Name: Heart of Diamond Difficulty: Long Participants: Alisa Vollan Story: Fighting the forces of darkness in the Incursion at Astera alongside her partner, Sofia Serena, after discovering a breach and beating back the monsters that it birthed Alisa ended up getting dragged into the abyss before the hole fully closed, subjecting her to the nasty environment that demons come from and unknown hazards before she can return to the world of men and women. Finding herself trapped on the wrong side of the ‘door’ between dimensions but fortunately protected from her surroundings by her Demon Slayer magic, Alisa is forced to run a gauntlet of enemies as she is hounded by the demonic entity known as Adamel, for reasons she will discover in time. Battling the forces he sends against her and coming close to defeat on several occasions, Miss Vollan summons every ounce of strength she can to defeat this wicked threat so that she might escape this hostile environment and reunite with the people she cares about. Tried and tested both in body and mind, she eventually confronts the wicked entity that keeps her here, fighting against Adamel to survive and escape and eventually achieves an exhaustive triumph, allowing her to escape with a new sense of strength thanks to the trials she has forced herself through… Objective: Stuck inside the Abyss, survive as you look for a way out. Along the way, you will be hounded by the a Crystalline Demon named Adamel with a grudge against your ancestor who first wielded crystal magic. To survive, you must kill him, and to do so, you must learn the magic your ancestor once wielded for the same purpose. |
Name: Into the Breach Rank: A Type: Good Participants:
Summary: Alisa finds herself trapped in the abyss beyond the breach that affected Astera and confronted by a monster; an aspect of a crystalline demon that seemed so very intent on trapping her here. If she ever hopes to escape this place, the first thing she has to do is beat an enemy she doesn not know, but who quite clearly appears to know her. It will ignore her attempts to gather information, and unsurprisingly won't make it easy even when she does prevail, for his soldiers soon home in on her location by the hundreds. Others: N/A Enemies:
Extra Rewards: +4 Endurance Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > While the area is dangerous and hostile to most, your Demon Slayer Magic seems to protect you from its effect. > With all the time in the world, confront the Demon who pulled you inside. > The demon wields Crystalline Powers that are unaffected by your immunity to Earth Element. > It will ignore your attempts to interrogate him, in fact, it won't even speak at all. > Battle and defeat the Demonic Aspect. Even s it shatters into dust, it will laugh and dismiss your efforts as pathetic. > Just as you recover from the battle, you'll recieve a proper welcome party from the Abyss, in the form of a savage horde of fiends. > None of the demons are remotely difficult to vanquish, but they have quantity to fill in for quality, and will challenge even the hardiest warrior's endurance. > Survive the demons' onslaught. |
Name: The Bowels of the Abyss Rank: B Type: Good Participants:
Summary: You have fallen down a chasm, along with hordes of your enemies. Even with their lives on the line the reckless fiends seem hellbent on killing you. Only one of their giant berserkers truly stands in your way as you seek some manner of salvation from your predicament. Others: N/A Enemies: Extra Rewards: +3 Constitution Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > After having fought hordes of demons to a stalemate, the ground below you gives way first, letting you plummet into a deep chasm. > As you fall, you'll notice the jagged caves steadily giving way to more well formed crystalline structures. > The demons will oppose you regardless, leaving only a big behemoth trying to fight you in mid air. > Kill the demon Goliath in mid air. > Use your sword to hold on or at the very least break your fall. |
Name: Crashing down Rank: C Type: Good Participants:
Summary: The rest of the enemies who have fallen with you are dead or dying. Though you're not faring much better, hanging by a thread with a sword stuck to a wall, and to make matters worse, winged friends of those you killed are now on your tail. Others: N/A Enemies: Extra Rewards: +2 Intelligence Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area. > Hold on to your sword and defend yourself from the winged demons. You are stronger and faster than them, but severely limited in mobility. > You're high enough that an unguarded fall could kill you, but close enough that you can begin to see a crystalline realm beneath you, hinting at where you need to be. > Outsmart them to survive, even after they knock off the sword and you let go of it. > Find a way to break your fall as you tumble down the last few meters into the rocky depths. |
Name: Keep your friends close Rank: C Type: Good Participants:
Summary: You have successfully landed whithout dying, but injured and without your sword, you're at a severe disadvantage in unknown lands like these. Find out where you are, how to get out of here, and most importantly, how to survive. As you venture deep into your enemy's vast crystalline domain, you'll eventually come across formations encasing a myriad of different demons. Figure out where they came from and how you can use them against your mysterious enemy. Others:
Enemies: N/A Extra Rewards: +2 Constitution Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > As you recover from your fall, find somewhere secluded to dress your wounds. > Explore your surroundings, try to find where you ended up. > You'll soon happen upon a myriad of Adamel's enemies on display in adamantine tombs. > Attempting to break them out by force will only shatter the crystal and kill the demon inside. > Once you realize you can use your magic to slowly undo the crystallization. > The trapped figure of a succubus will catch your attention, try to safely release her so you can question her. > Resist the demoness' temptations and accept her deal: As thanks for saving and willingness to kill Adamel, she will help you prepare. > Should you accept it, she will share some of her mana through a kiss, healing your injuries and helping you recover. |
Name: Know thyself Rank: D Type: Good Participants:
Summary: The demoness you freed seems unsurprisingly interested in you, and seemingly willing to give her the information you seek. She'll tell you how once upon a time, there was a grand hunter who vanquished Adamel to his citadel in the Abyss, an Ice Demon Slayer from Iceberg who managed to evove his magic into Crystals. Others:
Enemies: N/A Extra Rewards: +1 Intelligence Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > Talk to Liv and learn about the tale of the Crystal Slayer, the Icebergian Hunter who first sealed Adamel into the Abyss. > Ask if it is possible to learn the true Crystal power. > She doesn't know, but will agree to help you attempt to replicate it. > Using her knowledge of what the power and what it should look like, attempt to master the old hunter's magic. > You'll feel some progress, but you don't really feel you've actually gotten to a level where your magic remotely matches your goal. > She'll quickly confirm you haven't really mastered the power, forcing you to seek an alternative plan. |
Name: Know thy Enemy Rank: D Type: Good Participants:
Summary: The legend of the Crystal Demon Slayer proved surprisingly less useful than you'd expect, however, Olivia does still have a treasure trove of information to offer you, starting with where you might actually find your enemy's main body, as well as a potential means of finishing him off for good. Others:
Enemies: N/A Extra Rewards: +1 Intelligence Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > After realizing you won't get anywhere training a whole new magic out of the blue, instead ask Liv as much as you can about the demon. > You'll suspect she knows more than she should for a mere fallen enemy, but asking about her relationship with the demon will yield little information. > She will shrug when asked why the Demon has targeted you, though a cheeky mention of him not liking your face will still make you think. > Explaining how Adamel is a very powerful Demon Prince with complete control over this part of the Abyss, she will guide you towards the citadel. > Pointing out how the Demon Lords have been sealed, she explains how unsealed Princes are the closest the Abyss has to rulers. > When you ask about sealing Adamel, she'll explain how the hunter has already done this, and how his fortress is also his prison: The demon itself is unable to exit. Only minions and duplicates allow him to exert power outside it. > You will conclude the citadel itself may hold the key to defeating him: If it has enough power to trap its lord inside, then surely the same power may also destroy him. > Once you come face to face with the citadel, Liv will politely excuse herself and fly off, not wishing to get caught in the crossfire. |
Name: Invade the Citadel Rank: C Type: Good Participants:
Summary: You learned everything you could about the Demon Prince Adamel, including the most likely place where his army will have taken your sword. Break into his pure white, Diamond Citadel, avoiding another confrontation with his army. Though you have never been here before, your instincts will somehow guide you where you need to be. Others: N/A Enemies: Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > After learning what you need from the demoness, you will march for Adamel's Diamond Fortress. > Mesmerized by it's sheer, grand scale, you'll wonder how to navigate it as you evade his guards, but quickly find the way if you trust your instincts, almost like an invisible hand is guiding you. > First off, look for your sword. It will be unguarded and easily reclaimed, as well as having been completely restored. Like your enemy is taunting you, telling you to meet him at full strength. > As you venture through the fortress and interrogate the guards, you come to learn more about how the maze like citadel has been turned into his prison. > You will learn how the old Crystal Hunter sacrificed her life to vanquish Adamel. Even as the demon regenerated, the Hunter's lingering life essence still flows through his citadel like a seal, locking his main body inside. > This time, you must kill him for good, lest he inevitably escape given enough time. > Meet the enemy on an open arena, Adamel's wide, pure white throne room where you'll engage him in the final battle. |
Name: The Maw Rank: S Type: Good Participants:
Summary: Having come face to face with the enemy army, you'll be greeted by the same enemy you faced when you first entered. It seems as though you faced only a clone the first time around, and now have to content with all that power, with the actual brains behind it. Survive and defeat your enemy! Others: N/A Enemies:
Extra Rewards: +5 Constitution Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > Coming face to face with the demon horde once more, you will be confronted by the foe who first ambushed, a demonic prince of the Abyss named Adamel. > Now you know a fair bit more about him, but also have to contend with his main body, far outmatching any other foe you've ever faced alone. > As your magic proves useless against him, he'll explain he targeted you to seek vengeance against your crystal using ancestor, pointing out you're only using Earth magic made to look like the real thing through your bracelet. > As he backs you against a corner, the mana Olivia gave you will resonate and form a Crystalline statue to protect you. > While the Mana is undeniably Olivia's, the will behind it is someone else's entirely, you'll recognize it as the guiding hand that helped you through the Citadel, the same life force flowing through it's walls. > It will save you from a killing blow, but fade away entirely afterwards. The Demon will mock you for needing rescue from the ghost of an ancestor you don't even know, pointing out you only delayed the inevitable. > As the Demon prepares to kill you once more, your only out is to master the Complete Crystal Demon Slayer magic in the heat of battle. > The only way to survive is to achieve complete Crystal Demon Slayer magic and be able to vanquish his own magic. > Your bracelet will break as you completely your magic, restoring your magic at the end of the battle for a second wind. |
Name: The getaway Rank: D Type: Good Participants:
Summary: You have slain the Demon Prince Adamel. But his death unleashes an explosion of crystal that will soon collapse the section of the Abyss you currently stand on. Find a portal back to earthland before that happens. Others:
Enemies: N/A Extra Rewards: +1 Intelligence Objectives: > Create a topic in The Abyss Area > After killing Adamel, begin working on your escape immediately. > Due to the Demon's permanent death, his massive Citadel starts to collapse, forcing you to avoid the debris. > Kill whatever demons try to impede you with your new magic, ideally interrogate some to find the nearest portal. > With no escape in sight, Liv will come to your rescue, carrying you on her wings away from the collapsing citadel. > She'll quickly confirm she's not really your ancestor nor has even met the woman, instead was crated by a certain Demon Lord at Adamel's behest, in Olivia Vollan's image so as to seduce her husband and kill her family. > You suspect she has a bit more than simply her image considering the power she loaned you back there, but she'll explain she doesn't really control that, or understand it too well. She was not given the hunter's memories or powers so she wouldn't turn on her Master. > In the end she still failed to achieve this and was forcibly pulled back into the Abyss, she was punished and locked in Crystal. > Ultimately, she'll drop you off near a portal where you'll escape to Astera. She'll seem interested in visiting Earthland sometime, but won't really press the issue. |
Last edited by Alisa on Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:51 pm; edited 9 times in total