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Cath'tha'aal
Article Author: BlackWand
View Count: 427  Ages past, the King of the Thaac Kingdom from the Chevron System, Domain of Altara, constructed an artifact. An artifact that has served the Thaac very well during their time. After that the artifact had been constructed, the king elected four of his best warriors, to be its guardians. These guardians would only serve one purpose, protect the artifact and its wielder. Nobody could command these guardians, not even the king himself. In the Imperial Era, year 5029, there was a big war between the Thaac and a neighbouring kingdom. This kingdom suffered heavy losses due to their enemy having this artifact. Through a genious, they succeeded in slaying its guardians and capture the artifact, and quickly hiding it behind magical barriers. The Thaac searched for years. 11 years later, they could, again, feel its presence in the world. Someone had removed it from place, so as to make it detectable from the outside world. The king immediately sent out four new guardians, to guard it. It was Alec, a half air-elemental and a mighty wizard who had removed it, to save a kingdom from utter destruction. The guardians They number four, at all times. If one die, a new will be sent out as fast as his death is known. They are all very good fighters. Their blade the shape of lightning, and in battle, they move as lightning. They do not command any magic, except that they resist magic pretty good (Spell Resistance). These guardians works outside of the kings reach. The guardians will not ask the wielder to hand over the artifact. More accurate, the guardians will not allow themselves to touch it. And, they wont ask the wielder to take the artifact back home to their city. They are guardians, and will only be guardians. History There is not much history regarding the artifact, really. It is quite young. It was crafted around 50 years ago, 4991 IE. The order for the crafting came from the current ruler of the Thaac. The forging of the artifact Even tho the Thaac are an air elemental race, they have come to like water, and they spend much time traveling between the different continents. One time they happened to witness a gigantic sea creature, it had the shape as a long snake, with small wings along its body. Its maw was big and full of large glittering teeths. The Thaac followed this sea monster to its lair. They sneaked in, and stole one of the eggs. After having inspected this egg, it showed up to have a strong connection with the powers of lightning. This group of Thaac stole one such egg and brought it to their kingdom. They used this embryo of the sea monster to forge this artifact. Artifact stats As a full round (attack done at the start of your next round), the wielder can summon forth incredible powers of electricity. The full round is for preparation, while the skies will turn dark, and heavy storms will roam the area. On the wielders next round, the player channels his lightning aligned spell through the artifact, and out comes x4 damage. The artifact also restores the wielder with 5 mana points per round (if you use such a system). Stats made easy Full round, 4x lightning damage. Restores 5 mana points per round. |