THE PLAN
"First, we'll need to gather some Voidian troops. I'll contact the Legion of Xander to do the work. We have strong... business connections that may prove useful."
The business went well. Nobody even had to be killed. The Legion of Xander was largely unknown, but still present in the world. After all, Lexuar did create it, with a false, and forced, head of operations leading the way for several years until its usefulness was needed.
"We'll use the Legion of Xander to provide a suitable distraction for us, and with its large forces, it should easily penetrate through at least some of the innocents' divisions. At least the Seventh Division will fall."
The death toll was staggering, and largely unexpected. Nobody knew who was attacking them, or why, but only one thing: that it was the Voidians doing so, under a corrupt leader. A leader who then proceeded to die, and with him the truth.
"Meanwhile, our musicians will control things from the sidelines, directing everyone's actions with the special devices we've learned to create. They can even stay at headquarters. As long as they've gotten the Legion's melody tuned, they have full control."
The Voidian army was nearly mindless, only with pure instincts and chaotic thoughts that outdid even those who worshipped Entropy. There seemed to be no pattern to their actions, and yet subtly, deep down, there was. And no one would know.
"As the troops are distracted, we'll use our gardeners to plant the seeds of destruction upon the Gate. They've already misdirected the magic that controls its destination, making it random at best, and nowhere near their original drop point. It won't be too hard to get the job done."
Nobody even saw the gardeners, swift, silent, and precise. They each planted a single grey seed into the ground, completely surrounding the Gate, and left only a few seconds later.
"Then? Then the real chaos starts."
The seeds were actually Mana Bombs, and when they went off, things got nasty. Really nasty. First, they opened all the Mendax Blocks in the surrounding area, starting with the Life Blocks. These made them grow in size, into enormous, maniacly thorned vines, while they proceeded to take in the Earth, Water, and Air Blocks, taking away the very soil, moisture, and oxygen away from the world. They continued on to Fire, stealing all heat, Gravity, removing the fundamental force that holds everything together, and Light, making the rest of their horrors unseen by all.
And horrors they were.
Consumed next were Aether, removing all electricity and interdimmensional magic, Time, sealing its fate by not allowing anything else to alter its course, and Darkness, consuming even that that was not there. Finally, it proceeded to absorb even Death itself, and as the vines shriveled to little more than dust, it concluded with the absorbtion of chaos, Entropy, and, using up all the magic in the area, they attempted to take the energy from each other. This lead to an implosion, and the creation of the majesty known as a Void.
"Of course, there will be some that get through, but not without being touched by the Void in some way. Who knows? They might work for me someday.
"Regardless, after that, I will begin my search for the Jewel of Time, though I have a suspicion an someone I met long ago may already have it. We already have the Liquid Air... or was it the Liquid Fire... either way, we have it, and that's one down. We'll then proceed to track down and gather the others."
And so it was.
"Gremio, I need you to stay back at HQ to look over things when I'm gone. It will be a while, but I'm sure you can run things while I'm gone.
"Hehehe...
"I'm sure everything will go according to plan this time."
And so it did.
OOC: No, really. Was it Liquid Fire, or Liquid Air? I think it changed partway through...
This marks the end of the whole "backstory" up to the Day of the Gate. The gaps can be filled in by anyone else who feels like it, and I'm excited to see what people come up with. Next up will be Lexuar's search for the other five artifacts, taking place in the present.
