The Death

the table of the Legion of Life

The Death is the eighth part of the Tree of Life map. It consists of the City of Life, Ezen's Kidnapping, City of Life Defense, Destroyed City, Oceanside and Outskirts of Myrkur. It is preceded by The Monsters and succeeded by The Darkness.

## Summary

After the exhausting mission in Mount Fjall, Cutie and Mmea find a vacation spot for Dabsar, Chappal, Zian, Ezen and themselves: the City of Light. While they enjoy their time there, their pleasure is cut short by tragedy from an attack from the Order of Magma, prompting Sven and Guard to enlist the help of the players to save the city.

## Cast of Characters

Dabsar

Cutie

Mmea

Zian

Chappal

Ezen

Zoe

Sven

Guard

Baana

Ocie

Puerto

Feza

Sid

Bob

Pozan

Skinscraper

Pilin

Coo Coo

The Deathmaster

Zovan

Magma Queen

Leethos

Azen

Baibee

Vogana

## Episodes

City of Life

Ezen's Kidnapping

City of Life Defense

Destroyed City

Oceanside

Outskirts of Myrkur

## Plot

Dabsar, Chappal, Zian, Ezen, Mmea and Cutie arrive at the City of Life. They are awed by the beauty of the city, as well as the diversity of all who are living there, including nearly every species that lives in Lijos. As they begin making plans of what they're going to do, Zian quickly realizes this is exactly what happened in the Village of Life, and it resulted in Ezen being kidnapped, and discourages them from splitting up. Ezen, however, claims he needs time on his own, and that he needs to think. Zian tells him that he hasn't acted like this since they first arrived at the Land of Xora, and realizes that his friend is going through something. Ezen simply smiles, saying that Zian is insightful. Chappal assures Zian that they'll be fine, and they go their separate ways.

After some time of exploring, Dabsar, Chappal, Zian, Cutie and Mmea suddenly run into a quarters, which is actually the new Legion of Life base. They find Zoe there, who bids them hello. They are thrilled to see their old friend there, and Sven and Guard reveal them to be there too, with many others whom they encountered on their journey, including Baana, Puerto, Ocie, Feza, Bob and Sid. Guard explains that they are the new Legion of Life, and that after the death of Nadu, most human soldiers of the legion had quit the group as they no longer saw hope in it. Sven had his own share of mourning, but eventually decided to act, and began recruiting numerous species from Lijos, from the Lands Beyond to the Woods of Woe and even from the Tree of Topsies, in order to form a new Legion of Life that is more diverse; smaller, but more diverse. Sven asks if the Bringers of Life can join the legion, which they all quickly accept. While they are getting acquainted with the group, the alarm suddenly begins sounding, and they realize that the Order of Magma has arrived, to Sven's horror.

Meanwhile in the city, several hordes of zombies begin attacking the city, killing many civilians and innocent people. They are fought off by several iron golems, but eventually the number of zombies exceeds that of iron golems.

From above, Pozan, Skinscraper and Pilin are discussing their plan to kidnap Ezen. Skinscraper tells them that the people who invaded the Order of Magma Base were the same people that Pilin was spying on. Pozan remarks that Skinscraper had failed, but if they manage to capture Ezen, he won't be punished. Pilin suggests fighting alongside their soldiers, but Pozan disagrees, saying that they're their disposables. Pilin reluctantly agrees, fearing to be banished again. He then leaves. Skinscraper questions why Pozan hasn't gotten rid of Pilin yet, as he's demonstrated weakness multiple times. Pozan replies that he needs Pilin to continue his legacy, as once he dies, he needs someone to continue it. Skinscraper laments that he has no one to do so. Pozan tells him that after the raid is over, he can kidnap a child from the City of Life to be his child, explaining that this is how he got Pilin, which shocks and horrifies Skinscraper.

Meanwhile, even further up, The Deathmaster, Coo Coo and Zovan are watching over the battlefield. Coo Coo is still recovering after having all her chaos magic taken away from her. The Deathmaster reassures her that they'll soon be able to get it back. Coo Coo thanks him. She glares at Zovan, who tries to, once again, justify not coming back to save Coo Coo and taking so long to be set free. The Deathmaster, seeing all the chaos and bloodshed, laments that it's so tempting, and wants to kill at least a few people, but Coo Coo and Zovan forbid him from doing so. Zovan replies that they'll get their chance soon, and they leave.

Ezen, trapped in the middle of the city, and feeling the impact of the war, is frustrated with himself for deciding to separate himself from his friends, as he is now vulnerable, and he is too weak to teleport. As he stands in the middle of the field, he suddenly witnesses a bunch of humans coming. While at first he wishes to get them to safety, they interpret him as one of the monsters from the Order of Magma. Despite his protests, they don't believe him when he says that he isn't, and they attack him. A fight ensues between them, and Ezen is ultimately the victor, as he accidentally kills several to avoid getting hurt. The humans leave, leaving Ezen heartbroken with himself. He is then found by Pozan, Skinscraper and Pilin. Ezen threatens to seal them all in stone if they take another step closer, prompting Skinscraper to note what a great admiral he could potentially be. Pozan asks for Ezen to join them, attempting to manipulate him. However, Ezen is completely unfazed by anything Pozan says, and continues to attempt to fight him. Pozan attacks him, and suddenly is able to take away his pearl, disabling all of Ezen's magic powers. He then takes Ezen captive, and they all return to their base.

Zoe informs Sven that there are a lot of them, using her sharp hearing, and hears many cries on the battlefield. Sven decides to split the group up in order for them to reach the City of Light and keep civilians from getting hurt. They then all leave, ready to fight the Order of Magma to the end and keep them from winning.

Dabsar, Chappal, Zian, Cutie and Mmea, now joined by the Legion of Life, fight off the Order of Magma from the city. After fighting off several, they had through the sewers to get to the main city, and leave to get to the City of Life.

The Legion of Life finally arrives in the City of Life, but it is, alas, too late. The city has been completely and utterly destroyed. They realize that most civilians have gotten out safely, much to their relief, but then Zian remembers that Ezenas in the city. Sven demands why the Order of Magma was able to find them, when the city was secret for so long, and Zoe theorizes that they might be tracking them through Ezen, as the Magma Queen can track Void magic. Cutie and Mmea begin to fear the worst, as to what the Order of Magma could be doing. Zian demands to know what it is, but they answer that it's better if they don't know, and instead act on it. Zoe suggests infiltrating Myrkur, as by now they are out of options, which everyone agrees to. She says they most go through the Oceanside in order to do so.

The Legion of Life travels through the Oceanside in order to get to the Outskirts of Myrkur.

As Ezen is escorted to his prison, he is suddenly found and confronted by his sister, Azen, who is alive and well. Ezen berates her for joining the Order of Magma, while Azen continues to mutter and express her jealousy at the fact that, just like when they were kids, everyone wanted Ezen for his raw strength rather than Azen. Ezen suggests letting him go, then they would focus on her a lot more, but Azen doesn't fall for that. She simply smirks and says that he's weak for not fighting back against the humans, while Ezen responds that she's weak for joining a fascist cult. Leethos appears and tells Azen that it's time to go. Azen smirks and bids goodbye to Ezen, saying they'll be seeing each other soon.

The Legion of Life finally arrives in the outskirts of Myrkur, and they begin to prepare. They start going through the tunnels, fighting many dangerous and powerful monsters, and even going over large Void cliffs. Eventually, once they reach the other side, they are separated, and Dabsar, Chappal and Zian are confronted by Skinscraper, who attacks them. While attacking them, he is, at first, determined that it is their fault that Blooddrawer is dead, and blames them for it, while trying to kill them. However, as he's shouting and shouting, he eventually starts to doubt the lies he's telling himself, and by the time Dabsar, Chappal and Zian are able to beat him, Skinscraper questions as to whether it is his own fault, and not the people he is currently trying to brutally kill.

As Pozan and Pilin return to the outskirts of Myrkur, they are greeted by the Magma Queen. They begin getting ready to return to the actual Myrkur with Ezen so that they can begin to execute their new plan. The Magma Queen then mocks Pilin, telling him that some old "friends" would like to see him. Pilin is greeted by Leethos, who is calling him a "piggy pig". Pozan warns Pilin not to do any funny business and leaves. Azen begins mocking and irritating Pilin, asking him whether his time away has caused him to reflect on his failures. Pilin retorts that it's Azen's brother, Ezen, who demonstrated immense weakness against the Order of Magma and is currently their prisoner. Azen warns Pilin to watch his words, as she can destroy him before he blinks. Baibee questions why she said that, as they are all back together now, which he is happy about. Pilin simply asks where Vogana is. Quite instantly, the witch appears, making a grand entrance. Pilin expresses his irritation alongside Azen with this. After this, Leethos begins to tease Pilin again, and Pilin blurts out that he had more fun outside the Order of Magma than he is in here. Azen responds, quite cruelly, that no one wanted him to come back, and not even his own father wanted him for him alone, and only wanted him for his legacy. Pilin demands for them to stop, and Leethos teases him by saying that he should cry to his mommy, only to quickly say "oh wait, you don't have one". This infuriates Pilin to the point that he punches Leethos straight across the room and leaves in fury. Vogana, confused, asks if she said anything to offend him.

Meanwhile, Skinscraper is feeling great responsibility for what he's done, realizing that it's his own fault that Blooddrawer had died. Chappal scolds him for this, telling him he doesn't deserve his own pity or theirs. Eventually, the rest of the Legion of Life catches up to them. Sven is confused as to why Skinscraper isn't attacking them. Skinscraper begs to join the Legion of Life, as he no longer wishes to be a part of the Order of Magma. Several Legion of Life soldiers are very quick to oppose this, with most of the reasoning being that he hasn't done anything good and has been a fascist for most of his life, and that his loyalty, especially considering that he allowed his own brother to be killed, would be quite questionable. Ultimately, Sven asks Dabsar, Chappal and Zian what they think. Chappal refuses, saying that he doesn't deserve it, while Dabsar and Zian suggest at least giving him a chance. Ultimately, Sven agrees to this, but warns Skinscraper that should he step out of line, he will kill him. Skinscraper agrees, and they continue traveling through the outskirts.

Eventually, they reach another part of the outskirts of Myrkur, in which they set up a base. However, they are found by Leethos who attacks them in a fierce but brief battle. After Leethos realizes he's outnumbered and outpowered, he leaves, warning them that he'll be back. Sid spits at him in disgust as he leaves. Skinscraper discourages him from doing that, saying that he won't appreciate him until he's gone. Sid tells Skinscraper that he's a prisoner, and that prisoners can't talk. Zoe tells Sid that it's fine and that he can talk. They begin discussing about what should happen next, and how they plan to save Ezen. Ocie also questions how they're going to manage to bring the Order of Magma to justice for what they've done to the City of Life. Sven, sadly, responds that there may be no way to bring them to justice, as their main focus currently is to save Ezen. Sid questions why they're risking everything for just one enderman, which outrages Zoe. Sven somewhat agrees, saying that if the entire Legion of Life is captured, there will be no hope for the world, while if just Ezen remains captured, it won't be the end of the world. Zian threatens to kill them both by crushing their souls, but Chappal quickly intervenes, scolding them, and then telling them that Ezen could be used to bring back The Void, and that they should be risking everything to save him, or else the world could be destroyed. Sven agrees, apologizing, while Ocie responds saying that they'll support him with whatever decision they make.

The Legion of Life split up, with Dabsar, Chappal, Zian and Skinscraper going through two tunnels, one with Baibee and the other with Azen. They fight with both of them. Azen mocks them for their weakness, telling them that she is superior and that Ezen will soon be doomed. After this, they go into the last tunnel, into the gateway to Myrkur. They suddenly find the powerful witch Vogana waiting for them. This results in a ferocious battle between them, and Vogana attacks and fights them with great ferocity of magic. She also reveals in this battle that it was in fact the Magma Queen who killed Nadu, not a random Void wizard.

Sometime after they fight, Pozan suddenly arrives, and Azen casts a spell on them to keep them to the ground, preventing them from moving. In this time, Pozan mocks them for failure. He then questions what should be done with them. Leethos suggests simply killing them, while Pilin suggests that they may still be useful. Pozan gives Pilin a warning that he is demonstrating weakness, and Pilin grows quite. Pozan then faces Skinscraper, and tells him that he's demonstrated weakness against the Order of Magma, but worse off has committed treason, which the sentence to is death. Skinscraper asks to do a monologue before his death, which Pozan reluctantly agrees to. Skinscraper responds that he was wrong all along for joining the Order of Magma, and that they are fascists, and that in truth, he wasn't seeking justice for what was done to his parents, but vengeance. He apologizes to what he did, and thanks Dabsar, Chappal and Zian for letting him side with them, for however little time he managed to spend with them. Pozan then orders Azen to execute him, and she does so, striking Skinscraper down, but not before he whispers "thank you" to Dabsar, Chappal and Zian. Pozan ultimately decides to leave the three of them here, letting them rot, and leaves with Ezen in a cage alongside Baibee, Vogana, Azen and Pilin to Myrkur. Dabsar, Chappal and Zian begin falling into despair, but they are quickly found by Sven, Zoe, Mmea and Cutie in time. Cutie is able to undo the spell on them, and they are freed. They are all horrified that they failed, and that Ezen had been captured, with the way to Myrkur closed. Mmea tells them that there's another way to get to Myrkur, and that they aren't finished yet. She promises that they'll get Ezen back, stop the Order of Magma and save Lijos.

Back at the Land of Xora, Sven blames himself for the failure, as he is the leader. Cutie disagrees with him, saying it was his own fault, and explains that he was once part of the demons, and that he shouldn't have left; he should have stayed and help keep the demons from not becoming corrupt. Chappal disagrees, saying there's no way he could have known what would happen. Mmea says that some of them most defend Lijos and enter Myrkur the manual way, but some must head through the back in order to save Ezen. Dabsar, Chappal and Zian volunteer for this role, and Zoe, Sven and Guard decide to come as well. Cutie and Mmea then decide to lead the rest of the Legion of Life to Myrkur the manual way. She tells the stealth group that they must go through the Edge of Lijos, and that that is how they'll reach. She wishes them luck and they all depart.