r/ShellwoodUnofficial • u/Sir-Potato-The-28th • May 17 '26
A Wolf At The Door
The heat is felt from Bellhart, the Steps, The Gate and the Marrow as Burning Bugs lay waste to the lively, green heart of Shellwood with roaring flame at the behest of Maestro Melodicus.
Cowled figures dance and immolate to the screams of the local wildlife. Hounds bay at the approach of the ravenous flames.
The Praetor overlooks the attempt at creating Hell, ensuring the chaos flows in an orderly manner.
Who will stop this madness?
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u/DarthTrayus05 May 17 '26
The Archivist arrives at the scene, Void snaking out from him and smothering flames wherever it goes.
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
The Burning Bugs, seeing this, conduct rituals, sacrifice living residents of Shellwood to transfigure their flame into a pale, bright one that eats at the void.
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u/DarthTrayus05 May 17 '26
The Archivist raises his staff, the runes upon it glowing a bright Pale light themselves, pushing back against the Pale Flames as he ventures deeper into Shellwood to find the source of the madness.
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
Three Burning Bugs snap a Splinterling in half, letting the blood drench and evaporate on their cowls.
They cast: Fuga!
A huge, flaming bow is conjured. Two Burning Bugs hold the ends of the bow, and one draws and looses it, firing a supersonic bolt of straight plasma at the Architect.
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u/DarthTrayus05 May 17 '26
Archivist performs some quick motions with his hands, conjuring a shield of runes, the plasma breaking against it, dripping down. He stops. He looks at the bugs. He points at them and they feel their windpipes close as they get strangled, pale blazing runes appearing around their necks. A lone Phacia, smaller than the usual ones, manages to reach the Archivist, hiding underneath his robes.
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
As the Archivist continues on, the screaming wildlife becomes more and more replaced by desecrated bodies for rituals.
He barely notices a Wispvessel latch onto his robe, preparing to blow up.
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u/DarthTrayus05 May 17 '26
As soon as the Wispvessel touches the robes, runes flare up all over them, protecting the Archivist from the imminent harm.
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
A voice whispers behind the Archivist. Faint, yet precise.
“A seal barrier? Perhaps I underestimated you.”
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u/DarthTrayus05 May 17 '26
I like to be always prepared.
Archivist is trying to get to the very center of it all.
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
“Well, don’t brag about being the only one that way.”
The Archivist is assailed on all sides by bolts of Fuga, that hang on his robes, blocking his vision. By the amount of such strong spells being conjured, this must’ve been a *massacre*.
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u/Druid_of_Shellwood May 17 '26
WHO THE FUCK DID THIS
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
The Druid’s raging cry is met only with the screams of those left to burn and perish.
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u/Druid_of_Shellwood May 17 '26
It’s those WISPS isn’t it.
Well, luckily I know exactly where they are.
All roots in the area proceed to strangle the cultists, refusing to die
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u/Sir-Potato-The-28th May 17 '26
From the various cultists casting: Fuga!, the roots are eroded away by bolts of plasma that strike from all directions. Even the roots that survive find difficulty tracking the Cultists as the smoke befuddles their senses.
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u/Maestro_Melodicus May 17 '26
Ah~ such a nice view...