Gate of Memoirs/Drowning Darkness Lv.2

A handsome man with elven features awakens in a dark, subterranean cave, groggy from what seemed to be an extraordinarily long rest.
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*... ...?
*???: O great Tevarius...
*???: Forgive our intrusion and for disturbing your rest...
 	
*Juno-Seto: I am Juno-Seto.
*Juno-Seto: My people and I have followed the Sun to these lush and beautiful fields.
*Juno-Seto: If I may ask this of you...
*Juno-Seto: We seek nothing more than to live in peace with this land.
 	
*Juno-Seto: We would be honored to offer our thanks to you in return.
 	
*Tevarius: Your kindness pleases and humbles me greatly, goddess.
*Tevarius: Your people shall have my blessing and protection.
 	
*Juno-Seto: Ahh...they will be overjoyed to hear they have a beautiful new home.
 	
*Juno-Seto: Thank you, great spirit.
 	
*Tevarius: ...Please, call me Tevarius.
 	
*Juno-Seto: Of course. As you wish.
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Music: "Cordelica"	Music: "Cordelica"
 	
**drip*
 	
*???: Mmrrghh...
*A handsome man with elven features awakens in a dark, subterranean cave, groggy from what seemed to be an extraordinarily long rest.
*Sitting up with a dull headache, he notices his carved stone altar of a "bed."
*Tevarius: Right...I've been sleeping for the last...
*Tevarius: ...How many centuries has it been?
*Tevarius looks ruefully at his hands. Such delicate fingers feel almost too fragile for anything.
*The last memory he could recall was plummeting to the ground, his fall softened by the lush fields.
*As he closed his eyes for what he thought was the last time, the rains fell warmly around him.
*Since then, there were other faint memories, but they all felt like distant dreams.
*Tevarius: (Is that what happened...?)
 	
*Tevarius: Ngghh...My head.
*Tevarius: This is the last time I take such a long nap.
 	
*As Tevarius contemplates his new mortal body, a sudden prodding at his mind jolts him out of his reverie.
 	
*Tevarius: What-
*???: Tevarius.
*Tevarius: Juno? Lady Juno-Seto! Is that you?
 	
*The glowing form of the otherworldly goddess Juno-Seto materializes before him.
*Her usual radiant countenance has been replaced by a weary, quiet sadness.
*Juno-Seto: Hello, Tevarius.
 	
*Tevarius: You look...wan.
 	
*Juno-Seto: Much has happened since we last spoke.
*Juno-Seto: Loath to involve you in my affairs, I cast a barrier over your altar to protect your slumber.
*Juno-Seto: But the land has need of you now, Tevarius. And so, it was I who roused you.
 	
*Tevarius: That...doesn't sound good.
 	
*A small, sad smile quirks at Juno-Seto's lips.
*Juno-Seto: Let us speak outside.
 	
*Juno-Seto drifts out of the altar and fades into the gloom.
 	
*Tevarius: Ugh. My mind is fogged up worse than the time I barreled over a waterfall.
*Tevarius: If I could get this body to cooperate...
 	
*Rising from the altar on leaden legs, Tevarius hobbles out of the subterranean altar.
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*Cold rain beats mercilessly down upon the Eastern Plains, reducing several sections to a soggy marsh.
 	
*Tevarius stares wistfully out at the vast expanse of gray, paying little attention to the dampness.
*Tevarius: I already miss threading my way through the clouds.
*Tevarius: Was it always this gloomy?
 	
*The unusually stormy weather does not conceal the shimmer of an immense structure in the distance.
*The Crystalline Spire stands defiant against the clouds, piercing the very heavens.
 	
*Tevarius: I don't recall seeing that before.
*Juno-Seto: That is all that remains of me.
 	
*Tevarius startles at the sudden appearance of Juno-Seto again.
 	
*Tevarius: "Remains of you"...?
 	
*Juno-Seto: Great Sage Zeruiah will tell you all, should you seek her out.
*Juno-Seto: I can only hope my people have passed into the light, wherever they are now.
 	
*Tevarius: A great conflict?!
*Tevarius: You should have summoned me! I—
 	
*Tevarius: ......
 	
*Tevarius pauses, clenching his fists.He knew he wouldn't have been of much help.
*Confounded and confused by his new appearance, he would have been an easy target.
*Juno-Seto places a phantom hand on his arm and closes her eyes.
 	
*Juno-Seto: I did what I could to protect this world, but in doing so, I relinquished my very being.
*Juno-Seto: And yet...the darkness stirs, Tevarius. The remnants of the otherworldly invaders that have swarmed this world.
*Juno-Seto: You feel it too, do you not?
 	
*Tevarius: Indeed. No rain could be this cold and biting.
*Tevarius: Worry not. I'll find the cause of this malign influence.
*Tevarius: These are my lands, after all.
 	
*Juno-Seto: Your noble soul shines through even mortal frames.
*Juno-Seto: May your light pierce the gloom in these dark times...
 	
*Tevarius watches the motes of light dissipate into the rain, before turning his attention to the dark skies.
*With an odd, sinking feeling in his heart, he follows the storms.
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Music: "Sky Fort" 	Music: "Sky Fort"
 	
*Tevarius: This place reeks of death...
*Tevarius leans down to examine the scorched corpses, half submerged in the water.
*Though humanoid at a glance, their long, serpentine tails give them away.
*Flipping one of the bodies over, he notices blackened veins and discolored flesh around the gashes.
 	
*Tevarius: They...They're poisoned.
*???: *hisssss!*
 	
*A large group of Naga burst out in an ambush, surrounding Tevarius.
*Naga Warrior: Halt, land-walker!
 	
*Tevarius: What?! Who—no, WHAT are you?
 	
*Naga Shaman: Ssssilence!
*Naga Shaman: Your trickery ends here, wretched one! 
*Naga Shaman: Your head will suffice as proof...
*Naga Shaman: The rest of you shall serve as a fitting sacrifice for our lost kin!
 	
*Tevarius: What are you gibbering on about? What is the meaning of this?
Music: "Battle Spirit"	Music: "Battle Spirit"
 	
*Suddenly, an enormous bruiser pushes its way out of the group.
*Naga Brute: Enough talk! Death to the land-walker!
*Naga Brute: No man or beast shall torment us with cursed flame!
*Naga Brute: FOR THE GODDESS! GRRAAAHH!
 	
*Tevarius: What madness!
*Tevarius: Stormwinds, heed my call!