A Preparation for Heaven: Part 1/3

Well, I'm hoping I'll have The Poet: Chapter 3: Ascension by Wednesday Night or Thursday Morning, fully edited, and ready to be published :) Well maybe not published, but in its final version, this means I'll have a very hard three days a head of me. Thats a cue to start those prayers for divine strength.

In the mean time, every day (hopefully) I'll be here with what page I'm at and far more importantly some background history and stuff to prepare you for the book. Its not that the book won't have explanations in it, but not to pat myself on my back... my world is massive! From Shadows, Rose Knights, Shan'tarin, and Frost Drakes it takes the variety of D&D and polishes it without losing the awesome amount of content, and then it slaps a Tolkien and myriad of other influences and mashes them into a paste to coat over it all. Yes the Trollkin dress similar to Wraiths in Stargate: Atlantis, and then C. S Lewis with talking animals, Legend of Zelda: with Navie (Alpha is loosely based on her) then everything else from the Heroes games (Creature Design) to English Gentlemen of the 18 century for Timin O'donnel.
It goes on, but man I'm ranting so here is part 1 of 3 of the Preparation of Heaven...

History:
Long ago, so long ago that even the eldest of the first years of are world can't remember seven worlds existed, each one supported the first of the human race. Their creator was Diu, the High God, the Lord of Harmony.
The seventh world he named Heaven, and took it as his throne in his new universe.
And there he created the Immortal Angli (Silver-Hand(Based on Welsh) for Divine One) his servants, desiring mortal servants he created the first races, the Fore Races as they became known.
Terran, Sidhe, Nelia'aylia, Dimidium(Comprising both Wee-Folk and Boulge(Silver Hand)), Shan'tarin, Shadow(Unknown), and Dragons. Andras Destran Lord Captain of the Angli host and second only to Diu saw the handy craft of Diu, and he secretly believed he could improve upon what he had done, especially the Terran, who didn't have many of the gifts given to the other races.
Thus Andras secretly started delving into Necromancy, the practice of using the Element of Darkness to reanimate the dead.
But at this time death did not exist in Heaven, but while Andras whiled away his years mastering the dark arts Diu had created another dimension to the world of Heaven, the Nameless Plane, the Second-Fold as it would be later called by some, but most merely knew it as Heaven, though not Heaven True. Here he created the lesser Races, Griffins, Unicorns, and all the beast-like but possessed of soul creatures.
He saw he had created the Dragons to rule and be not equals with the other races, thus he set them as rulers over Second-Fold.
In the Second-Fold death did exist, but none of the creatures there knew sin, and they died and lived with impunity.
Andras now had perfected what he thought to be the 'cure' to the Terran or Human as they called themselves now, he would slay them then resurrect them and rework their very being granting them immortality and powers beyond any of the other races, for Andras liked the Terran, but disliked the Sidhe above all.
When the world was created each race was created with one male and one female, but a few years later four more of each race were created, two male and two female.
Adamae was the first Terran, and he was appointed by Diu (for Diu intended the Terran to be the dominate race) as Lord over the mortal portion of Heaven, the two other mortal men were to be his High Captains, their names were Shael and Valuan.
In Adamae Andras saw his first subject to be reworked by his magic.
Adamae was proud having been given control of the whole of mortality, and he said to himself that he deserved even more control instead, as he surmised, a puppet on the string controlled by Diu. Thus when Andras came to him in secret and used his pure charisma to convince him to join him in the cleansing of his race he willing joined to gain immortality through the dark arts.
Adamae was transformed by Andras, his first follower to an unknown goal, yet soon Shael and Valuan followed in step having their own goals.
But Diu saw Andras transforming his chosen people into dark creatures, which Andras thought were stronger. Even though the transformation was successful though Andras had only started the study of his dark craft and many ill side affects occurred, Adamae and his kin now appeared like corpses for though Andras could bring them back to this plane of existence he could not restore the spark of life that made things grow and truly live, thus they remained pale yet still their earthly handsome looks remained, a mix between Human and Dead, noble in their own right, handsome in their strange way, but hideous and disgusting.
They also could not stand the Light which shunned their new dark forms, they couldn't sire children, and they could only remain in there physical form if they took the life blood from other creatures or through sources of innate power such as The Bitter Falls.
Diu saw how his High Captain had betrayed him and prepared to confront Andras and intended to banish him from Heaven.
Andras saw the intent of Diu and knew he was far from the perfection state he would create for Humanity, and his hatred for Diu disturbing his work and intent of exiling him and rejecting him lashed out as he used his new puppets Adamae, Shael, and Valuan who's lives were now hinged on the wishes of the Angli to gather all the Terran and other races, and all joined the new Dark Lord in his cause to destroy Diu and take his throne. All joined, save the Shan'tarin, and Nelia'aylia who sided with Diu.
And Andras set about teaching the Humans and Sidhe how to use the Elements as he did to create and destroy, but with only limited success. He did however form many of the Humans into Fampir(Welsh), as he named the transformed humans.
And drawing all his supporters among the Angli Andras set out with his army to the capital city and high throne of Heaven, Celestial, and attacked it.
The remaining Angli though still outnumbered Andras's, though Andras had the mortals, but Diu the Shan'tarin and Nelia'aylia to which both he had taught and granted some of them the use of the Elements to use in the defense of Heaven.
Battle ensued and a short bitter war erupted, and in a single battle Andras was defeated, he stood on the Hill of Stars and battled with Diu with his sword he had renamed 'n grai Archeba which meant in Silver Hand, New Order. But he was resisted by the immortal sword Amilian and wielded by Diu Andras was cast down to the lowest plane of Heaven, the third realm.
It is called Awen, the underworld, the place of darkness.
The other races were banished for their sin to the Second-Fold, the Nelia'aylia and Shan'tarin though they did not sin, sin had been introduced by Andras to Heaven, thus the mortal races couldn't exist in Heaven, but Diu promised a way to return... one day...
And in Awen far from the Light of Heaven or even the Second-Fold Andras sat on his new dark throne in Awen, his fellow traitor Angli with him, and he planned to return...

The Blood Prophecy

From the oldest blood, the first born in this world...
A warrior, a king, shall rise...
From the beginning of time they were blessed, they were cursed...
It shall begin with a Poet, a writer...
And it shall end with their last blood on the altar of this world...

Written by an unknown hand, in an unknown year...

Oh! Gravity.

Oh! Gravity.

Wait... I already said that didn't I? Switchfoot came out with a new album named, yes you guessed it, "Oh! Gravity." Now, this is a strange name for an album eh'? Well, we have "The Legend of Chin", "New Way to Be Human", "Learning to Breath", "The Beautiful Letdown", and "Nothing is Sound", as their previous albums so its *not* that weird, at least innately :P that was supposed to be funny because it made no sense... never mind...

Yet one thing is wrong here...

One innate (that word keeps popping up) fact in the name of this new album that defies the innate (What the Awen! It happened again...) rules of Switchfootery... do you see it too mortal? Does it make your mind pulse with pain imagining what deluded fool of a Bantha would ever do this? (Scratch that)

Well, look closely at the titles, each are typed exactly as they should be, notice though that in the title of "Oh! Gravity." There is a period at the end! What is that doing there? Like every album of anything has *no* period, exclamation point, or even a question mark, yet this one does? Awen, makes my head quake with divine pain, hmmmmm.... or maybe undivine pain?

Well, you figure it out why, awesome album though, by the way Switchfoot is touring down here and is going to the House of Blues in march, sweet! Tickets are 24$ a person, and its open to all ages.

By the way, Awen is the Celtic word for the Underworld, just so you don't think I'm some kind of pervert, ok just wanted to clear that up...

Later folks,

P.S) Watch out for Trollkin

A Quote...

"Alone We Stand, The Remnant of the Faith that Brought us Here, yet We Stand None the Less..." The Prophet, The Wanderer of Ages...

Kitten RPG

Ok, maybe there should have been a comma between the title words...

Of course if I was really geeky I would post my Cat's d20 stats here...

I here you shaking in your boots, well fine I might spare you then. Well, this week I'm GMing (Game Mastering) a WoT (Wheel of Time) rpg (Role-Playing Game) session, my second (as in this is after my first time, sorry :p couldn't help myself), it should prove a challenge, but this time my lips won't feel like dried tomato's and my back won't hurt like Awen, so I should do better. Say that is an excuse, but GMing and dried lips aren't a good combo.

Enough griping!

Some of my adoring fans probably haven't seen my Cat, and 0ur two other's.

So here is some picts, mine is the one that looks like a raccoon :) his name is Merlin and he has tendencies to use high level Arcane magics (his favored spell is Kitten Charisma) when needed. Watch your back around this coon cat or he may have you serving him kitten treats (he loves them, even though the ones we have smell like heck, guess cats don't mind) all day long...

They have grown a lot since these picts, so I will post more when I can.

Anyway, I feel nerdy, (stop reading here if you are getting worried, you have very good reason to be) so here you go...

Name: Merlin The Wiz
Race: Magical Beast (Cat)
HD: d1, HP 17
Class: Wiz o' a Cat 14/Kitten Ninja 3
Saves: Will 1627, Fort 738, Reflex 456782
Attack Bonus: 50/45/40/35/30/20/15/10/5 (Rake, Claw, and Rend)
Reputation: -200
Defense: 5000
Stats: Strength 3, Dexterity 37, Wisdom 1782, Intelligence 3, Constitution 4, Charisma 3567289339487625367485939827265464783902498576352436745895039287263547849
Equipment: Collar/Bell.
Spells: 100/90/80/70/60/50/40/35/30/25/20: Kitten Charisma, Thunder Meow, Sonic Squeal, Fluffy Tail Slash of Earthen Glory, Keening Sound of Chaotic Madness, Purr of Persuasion.
Special Abilities:
Raccoon Polymorph (innate): Merlin always has the Spell "Polymorph (Raccoon)" cast on him to a degree. If he chooses he can enhance his Raccoon appearance to trick adventures as he lunges for their throats (everyone knows Raccoons are nice and are unsuspecting).
Frenzy Rake (EX N): If Merlin successfully attacks his enemy he can make 300 free attacks against them all at critical damage (x8) and each poisons (DC 500). No save is required by his victim.
This can be done as many times a round as needed to make his enemy fall.
Kitten Eyes (EX W): All Diplomacy/Bluff checks against humanoid creatures get a bonus of +6000, also any attack against Merlin must be roll a clean 20 on their d20 roll five times on a roll then make a Wisdom check (DC 100) then under go a Will Save (DC 400) if they succeed this then they do 1 point of damage and suffer 100d20 Charisma damage to their character worth.
This should destroy the attackers soul effectively.
Feline Martial Arts (EX N): Merlin can choose to use his Martial Arts skills and instantly drop anyone to the ground (I.E 0 hp) this is a free action and can be used every round 400 times.'
Tiger Lunge (EX N): If Merlin waits a full round he can jump 600' and make a free attack at max attack bonus against his enemy.
Tactics:
Merlin will usually be either hiding in dense shrub or is being gloomed by his servants.
If he is waiting in shrubs he will wait till the group of players get within 30' then ready for a lunge. He will then lunge at the player with the largest shoelaces and do all in his power to destroy the shoelace.
He only uses magical attacks if the shoelace delivers at least 2 points of damage to him.
Once the shoelace is destroyed he will retreat into shrubs or assorted cover and wait a round.
If the players approach the shrub he uses a Thunder Meow to scare them off (Will save DC 5000).
He repeats this till all the shoelaces are destroyed or the players come close, if the players provide further agitation he will lunge for their jugulars.
Remember the Merlin is a docile beast under normal conditions, merely provide your shoelaces or other stringy/bouncy objects to him as homage and he will relinquish his attack.
If you are dumb enough to face Merlin in battle wear earplugs to block his sound type attacks, and a neck guard for some protection from his lunge attacks at your vital throat organs.
His only weakness is water, if you manage to escape over a river or throw some at him he will retreat 30' then send a lv. 7 fireball to convert you into a pile of smoldering ash.
I told you not to attack him.
Closing Remarks:
All in all, Merlin is a good alley and a fierce enemy, treat him well and magical powers of near divine worth will be on your side, if you don't treat him well, prepare for brutal death mortal.

Heavens' Creed

Heavens’ Creed

Act I: The life to reach the Creed
I looked to the stars pale and holy, the first born, the greater light…
They would sing my path as I walked on…
First I met hate…
Then love…
It cheated me once and I tried to find a path, yet fell again…
I watched the stars, they wavered and watched me as I left the Hill of the Stars and retook my path...
Swearing purity I went on… trials, anger, love not divine… they challenged me yet one fact, one word held my feet, held my course…
Heaven’s Creed…
The only path I could follow…
The only path I found true…
Though I passed through false love again, I found hope in words of divine wisdom…
The Creed of Heaven…
Love, Hate, Rage, Lust, and then false love of mortality…
Like flames I passed through them, taking scars, gaining strength…
I wept no tears as tears I saw wept, as faith guided me through the ignorance and barbarity of a single man, a man with no path, to see his soul to light or darkness…
blinded by mortality he fell with words of a fool on his lips, creating rifts and lies, his words after tears only made strength…
He succumbed to ignorance without obtaining power by darkness…
Passing through the first tear of my friends and kin I raced forward…
It was in those days I grew, I shed childhood, I became what I was to ever be… a man, ruled by a Divine Creed…

Act II: The Reasons for the Creed
Politics, Religions, People…. They all are linked, the three greatest mortal powers that move the world…
I chose none of these, I chose a path among the thorns, I chose truth above feelings, though feelings drove me to rise above them…
And I found my path…
Words formed, words died, and I saw truth in letters, of script and verse…
For a year’s time I mastered the pen and still yet it grows within me…
Yet from that first day, I knew who I was, who I was to become…
Actions…
They moved me, they moved my friends… even as I look at the stars I see actions raging, like friction they create resistance against each other…
Words never turned over a soul to light not darkness… the man speaking the words… the man writing the words turned that soul…
A pen can never conquer the world…
A book can not change a life…
A verse will not redeem a soul…
But the speaker, the writer through words can sculpt emotions…
Rage at truth…
Pride at lies…
Loyalty at truth…
Lust at lies…
Words never touched me… a God touched me…
Through words Divine I found the truth, and I vowed loyalty through its truth…
Through words not Divine I found lies, and I was smitten by my own spirit and became proud…
Through words not Divine I found lies, I was eaten away by my own lust…
Through words Divine I found truth, I felt rage white and hot at the lies of the world, of the Creed of man… but I found something more then mere rage in those words so Divine…
I found Love, true love… redeeming love, grace, mercy…
I found the answer to ‘the’ question… I found what I had always searched for!

Act III: The Answer to My Faith
Love was the answer! The thing that I had let rule my life and more importantly actions… Yet not mortal love. Love Divine!
Faith to Love and Love to strength my Faith…
I believed, and I knew truth Divine…
I believed in a single Creed…
The only Creed…
I believed in my God, the unknown God…
I believed in what I knew was true…
I believed…
I had found love, yet not mortal love that had cheated my own feelings and turned me to the path of a fool!
Love Divine! It was true, there was hope for man, there was a way to be redeemed…
As a child I knew I was unholy…
As a youth I knew the Terran had Fallen…
As a man I knew I required redemption…
And as a child I received his love…
And as a youth I learned the ways of God…
And as a man I adopted a new Creed…
I returned to the Hill of Stars…

Act IV: Heavens’ Creed
They gazed down at me, I had been but a boy when last I had come, yet now I was the being I would be forevermore…
“I have found the truth, I have seen the love Divine!” I cried to the night...
The stars danced and sang, and I saw my destiny, I knew what I had become…
I put faith in a promise, I still succumbed to my own instincts as I struggled up that hill, yet I had gained that day of repentance the ability to reach the top, to see the stars…
“Is this what I am? Reborn in love Divine? Is this what I was supposed to do?” I cried again to the stars.
And then in shimmering glow, in silver light, I knew…
I knew then, in that moment, just like another of living breath, I knew then that I had become what I must.
I had signed my life to a Creed, a set of ideals and morals, of Faith to Love…
This Creed has a name, nothing but letters on paper, but in the soul a light, a truth Divine…
I had become a new warrior for a new cause…
I had abandoned a mortal race, a faction to serve…
I had given up all mortal Creeds…
From that moment forward I took Heavens’ Creed to my heart…

C.P.C.

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