crystal trouble

the four crystals of earth water fire and wind that support the world have darkened. their dark counterparts in the underworld have consumed their light and the time is shifting to an era of evil. monsters multiply filling the spaces where humans dont dwell cutting off the nations. the sky is shoruded with clouds the wind becomes harsh. the seas lose their calm tossing themsleves with storms of incredible force. the earth produces less and less sustainance starving the land. the fires grow cold and become ever increasingly difficult to get going.

in this time the many kingdoms are on constant defense against the roving bands of monsters. villages are defended by knights and volunteers, cities by their walls and guards. the roving packs could be seen and only special jobs and classes could truly put up ant fight.

the black belts were martial artists focusing on high evasion and powerful rapid attacks at melee range. they use exotic weapons that are hard to find and prefer their arms and legs.

the white mages use their power to heal others and fortify their allies in battle. they can use hammers and staves and are weak in combat their magic is a terrible blight to the undead.

the thieves relied on swift attacks and high evasion. they use swords and daggers and knives to great effect in battle.

warriors are hardy fighters capable of wielding nearly every weapon and all armor. their strength and resilience are unparalleled. making them frontline fighters.

black mages specialize in elemental magic their magic rips through the elemental weaknesses of foes obliterating most foes that stand in their way. they use staves and rods and daggers in combat. and are vulnerable at close range

red mages are competent fighters they dabble in both white and black magic and weild a fair ammount of armor and weaponry.

the rune knights apply magical efffects o their weapons and enhance their meager attack with elemental force similar to black mages. they weild potent spells in their blades but they can weild a fair bit more armor and use a good deal more weapons. they dont outright cast spells but use the spells to give the spell effect to their weapons.

the green mages specialize in time magic special magics that turn foes to stone into toads pigs they can effect time to heal allies slow foes and hasten allies actions. they weild rods and knives preffering to wear robes

summoners tap into primal energies to summon powerful beings that pull foes into an alternate dimension attack them and return them back to this plane of existence. a summoner has to earn the abilities to summon a spirit by encountering the spirit and defeating it in battle. they wield staves rods and light armor limited to robes and knives.

beast tamers attacks can turn monsters against their allies for a short time. they commune with animals and can understand the intentions of most beasts. they wear medium armor and use whips and knives.

these jobs are highly sought after and all are blessed by the crystals to defend the people form monsters and the forces of chaos and darkness. there are four warriors of light that come from the mists of legend said to fight the chaos and are destined to restore the light to the crystals and return the world to its proper balance. each warrior of light chose a job and they fought together becoming worthy of their desitny at a young age. the king summoned them to his castle and told them of the villain who kidnapped his daughter and set all these things into motion. was in a castle to the north and if they defeat him their destiny will be fulfilled

ooc: basically you pick the jobs for the girls and ill make the boys into suitible counterparts.

ooc:This looks cool but how many girls and boys we are doing?

ooc: two each

ooc:Alright. I see. Let me........okay, one will be a summoner and the other will be a red mage. Is that how this works?

yes every time they meet a crystal they will gain an additional job the jobs will stack and be accesible mo matter what other jobs they choose. they will retain all the abilities of the jobs they aquire.

ooc:I think I get it.

ooc: the choices you picked are great choices im trying to decide the other two. since the summoner makes things much more interesting and im glad you picked red mage. the warrior and a black mage will start off for the other two. also this is based on final fantasy so there are 4 elemental archfiends a pair of last bosses and a few familliar names.

ooc:Take your time. This is your idea after all. *smiles*

Aikah the summoner was reknowned throughout the kingdom having contracts with 3 summon spirits the flaming ifrit the shiva of ice and the elder of thunder rumah. E'Claire (silent e) the redmage had the basics of fire ice thunder magic down and she could cure blindness poison and restore someones vitality or even the whole group. her fencing skills were also fairly decent as was her use of two rapiers.

Evan the blackmage weilded the second level of elemental spells. he could turn foes into pigs taods. he could blind them increase everyones intelligence around him put foes to sleep and use aero magic earthquake magic and gravity magic. locke the warrior was sturty and strong his duel swords cut through most monsters on even footing. his gaurd ability intercepts attacks allowing him to bear the attack in place of an ally. he could strike twice with each hand in a single attack and he could draw the enemies attention to him.

together these four grew up lived and loved. all their lives they were paired up as Aikah and evan with E'Claire and Locke. as children they fought goblins and studied thir craft. now as teans they had plans for the future and only the end of the world stood in their way. they knew not of their destiny until the king summoned them and they revealed their crystal fragments that each was born with. locke was earth evan was fire E'Claire was water leaving aikah as wind.

they were destined to bring light back to the crystals and defeat the elemental archfeinds that leech power from the light crystals now that the dark crystals are drained entirely. they were all surprised to hear their fate and their plan had to wait until their quest was complete.

ooc:Wait, am I making the other four or are these the four were using?

ooc: these are the four we are using

ooc:I get ya....thanks for telling me

King" the reason we have summon you is you are the legendary warriors of Light. The evil knight has kidnapped the princess and is conducting a ritual to summon the elemental archfiends to stop the world and kill it.

The four look at eachother the crystals they were born with gave each. Vision explaining this would happen and that this was the beginning of a grim destiny to kill the archfeinds and restore light to the four crystals. The bridge was destroyed to prevent the black knight from escaping the kingdom leaving him holed up in the chaos shrine to the north. Through the forested valley.

ooc:..I have nothing to add yet. I don't know who to start with so...could you go again?

The four set off on their journey on foot. It was recommended to them to hunt monsters for Gil and buy supplies for the journey. After discussing it they agreed to do that. They knew a few places where goblins were holed up and monsters could attack any second in this world.

Their first battle was easy they teamed up on the pair of goblins and finished them before the goblins were ready. They didn't get much Gil but it was plain that goblins run rampant outside the walls and wild horses that were man eaters. They spend their first day fighting monsters for Gil and gradually they grew stronger. Some of the goblins had potions on them and those potions were healing potions. Each healed wounds smeared in the potion or imbibed and it wasn't long before they had 20 potions gained several levels and had enough Gil to buy magic scrolls for the magic weilders.

From the first batter, seems like things have gone well so during the trouble of this path they would be. To being potions or something else, seems this was helping them fairly well.

As they travel they find that the potions gldrop almost as soon as they need them. It made it easier to get stronger and continue fighting without returning g to town thus earning more Gil. Their camp that first night was attacked by wolves and goblins. 4 wolves 3 goblins. They were all weak but their numbers meant someone would get hurt enough to need more than one potion.

That person was the summoner and the chocoholic they summon crushed the wolves while the rest took out the goblins in easy attacks. Panting unsettled and tired they sleep for a pair of hours more before returning to the town and getting more spells and equipment.

Things were still good but trying to preserve potions and other items was a must. Even from everything, they were still alright while recovering. This just tells them it could get harder from here.

As they get closer tot be chaos shrine they find more monsters in groups but they weren't any stronger. As they slowly grow stronger the battles did less damage and they could hit multiple times before getting attacked.

The tres parted revealing a black twisted mound with a tall ornate archway. The Visage of four terrifying figures stood out. The summoner was amazed with the detail and explained dthat the images were the elemental archfeinds. The lich the scion of decay was earth the empress morality was the fiend of fire. The kraken was the find of water with tiamat as the wind archfiend.

As they walk inside they feel tremendous power radiated form the temple foul magic was at work and the aura of the place was pure evil. In the center of the open room lay the princess and the knight was chanting over her writhing body as energy is stolen from her to power a spell.

Without warning they attack caught off guard the spell was disrupted and the battle began.

The battle seems dangerous or not but they still remains up on guard just to be sure things would be fine. This had to be be careful during it. The aura only burns through and yet it leaves a feeling towards it.

The black knight roars a shout of challenge leaping at the group with with powerful swing of his savage twisted blade. His target was the summoner . He took a blast of fire they cooked him in his armor and he ignored the hit. As the summoner moves she took a hit on the arm. The chanting for the summon was continuing as the others close in to attack.

They all land hits but shallow ones as his armor was blocking most of their blows. The knight leaps back preparing another strike this time he got hit with thunder magic the energy dealt almost as much damage as the fire but the armor was a bit more brittle now. The others attack finishing the knight off as he cuts everyone in a rapid attack.

The chaos orb glowed and went out as the energies disperse. The body vanished in a flash of fire earth water and air consuming the knight and going out into a pinpoint in the air. Panting the group frees the princess and she sags like luggage. She was alive and unharmed they made it in time.

Back at the castle the princess was resting in bed as the king held a celebration for her return and crowned the group the new heroes of light. Their prophesied journey was nearly set to begin and the king ordered his entire labor force to rebuild the continental bridge and opening the country up to the world once more.

The crystals must be awakened for the world to be saved already the wind was becoming stale. And the earth was forming a stink as crops died. The seas raged and fire slowly gave less heat. Magic flames were used to heat homes but the strain often overtaxed the abilities of the casters. Sailors were out of work because it was too dangerous to sail with monsters and squalls a constant occurrence. A volcanic eruption across the world was recorded and its fury was quenched suddenly with no reason behind it. The elements were in chaos without the crystals light.

After a month the bridge was completed and the troubling news the group collected in that time made them want to press on and complete their quest as soon as possible. They spent their time hunting monsters and stocking supplies for their journey.

For not it seems things were either quiet or getting worse. For now, it seems even now people were curious but wonders of what will be happening now.

As the news reached our 4 heroes they set out in their journey to restore light to the 4 elemental crystals and recovery their blessing. Without a map or any way to cross the sea their first goal was to find the city on the other side of the sea. The bridge connecting the kingdom to the Continent the mountain pass was relatively easy and when they reached the sea they turned east.

The mountains gave them no other way to go and there were no roads to help them. The journey was grueling and every day at least 1 group of monsters would attack. These were an assortment of creatures from wild horses to wolves and even goblins and black goblins that were stronger that the normal breed. These encounters were not difficult due to the time spent preparing for the journey. Their battles to store potions and collect money for their journey had strengthened them to a degree above these monsters.

It was when they reached a mountain forcing them to turn south they ran into giant tarantulas. Slowed by the webbing and bitten they fought off their attackers and consumed several potions to recover. The magic welders were unsure how far they had to travel and decided not to use their spells in case something worse appeared.

That something worse happened one night on their southern leg of their journey they awake to howls and these were much louder deeper howls than traditional wolves. As they ready themselves for battle they discover a pack of 6 worgs these were dangerous fast and powerful each attack forced the use of one of the precious potions and the retaliatory attacks often missed. They fought on focusing on survival when the summoner had no choice. Casting a spell she summoned a weak fire elemental that quickly left her control and attacked one of the worgs before exuasting its power. The attack destroyed the worg and the summoner struck another with her dagger.

The warrior was stabbing a wounded worg with his sword as the remaining party went after another together. With most of the pack dead the remaining 2 were not as dangerous and the potion use continued at a much slower rate. Finishing off the pack the group agree to continue since the sun was rising. Turning east again the see the open bay and the port city that was their goal.

Something was wrong as there were supposed to be guards at the gate. And the gate was open. Inside the town was beset by pirates who held the town hostage. All doors were locked and barred with the inhabitants imprisoned in their home while the pirates were throwing a party in front of the inn.

They were shocked seeing this but now wonders how this even happened. Hearing the party going about with no worries.

There were 9 and their captain as the heroes approach. The pirates attack and a small easy fight happens. They were humans and not as strong as the worg pack making quick work of the pirates they surrender and offer their ship to the heroes who accept and go about freeing the citizens as the pirates take off out of town on foot.