Yandros(RP)

Part One - Tue Sep 8, 2020 — 23:37:40
As the twilight of All Hallows falls over me, my memories are drawn back through the fog of time to the beginning of all this.

'''I was a Daemon... full of pride and avarice.'''

'''The souls of the damned were mine to collect and harvest for nothing more than a little mystical power. '''

My greed was matched only by my unquenchable lust for blood.

Then one day all of that changed over a game of cards.

'''I shake off the ghosts of the past and focus on the wandering merchant that staggered before me. "I pledge allegiance" he feebly utters, sweat glistening from his feverish brow. I think to myself how weak and wretched the creature looks as I give his Red Aura a quick once over. He looks at me with astonishment as I refuse his gold, coins falling from his trembling hands.'''

"This one's on the house. Perhaps you'll remember this the next time a member of the Legion tries to purchase some of your wares. The Shadows protect you."

'''I barely acknowledge his overly enthusiastic* thanks, only half aware of his droning words as my eyes stare into the distance remembering the Darkness*... and the curse. '''

Part Two - Tue Sep 8, 2020 — 23:53:36
It was over a Game of Coil that everything started to go wrong.

I was cocky, thought I had nothing to lose except some of the souls I'd spent my career 

dedicated to vile darkness collecting, but that couldn't actually have been further from the truth.

'''I walked into that game a Vampire Daemon. A force of Chaos and Darkness unmatched except by the truly Immortal themselves.'''

My rune was struck from my forehead* before I knew what was happening.

'''The sudden pain ripped through me as my physical form was reshaped through and through. '''

And then as quick as it began it was over.

'''And where the once vain and powerful creature of Darkness had stood... a* small furry creature had been replaced.'''

'''And my appearance was not the worst part of this transformation, the rune that now bound my form had increased my strength yet scoured my brain and made me into nothing less than a dumb animal. '''

So powerful was this curse that even my thirst for blood had disappeared completely.

It was then that whatever* shred of sanity I may have retained disappeared as I fled away from civilization into the Forest Arden like a wild beast and forgot my former life completely until...

I am jogged back from the past by Elam poking me in the ribs.

'''"Hey YANDROS. What’s wrong with you. I gave you 50 gold and you haven't cast any spells on me." I blink my eyes and give his Aura a quick peek. "No refunds", I reply and take his money once more. I have to remind myself why I returned to this Temple so many years agos, giving Elam my best creepy Monkey grin as I cover him with arcane protection.'''

Part Three - Wed Sep 9, 2020 — 00:09:15
'''The Healer scowls at me as the dockworker pledges his allegiance and I steal another customer away from the Temples clergy. Noticing his Golden Aura, I pull out a shiny Red Apple and offer it to him for his journey home. Chuckling inwardly at having just freshly poisoned it, I call out "Come again..."'''

'''Again silence descends at the dockworkers departure and my mind drifts again... back:'''

I was swinging through the trees...

Years flying by in a blur of banana peels...

OOOoooOOoks and EEEEeeeEEeeEeeks...

'''And then the Darkness called me back... at first a whisper in the shadows... "Remember"... growing in volume and number..."Remember"... until it a multitude of gibbering shrieking masses screamed in unison…'''

"REMEMBER!"

And then in that moment the Darkness of old spoke directly to 

'''me and my Monkey mind comprehended it for what it was. The brand across my forehead flared white hot and I* was stunned as memories came flooding back. But most amazing of* all, was that from across the void of time and space, the Darkness* had reached out to me from the past. The same Darkness that had once guided Pharlynx... Necrosis... and Hastur. It was to be the first of many to come seeking my services. '''

Part Four - Wed Sep 9, 2020 — 00:13:29
The Darkness...

Its message seeped into my being, its cacophony of voices merging within my mind so that it could not be blocked out, Darkness demanded that it be heard.

'''I was chosen because of my position as the former Lord of Change in Chaos and an unwaving supporter of the formerly proud ULD... '''

Its words became abstract concepts and images within my mind’s eye...

'''The world had become fractured and stagnant in my absence. An Apocalypse had occurred* and thrown the world out of balance in its wake. While I wandered as a foolish beast, Clans had risen and fallen. A vacuum* had emerged where many once stood noble, strong, and united. It commanded that I return and take up my former mantle of Change in a whole new way.'''

'''To bring not Chaos this time, but Order. '''

'''It showed me how the forces of Light had constantly foiled the forces of Darkness through self sacrifice and loyalty... '''

Images of charity to my fellow creatures of Darkness so that they might better resist and combat the forces of Light...

'''I was to gather a Legion together as one for a new kind of war... '''

'''One not won with swords and shields... '''

but hearts and minds...

And I was to begin in the city of New Thalos…