. I still don’t even know who he was fighting.
Gaius’ guards look very unhappy at this.
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u/Valenyn Rose (Dreamwamer)(Shadeholme), Jay (Lost child) 13d ago
Valkyries patrol the area to ensure nobody interrupts Gaius. Some also descend to offer their condolences or respect but none stay for long.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
After a while atop the mountain he will head toward Shadeholme itself, drawn by the curious network of tunnels and mines he can sense beneath it with his Geomancy. It seems like a fun place to explore.
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u/Valenyn Rose (Dreamwamer)(Shadeholme), Jay (Lost child) 13d ago
The city has mostly been rebuilt after the last battle, though some sections of the city and some buildings are still very clearly damaged.
Shadeholme’s populous seems to be interested in Gaius’s arivial. None approached him, but many were looking at him.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Gaius sees the damaged sections and decides to put the ln back how they should be. The earth dragon flexes his power a bit and the stone parts rework themselves.
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u/Valenyn Rose (Dreamwamer)(Shadeholme), Jay (Lost child) 13d ago
Many of the remaining homes and buildings (including the palace) are restored to how they used to be.
Seeing this many people celebrate and move towards Gaius to offer their thanks. One Valkyrie flies up. She wears a military uniform.
“Hello Gaius. I would like to offer my immense thanks to you for your assistance and kindness. I am Valarie, is there anything I could do to thank you for this gesture?”
Shes very diplomatic and genuine as she speaks.
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh uh I don’t know. I just wanted to see the tunnels and mines.
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u/Valenyn Rose (Dreamwamer)(Shadeholme), Jay (Lost child) 13d ago
“Oh, I guess that be arranged. The mines are off in the north side of the city and lead towards some dangerous areas. The tunnels are a bit different from the mines. Those are all around the empire, but we don’t really know why they’re there. They’ve been around before we were here.”
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Ok, well I will check them out. There are a lot of them that I can sense.
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u/Valenyn Rose (Dreamwamer)(Shadeholme), Jay (Lost child) 13d ago
“Of course. If you want to see the tunnels I’m sure you’d be able to find an entrance pretty easily. There are entry points all around the mountain chain.”
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh yes, I can sense them everywhere. I will just fly about in some of those.
Gaius floats down into one of the tunnel entrances.
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u/Swordandicecreamcone Azrek nakalnus, lord of xalcotl 13d ago
azrek flies above gaius in the form of a pteranodon, before touching down at the mountain
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh hello. What are you doing here?
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u/Swordandicecreamcone Azrek nakalnus, lord of xalcotl 13d ago
"Checking in on you. I have not-too-fond memories of this place, considering this is pretty close to where I fought... and disintegrated sylvane. did find a crown shard in xalcotl though, we keep it in the diamond vaults"
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
You disintegrated someone here? But aren’t we supposed to not kill people?
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u/Swordandicecreamcone Azrek nakalnus, lord of xalcotl 13d ago
"Killing is a last resort. I offered him every chance to be better, to stand down and redeem himself. he refused every chance. I don't know what was in him, but I do sincerely hope he is reborn as a better person"
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Be better? What did he do wrong?
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u/Swordandicecreamcone Azrek nakalnus, lord of xalcotl 13d ago
"Tried to cover the world in darkness and release horrifying shadow monsters into the world. also released death fog all over the place"
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh, random question. Do you support Ten Suns?
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u/Swordandicecreamcone Azrek nakalnus, lord of xalcotl 13d ago
"Why do you ask?"
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
Oh I just found out he was the one who killed my dad.
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u/the-butter_man Rin. Blind Illusionist Blessed by Luck 13d ago
/uw good read but genuine question;
JOW TF DID YOU GET DUDE TO FLOAT
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u/AtrioxCalamity Gaius the Glorious 13d ago
/uw it’s some kind of glitch. I don’t know exactly how it works. I just found the build on the Heroforge subreddit and stole it. People over there are insanely creative. Here is the link to the original.
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u/patoman12 Mauritius, zealous scholar, eye of Archaneus 13d ago
/uw great read!