That night, exhausted by all the work in making the new place more a home and getting everyone settled in, Robert crawls in to his huge bed, cuddles up with his pack (which has become something of a teddy bear for him since coming here). And drops right off to sleep.
His sleepless guardians, the shifters and Ellan are busy killing settites and capturing theives, but the Master is never disturbed even once by them.
His dreams are another matter. Lots of strange things, demons and monsters attack his dream self. But his Dream Self is a Full God and they don't stand a chance. It's actually having fun defeating all the monsters who try to attack the sleeping god.
But at midnight, on the dot, His mind is summoned to THE WHITE LADY. She smiles down at her servant, "Hello boy. I have something I need you to do." she hands him the blood moon amulet, "Trapped with in this is Lillith. I need her back in the world and only you have the power to make that happen. Using that Rod, the Library, and your own formidible control of energy only you can cleanse the Darkness from her and restore her to her full glory and power. Needs to happen soon to. Caine is close to getting something that will increase his power and make him all but unstopable."
"Got it, kill Caine, let out Lillith, free the children." he replies.
She grins, "Or you could do that. At any rate Lillith is needed in the world again."
He wakes the next morning with the amulet wrapped around his hand. Ag about flips when he senses it. Calms when it is explained to him that the White lady sent it as someone the world needs is trapped within it. He enlist Ellan, and explains things to the others about what is happening. So there will hopefully be less chance of something going wrong. Sets Alric at the top of the stairs above his new office, with orders to stop any demons from escaping up them if he needs to. Otherwise stay up there as his presence may interfere with the magics Robert will be working.
Robert walks down to the new basement, in the Masters Office, he sets up protection wards, runes, and some mundane things to. Puts his master mirrors up - Past and Present -, set them to the Void. Anything attacks him during this is going to get Really Lost Really Fast.
Has a light breakfast, double checks all his notes and the needed supplies. Then at precisely Noon he wraps the amulet chain around his arm and the Rod of Resurrection he found in the void, to the back of the Amulet.
Then using his potent energies, he runs it Through the stone on the amulet, along the rod and back in to the Creation Matrix of the Bracelet. Burning away the darkness and corruption and at the same time controlling and building a new body for the Ancient Goddess.
He influences her form but not her nature or power, save in removing the Dark Corruptions and restoring her to her Day Walker power and Might. She comes forth with knowledge from his library, with His understanding of Magic and understanding of the way the world is Now.
She looks about the cold dark stone room and at the tall glowing man who returned her to the world and then at the doors in to the void on either side of him. Those scare her more than anything else. Then she see's Something step in to reality behind him, only to be torn in half and each half sucked in to seperate portals. Her understanding of those holes in to the nothing makes a lot of sense now. He has them set up as a way to thwart those who would stop him from summoning her back in to the world. From the gore on the floor behind him, that was not the first thing to attempt to stop him.
She considers how she Feels. The anger is missing as is the hate she has felt for the longest time. She is not Hungry either. She stares at him, "Why do I not hunger ?"
He stares at her, "After all that, that is your first worry ?" Shakes his head, "Because I made Sure your form would be Full as I brought you in to the world. Your an Immortal to your original specs though different appearance. I set you up to my level of pretty. Which is a little more slender than the common mans ideal in the present time, but more to the liking in my own time and place."
His portals close and become the finest mirrors she has ever seen. In them she is able to look over her new form. Full breast but slender hips, youthful face and lovely dark hair and eyes. She smiles and see's her teeth are straight and bright and only show the hint of sharpness of her canines. "I like this form. Strong and healthy and while new I feel my old power running through it."
"I had access to the Library of the White Lady, I made use of it to give you as close to your old strength and physical powers as I could. I gave you access to my magical knowledge to, so you would understand the changes better. Mind you I am a more advanced mage than any of the 'modern' ones. But I was pulled here from an alternate future world. Several thousand years in the future actually."
She compares the knowledge of her old self with the knowledge HE gave her and she almost feels like a child once more. She knows she has much to learn, but what he gave her lessens that by a lot.
"What of my people ? My friends and Family." she ask in an almost desperate tone.
"Kitten is in the city. I don't know what her name was in your time, but she calls you her elder sister. The womanizing bastard is still out there. He is good at hiding otherwise some of us would have ended him by now. The others, if they live, are locked inside the mountain. I know Which mountain but not exactly Where with in."
She nods, "Caine used dark magics to cloud my mind, getting me to help him trap all the children not of our line. Some did not come or were lost before the call went out. Then he locked me away. I fought it best I could, till somehow I was locked in to that blasted amulet."
"Ironically its the holy symbol of a Neutral Goddess of magic from a foriegn world called Krynn. Amulet of the Blood Moon." he tells her.
He holds it up so she can see it. She rubs her arms, "You can keep it. I never want to see that ever again."
He nods, puts it in a pocket and carefully removes the Rod from the bracelet. That took a lot out of him, so glad he had breakfast before trying this.
She looks around again, "So clothing ?"
"Upstairs. I got a small selection of robes and such as I was unsure what you would look like prior to this."
At the top of the first flight of stairs she comes to the mythral statue, "That is a lot of Mythral, you must be very rich."
I grin, "I found it in the void, same place as your amulet actually. Has some nice enchantments on it." She stares at it and the head turns and looks down at her, she about jumps out of her skin
"How is it moving !?" she ask.
Alric sighs, "Cause it's Armor and someone is inside of it."
small voice, "oh" ... "I don't sense any life with in that."
Alric, "That is because I am undead, more so than even you."
"Alric here is under a curse. Turned him in to a living skeleton. I am researching it with the hopes of restoring him with out having to kill him first."
She nods and in a small voice, "ok..." and goes up to the next flight, at the top of these stairs is a long hall, which ends in a 4 way passage, the path directly in front is more stairs. Robert nods to it, "Up there."
At the top of these stairs is a well lit room with 4 women moving around in it. 1 of them smiles at her and has a couple items of clothing for her, "If you give me a couple of minutes I can get your measurements for some better clothing." she offers the ancient. Lillith allows it.
"You don't smell human." Lillith observes. Ellan laughs, "That is because I am a djinni, a Air elemental."
"I know what a Djinni is. I was not locked up That long. Just surprised you are here." the Goddess tells the Djin.
"I owe Master Robert a debt, so I am helping him out with things as a way to repay him." Ellan explains.
Lillith considers that and slowly nods, "I see. Robert ?"
"Yes miss ?" he answers.
"What do I owe you for my freedom ?" she ask.
"Please don't eat my people when you get hungery." said with a grin.
Alric sits at a table, "I offered him my service when he freed me from a prison I was locked inside of. Ellan there had been sealed in a bottle by her relatives because she refused to marry someone for a very sketchy alliance. As we understand it her relatives and the Marid they were trying to marry her to were all arrested for attempted treason a few days ago. She offered him a wish, but has not the power to grant him his one wish."
"Over God level compulsion." is all he tells her.
She blanches, "Yes that would be a hard one to overcome."
Ellan conjures her a very nice dress in colors suited to her complexion. Lillith looks them over and smiles, "Your quite gifted. Thank you."
Ellan smiles, "Thank you. As for what you owe him, that is up to you. He only did it though because he was commanded to by a Higher Ranked God."
"The White Lady, aka The Grand Fate, she said you Needed to be back in the world now and I am the only one who had the power, equipment and insanity needed to make it happen. Had to remove A LOT of Darkness and Corruption from you, otherwise all that would have come out would be something I would have had to destroy. The Darkness promises power, but it gives you more weaknesses and takes power From you that you would have had otherwise. Basically it lies as it's end goal is the destruction of all of creation." She considers that, then thinks of the hate and Anger she felt for so long while trapped and starts to understand what he is saying. The Dark cares not for good or evil, only for itself and destruction. She knows she was Weaker when under it's influence than she is even now.
"I set you up a room down here, its off the servants chamber, nothing fancy as I only had a couple hours notice on when I needed to summon you." Robert tells her.
This pretty brown haired girl with a leather slave collar comes over, "I can show it to you when your ready. This place is not all that large but we only moved in to it the day before yesterday. It was a gift from the King of these lands to Robert as he is a man who knows many secrets and mysteries."
"Like Iron working and glass making." Alric supplies. The Goddesses eyes go large. The Dwarves were only Beginning to understand iron when she was locked away. Men still played with stone and lived in tribes. She does not know how long she was gone. But she feels it was a very long time.
"Robert ?" she says quietly.
"Yes mam ?" he inquires.
"Could you bring this Kitten to me. I feel she maybe able to explain things to me better than you all can."
He nods, then looks in to the middle ground before just vanishing.
Ellan grins, "He is a god, lesser status though, so earth bound." The Goddess nods, understanding about that much at least.
The girl Brea shows her to her room. In it is a nice bed, a chest for clothing and a pair of chairs for sitting. It's fancier than anything she has seen in her previous life and He called it simple. Brea smiling, "Yeah his idea's of Simple impressed me to. He is from a rich land and as such his idea's on what is Poor is more impressive than what is common in most the rest of the world."
Lillith nods even as she tries out the bed, marveling over the mattress, "This is going to spoil me I think."
Brea nods, "oh yes. I know what you mean. I am just a slave and my bed is better than any I have ever had in my life. Mind you I have to share it with the other 2 slaves, but still its a wonderful bed."
The goddess nods, "I was right, he is rich. Just does not really know it or comprehend it I think."
Robert appears in a hall just up from where Kitten is helping to interogate the prisoners. He waits for her to get free and amuses himself by annoying some guards who think they can arrest him for being there.
Kitten comes along and stops them, explaining to them that He worked for her division and was the one who captured the prisoners they have at present.
Then she turns on him once the guards are gone, "What the Hell are you doing here ?"
"I came to get you. I have someone who Needs to speak with you. Daywalker stuff. I need you Now as I don't know how long I can keep this ancient from just coming in here Looking for you on their own." he explains in a put out sort of tone.
She blinks at him, see's he is not just being Dramatic (well not much) and is serious about an ancient. So she agree's. He teleports them to his new secret lair. Then walks her to the common room. Sending Sarah to get the girl.
Lillith slowly comes up the stair with the 2 slaves following her. She is uncertain how this one will react to her, given she helped lock the others away and all. She see's the girl and knows her instantly. Catra, her 2cd sister, The one after her, Kree, she knows is in the mountain. She clears her throat, "Hello Catra."
Kittens head snaps around. No one has called her that name in several hundred years. Not since she escaped Set.
"Who are you ?" she ask, voice full of suspicion, not recognizing the woman before her.
"Lillith." the woman says quietly, "I was released by the God here, he made me a new body after he destroyed all the Darkness Caine had filled me with."
"2 high end magic items and a Lot of my own power. Will not be doing that again anytime soon." he sighs.
Alric slides over to him, Robert whispers, "have to kill you completely, stuff your soul in an object, then run it through a couple of artifacts and even then, as your a mortal, there would only be a 2 in 10 chance you would make it out alive and sane."
The undead considers that, "what is the worse case senario on that."
"Your soul gets trapped in a gem for all time." the God Mage tells him.
Alric nods, "ok, so not a first option kind of thing. Um, why it work with her ?"
"Lillith is a Goddess of the Old Order. Stone age type. Her enemies demonized her, but she was a servant of Innah for a time before she was trapped in the void, where I found her remains."
Alric kindly drops it. At this point he thinks he maybe lucky to be undead. He has heard some of the stories, both good and bad, about the dark goddess Lillith. Either way not someone to get on the bad side of. Her good side could be bad to from what he recalled. She is one of the Oldest of the Blood Drinking Gods.
Of Lillith and Kitten, Lillith whispers a few secrets that only the two of them would know. Much to Lilliths surprise, Kitten does not try to kill her, just hugs her and cries at how much she missed her. Robert seeing no sign of anger or blood shed leaves as he feels the serious need for a nap.
Upstairs, tired but to mentally wired to sleep, Robert decides to do some temporal scrying as a form of entertainment. He scans back on Alric, from the prison going backward. He see's originally Alric had just been marrooned on that island with his gear by some men who looked allot like him. He did ok for himself, found the old prison and redid parts of it as a place to live. Was that way for a couple of years till the Assun-an came, acting like pirates then. Which from what he can see, that is what they really are. An entire people based on piracy as a way of life. He backed up from the time on the island, to see Why these people marrooned him. Saw his cousin and him have a huge arguement about the use of magic. Saw him take the Ball from his cousin, His cousin was meddling with things he did not really understand, was what the arguement was all about. Also saw this nasty little man watching the fight.
Being miffed, Velvex cast a teleport spell but put in the wrong 'dimensional codex' and accidently sent himself to the far western lands - not that anyone in that part of the world knew that. The man who witnessed it all turned out to be Starspeaker the evil Bard. He did not really hate mages, he hated Alric and wanted to destroy him. He did a really good job at it to.
Thinking on this, Robert uses what he heard from the temporal scry, his own aura sense and a tracking spell to find Velvex.
He finds him living in a cave on the edge of one of the Great Elven nations. He is older of course, though by no means doing well. The elves treat the lone human rather poorly and he is rather defensive now.
Still ... Robert has to try.
"Velvex" a powerful voice speaks from the air.
Fearing another childish elven prank, he tries to ignore the voice, "I need to speak to you." says the voice.
"Sure you do, what foolishness do you think to try on me voice ?" he says, filled with suspiscioun.
"Well I wanted for you to know I was here so you did not shoot first and ask questions never." states the voice, just before a tall, powerfully built humanish man steps in to reality before him. The style of dress and look is not from this part of the world. Which helps a little, "What do you want ?"
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"I was doing some temporal scrying on Alric." the man starts.
"OH looking at the Great Hero. Pah!"
"He is not a hero any longer. Bard called Starspeaker convenced people he murdered you. Your friends captured him and marooned him on an island over 10 years ago. He still had that ball he took from you all those years ago." Robert tells him.
He looks shocked, "Ah, well. How is he these days ?"
"Undead. See that island held an old mages prison, the dampening runes corrupted the magic of that ball and turned him in to a living skeleton."
All the color drains from Velvex, "oh no... I never meant for that to happen."
Robert nods, "I know. I am actually here hoping to bring you home, so you may help me find a way to restore him. Ah, I am in Egypt by the way. He is with me."
Velvex sits, "I have dreamt of going back home, or any civilized land. One with no elves in it."
"Well I can't help you there, I am in Cairo, there are some elves in this city to, and dwarves, and other races to. But if you are of a mind to, I will bring you to the city."
The mage sits and thinks, "I need my belongings. I got a few things worth keeping here."
Robert nods, "Ok. Want help packing ? I know shrinking spells."
Velvex grinning nods, "Yes thank you."
Robert nods, "Ah, I am Robert, a mage in the employ of Ramsey's the 2cd, though ironically not as a mage." He looks sideways and waves his cane. Several scrying devices and spells are interrupted, some violently, "annoying pest." Velvex sighs.
Robert nods, "Yes."
Takes about an hour, but with Roberts magic they get everything packed up and are just about to leave when a group of elves show up. All mages.
"Your going no where!" the leader announces. Robert looks them over, then slips on a ring and Reads them. They want his magic items and to turn him in to a slave, like they have done with Velvex.
"Ah theives. Lovely. Go away children." he tells them. The lead elf laughs and throws a binding spell. Robert blocks it and throws a Lightning bolt. Reduced the lot of them to ash in seconds. Velvex is floored, "How ?"
Holds up his cane, "Godly Item, created by the Gnome creator god. Amplifies any spell I cast by a Lot. I did a favor for him, he gave me this to use."
Velvex has no problem believing that and happily steps through the portal and in to Roberts home.
Closing the gate behind him, "Welcome to my home. I can give you a room here if you like while you get reaquainted with this part of the world."
Velvex looks about and graciously accepts the offered hospitality.
As he is settling in Alric comes looking for his Master and about faints at the sight of his cousin. He is not sure if he should hug him or punch him, or both.
Velvex spotting the suit of elven armor hides behind Robert, "Elf ?" he ask in fear.
"No, possibly worse though. Alric. He works for me these days, I believe I mentioned that before." Robert explains.
Alric walks slowly forward, "Hello cousin. Part of me wants to punch you for what your device did to me. Part wants to hug you for just being alive."
"Robert here told me what my sustainer did to you. Turns out you were right about it. I am truely sorry for what it did to you." he has tears in his eyes.
Alric removes his helmet, "Well it's not all bad, I don't need to eat or sleep anymore and apparently I can see poisons and diseases now. Used that to save a couple of lives and helped expose a group trying to assassinate some people here. Though I really miss having a face."
"Well on the plus side you were never a good looking man to start with." Velvex says with sad humor.
"True." Robert nods.
Alric stares at him, Robert shrugs, "I was looking in to your past. Saw how you got marrooned on that island, and how the item you kept as a keepsake, cause you missed your cousin, malfunctioned. I need to go watch that some more really. But well I went back further and was scrying how he made it. Was on the right track really. Just a few points off that messed things up for you. But I saw the arguement and I saw that Starspeaker slime watching you both. Saw Velvex cast a teleport spell but get the parameters wrong and ended up on the far side of the world, in an area full of rather nasty elves who were more interested in stealing his magic and tormenting the strange ape that wandered in to their area."
Velvex nods, "They tried to capture him to."
"Lightning bolt ?" Alric ask.
Velvex nods, Alric nods, "Robert is a Half God, of the Sky God variety. Lightning is his go to attack, followed by wind and then cyclones and more lightning. It's very effective."
Velvex looks at Robert, who looks embaressed.
Alric shakes his head, "He normally tries to live that side down. But the local gods come and pester him allot. Heck I got to kind of meet the King of the Gods here, I was in the room. Trying to hide really. Given how I am now and all."
Velvex looks surprised as Robert mutters about needing an invisibilty spell. Looks at Velvex, "I am trained as a weapons and armor smith in the Elven style, so I know how to make iron objects. Something the locals have not worked out yet. Ra asked me to share those secrets with his people. I agreed. That was just over 7 days ago. HE Asked because of the nature of my godly parent. Different pantheon. Don't want to get in to it. Really, I just want to study magic and make stuff. But life keeps getting in the way."
Alric nods, "Fate has him in the palm of her hand and makes him work for her."
Velvex grins, "Oh I know that feeling."
"Trust me, you don't. I got 2 gods running around in the house now. Sekhmet keeps sending her priest around to try and keep me out of trouble and the cats are Bast little spy's. This is a strange house hold. Oh I have 3 slave girls, they are interesting to say the least. They Like being slaves for one. There is a woman in arabian dress, treat her nicely she is a royal and a mage. I think thats everyone, for the moment." He explains.
Velvex smiles, "Human girls ?"
"I think one may have some elf in her anscestory but only because she is tiny but full grown. Pretty though. The others are human. I got a red head and a brown haired girl to. They work as maids and cooks presently. The tiny one is also trained in doing laundry. Got more women around me than men for some reason." he sighs.
Robert nods to them, "Well I am going to go rest, maybe this time I can actually get some sleep."
Alric shakes his head, "Physically tired as he did a powerful spell earlier today, but his mind is just running around. You understand how that goes."
Velvex nods, "Oh yes. Been through that many times. Also times when the mind is tired but the body is not. Want rest in either case but can't get any."
A few minutes later 2 lovely women walk through, one with short red hair stops by Alric, "Where is Robert ?"
"He went to his room to rest Lady Kitten. Ah, this is my cousin Velvex, Robert just rescued him and brought him here."
The dark haired girl looks surprised, "I thought he went for a nap."
Alric shrugs, "Could not sleep, so scryed for my cousin, who was lost."
Velvex nods, "Never cast a teleport spell when angry. I ended up in an elven kingdom, where I was being forced to make magic items for them. One's I am now aware are dangerously flawed."
Alric sighs, "He is the one who made the item that made me like this."
Lillith and Kitten both nod, Lillith states, "yes that is dangerously flawed alright. Hope they get to learn the error of their ways though."
Alric points the way to Robert's room and they leave.
Alric says to his cousin when they are gone, "Those were the Goddesses the Master was talking about. Kitten down plays that allot the other one is the Dark Mother."
Takes Velvex a minute to remember, then his eyes go wide as Alric nods. Yikes.
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Robert is on top of the top of his bed. As such the room looks empty. But these two can sense life, so they find him pretty easily. Lilith looks at him for a long minute, "Why are you up here ?"
"Could not get comfortable on the bed, so I thought to try up here. Not really working. Body is tired, brain won't shut up. And it's all random stuff to."
Rolls off the top, stops about half way to the floor then floats till he is upright, "So what can I do for you ladies." said as he lands.
Kitten ask, "If we showed you where Caine is could you destroy him ?"
"Is he weak against fire ?"
They nod.
"Then yes, easily. Don't even need a spell."
Kitten shows him the location in one of his mirrors. While looking through it Robert spots several items of interest to him. Instead of covertly just blowing up Caine as he deals with this slimey looking group of elves, he walks in to the room and up to a mirror. He is not missed by the group.
Robert looks at the spell balls. "Huh so this is what your doing with Velvexes spell balls."
Caine looks surprised, "You know what these are ?"
"I got the original one and whats left of the fellow that had it. Not a pretty sight. Things have a dangerous flaw, if you die while one is in your possession your soul gets sucked in to the Void."
Caine looks at him, "Who are you and why are you here."
Looks up at him, "Oh right, my bad." Taps his cane and the room is engulfed in white hot flames. So hot the spell balls all melt and the magic implodes. Caine, despite having many items to protect him from fire is destroyed in seconds as is every other creature in the room Except Robert and a few items Robert saw and wants. After the fire burns down, Robert opens a portal to the void and blows all the remains in to it, just to make Sure he will not be coming back. That done, he gets the Master Mirror (a powerful scrying device, but it lacks the gate function his other mirrors have) and a few other nice magic items. Whistling he goes home.
"There Caines dead, and all those cursed spellballs went poof to."
Lilith looks at Kitten, "What does he need us for ?"
Looking at her, "Aunt Fate said you are needed in the world. Caine was not needed anymore, so I was allowed to remove him. Need anything else ?"
Lilith looks at him, "Which pantheon claims you ?"
"The white one. I am a Lesser God in the White Pantheon." he states.
she nods, "Neutral gods who all keep the balance and are Over the Gods of the mortal world. Explains SO much. He is a Lesser OVER God." Kitten looks ready to faint, or run away. Lilith continues, "That is why you could purge the corruption from me."
"Could you keep your voice down. The locals have not figured that out yet and I really don't want them to. As to why I am here, Her chief thrall made a wish on a Fate Card, even I am under the control of such cards. Also being in human form I am weaker than I would be in the spirit planes. There are Rules in place about how powerful a being can be and walk the mortal world. I am at that limit in That aspect. But skill wise I am only at mortal levels.
Kitten slowly nods, "So in the Human realm you are just what you said, a lesser god with dominion over weather, fire and Ice."
"Lightning, fire, ice and force, aka telekinesis." he corrects. "Now excuse me, I got some new toys to identify."
"The first silver-backed scrying mirror, nice nice. As a collector this is a lovely item to have. Magically speaking it's not as nice as the ones I normally use though." he is absolutely giddy about his aquisition.
Kitten to Lilith, "and that is why he went in person. To get the magic items. He compulsively collects them. I sometimes wonder if there is some dragon in his anscestory to."
Robert shrugs, "There are rumors." is all he says.
Kitten pokes him in the chest, "You are a scary individual. I don't even know why your still here."
"Find Althea's hearts wish and I will do my best to fullfill it. Then you won't have to worry about me any more. Unless she annoys me After that point. Then you will have a bunny for a thrall." he points out, "May have one before that if she annoys me enough." he growls.
Lilith is intruiged. Kitten scared. Both decide to leave and celebrate the death of Liliths misbegotten protagy. Robert turns to Kitten before she can escape, "Oh Kitten, Caines curse on you and your line. He meant he would hunt down anyone you turned. He had no power over you really, just made you to scared to make new childer."
She sighs, "Set took my heart, with out that I can't make new childer with out them being pulled in to the dark."
Robert turns to his mirrors, "When did that happen ? Give me a period to work from and I maybe able to find it and return it to you."
She sits down and stares at him for a long time. He waits, very patently. Eventually Lilith kicks her and Kitten jolts. Then she gives him an estimate on the time. He turns to his mirrors, set so they reflect in to each other, then scry's the past. Takes a while to find her and see what happened to her, how they stole not only her heart but other parts of her essence. He calmly tracks them and where they all went. One mirror showing the past, the other the present, between them he is able to find the hidden temple of the dark god Amun, where many treasures are kept. Robert steps in to that place and it's guardians all attack, but this place is in the Border spirit realm, where he is the most powerful. He cast a spell of True Light, which destroys all the Dark and removes all the curses of the false god Amun. Still there are other things to work through, traps to get around or through and puzzles to unlock. It will take time.
5 days later, Robert returns to the mortal world. With many lost treasures and powerful magical items stolen from all over Africa by the mad pharaoh.
In the presence of the Pharaoh and his whole court he presents a magical package to Kitten. Restoring not only her heart but her stolen essenses. Once they are returned to her, she Glows, her heart is absorbed through her skin and her nature as a Goddess is made manifest.
The Moment that happens the Binding Magic holding Robert to Althea releases as a white ring of power. Both Feel it leave them. Robert sags, Althea cries and Ramsey and the rest of the mortals are terrified at what they have witnessed.
Robert walks up to Ramsey and hands him a jar, "Here. This is Sets very own heart. With it you can destroy him. Don't try to use it to control him though. His people will only focus on killing You if you do."
Ramsey's looks at the jar and nods, "What are you ?" he ask.
"I work for Fate, always have, always will. I am a lesser God in the White Court of Fate. Otherwise I am a mage and person of skillls. I will still teach your people the secrets of iron and glass as per my agreement with Ra. I have allot I still need to do. Curses to unravel, seeing to keeping Kemet one of the greatest countries of this age. I did agree to that and I am a being of my word."
Ramseys nods. Though he is scared, he is humbled to. He inhales, "Very well. Um, what was that white light ?"
"Seems the bond holding me to Althea is gone. I accidently completed the quest she required of me. Oh also I killed one of the powers behind the Assun-an a few days ago. From what I know though, it had 4 hidden leaders. I don't know who the other 3 are though. If I find out, and it's with in my power, I will erase them." Ramsey nods, "Good man. Does this mean I need to find a reward for you now ?"
"I got a nice house, I am Free of that fool girl. Nope I am good. I like the house, lots of room for my collections. I love magic items and tend to collect them. Some are just curious items, some powerful and a few only interesting because they were the first of their kinds. Give me long enough and my house will become a museum."
Ramsey snorts a laugh, "Ah, well it's good to have a hobby. Uh, how do I destroy this ?"
"I suggest a hammer and fire. Break the jar, throw the shrivaled thing inside it in to a fire and stand back. Ooo, wait. I got an idea. Need mages and a couple priest."
He jumps over, grabs the mage Dessen, "Need your help, also. AH"
He grabs the 'high priestesses' for Bast and Sekhmet, "Need you two, got an idea for a spell, if it works, there will be a lot fewer snakes around here."
Pulling something from his library he shows it to the goddesses. They give it a wide eyed stare. A spell that links Like things to Like things. In this case, Set's Heart and the Hearts of all his Childer - IF they can get the spell to work the way Robert thinks it will, when Set dies, all his dark children will go with him. Not all his followers though. Robert explains, "There is a legend about this happening. When the head blood sucker dies, his childer go with him. This spell Should make that story true." he explains to Ramsey and the others. So with the help of the Foes of Set, the Pharaoh of all Kemet, and the Arch Mage of Kemet, and one slightly insane over god, they cast a master spell. (5D10: 10,10,10,7,6 diff 8 = 6 successes)
When Ramsey throws Sets heart in to a brazier every Settite Vampire in the world burst in to flame. This included all the nearby thralls, ie with in Cairo. Several in the Palace died in flames that day. Set was Erased from the world and his cult took a major hit.
Lilith sighed, "To bad you did not think of that spell when you destroyed Caine."
"I don't think I could have held him still long enough to get everyone needed together to do that." he points out.
Ramsey's ask, "Who is Caine ?"
"He is the one who created Set and a few other dark gods. He was also a rogue child of Lilith the Dark Mother. I destroyed him with her blessing." he explains.
Ramsey's eyes go wide then he nods. "ah. one of these days I will remember not to ask such questions."
"He was the one who was one of the leaders of the Assun-an. I know there is a faction of Elves in the mix, but not who they are beyond that. I have killed off several of their agents though. Still lots of work to do and things to get done before my time here is done. With a little luck you will live long enough to see it my Pharaoh."
Ramsey nods, "would be nice." he sighs, "but somehow I doubt it."
Robert shrugs, "I know how to make potions that can grant youth." said off handedly. 4 gods, 2 mages and a king all stare at him. He smiles, "Well I am from 2000 years in the future after all."