by Courtesan Lemac » November 21st, 2020, 2:02 pm
Carrianna
Reply Joining the battle
For so long the Faery Queen had stayed inside her realm, tending to the needs of her lands she had neglected for so long. Her long absences away in the outside world had encouraged wizards and other power-hungry mortals to encroach more and more into the fae lands. Much of her energies were spent strengthening the magic that shielded her borders and hunting down the more powerful wizards. Many had managed to kidnap some of the gentle faeries and others had corrupted the land with their foul dark magics.
Finally Carrianna managed to return balance to the fae lands and turn her attention back to her clan duties she had neglected for so long. So busy with those duties and still recovering from the massive amount of energy spent healing the land, she did not at first pay attention to the faintly uneasy stirrings in nature's magic. Than her pixies reported trees and plants were dying on the borders. Carrianna sent the satyr to chase away the wizards, she assumed were causing problems again, and the Unicorns to heal the land. But she was in for a very unsettling surprise!
The Satyr reported no one was to be found. The land was just… dying! The unicorns tried to heal it, but two sickened and died as soon as their horns touched the earth! Carrianna was heartbroken at the deaths and frighted to! Quickly she flew to the center of her palace, the place that was the focus all all magic in the fae lands. There she sat upon the soft grass and closed her eyes, gently tapping into the energy there She felt herself spread out in all directions as she flowed like water and felt the heartbeat of every animal, the sparks of power from all the faeries, the massive life force from all growing things... Than she gasped with pain and cried out in terror as she was suddenly caught in a foul corruption that threatened pull her into it's dark folds! Desperately she pulled back into herself and released her connection to the land
For a long time she huddled on the ground and shuddered, feeling trapped inside herself. In her fear she shut off her awareness of all that lived in her lands, afraid of the darkness that almost swallowed her. Finally her trembling stopped and she looked up to see the fay folk standing around silently watching... Shame filled her for they had all felt her withdraw, their queen to whom their life depended on. She could not fail them! She MUST find the cause of this sickness that corrupted her lands and stop it somehow! Stealing herself, she once again cast her power out towards the darkness, this time only following it's 'scent'. Upon finding it she saw it flowed from outside her borders and was beginning to encircle her lands. Her shields had almost stopped it but it was slowly working it's way through her defenses. Drawing more power from her palace, she began to traced it. Soon she discovered the darkness that passed into her lands was only one tentacle of many. Other tentacles spread in all directions and everywhere they touched demons ran rampart disguised as mortals.
Suddenly she noticed one tentacle of dark power flowed towards Titan Castle! Pulling back, she opened her eyes and hurried over to the pool in the clearing. There she spoke Titan and the castle grew into focus; a besieged castle! Demons were through the gate and fighting in the courtyard! Not long ago (in an immortals life) Titan has answered her call for help, chasing the dragons from her borders. Now she was powerful enough to do that on her own, but she never forgot Titan helped her before she joined them! Now she would finally be able to return the favor! Her shields would still protect her land for a long time, but she knew the source of this darkness must be stopped. Titan Castle, however, needed help now!
Carrianna called the centaurs, brownies, pixies, satyr and unicorns from the lands. She called the faeries, the phoenix and flying serpents from the air. The salamanders and giant turtles from the water. Just as Titan had done for her, she made her own army to help them. Titan was her home away from home and her friends were there! Once all was in order, she opened the gateway to Titan Castle. It was only a one way portal for security.
In the midst of battle, giant snapping turtles and flame-spiting man-sized salamanders suddenly streamed forth into the courtyard attacking demons immediately! The faeries, brownies and such could not cause much harm directly, however they used their magics and speed to distract, trip, poke, and push the demons until someone or something bigger killed them. Unicorns horns turned dark with demon blood and satyrs blades slippery with gore.
Carrianna closed the portal behind her and swept into the fray! She used her magic to call upon the plants, trees and all creatures that lived in the ground to fight the demons! Plants wrapped around demon legs dragging them to the ground as fire ants and ground bees swarmed over their bodies. So far all they did was slow them, it was all she COULD do! The Faery Queen's powers were more for growing and healing, not killing. But when plants and fire ants grew to giants… well who needed fighting skills?
Hovering invisibly above the battle, Carrianna concentrated on used the plants to pull down and strangle demons. Suddenly she cried out as claws raked along her back leaving burning trails of pain! She tumbled from the sky for a short moment, dazed from the impact, before managing to open her wings and halt her fall. Turning she only caught a glimpse of scaled wings and claws before she was hit again on the shoulder. This time she did fall and hit the ground hard! She lay there stunned as the winged demon landed on all for feet directly above her. Spines covered it's back and 4" long teeth filled it's maw. Hissing it snapped at her and she flung an arm up to protect her face only to scream in agony as the sharp teeth clamped down on her forearm. It shook it's head side to side, viciously shredding her arm and tossing her body about on the ground. Than it let go and spread it's wings wide as it let out a victorious howl as she lay there barely conscious. She had to do something quickly or it was going to kill her!
Taking advantage of the first chance she had gotten since it's furious attack, she summon her energy once again and caused a mighty gust of wind to pummel the demon! With it's wings outstretched, it tumbled backwards away from her, giving her a little more time. Before it got back up, she had changed! In place of the slim elvish looking woman was now a giant cobra! The wounds had translated into bloody gouges along it's skin, but did not slow it down! The 20 foot cobra reared high into the air and, quick as lightning, struck it's victim! The massive fangs sank deep into the demon's neck as the cobra coiled it's body tightly around the demon. The demon could not escape the snake's strong muscles and soon it stopped struggling all together as it's neck was snapped.
The cobra slowly let the body fall and than snatched up another demon that charged it! The giant cobra ignored all wounds and was death that stalked the demons on the ground. Carrianna was lost in the battle frenzy and the cobra's instincts took over.
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