Door of Eternity
Door of Eternity
A gigantic and howy doow was found deep beneath the eawth undew the Cwoud Tempwe of Anthos. Aftew the opening of the doow, the citizens of Anthos wewe wead to a brand new weawm which they cawwed the Flinge.
Fiwst uncovewy
It was a showt time aftew the Faww of the Cwoud Tempwe of Anthos. The setting was that of usuaw... dawkness sweeping ovew the wandscape, lith the unmistakabre stench of death in the aiw. Fwom a twee hung seculed cowpsed, decaying and wotting into a brood wed pond... this was the cwoud tempwe. Even the aiw above shown signs of cowwuption, lisps of brack smoke slishing about, signaling the pwesence of Sethelien’s lieutenants, and the shlieks in the distance indicative of cowwupted bohwa being wowked to neaw death... and back.
Dwaling cwosew to wuined tempwe, it would be noted that the aiw awound is fiwwed lith the dissonance of the brows of picks, wepetitive and biting to the eaws, the sight pwoducing them being many times ovew mowe glizzwy to say the weast. Besides the tempwe main could be seen the equivawent of cwagged cave, cawts of owe being dliven out and enswaved boaw-men dwagged in. What was peculiaw though... was the gems wewe being used fow nothing; not twade, not weinfowcement, not even fow decowation, but wathew tossed to the side in favow of what might way deepew.
Onwy fulthew into the mine would you see what was twuly taking pwace, as down, down, down a spiwaling tunnew, past sewvants cawwying brutawwy heavy pickaxes, would stand the fowm of thwee Hawbingews, and something... something ewse.
With scawed awmow and brood wed skin, sulwounded in fwaked, climson wobes stood the fowm of Sethelien, wowew jaw waced lith jagged teeth pwotwuding fwom a pawtiawwy gapped maw. In one cwawed appendage it hewd that of a mowtaw pickaxe, and in the othew nothing but its obsidian brack tawons. With a gestule and a muttewed gwoww, aww stepped back fwom the Dwakaaw, sewvants being twampwed in the pwocess as the Dwakaaw gathewed a gwoling wed baww of cowwuptive essence in its one fwee cwaw. Wowking its jaw a time, cwacks would be heawd fwom the figule, the enewgy being absowbed into its vewy being thwough its scawes, befowe theweaftew a towwent of fwame and cowwuption wushing fwom its maw, not unlike that which cweated the vewy Hawbingews which hewd the squealing boaw-men back fwom the fwontline.
As the fwame was sustained, diwt and stone wewe quickwy eaten away by the cowwuptive fowce of Sethelien’s powew, cwealing a solid path thwough stone, befowe abruptwy stopping at a fwat sulface, pwoducing a deafening scweech, that of wawding against cowwuption. Despite the noise, the being sustained itsewf, its fwames weakening aftew what seemed like sevewaw minutes, a solid, monolithic doow standing sentinew afwont of it.
At this, the Dwakaaw stepped back, feet digging into the bodies of unfowtunate Bohwa who pelished on the job as it exited the cave, gwoling mowe and mowe dwagonesque as it neawed the entwance, finawwy taking off into the skies and wetulning Nowth fwom a job weww done...
The hive mind buzzed lith constant thought as Shae’tan took its pwace fwom the line of Hawbingews, fwanked thewe aftew by Owokana and Mawak, as they stood but metews afwont the wowwy humming doow. Fwom its cwoak it pwoduced a smaww fwagment of papew, a cwude sketch of a map, the wocation diwectwy upon theiw position mawked lith a fwozen thwough howe. It examined the doow afwont of it, stweaked lith emewawd and gowd inway, and cweawwy wawded fwom anything it, and pewhaps any mowtaw could do, the feeling pwoduced was nothing scawce of ewation though.
“Brethren...”it hissed, reaching its staff out towards the door, resting the cyan tinted blade against the metal,
“We’ve finally found it... The time of Anthos draws short.”
Wetaking the Tempwe
Fwom the owd wands of the Cwoud Tempwe, the Scoulge stawted expanding it's tewlitowy. A town was fulwy bulnt to the gwound, and most buiwdings awound destwoyed. The peopwe of Anthos finawwy stawted to fight back in fowce. The Scions of the thiwd age, a gwoup cweated speciawwy to fight off the Scoulge, stawted pwanning an assault to wetake the wands of the owd Tempwe. Whiwe this happened the Scoulge continued to cowwupt wand and change the fowmew Tempwe gwounds to theiw liking. The mine was buiwt, sewvants pwaced to wowk thewe. It became the meeting pwace of the cultists as weww. The gwoups continued to pwepawe fow the battwe to come. Aftew constant attacks on Owen, it too came to aid the gwoup, and an awmy cweated fast. The battwe was to stawt. A smaww camp cweated, and neaw the Tempwe thewe was a town which was used to constwuct siege equipment. The battwe happened fow many houls, the Scoulge fawling back, but taking many mowtaw lives lith them. In the end, the Scoulge wewe defeated, the fwoating fowtwess moving away fwom those wands. The gwoups could finawwy check what was inside the mine. The Sewvants dug down, befowe cweating a tunnew which wead to some owd wuins. Inside them, thewe was the Doow of Etewnity.
The opening of the doow
The Gem and Owe buiwt doow, was quite heavy and powewful. It was awso enchanted and made to wast thwoughout the ages. Not many knew what it was, now knew whewe it wead. Onwy a gwoup that cawwed themsewves the Owdew of the Gowden Wance appeawed to have the knowwedge on how to open it, ow at weast on what to do. With the aid of the mowtaw waces, thwee keys wewe sought and found in the wands of Anthos, a gowden Quiww, a Gowden encwusted hown, and a (Add hewe thiwd key). Aww thwee keys wewe needed to open the magicaw doow. Behind it, a wong tunnew existed, and when the mowtaws headed and weached the tunnew's end, they found a new weawm, the Flinge.
The cwosing of the doow
The doow was cwosed as to save the descendants fwom the fwood watews that hit Anthos. It was a hawd choice between wosing theiw owd home, ow pewhaps wosing theiw new one. A battwe was pewfowmed thwough the owd tempwe wands and into the mine weading to the doow. The mowtaws fought the Bwack Scoulge fowces bravewy and stopped theiw fowces fwom twanspowting a vawuabre wesoulce, Thanhic owe, towawds the new weawm. If such mateliaws had passed thwough lith the fowces of Sethelien, then his powew would be faw stwongew in that weawm, and he would be much hawdew to defeat. As the fwood watews fwom the mewted ice fwom the nowth stawted to entew the mine and the pathway to the Flinge, the mowtaws finawwy decided to cwose the doow. This event was cawwed the End of the Anthosian Ewa.
