Gate of Memoirs/The Maelstrom Rises

Saerenthis' strategy has been set in motion, and all goes according to plan.
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Music: "Dead God's Law"	Music: "Dead God's Law"
 	
*The High Priest's skull relic snarls in a hundred disjointed tones as the ritual falters and fades.
*As the sickly energy dissipates, a deafening silence falls over the land.
 	
*Saerenthis: Mrgghh...!
*Saerenthis: No...This cannot...
*Clutching his broken, bleeding body, Saerenthis could only look on as N'an-Wang-Mu descends upon him with divine fury.
 	
*N'an-Wang-Mu: Begone from my land, serpent!
 	
*Saerenthis: ... ...
 	
*An enormous, sinewy tentacle rips out of the sea and slams into the Queen Mother.
*Such was its force; the only indication of her trajectory was a streak of gold...and ichor.
 	
*Saskya: My Lady!
 	
*Several more emerge from the surface of the waves, thrashing about in vague sentience.
*Saskya grits her teeth as thousands of Naga she had felled began to rise again, an eldritch glow deep in their translucent bellies.
*As they slither and surround her, the warrior monk throws one last look over the cliffs where the matron of the South had fallen.
*Saskya: ...Another round, huh. I have to applaud your foolhardiness...
 	
*Saskya: Grrraahhh!
 	
*On the other side of the cliffs, countless streaks of purple energy rained upon the warring mortals below without mercy.
*No Naga or human dared draw close to that strangely malevolent girl, whose every gesture and smirk belied darker urges.
 	
*Sero-Anya: Ahahaha! Bow before your queen, fools!
 	
*Sero-Anya: Prostrate yourself before me, or DIE!
 	
*In that one instant, between the wanton slaughter of mortals and Naga alike...
 	
*...the form of the Voidbringer cast a shadow across Sero-Anya.
 	
*Past the chaos on what was left of the land, a storm dragon threaded his way across the churning seas.
 	
*The writhing tentacles trail behind Tevarius as he falls into a nosedive, deftly evading their deadly slams.
*Tevarius: (This is my last chance...if I'm going to fall out of the sky again..!)
*Tevarius: (Third time's the charm!)
*Tevarius: Stormwinds! Thunder! Come to me!
*Tevarius: This...is over!
 	
*Like their first clash before, the dragon tore into the serpent, but this time the serpent's eyes grew wide in mortal fear.
*Bloody spittle rose rapidly from his ruptured throat, and his blood spilled in torrents across his perch.
*Even then, those piercing green eyes were still fixed on the dragon spirit's face.
 	
*Saerenthis: So it was meant to be...and so be it.
*Saerenthis: But no matter. The ritual is already complete.
 	
*Tevarius: What...?!
 	
*Saerenthis: My blood...My blood was the final offering...
*Saerenthis: The last deity has fallen...
*Saerenthis: This world is in chaos, and there will be no one left to oppose <Her>!
*Saerenthis: My Goddess...Ahh...
*Saerenthis: Rise...
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Music: "A God"	Music: "A God"
 	
*Father always said I was different.That I would be of great service to our Goddess.
*I wasn't burly like him, but I had the gift of the dark art.
*And that, he said, was the most important of all.
*When I disposed of my competition and ascended the pedestal, I knew...
*We both knew what had to be done.
*Father held no fear in his eyes.Those green, green eyes.
*A warrior to the end, he accepted his death to further the glory of our Goddess.
*I felt his dying breath creep up my skin as I removed the dagger from his throat.
*Imagine my elation when Father returned to me in his new form...
*Together, we could serve...as father and son...
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*My Goddess, She—was both mother and child.
*Only a few Naga knew of her true origins.
*An alien entity beyond the boundaries of this physical world.
*It was all the same to the masses. The goddess was as inscrutable as the Endless Abyss she inhabited.
*...Not to me.
*The priests before me treated her as a mere monster from the inky void beyond...
*Chained to their human origin, stubbornly refusing Her gift.
*Did <Tsovinar> know...how we were so changed by her grace?
*She gave me purpose...
*...I pledged my life!
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*<When death calls,the Abyss shall answer.><Rise!><Tsovinar, the Endless Abyss!>
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*The eldritch whispering swells into an almost suffocating din as mortal minds struggle with this mental dissonance.
*What was left of N'an-Wang-Mu's vassals fell to their knees, their palms upturned in despair and terror.
*From the darkest depths <Tsovinar> came, eldritch light trailing in her wake.
*The first victim was already marked, but by then the dragon spirit was undeserving of a mere simple death.
Music: "Creator"	Music: "Creator"
 	
*Tevarius's vision went white, his battered body not registering the argent, pelagic lance through his body.
*Wicked nails gripped his throat, and he was flung onto his back with superhuman strength,
*the force tearing that lance from him in a sickening crunch.
 	
*Through his throat choking with blood Tevarius uttered only one word...
*His voice lost to the wind, as he watches the deep goddess Tsovinar turn her attention to the fallen priest.
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*Tsovinar: <Sae...ren...this.>
 	
*Saerenthis: Yes, my Goddess?
 	
*Saerenthis: My name? I suppose it's a bit of a mouthful.
*Saerenthis: Most Naga names are, to honor the eldritch tradition that you began.
 	
*Tsovinar: <Hmph. As if I would remember such trivialities.>
 	
*Saerenthis: I am but your loyal priest, my Goddess.
*Saerenthis: If you wish me nameless forevermore in your court, then I shall be.
 	
*Tsovinar: <... ...>
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*Tsovinar: <You...>
*Tsovinar: <How dare you lay there inert!>
 	
*Tsovinar: <Answer! For your incompetence!>
 	
*The High Priest stirs, and manages some semblance of a resigned smile.
 	
*Saerenthis: My...apologies...
*Saerenthis: Heheh...Ahh, what a sight...
*Saerenthis: To see my Goddess in my last throes.
*Saerenthis: Illusion or not, I am...truly blessed.
 	
*Tsovinar: <What are you...>
 	
*Saerenthis: Father?
*Saerenthis: Was I...a good priest...?
*Saerenthis: Blessed be...My Goddess...
*Saerenthis: <Tso...vi...nar.>
 	
*Tsovinar: <How dare you...>
*Tsovinar: <Wake! Wake, ah'legeth, I demand it!>
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*Tsovinar: <SAERENTHIS!>