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 The Beginning of the End
Location: Tkaanie -> The First Weaver -> The Beginning of the End
Requirements: Completion of Marzanna
Release Date: March 26th, 2016
Objective: Danyel has caught up to Roirr, an epic showdown is at hand.
Objective completed: The dad was sweet cane...
Objective completed: The mom gingerbread...
Experience rewarded: 0
Gold rewarded: 0
Monsters
(1) Roirr - Boss
NPCs
???
??? (Shapeless)
Baltael
Danyel
Roirr
Vaal
Rewards
None
Memory Fragment VI
Dialogue
Loads Danyel.
*A black-haired child, wrapped in a blanket, is by himself in a pitch black place with only a few rays of light to illuminate his spot; this child is none other than Roirr in a distant past.*
Roirr: Mama?
Roirr: P- papa?
Roirr: .........
*Roirr begins to shed tears, knowing there is nothing he can do to save himself from his troubled situation; a mysterious voice talks to him from the left.*
???: ... Roirr.
*Roirr turns around to face the mysterious voice.*
Roirr (momentarily): Pap-?
*Roirr sees the mysterious voice, who is revealed to be his future SoulAlly, Secundus; he is illuminated by a red ray of light.*
???: Do not cry. It is a weakness.
???: And you must never be weak.
Roirr: ... Are you an angel?
???: My name is... Secundus. Come.
???: Forget everything of what just happened.
???:You have a destiny...
*Roirr comes into the red light with Secundus; scene fades to black, before fading back in; back in present day, Roirr—still in the female Magester body—and Vaal are in the Seym as they confront the Shapeless, who is a colossal two-legged monster with faces and mouths wide open in each direction.*
Vaal: The... Shapeless?
Roirr: Indeed.
Vaal: Why is it called that? It clearly has a shape.
Roirr: I don't really know. It was created by the Magesterium a long, long time ago. At the dawn of the very empire. The Shapeless Empire.
Roirr: I supposed they were very bad at names.
Vaal: But what IS it? What does it do?
Roirr: Now that I have possessed this Magesterium member, I can say that... in my personal opinion, it's a scapegoat.
Roirr: Its purpose was to, how should I say this... oversee. It was supposed to be a superior being that the populace worship. An artificial god-emperor.
Roirr: In truth, it doesn't really lead anything, but it does select the members of the Magesterium.
Roirr: Once one member perishes, a replacement is selected instead.
Roirr: It is released once a year to roam the lands, to seek out the unlucky folk who cannot tap into any magic source and... eats them. A feast.
Vaal: A harvest, more like.
Roirr: It does not hold power over the Magesterium, but it is consulted with ideas that help... shape the empire.
Roirr: It isn't an emperor, but it is.
Roirr: The entire empire belongs to it, but it doesn't.
Roirr: And so if the Magesterium makes a bad decision that reflects poorly on the empire, the Shapeless is blamed...
Roirr: ... although it is without a blame.
Roirr: The Shapeless is the puppet and the Magesterium pulls the strings.
Vaal: You... might have killed every member of the Magesterium, you know?
Roirr: I suppose "oops" is in order.
Vaal: From what I've just gathered... you might have just liberated the people.
Roirr: As I've said, "oops".
Roirr: Let's not dwell on this, shall we? I'm getting positively hungry.
Vaal: How do you plan on killing this thing? How powerful is it exactly?
Roirr: Well, right now I'm at a disadvantage I'm afraid. I "left" my fleshweaving in my old body. Which doesn't exist anymore.
Roirr: But... I don't think it can fight, not really...
Roirr: It just swallows peo-
Roirr: ple...
Roirr: Oh!
Vaal: "Oh" what?
Roirr: This... is simply marvelous!
Vaal: I'll just wait until... whatever you're doing passes and then I'll ask you again...
Roirr: It... the Shapeless... it swallows people! It eats them! And they appear here, in this chamber!
*Vaal thinks about Roirr's revelation about the Shapeless as he closes his eyes.*
Vaal: Listen, I'm not really following your train of thought (and this is saying something, since I can hear your thoughts), care to elaborate?
Roirr: I can command it, Vaal. I am the last member of the Magesterium.
Roirr: I AM the Magesterium!
Vaal: Soooo does that mean we don't have to fight it?
Roirr: Are you... what ar-
Roirr: Honestly, I need to get a doublet with words "I'm with cretin" embroidered on the back! No, we don't have to fight it!!
Roirr: I can command it to leave me alone, go roam the city, eat people and they'll appear here. And I can devour their souls!
Vaal: That's a really strange custom, this "harvest".
Roirr: Ugh... on the day of this so-called "harvest", the Shapeless would transport non-magical people here...
Roirr: ... so that the Magesterium could inject them with the raw mana and make them into walking nexuses.
Roirr: For the high ranked members of this society so they could tap into a raw source of mana while they are away from the Capitol.
Roirr: Of course after a while these walking, living nexuses would be drained so they always needed more.
Roirr: Huh... now that I've said it out loud, it sounds very disturbing.
Vaal: Oh yes, and you are such an angel yourself.
Roirr: Silence now.
*Roirr prepares to command the Shapeless.*
Roirr: Shapeless.
Roirr: I am a Magesterium member, am I not?
???: Indeed.
Roirr: Outstanding.
Roirr: You will listen to me, am I correct?
???: Indeed.
Roirr: Fantastic.
Roirr: Go forth and lay waste!
*The Shapeless remain silent as it does not command Roirr's order; Roirr waits a few seconds before he gets annoyed.*
Roirr: *sigh*
Roirr: I, the Magesterium member whose name is... Bolemira, command you to venture into the streets of the Capitol and begin the harvest...
???: As.
???: You.
???: Wish.
???: Magester.
???: Bolemira.
*The Shapeless exits the Seym to honor Roirr's command.*
Roirr: Well, that's convenient.
Vaal: So... are you going to eat the piece now or...?
Roirr: Oh, I don't think there is any rush anymore.
Roirr: I can have the small aperitif before the main dish.
*Meanwhile, Danyel soulblinks at high speed through the streets of the Capitol, sprinting to get to the Seym alongside Baltael, who is next to him.*
Danyel: Almost there!
Baltael: Can we talk about this?
Danyel: What do you mean?
Baltael: How are you planning to defeat my father?
Danyel: He is not just one man anymore.
Baltael: Yes, I said this some time ago. And you keep repeating it. Why does it matter?
Danyel: It's as you've brought it up; he isn't just one man anymore.
Danyel: He has consumed so many lives during his entire lifespan that he is no longer one being. And I'm planning to use that, as a last resort.
*Realizing that Danyel is planning to use what Baltael thinks, Baltael tells Danyel about the last resort he mentioned.*
Baltael: You don't mean-
Danyel: Clearly.
Baltael: But that's forbidden. You are planning on using a forbidden magic. Are you aware of what this particular spell will do to you?
Danyel: That's why I said it's a last resort.
Baltael: If it comes to that, and it fails...
Danyel: It will not fail.
*Baltael asks Danyel if he is willing to use that forbidden magic to defeat Roirr.*
Baltael: Are you really willing t-
Danyel: Yes, Baltael! Whatever it takes!
Danyel: If he devours the Mana Core piece and escapes, we could have another "sun disappearing" scenario and it will be on me.
Danyel: On us.
Danyel: If I can't defeat him by any conventional means, I AM using this forbidden spell.
Baltael: ........
*Suddenly, Baltael and Danyel stop sprinting as they hear a commotion nearby.*
Danyel: What was that?!
Baltael: I'll investigate.
*Baltael floats above the city while Danyel watches him; he doesn't wait long for Baltael as he has figured out what is happening already.*
Baltael: It's the Shapeless.
Baltael: It's roaming the city!
Danyel: Why was it unleashed?!
Baltael: It doesn't matter, we need to choose.
Baltael: The Shapeless or my father.
Danyel: ......
*Danyel chooses to face Roirr as he soulblinks to leave the scene; meanwhile, Roirr is prepared to take the piece of the Mana Core.*
Roirr: Mmmm...
Roirr: I think that's enough.
Roirr: I am ready!
Vaal: Will it hurt?
Roirr: Well, it depends on how I want to assimilate it. I can try... possessing it. I can leave this human shell and treat the piece as a vessel.
Roirr: but I am not entirely sure if this would work.
Vaal: or?
Roirr: Or I could use this body and inject the entire piece into it. My soul might handle that, but not the body.
Vaal: I say go for the latter.
Roirr: Why? Because you're afraid you might disappear if I change bodies again?
Vaal: You're so brassy. Is this the woman in you talking?
Roirr: Silence.
Roirr: Now then, if I may-
*Roirr reaches to touch the piece of the Mana Core, however, in a critical moment, Danyel arrives at the Seym.*
Danyel: You may not!
*Roirr is noticeably startled by the presence of Baltael and Danyel.*
Roirr: Umm... I... must admit, that caught me by surprise.
Roirr: Who are you?
Danyel: Baltael, hold her- him!
*Baltael rushes toward Roirr quickly, further surprising the latter.*
Roirr: Balt-
Roirr: Oh no, you don't!
*Roirr casts lime energy at Baltael, stunning him.*
Baltael: Huh?
Baltael: I can't-
Roirr: Baltael, huh? I think I know you...
Baltael: You... you think? You are not sure if you know your own son?
Baltael: How much of you is even left in there?
*Roirr is stunned by hearing Baltael's name; reigniting a small, happier side of him, Roirr prepare to touch Baltael's cheek.*
Roirr: Baltael, my son! How could I forget!
*Roirr touches Baltael's cheek briefly as suddenly....*
Roirr: Anyway-
*Roirr touches the Mana Core piece with Bolemira's severed arm, much to Vaal's and Danyel's shock; the piece fuses with Roirr's host, removing human traces of the host's body to create a mana-like humanoid.*
???: Haaaaaa...
???: This... is... unimaginable!
???: I feel... everything!
???: I can see sounds!
???: I can-
Baltael: Danyel?!
*Scene shifts to focus on Danyel, who is shocked upon seeing Roirr's ascension as a god.*
???: What are you doing, human?
Danyel: I am here to stop you!
???: I have just become a God.
???: Why would you throw your life away like this?
Baltael: What is-
Danyel: Your father just went crazy, that's what.
???: So... many... colors...
Baltael: Danyel-
Danyel: ......
Battle! - begins battle with Roirr.
Heal - fully replenishes HP, MP, and potions.
Run Away! - returns to Travel Map (Books 3 and 4).
*Danyel tried to take down the mana-infused Roirr regardless of the consequences that would befall, but he had failed to stop him; Danyel pants as his face is sweating.*
Danyel: Ungh! *pant*
Danyel: You good?
Baltael: Yes, his spell broke...
Baltael: I don't- I don't think we can do it.
Danyel: Y-yes *pant*
Danyel: Not like this.
???: I have seen the throne of the Gods... and it was empty...
Danyel: Ready?
Baltael: Dan, don't-
Danyel: I don't have anything left to live for!!!
Danyel: READY!?
*Reluctantly, Baltael nods his head and stabs Danyel's chest with his arms, removing Danyel's soul and shattering it in order to cast the forbidden spell; the spell results in Roirr being encased in several runic circles; the energy from the Mana Core piece and various souls are expelled from Roirr's host body; the expulsion of energy and souls can be seen outside of the Capitol; Danyel's hair then turns white and the pupils on his eyes disappear; the expulsion of energy and souls destroys Roirr's host, reducing him to a black skeleton with a beating dark red soul.*
Baltael: Danyel... ?
*Danyel is now dead as a consequence of activating the forbidden spell; Baltael begins to grieve.*
Baltael: Dan...
Baltael: It is done...
Baltael: We have won-
*Suddenly, Roirr's skeleton screams as he gets up on his knees; he is now dying due to the fact that his powers are now stripped.*
Roirr: Aaaaaaaaaarghhh!
Baltael: W... what?!
Vaal: Sweet Avatars, that was something else! Wooo...
Baltael: How can you still be alive?! You should have no soul!!!
Roirr: Aaaaaaaiiieeeee!!!
Vaal: Stop screaming!
Roirr: I aaaaam dyyyyiiiing!!!
Vaal: We can't have that! Aren't you glad now that I stuck around? I think I've saved you.
Vaal: But now run!
Roirr: Hhhhnnnggggg!
Baltael: I WON'T let you get away!!!
Baltael: Just die!!!
*Suddenly, Secundus appears and stabs Baltael with his fist.*
???: No.
Baltael: We...
Baltael: ... failed.
*Baltael disintegrates into pink particles, signifying his death.*
Roirr: Hhhhhhh.... Hhhhhhh....
???: Roirr.
Roirr: Yoooou...
Roirr: Yoou are baaack...
*Secundus summons a hole in the floor, leading to a dark red pit below Roirr's skeleton.*
???: Go.
???: Finish what you have started.
*Roirr falls through the hole immediately, leaving Secundus alone in the Seym as the scene fades to black.*
Complete Quest
Other information
Roirr was not intended to be defeated; losing or fleeing will progress the quest as normal.
Thanks to DemonicDarkwraith for corrections.
< Message edited by DemonicDarkwraith -- 8/26/2026 20:10:40 >
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