ART: | Zblader (Pillar art)
Stock free image from www.sxc.hu for background. (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1342741) | IDEA: | Zblader | NOTES: | Now that the Sages had developed a method to control this strange energy called "quantum" through the Scales (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23033.0.html), they began to refine quantum in an effort to cast spells more efficiently and thus be able to conserve more of their own energy when battling the Elementals. They noted that they had been dealing with three particular spells lately, one from Fire, one from Earth, and one from Darkness.
The first spell, called "Explosion", could turn a Sage's staff into a mass of burning plasma.
The second spell, called "Earthquake", would destroy many Scales (and what pillars and pendulums they could steal) with great tremors that opened cracks in the ground.
The third spell, called "Steal", would envelop anything it wanted in the Darkness, and a Sage would often find himself staring at the spellbook or staff he had been holding before getting blasted away by the Elemental's wrath.
Having suffered defeat at the hands of another one of these "Steals", Earth began to take a very heavy and solid metal and bent it into two triangular prisms. These prisms were so heavy that no Elemental ever wanted to steal them - it took too long to move them away. However, the prisms had very little purpose - the best attempt for a purpose was found by Gravity to beat enemies over the head using a prism as a club.
Aether, deep in her meditation, began to observe the construction of Pendulums from her former realm - she noted how energy was imbued into each Pendulum, careful held with a magical seal, and then covered with a spellbinding glass to prevent the quantum from escaping the Pendulum itself. She created some energy of her own, and applied it to the Prisms along with a magic seal of her own. The prisms crackled, and then began to rotate, as Aether's new construction sprung to life.
Darkness, watching from the shadows, thought it would be fun to pull a prank - the construction had been relatively simple and would not have required much energy to recreate their "pillar". He waited until Aether had turned her back and casted Steal.
But to his suprise and Aether's, the Prisms did not move towards him - they instead shut with a loud bang, concealing the energy trapped within. In creating the prisms, Earth had unknowingly learned to Enchant Artifacts.
The Sages held a meeting soon after - upon observation of how the spire slowly reopened over time, they decided they had succeeded with the creation of their first Pillar, and dubbed it the "Guardian Pillar" for being able to guard itself if a threat attempted to interrupt it.
Soon, the Elementals noticed the new influx of assaults on their frontiers - as well as the prescence of more and more of these Pillars being summoned every time the Sages attacked.
The Sages were now ready to wage true war.
As the title implies, it is a pillar and thus stacks and is affected by Earthquake.
"Protects itself for 3 turns when damaged." means that the stack will become temporarily Immaterial for 3 turns (aka a Temporary Protect Artifact) when pillars in it's stack are destroyed through spells or abilities like Explosion and Pulverizer.
| SERIES: | Storylinewise part of the Sage Series (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22551.0.html) |
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