>>5510121All attention, including your own, turns to the Serpent Ascendant… And you find his attention is upon you.
“THIS YOUNG ONE DID NOT CALL US ALL HERE TO LISTEN TO US DISCUSS OLD BUSINESS,” he says. “HE CALLED UPON US TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE.”
“Y-yes, you agree, a little taken aback by the intensity of all these divine presences, and still wondering upon the exact meaning of some of their words.
The God of Glory is right, though: you called them here for a reason.
“You are right,” you tell them. “I am at war with Hapo the Kobold Necromancer, who means to commit a grave act of… Of HERESY, of BLASPHEMY, wielding lesser darknesses to reanimate the Red Dragon King.”
“It would be quite the feat…” says the God of Secrets-Long-Buried.
“The beginning of an age of bleakness and hunger for all, mortal and immortal,” he Lord of Endings asserts.
“It would be pointless,” dismisses the Divine Mother. “We are already ~gestating~ something altogether greater, aren’t we?”
You suppress a shudder.
“I FAIL TO SEE WHY YOU SHOULD NEED OUR AID,” the Serpent Ascendant says, “TO DEFEAT A MERE KOBOLD, WHO YOU HAVE ALREADY BESTED.”
“A conflict between two Children of Darkness, it DOES seem beneath us,” the Baleful beholder agrees. “You are each a scholar of self-knowledge and of the hidden arts…”
“This one has served me well,” the Mother of Dragons compliments you, her voice caressing you with slimy currents of smoke and fetid air. “I would happily take you into my bosom as a Guardian of the Rookery.”
“THIS IS TRUE,” the Serpent Ascendant acknowledges. “YOU HAVE SERVED -HER- WELL… BUT ALSO, YOU STRIVE EVER HIGHER, RISKING TI ALL FOR GORY. IF YOU ARE READY TO TRULY -ASCEND-… I WOULD ACCEPT YOU AS MY PALADIN.”
“I will abstain,” says the Baleful Beholder. “If you can best the Necromancer… We will speak again on such matters.”
“I cannot take a Champion dedicated to life and to mortal legacy as a Death Knight,” Death explains, sounding almost apologetic.
