Arc:Lies Within Us

This is a Mage's Guild RP.

Introduction

Among the Guild's of Lithrydel, the Mage's Guild of Xalious stands foremost as an unparalleled institute of education and advancement. The Shining Jewel in the Crown of the Xalious Mountain Range, where those blessed with the gift are promised prestige and power beyond their wildest imaginations. But where there is light, shadow too gathers. Power breeds corruption. Corruption festers, and soon, a rot settles in, sequestered away in the darkness. Where it can spread. Where it can grow.

Where it can wait.

Still reeling from the backlash of the Razurath genocide, The Mage's Guild attempts to consolidate itself, turning in towards its members, weeding out the dissidents and trying to recover from it's weakened state. Meanwhile, research long buried in the Guild's past is uncovered. Research perhaps best left buried.

As the curtain rises on a new Era of the Guild, ancient secrets are set to decide whether we will overcome the past, or succumb to it.

Prologue: Soul of the Stones

Following a trail of powerful arcane crystals, spanning the length and breadth of Lithrydel, Lanlan and Odhranos stumble upon the long-forgotten history of an ancient and powerful tribe. Though consigned to the dust of time, the legacy of the Robelous Tribe is far from deceased.

1. Critter Island
2. Gems are Truly Outrageous
3. Logs
4. If You Like Pina Coladas And Getting Caught In A Dragon's Cave
5. Journey of the Fallen Magi
6. Amongst the Dunes
7. A Change of Scenery
8. Dragons, Mages and Warriors
9. He Who Brings Death
10. Unpoached Egg
11. Last of the Robelous Tribe

Act 1: Curiosity and the Cat

Spurred on by his experiences with the vagaries of magic, Odhranos begins compiling a thesis detailing the magical techniques of Lithrydel. While his research continues, machinations began stirring in the belly of the Guild, spurred on by the Guild's recent political debacle. The foundations of Xalious' prestigious Guild begin to crumble, from the insidious corruption within.

1. Legacy of the Arcane
2. Tea, Chats and the Unified Magic Theory
3. Cordiality in Times of Strife
4. Where We Draw The Line
5. It's a Kind of Magic
6. Soul of the Swordsaint
7. Curse of the Blessed
8. The Robelous Legacy
9. The One Where Lanlan Gets The Boot
10. A Burden Shared is a Burden Halved
11. Ocean's Elanlan
12. Keep your Traitorous Ex-Friend/Colleague Closer
13. Runeweaver and Stoneweaver

Act 2: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Ordered by Administrator Brenwyn to apprehend a talented Larketian child, Odhranos and Quintessa set into motion a chain of events that sparks the flames of war with Larket and begins the slow but catastrophic dissolution of the Mages' Guild. Disappearances, disagreements and dead bodies starting to pile up, something sinister uncoils itself from the Guild's shadow, ready for its time in the sun.

1. Morally Excusable Guildnapping
2. Magister Odhranos Kerrigan, Councilman
3. What is Rightfully Mine, Refused
4. Cry Havoc
5. She Wants Revenge
6. Propose a Trade?
7. Lost and Not Quite Found
8. Hurt and Not Quite Healing
9. Creative Differences in the Council
10. A Secret Recruitment
11. Larketian Visitation Rights
12. Cabin Fever
13. ‎‎Where We Stand, Defiant
14. Cabin Fever 2: Larketian Boogaloo
15. Maybe the Past does not Forget You
16. Coup de Grace
17. Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice
18. The Amber Vendetta
19. You and Me and Your Friend Kasyr
20. Hold On to What We Have
21. It's Raining Somewhere Else
22. We Make Our Own Cages
23. Cabin Fever 3:"Trist'oth, how bad could it be?"
24. Night of the Living Dead Girls 2: This Time, It's Personal
25. And Only We can Set Ourselves Free
26. Expect Nothing And You Will Never Be Disappointed
27. Rise of the Ossian Order

Act 3: For Every Silver Lining

The Mages Guild has fallen, The Ossian Order rises to take its place. Cast out and branded criminals, the members of the Guild are scattered to the winds in the chaos following Haladavar's explosive rise to power. Hounded on all sides, with half their number kidnapped or worse, the curtain rises on the Guild's darkest hour. Beaten, bruised and persecuted, rock bottom seems mere days away. But from rock bottom, there is only one way to go.

Up.

1. The Power Of Love
2. In The Land Of Gods And Monsters
3. What The Hell Do We Do Now?
4. How Have We Not Talked To Each Other Yet?
5. Tread Softly For You Tread On My Dreams
6. Ghosts 'N' Stuff
7. Liberating the Sandy Boi
8. A Timely Reunion
9. Something and Someone to Rally Behind
10. The Mages' Guild is You
11. Secrets That The Ice Holds
12. A Discourse of Dragons
13. Maybe the Past is Instead Forgotten
14. Fall Apart and Rise Again
15. Who Will You Be When the War is Over?
16. Trust Among Comrades
17. Not to Say Goodbye
18. No Time for Us
19. A Little Gauche for Old Times Sake
20. Coral Castle, Cenril Beach. High Noon
21. No Iron Hearts This Time
22. As We Weave Ourselves, So Are We Woven Together
23. Revenant, Returned
24. It is Time
25. They Will Bring Down Mountains

Act 4: The Best Laid Plans

After months of hiding, the Mages Guild of Xalious returns to reclaim its home. As Frostmaw draws the Ossian main forces away with a false siege on the Sage-Xalious Pass, Odhranos leads the Guild in an all-or-nothing attack on the unsuspecting Mage Tower. Their goal? Stopping Haladavar's plans before he can complete his ritual and ascend to become the New God of Magic.

1. The Fall of Ossia
2. placeholder for Karasu/Valrae/Quintessa Duel
3. RP:An Earnest Encounter
4. Quintessa-Khitti v Zuveus
5. Quintessa-Khitti v Zuveus
6. Lanlan-Magik v Cynica
7. Jerk of a Brother
8. Ulrugh v Kasyr - Odhranos
9. The Chains of Your Making
10. Grand Theft... Moon??
11. Doorway Full of Stars
12. Shards Part 1: Snow
13. Shards Part 2: Sea
14. Shards Part 3: Sand
15. Illusions of Nepotism
16. Unwanted Welcome