I ventured into Town Square and immediately noticed a mysterious vulture shaped black rug, and Kralen, the creator of the gray pearl broadsword in an intense discussion with Tygerlili, Prelate of Rinanni. The crowd was ruly, the Arachnian's seemed barely able to control themselves as they moved around the area, eyes flashing with lust, weapons at the ready.
The first words I heard Kralen say were that "Magick dies. The betrayal of Taath is complete." The magic that people had always depended on was still in use though at this point. Runes still danced in the air, healing, vigoring, and soothing. Some thought Sa had indeed been killed at this point. But from what I heard the battle had just begun.
Thunderous roars and flashes of brilliant golden and red lights stormed through the sky as we all watched in shock, horror, fear, even amusement and joy. The red lights, seemingly more powerful than the gold were slowly pushing the golden light back as they clashed again and again, as the deafening boom of thunder shook us to the very core.
Even with all of the activity and noise, my ears could not help but hear it when Kralen murmured the words, "Sa bleeds" and that "A new Goddess was born" As the activity in the square increased, as Tygerlili kept speaking to Kralen - trying to give him hope perhaps when he had no hope left? As the chuckling, laughter, fear, glee, anger, sadness and many other emotions rose on everyone present on this day. Something then happened that shocked us all. For a few brief moments, golden blood filled droplets of rain poured from the sky and that is when we first felt it. First felt part of ourselves slowly leaving our bodies, drifting up and out. It was Sa that was doing this, he needed more magic, needed our magic, and that is what he took. From every magical being, every creature in the lands he took because he needed more to fight off Aiena. As all the power of our runes slowly left us, the golden light in the heavens, once weak and dim, began to glow brilliantly again as it sought to drive back the explosions of fiery red light.
More and more power was drained from us, the creatures, the land, as Sa - the golden light, sought to conquer the red, as explosion after explosion clashed violently in the heavens.
Suddenly the vulture shaped rug that had been lying next to the fountain, burst into flames. The heat drove a few of us back as the flames licked the sky with an unusual ferocity. Just as quickly as it had burst into flames though, the flames soon died down and nothing was left of the rug but a pile of ash.
At times the clashes of the red and gold were so violent that sparks rained down upon us as we watched from whatever vantage point we could find. Soon a new light joined in the battle so far above us. Not only was the gold still battling the red, but we could see a grey light also battling against the red. We didn't know if it was the God Unknown assisting Sa, or Kralen himself.
Again and again, the grey and golden lights met the red and a few small voids of black in violent clashes of energy and force. Some of us couldn't take our eyes away from the scene, others seemed afraid to look, but not many of us left at all. Before the giant rift hit the lands, we could see that the red was slowly gaining ground on the gold, pushing it further back into the heavens, its light fading but the gold was not done yet, more magic was taken from the lands as it continued to battle against the red. Even with that though, the red light gained in strength, its fires racing across the heavens to form a mighty inferno, driving the gold back even more.
Right before the rift hit, I tried touching the broadsword but my hand passed right through it, I could see it, but could not touch it, that alone said it all.
Upon returning, it was Aiena herself that spoke to us. Her voice booming out as she said, "The 8th and final balance has risen in the heavens, the epoch of Aiena and Taath has begun, kneel before an eternity of pain and terror, as your precious magick belongs only to me"
Not long after that, the fiery red inferno faded from the sky as Aiena's cackling reached our ears. All the magic was now gone and we could only wonder when and if it would ever be returned. A new Goddess was created yesterday, her name is Aiena.
Reported by: Leyara Rin