Storm Seer's Prophecy

## Description

This prophecy was made over 1000 years ago and studied fervently by all mage scholars and surviving Klah'hin. Since the end of the millennium has come and gone, they have been searching for the sons, though they don't know who or what to look for. The prophecy calls for the followers of the Adversary to free him by using the souls of the Betrayers, allowing him to reopen the six Elemental Gates from within the Iron Spire, the location of the final battle of the Clan War.

## The Prophecy

*Within my future's eyes I see*

*a thousand winding of the stars.*

*Through the past, the future's song*

*await the waning hope of avatars.*

*With rival's crown and essence prize,*

*the **Adversary** believers*

*will free him from his vast bastille*

*on the souls of his **Deceivers**.*

*Again the spell upon his lips*

*to portal's wide and treasures gained.*

*WIthin the tower infinite*

*the **Nexus** souls forever chained*

*Again the sons of **Storm** and **Blade***

*with broken body and wrath embraced,*

*the **Catalyst**, faith in amity's will,*

*the tower broken the debt erased.*

*The Dark commands the plane asunder*

*Light decrees an even hand.*

*Magic's might consumes the world*

*or souls freed from the last command.*

## Translation

The translation of when the Prophecy was to take place was never truly about the thousand years, but instead focused on the birth of the last of the Storm Dragons. The death of Cyrus' mother, and the impending death of his father, was the true catalyst that set the words of the Prophecy in motion. (*"the future's song await the waning hope of avatars.")*

There is mention of the Storm Crown and the Core Stone ("*rival's crown and essence prize")*, both of which are needed to free Ashler from the deep recesses of Malkar's mind ("*will free him from his vast bastille").*

The Deceivers are the Gray Griffons, who betrayed Ashler Skelrad and the Rune Magi, preventing the completion of the Dark Sacrament at the end of the Clan War. Azende, with the help of Eran the Tortured's essence, was able to translate that part of the prophecy and planned the mass genocide of the Gray Griffons (*on the souls of his Deceivers)*. He removed their hearts to be used in a Death Magic spell to bring them back as undead servants. They will be used twice: First, in an attempt to destroy Witchlight Port after stealing the Core Stone and second, during the ceremony to resurrect Ashler in Malkar's body.The blood contains the essence of the soul which is magically absorbed into the Core Stone to be used by the Catalyst to unlock the magical wards.

Ashler's goal is to complete The Dark Sacrament (*Again the spell upon his lips).* This spell will destroy the magical seals keeping the Nexus portals closed. If opened, Ashler believes he will be given absolute control over the elemental planes (*to portal's wide and treasures gained).* The only open entrance to the Nexus now lies within the Iron Spire (*Within the tower infinite).*

The tower, since the end of the Clan War, is trapped within all of the elemental planes and the Nexus at once. The ground floor can be found under water on Atheon in the Dead Morass. Climbing to the next six levels will take you to another plane (air, fire, water, earth, life, death) where denizens of these planes can attack at will. The final level opens up to the Nexus, where 6 doors shimmer from the magic of the Klah'hin Avatars holding them shut. (*The Nexus souls forever chained).*

The sons of Storm and Blade are Cyrus and Avengard, respectively. Avengard sacrifices himself to save Balifore and Cyrus still seeks vengeance for the death of Darius (*with broken body and wrath embraced)*. Avengard's death sends Balifore into a deep depression which makes him vulnerable to Malkar/Ashler's influence. Unbeknownst to either of them, Avengard is a direct descendant of Rangar Burrows. Like Ashler, the true essence of the avatar was locked behind Avengard's mind. His selfish sacrifice freed the Avatar from its prison, but once his departing soul realized what he had in his mind, he holds on long enough to give the Avatar to Cyrus. As Cyrus lay dying during the final battle with Ashler, Avengard will appear in almost full form and join the life force of the Avatar with Cyrus. As the remnants of Avengard's soul is released, the essence of the Avatar finally makes Cyrus whole, giving him the abilities of the Storm Dragon.

Balifore is tricked into becoming the Catalyst since Ashler doesn't have control of his full power and refuses to wait until he is powerful enough to complete the Dark Sacrament on his own. Balifore, upon seeing his friend's sacrifice and understanding what must be done (*the Catalyst, faith in amity's will)*, begins to unravel the Nexus. The elementals' anger tear at Ashler and pull pieces of his essence into each plane, destroying him and sealing the planes fully once again (*the tower broken, the debt erased).*

Completing for the Dark will open the gates to the elemental planes and sunder the planet into six distinct realms while completing for the Light locks the planes and rids the world of all elemental magic, but brings back the avatars.

## Aftermath

The Klah'hin ancestors will be gifted with the ability to Join once again when the avatars return from their years of sealing the nexus gates. With the planes finally sealed, they are allowed to join with Klah'hin blood, giving hundreds of thousands the ability to metamorph into their ancestral spirit animal. Balifore becomes a Gatewatcher, a powerful Rune Magi who's gift is that he can see rifts in the elemental planes and has the ability to close them. Cyrus will rebuild Dragon's Keep and Caergoth, allowing safe refuge to any Klah'hin feeling outcast after gaining the ability to Join.