Hythraii could not answer Eydis' question. He simply shook his head and didn't say anything, leaning against the wall, deep in thought.

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Aranthor looked from one God/Goddess to another, trying to read their expresions. She said to no one in particular, "Are we going to let Wavryni fall into evil hands, will we let our people suffer at the hands of Asmundr? If that is what you choose to do so be it...then we have failed our people."

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Nolgos grinned widely as he heard the paths that he could walk, true it had been his intention to train the local militia to exterminate the bandit threat, but what she now offered was beyond his comprehension. To enter the home of the gods? Nolgos gazed back at the village, not returning would seem like he didn`t care, but he was curious than ever about the gods now that this situation had opened up. He quietly hoped to himself that he could meet the gods and then return to his village where so few had any faith in the gods.

"I will come with you, but at all means you must try to let me go after this. I couldn`t bring any harm to you and the local people need me.... "

Nolgos said quietly and stepped forward ready to follow, he hoped that his choice wasn`t seen as the wrong one.

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On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Estelle nodded. "So be it Nolgos. Come, each second we tarry here is precious time lost for both our people." She glanced at the woods once more, knowing that she would have to teleport them there if they were to arrive with all due speed. "Time is of the essence. This time we shall not travel by road." Focusing her energy she created a portal of light to surround them. "Shut your eyes mortal. The light shall blind you." In what seemed like less than a second they were between worlds-traveling through time and space in a brilliant light. When the light faded they stood at home of the gods. Estelle quickly walked to their abode where the rest of the gods and goddesses were seated. "Pardon my absence." she said in way of greeting. "But I met someone I feel you should meet. An ally in our fight against Asmundr. This is Nolgos, both a mortal sage and healer, as well as a warrior of old. " With that she motioned for Nolgos to step forward. "True, mortals and immortals have never mixed. But Asmundr is beyond all of us. Perhaps it is time for both god and human to join together against our common enemy before he destroys us all."

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The light of the portal burned Nolgos`s eyes and he gladly followed Estelle`s instructions by closing his eyes before stepping to the other side. What awaited on the other side didn`t make him feel any comfortable than he was, a number of eye pairs turned towards him and he felt as, if they could all see right trough him. Nolgos grinned slightly, but was soon bombarded with a question that confused him. Did he not listen to Estelle at all?. He could have guessed who they all were by their mere appearance, but turned to Devarion and it was quite obvious who he was for the dark clothes were a give away. Of course Azra might have fit the picture, but Nolgos had seen him before.

"As she pointed out, my name is Nolgos and truth be told besides the things she said I was once a loyal worshiper of some gods, some of you. Yet times and manners change I guess as people begin to lose faith."

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Truth was that Nolgos had no actual reason to be there all tough the thought of saying few well chosen words to the gods did cross his mind, but he had a second thought. He gazed the glaive quietly, wondering what kind of damage the god`s weapon could cause as it was certain that it would not simply cut. Nolgos gazed at the rest of them as Devarion walked out of the room.

"I believe I am here to aid you in some manner? The way I see it, now that you all have been betrayed by Asmudr, you aren`t strong enough to defeat him because otherwise you would have probably punished him already."

Nolgos asked with his eyebrow raised.

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Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

"Oh by all the Powers Estelle why did you bring him?" cried Azra stareing at Noglos, forgetting to use his sarcastic title of Goddess for her, as he did all the woman in the room. "Have you got any idia who he is? He's the most insubordiat backchatting mortal that i'v ever come acrose."

He threw up is hands. "Fine, but i'l only say this to the great 'plan', we must be very careful not to grow more powerful than we were before, then the Balance will be upset again, i'm sure Gerard agrees with me on that?" he asked

Secretly though, whatever his outward dispaly, he was secretly pleased. He liked the human and was glad he was with them.

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"Oh, the man used to worship some of us," Eydis mumbled sullenly after she had gotten over her astonishment and indignation at seeing a mortal in their meeting room. "I'm not going to ask which 'some' those were."

Then she turned and spoke directly to Noglos. "As for your question, sir, I hate to have to admit that you are correct in that assumption. We are not strong enough to overthrow Asmundr. Yet." That fact rankled her to the point of madness. She hated being weak. "Though soon that will change." Hopefully, she added in her mind.

Eydis wasn't sure what she thought about bringing a mortal directly into all of this. Of course, the dieties needed to have the mortals on their side, but to actually bring one into their meeting hall and chat with him? She just didn't really know what to think. She eyed Noglos scrutinizingly, trying to sum him up. Maybe things would work out for the best, and he could help them.

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Gerard wasn't upset by Noglos's appearance. Surprised but not upset. No, on the contrary he was quite pleased. He sensed something about the man, a certain aura, and he knew that Noglos would be willing to help them in the future. He wasn't sure as to what extent, but he knew some help was better than none.

Hearing his name, he returned from his reflections. Gerard pondered Azra's question. "Yes," he said after a brief pause, "That is correct. By banishing us and taking all the control for himself, Asmundr has thrown balance out of alignment. If we were to rise up and become more powerful than we were to begin with, then although we would overthrow Asmundr, we would be doing nothing to restore the balance. Quite the opposite actually."

Balance was a fragile thing. It was what Wavryni circled around and functioned on. And the absence of balance was now the cause of this utter chaos. It would not be easy to regain. If the balance was off just a fraction then things might appear to get better but truly the problems would still be there only to arise again one day. Everything had to be perfectly in place.

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Kena stared down at her compass, watching the needle spin. Where it should point unfailingly north it wavered, uncertain, and went from point to point without stopping. As she watched it suddenly froze in one direction, quivering slightly as if it were an effort to remain there, and Kena looked up.

The wind flung the door of meeting hall wide open and through it were charcoal black thunderclouds flashing with lightning. More than there had been before, and now the clouds were roiling as if stirred by some unearthly being - but Asmundr was unearthly. Kena looked down at the compass once more, at the needle trembling as it pointed toward the clouds pulsing with eerie energy, and snapped it shut. "We need to do something - now."

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Hythraii looked at the clouds and his hands started to shake. "These clouds are not natural..." He said uneasy. "There is dark magic in those clouds...."

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Estelle sighed at the commotion she caused that she knew would undoubtedly happen. She knew the other gods would be wroth with her for bringing him here, but there was an aura to this mortal that was unlike others. She then turned to Noglos. "You are a leader in your village. Tell us, how many strong do you think you can muster against Asmundr? An evil wind speaks of more of your kind joining his ranks by the day. If we are to stop him, we will need your help. We will need more men." She then turned her gaze to the dark clouds. Her hand instinctivly drifted back to reach her sword. Evil is here. she thought to herself, as she eyed the impending storm with unease.

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Hythraii didn't even listen to the group. His eyes where glued to the skies, his eyes searching. He had to find a way to break the clouds...they seemed to have a eerie shadow amongst them...like they where hiding something...or someone. Hythraii had to break it...but it's hold was strong.

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Nolgos quietly listened to each gods opinion how the situation was or should be handled, but there was an unease in the air and Nolgos, a mere mortal, could sense it too. He gazed around quietly and then towards the door from where Devarion had exited a while ago. Yet his attention was needed as Estelle presented a question to him, a question he had expected.

"I am glad to hear that and pleased that you asked that, the village is quite modest to be honest yet by a brave estimate I can gather a militia of 80 men...."

He said as his eyes turned back at the dark clouds, there was some evil at work here and without a doubt this had something to do with their hated traitor, Asmudr. He turned again to look at the rest of the gods.

"But with their aid I can brake trough the mountain passes, scatter the bandits and recruit more from the town beyond the mountains. I am speaking of hundreds possibly... yet I am afraid you require thousands?"

He asked with a grin as he laid his hand on his war hammer, hidden away in his jacket inner side to seek some sort of comfort in this situation that was growing ever more dangerous and confusing.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

"Where's Devarion?" said Kena abruptly, glancing around the circle. His chair was conspicuously empty. All the others were present.

The door banged loudly, the wind forcing it to flutter about outside. In an instant Kena had leapt from her own seat to seize it and pull it shut - but she stopped in mid-action, and gasped involuntarily. "The clouds!" she managed, speechless in fascinated horror. "The clouds - look!"

They had contracted, forming a massive whirlwind of malicious darkness that descended like a groping finger. Kena stood frozen as it poked earthwards, frozen under the evil intent that seemed to seep from the storm. She could not tear her eyes away, and neither could she move - and not until the cloud withdrew, a whirlwind dissolving into nothingness, could the Messenger Goddess heave an unsteady breath and half-dash, half-stumble into the pouring rain. "He's out there!" she cried, turning to stand with the storm beating down upon her and shout to the others. "Come on!"

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"Stop!" Azra stepped in front of her. A few seconds later the spout decened once more and circled round them. Poor children... Laughed a voice in his head, he closed his eyes and pushed the voice away. "Allright, go." he pused her foreward. His knees gave way and he sat in the mud, silently battleing against the Voice, to try and give Devarion time.

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Azra felt something and looked up at Devarion. Brother he spoke inside Devarions head You need to move out of there, DON'T try and battle him, just try and come back here, i can hold him for a bit.
"Really, and what happens when i break you too Azra? What happens when you're just my plaything?"
Ahhh...De..death holds the keyAH...go Deava. Go

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