So many times they had been forced to flee their homes. So many times they have had to seek somewhere new, somewhere safe they could settle their roots. He is tired of it. He would not stand for this yet another time. So, instead of ushering his family from the woods as fire begins to spread, he takes action.
With the help of his eldest son, he gathers the shadows that flourish so abundantly in their forest him. He gathers and builds, condensing and collecting until a force of solid darkness expands and grows. For once he could use this unasked for ability of his. For once the thing he had long believed a curse would be their savior.
With two of them, the work is easier. And soon, a wall stands, barricading the quiet safety of their woods against the fire and hatred of the outside world.
In the end, he is exhausted, but when a pair of yellow eyes glow at him through the darkness, a smile creases his lips. With his family surrounding him, they would never be alone. And they would most certainly never be defenseless.
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Ether watches as the wall grows, wishing he could help. But long ago his shadows had morphed as they clung, turning him into the creature of darkness he now is, but leaving him without the ability to craft as he once had. As he steps easily through the forest from shadow to shadow, an idea occurs though.
He had quickly gathered his family to bring them to the safety behind his father and brother’s barricade, but perhaps there is more he could do. More they could do.
And so, from the shadows he moves to the smokey and smoldering forest, where fire has begun to grow recklessly. Where the Pangean beasts set light to the ancient pines of the Taiga. From there, he reaches into the shadows of the deepest, most feral part of the ocean. A thought is all it takes to open the void. To allows the icy, briny waters of the ocean depths to crash through. Fire sizzles and dies beneath the rapid onslaught, and should anyone still lighting fire to the wood fail to move quickly enough, they too would find themselves caught in the torrent.
A few seconds is all it takes to extinguish flame, and then he moves on. Anywhere fire begins to rise, Ether follows, bringing the ocean with him.
TL;DR - Shah and @[Illum] have built a shadow barrier around part of Taiga to protect it and the residents that remain. Ether is putting out fires using a portal to the ocean. I don't plan on replying with these guys again, so from here on you can assume Ether is effectively acting as a giant, boring wet blanket
With the help of his eldest son, he gathers the shadows that flourish so abundantly in their forest him. He gathers and builds, condensing and collecting until a force of solid darkness expands and grows. For once he could use this unasked for ability of his. For once the thing he had long believed a curse would be their savior.
With two of them, the work is easier. And soon, a wall stands, barricading the quiet safety of their woods against the fire and hatred of the outside world.
In the end, he is exhausted, but when a pair of yellow eyes glow at him through the darkness, a smile creases his lips. With his family surrounding him, they would never be alone. And they would most certainly never be defenseless.
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Ether watches as the wall grows, wishing he could help. But long ago his shadows had morphed as they clung, turning him into the creature of darkness he now is, but leaving him without the ability to craft as he once had. As he steps easily through the forest from shadow to shadow, an idea occurs though.
He had quickly gathered his family to bring them to the safety behind his father and brother’s barricade, but perhaps there is more he could do. More they could do.
And so, from the shadows he moves to the smokey and smoldering forest, where fire has begun to grow recklessly. Where the Pangean beasts set light to the ancient pines of the Taiga. From there, he reaches into the shadows of the deepest, most feral part of the ocean. A thought is all it takes to open the void. To allows the icy, briny waters of the ocean depths to crash through. Fire sizzles and dies beneath the rapid onslaught, and should anyone still lighting fire to the wood fail to move quickly enough, they too would find themselves caught in the torrent.
A few seconds is all it takes to extinguish flame, and then he moves on. Anywhere fire begins to rise, Ether follows, bringing the ocean with him.
TL;DR - Shah and @[Illum] have built a shadow barrier around part of Taiga to protect it and the residents that remain. Ether is putting out fires using a portal to the ocean. I don't plan on replying with these guys again, so from here on you can assume Ether is effectively acting as a giant, boring wet blanket