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LostSoul

Godfrey sat, going over papers in town house, it was a large house, bigger then the others out of necessity. The farm had indeed grown, with the remaining goblins actually entering friendly terms after the forced skirmish with an unsettled alliance, which proved fruitful, Godfrey was able to help them deal with the rogue giant in their territory causing the raids, however, betrayal was to happen, raids went to start and Godfrey put a stop to it, claiming the tunnels as his own, in fact, he helped another tribe of goblins suppressed by this one. Through negotiation, they decided to ally and eventually join the town. As it stands, they stand as the mountain watchers and share tunnels with human miners, much as his own folk allow them into their own lands and deal in food and supplies.

It was a blessed union, he even was able to get his goddess and a priestess over, especially after showing how much the bounty has increased.  Of course, there was some converts and some not, he didn't push. He had a church built for the gods and goddesses here as well. Tending to tolerance of belief...though, he did support Yalthnea and did push her beliefs with trinkets and dolls and such. It has helped plump up some of the maidens in the town, but many still had their beliefs, many converted willing every day though.


The town had blossomed, once a large farm of many fields was a vast farm of many fields and many houses. Even a small blacksmith with a church set up. A small mine in the north connected by a trial, leading to the goblins. Trade was done with them daily and was considered a part of town. They protected them, and the town protected them, they were officially in the eyes of many part of the town.

The town had a couple of guard, soldiers in scale with spears and shields, nothing much else, goblins having similar where. He recently started to trade, epescially with the towns' stockpile of food over flowing, he had food to trade, and ores to trade too. He thought it would make some money and caravans where being set up to trade else where.

The town didn't have a wall yet, besides for maybe a few guards to watch out for and the occasional huntsmen to scout, not counting the goblins up in the mountains keeping tabs on things.


They also had to deal with the neighbors, these were little spirits he found, he made sure not to disturb them and they help out around town. This disgruntled some of the folk, but it has been rewarding and created much peace when there would of been chaos. He looked out his window, he still got the chance to adventure, but things had been busy. He stood up to look out, how much would it grow? He wasn't sure, but he wanted more. He was a hero, but there could be so much more he could do, so much more  to do, he wanted to leave a legend, and he would make this place legendary.


He sighed, going to go outside, it was summer, people in work, sometimes walking about, the inn where people were eating was packed, the fields bountiful, the summer was out, the clouds in the sky. He stopped, hands behind his back as he observed a giant tree area where a neighbor made its home, laughing, it was peaceful, so much better then previously becoming a little like home, one step at a time. He would forge it into home, a peaceful place for all. One step at a time...such a peaceful day.

Hyacinthus

A peaceful day indeed... until it wasn't.

BOOM!

The thunderous roar of an explosion in the distance shook the very foundation of the rural town, as a plume of dark green smoke erupted from the lands some distance away. Screams of fear and shock rang out as the sudden shockwave caused man and animal alike to panic. It was an attack! Probably!

Shortly thereafter, a great miracle occurred; Trees and foliage began to grow in the far direction that the explosion had triggered from, at a rate that was practically impossible by modern science and most alchemy. And grow they did; In the distance, thick grass and saplings quickly because massive overgrowth and 3 big, heavy trees of oak... or possibly maple? Which towered above the town like towers, taking up rural land and beginning to infringe on the farms nearby with their deep and heavy roots.

But these weren't any normal trees... The branches swung of their own accord, with nary a wind on the horizon strong enough to affect them. Giant sunflowers which had grown in the foliage suddenly ripped themselves from the ground with a mighty hop, followed by another, and another as they chased after civilians, swinging their massive, golden heads at them like the most fragrant of maces.

Hares attacked-- not only the people, but the plant-life! Tiny though they were, they seemed to swarm in hordes from the epicenter of the explosion, with pure white fur and piercing red eyes. Dire-bunnies! They nibbled at anything and everything they could get their teeth around; From overgrown grass, to the ankles of unsuspecting farmers trying to protect their lands. A terrifying sight to behold.

LostSoul

Godfrey jolted as he looked over eye wide, he was but in his clothes, but always he kept a sword as he made a motion.

"All guards nay guarding! REPORT!" he yelled making a motion before running towards the crisis.

His eyes widened as he stopped to watch, the very land turning against them, what, the, fuck? He watched for a moment to watch the situation, thinking, did he upset a neighbor? No, there was an explosion? A spell? Alchemy? Either case, it was magical attack of sorts, or an accident, either way, it needed to be dealt with, quickly. He pulled it new sword out, having to get a new one since his previous was shattered.

"Need axes for the tree's, get the farmers out of thar! Douglas, Sas'a deal with the sunflowers, the rest protect the civilians...someone pre'pare torches as well." he said, the last part quite bitter, he may need to burn the fields with the tree's. He never really fought a tree before, but he did not wish to try, cause if they couldn't stop it, they would have to burn it...likely to cause some serious harm. Not only to the fields but also to the houses.

"Charles, Mathias, start looking for anyone doing this as well. The rest, defend or folk, CHARGE!" he said running out to help the farmers, slashing at sunflowers, kicking at bunnies, and running from tree's. Men with spears running out to poke and proud, farmers running around in madness. He wasn't even sure if he was helping, but at least he was doing something.

Hyacinthus

"Well, bullocks. I guess this is a failure too."

High in the skies, atop one of the mountainous tree's branches, there sat a young lady probably the same age as Godfrey, with long, tangled, raven-black hair and eyes hidden behind large, full-moon spectacles. Despite the swinging of the tree's branches, she seemed fairly secured in place-- or rather, didn't seem to show even remote amounts of concern for the level of danger she was probably in. Instead, she stood up, dirt-crusted overcoat and large, floppy wizarding hat swaying in the wind as she did so, and reached into one of her pockets to pull out a small bit of cheese.

It wasn't for her; No, she raised it to her head and tipped her hat back slightly. From beneath said hat, something... something, bared fangs and bit down... but not on the girl's hand. The cheese, of course. It retreated back beneath the hat after retrieving it's 'reward', and the girl lowered her hat once more as such.

Before long, she watched as the nearby townsfolk rallied a defense against all the commotion below; guards and townsfolk alike running about like little insects, trying to save and protect what they could. It was inspiring, in a way, though the girl didn't really have much time to watch; No, she was too busy rummaging through a book of spells from her monstrous perch to pay careful attention. "Now what did I... Ah, I see-- The weather wasn't appropriate."

LostSoul

Would keep flinging orders, getting pummeled by a sunflower which he hacks away, People running with axes as people are tossed by tree's.

"Fetch Pitch and Oil! We're going to burn, some-." he shouted before being pummeled again by another which he tears in half before shouting some more, covered in pollen and bruises, those suckers hurt.

"Someone clear the fields as much as they can! Save what can be!" he said, people scrambling, some starting to throw torches as he looked up at one of the tree's, someone was up there...reading a book...Magic user.

He gritted his teeth, if he ever got his hands on her, she would rue the day she messed with this town. He was unsure how she would pay, but she would. He would give orders to shoot, but the guards were too busy getting civ's back, or getting what could be spared of the fields...or fighting tree's and sun flowers. He saw man get tossed like a ball over the field some where, lanterns being throw.

"Withdraw! Let fire take them! Back!"

He yelled , making a motion to run lest they fall to friendly fire. He with drew himself, picking up a sunflower beaten shoulder to run with like a sack of potatoes before retreating behind a line of shields as the fire started. He was bitter, burning crops, injuries to guards and lively hood of his people, wasted food.

It left a sour feeling, but it hurt worse for his civilians, at least he had stores, but for now, they had moving tree's and plants to deal with, hopefully before it reached people's homes.

Hyacinthus

"What does 'a hail of elements' mean? Is that hail as in... Ice? Or... Hm..."

The girl didn't seem to notice or mind the offending gaze upon her as she continued to flip through the book, her eyes more focused on the contents within than the flames below. And indeed, the flames began to rage; Scorching the earth, and all that was made of it. The trees and sunflowers alike practically wailed and writhed in the fires, the overgrown, assaulting plants seemingly the first to fall to the strategem, while the trees continued to swing about, more fervently than before. Roots of the great oaks (if they even were oaks...) surged forth, shattering the landscape in each direction that they spread, trying to outpace the spread of the fires. Some spread towards the direction of Godfrey and the others-- and as they did, they breached the ground itself and began to lash out and strike at nearby civilians, guards-- anything that moved.

The flames seemed to take care of just about everything else, trees aside... that was, until from the fires, a hopping horde of fiery furies frolicked forth! With fire in their eyes, and also on their fur, the dire bunnies-- now dire fire bunnies-- continued their rampage on the the town, nibbling away at what they could, burning away what they could not. Oh, the humanity!

Meanwhile, from a realm above, the spectacled lass stopped on a particular page, one which caught her attention with a great fervor. She scoured it, top to bottom, as if it contained the secret to life itself, before suddenly smiling with a nod. "Aha-- so it's not a 'hail' so much as heavy rain. That should be doable... I'm pretty sure I wrote that down somewhere..."

LostSoul

Godfrey grinned slightly, at least that took care of the overgrowth from claiming the fields, however, that did not take care of the tree's as suspected, at least they were burning.

His eyes widened as he saw what was happening.

"RUN!" he screamed, and that was all he got out before the tree's were upon them. Guards and civilians both being tackled by roots as the flaming tree's attacked, Godfrey narrowing dodging as section, then the fires actively taking life of their own WITH the dire bunnies.

Godfrey gritted his teeth, glancing up, so not just a life magic, but also fire? He glanced over to a fallen guard, broken by the latest attack...the lad just turned 21. He frowned, charging as he picked up the spear, heaving it back like a Javalin and throwing it at the wizard, mostly at her book and arms. If he could knock the book out, maybe he could stop the spells, and may she rue the day he gets her hands on her. May she rue it.

Meanwhile, civilians fled, taking what wheat they could, even more so when the tree's attacked, quite literally scattering, the guard wall was broken by the tree's, going flying, moral breaking as some fled as well, others coming back with axes to potentially chop at it, but also staying the fuck away from the flaming monstrosities, others continued to throw torches. Some tried to beckon the creatures away from the crops and fields, the rest were being tossed about or going to to take care of the fire elements and dire bunnies. A militia was forming as they got closer to the buildings, mostly using farm tools to fend off fire elements and bunnies before it got too close too the wooden thatch houses. The cry of goblins was in the air as well, it seems someone ran into the tunnels to fetch them, but they were still coming, not here yet to defend the town.

Hyacinthus

"Let's see... raindrop crystal, check. Purified rainwater... Well, it was pure at one point, it should suffice. Fresh heart of stormcaller... Where would I even...  Hm. Well, I do have that dead bird. Good enough."

The woman in robes fiddled about inside of her cloak from beneath her jacket, before crouching down-- needing the stability of a lower perch so that she could lay out all of her ingredients, while unknowingly avoiding a spear meant for her, or her book. She was too busy-- couldn't see or tell where it was going, and just assumed one of the ants down below lost their weapon by accident. She layed out her version of the spell's requisites-- oddities and ends that didn't seem to have any real rhyme or reason to them, before she began to cast an incantation.

"dnal eht ezilitref llahs niar eltneg!" She intoned, and as she did so, the small, raindrop-shaped stone began to glow, and float-- followed by the other ingredients she'd brought forth. Slowly, but surely, they came to eye-level with her, and while she wasn't exactly sure what was supposed to happen next, the sorceress raised a single hand to the sky, as if instructing the miscellany where to go. And go it did-- Flying up into the sky, piercing the heavens. From behind smudgy, dirty glasses, the sorceress looked up, holding onto her hat as she questioned what would happen next...

The war on trees was progressing apace. Those who remained behind to fight would need stand fast against the wrath of the roots, which continued to grow and spread their way into the town. Dire fire bunnies hopped and trotted after man and plantlife alike-- with some accidentally attacking the very tree roots that they'd been fighting alongside. This had the unfortunate consequence of setting the roots aflame... but did not cause them to wither! No-- horrendous as it seemed, the thrashing tendrils of the tree's roots now struck with the renewed fervor of fire, as they wreak havok on the landscape, setting further blaze to the town. Where tree roots spouted from the pitch fires, so too did angry, fiery tree roots in kind! Oh, the humanity!

And then, when the situation seemed all too dire, the rain came. First a few drops, then a shower, a downpour, and before long, a right proper storm. Lightning and thunder cackled and boomed from above as the skies swirled, darkened, and opened up a veritable waterfall onto the lands of Boblin. The grounds quickly flooded, the streets running over with drainless rain. And in spite of it all, the dire fire bunnies continued to rage on, and the burning tree brambles ravaged as they would. On the bright side, the pitch fires were slowly beginning to die down, drowning beneath the copious flood-like rains... Small victories, right?

LostSoul

Godfrey scowled, witch must of already knew he would throw, she really was coming for this place.

He went to order his men before he noticed something fly into the sky, stopping his shout with an open mouth, long enough to be bitch slapped by a root, sending him flying with an 'Oof' hitting the ground about 5 feet away, them roots were heavy.

He wheezed, feeling the bruise it would form, but oddly, no broken ribs, must of gotten lucky. He lifted his head, then rain came, and quickly, and not draining properly water. Coming in tides, not men were being throw around AND washed away, civilians  shut doors, others far too late, the goblins coming in with the tide, just as confused as they watched up against the tree's. What madness was this?!

He went to stand, but was washed with the tide, now flailing around as he caught an axe, one that was about to wash into his face before brushing against one of the moving tree's using the axe, he swung it to stick himself too it, securing himself from being washed away, too busy now to give orders and everything descended into more chaos as people now fought simply to stay on their feet much less defend the town. Even Godfrey was fighting to keep up and not be washed away, a house literally breaking out of the ground, one of the poorer houses being washed away with someone screaming about their cabbages.

Hyacinthus

As the torrential downpour swelled, water droplets the size of gold coins splattered on the hat and glasses of the sorceress, who was all but soaked as well from her perch above, but relatively less drowned than just about everyone else. For a moment she sat silent, brow furrowed though it was impossible to see from beneath her spectacles. And then, after a few more moments of that, she stomped about on the tree angrily, throwing something of a tantrum. It was honestly a wonder she didn't slip off and fall...

"Why is it raining THAT MUCH? I didn't even use purified items!" She complained while shifting about for a bit under the safety of the giant tree, trying to find a spot where she could continue to read in relative peace from the rain. "Oh well. Rain is rain. Now the conditions should be proper... or proper-ish. Gotta get rid of all the excess water... Probably just need to dispel the spell. Heh, heheheh... Di-'spell' the spell..." She chuckled at how incredibly clever she was, knowing that Rous probably wouldn't get the joke because he had a terrible sense of humor and also was a rat. With that said, she put the book away and raised her hands to the skies, and with all her strength, she clapped two times.

And... nothing happened. The girl raised an eyebrow, confused. Wasn't that how the dispel worked? Maybe she misunderstood something in the book... Which she promptly pulled out once more.

The situation on the ground hadn't gotten much better. With the great floods already underway, much of the lands were already enveloped in raging currents; A stormwind kicking into high gear as the waters swirled about, almost as if... No... it couldn't be... But it was! In the heaviest concentrated points of wind-- where swirling gusts collided, an unnatural, yet natural occurrence began to overtake the waters-- they twisted and contorted with the heavy winds, until they began to be sucked up by them, here and there-- lashing gales taking furious waters into their arsenal as civilians nearby could be heard screaming the oncoming threat-- Tidespouts!!! Massive tornado-like winds whipped and pulled at both the homes and bunnies alike as they sought to wreak even further havoc on the lands of Boblin!

LostSoul

People were being whipped left and right, the incoming goblins were whipped into the storm.  Weapons and people going flying, screams silenced by drowning or being pound into tree's. Godfrey himself was only a hand above the water, stuck in the tee, and slowly pulling himself out, gasping for air as he coughed water, simply hanging on to the tree, gasping and shivering before going to climb higher.

House's were being lifted and decimated within the raging tides, logs and thatch joining the whirling pools, smashing into tree's  and people a like. Some houses remained intact, horribly so as those plowed through people a like, and headed towards the masses and plants a like.

Any semblance of leadership was lost, completely gone with the tidal magic, command broken down to fleeing or simply surviving the tides. Godfrey himself was barely holding on, slowly climbing the tree, completely unaware of a house heading towards the tree to smash into it...cabbage lady house  where the war cries of 

"CABBBBBBAAAAAGE!" could be heard despite the storm as the house spiraled closer to the wizards tree.

Hyacinthus

"Did I not clap hard enough? I'm pretty sure it was two claps."

The unknown sorceress murmured quietly to herself as she poured over the pages, silently doing what she could to seek out a solution to her current problem while simultaneously trying to keep the book under the 'canopy' of her massive hat, thereby preventing it from getting wet. The winds and rains were fierce, but her little section of trunk had a decent amount of aerodynamic resistance to the storm, so her tomes were just fine thankfully.

As she read and read, the sorceress came across a page-- or a paragraph therein-- that sparked her attention at last. "Aha! There it is, 'Nature Magic Dispel'. So what did I do wrong here... Okay... clap two times... OH! Of course... the most obvious step is the one I forget about. Silly me." The young woman chided herself, before nodding silently, reaffirmed in her next steps. She knew now what she had to do to get this storm-- and the flora, and the fauna-- back under control, and was perfectly capable of doing it. Putting her book away, the young woman looked back up at the sky, a confident smile on her face, before she raised her hands into the air, and clapped-- once, and then--

*Craaaaaaaaaaash*

As if on cue, a falling-apart home of cabbages and chaos came flying straight at the exact spot she was standing on, resulting in a massive collision that could somewhat be heard even over the storms and screams and waterpouts below. In the aftermath, there was only rubble... and a few cabbages. The sorceress... was no more.

And yet, the storm waged on. The waterspouts continued to whip man and structure alike with horrid force, and as the water level continued to rise, it seemed things could not get much worse... until the dire fire bunnies began to be caught up in the passing waterspouts as well, flying about with fire in their eyes (and the rest of their bodies, given that they're on fire) as the waterspouts became dire fire bunnienadoes! The occasional flaming hare was launched free of the gale winds like a cannon ball, either at retreating guards and civilians, or at still-standing structures, setting unnatural fires wherever they landed.