SSJRuss Posted May 9 Read Aloud Posted May 9 QUEST FOR THE DARK GRIMOIRE PART SIX End of ACT I Blackrose fell. As did much of Tamriel. But it did not fall quietly. The first wave of bats descended like a living plague, and life for the Argonians became a living hell. The sounds of nature and the swamp were replaced by sounds of horror. Bats screeched as they crashed against spears, walls, rooftops, and scaled flesh. They came in endless black spirals, claws tearing, teeth ripping, a storm of wings and rabid hunger unleashed from a world that should never have touched Tamriel. Horn calls bellowed from the towers. Archers scaled platforms high above the flooded streets while spear-fighters formed defensive rings below. Mages called magic from the marshwater, summoning writhing vines and walls of mud that dragged entire swarms from the air. Oil pots burst, consuming everything with sheets of fire. In a matter of hours, the marsh became a grave. Victor Frankenstein stood in the center of it all, clutching the Dark Grimoire as though it were the beating heart of some newborn god. He watched with fascination, his eyes flickering from moment to moment, learning all he could from the chaos. “Why do you resist?!” he shouted at the waning Argonians, his voice almost drowned by battle. “I am offering evolution!” As if on queue, Argonian arrows fell upon him. The effort failed, striking uselessly against the magical barrier conjured by the Grimoire. Every few minutes, more would come, but none would pierce the barrier. The Argonians then fought magic with magic, and imbued their arrows. The next wave missed Frankenstein’s throat by inches. The third buried itself deep into his side. Victor gasped, his breath visible in the cold. He staggered backward, one hand flying to the shaft protruding from his ribs as hot blood spilled between his fingers. For the first time since touching the Grimoire, he panicked. “No… how? No, not now…!” The barrier fell apart, the Grimoire tasted his blood as it dripped on to the binding. The pages began flipping wildly, violently, faster than Victor could comprehend. Ink bled from the parchment like liquid shadow. Symbols screamed across the air. The portal above Blackrose destabilized, twisting into something vast and uncontrollable. “STOP!” Victor shouted, clutching the book tighter. But the Grimoire was no longer listening. It had its taste of Tamriel, and now it wanted more. Victor could feel the hunger rip at him, like another arrow in the body. Then reality ruptured. A second portal opened. Then five. Then twenty. Victor’s body was ripped backward into a spiraling tear before the Argonians could loose another arrow. His scream vanished into the void as the Grimoire dragged him away. The Argonians of Blackrose had drawn blood, but most of them would not live to have the chance to celebrate any kind of victory. The next hours saw the whole of Tamriel change. Across Black Marsh, Oblivion-like tears split the skies. It spread to Skyrim, Cyrodiil, even Morrowind. In Blackrose, the bats were eventually destroyed—but not before they butchered thousands. Hatchlings vanished in the dark. Entire districts were left blood-soaked and silent. Fires burned atop swampwater while survivors found refuge elsewhere. But finding refuge was not an easy task for anyone. Each tear in reality lets loose unfamiliar enemies. The Principality of Zeon was one such enemy. They saw themselves as conquerors. They looked upon this world and only saw what could be theirs. Massive metal giants fell from portals over Tamriel’s skies like meteors. Zakus splashed down in swamps, Dom units thundered across plains, and Goufs carved through ancient stone with heat blades that made even Daedric weapons seem primitive. The people of Tamriel had no words for “mobile suit.” They would only recognize them by the destruction they left behind. Whiterun’s western watchtower vanished under artillery fire. Imperial battalions in Cyrodiil were vaporized by beam weaponry they could neither understand nor counter. A Dwemer ruin in Morrowind awoke when a crashed Zeon vessel pierced its depths, unleashing horrors old and new in equal measure. Dragons fought machines in burning skies. Giants were gunned down from miles away. Necromancers, kings, bandits, Daedra, and soldiers alike all faced the same horrifying truth... Tamriel was no longer a world, but a battlefield. WHITERUN - Eight Hours Since the Fall of Blackrose By dusk, the tundra outside Whiterun had become a battlefield. Four figures rode hard on steeds, going from fight to fight, doing what they could to save their world from invasion. A Nord clad in dragonbone armor, Hael Dreamer, led her group over the ridge overlooking the tundra. She was followed by her Battlemage Dunmer known as Raloone Satrun, the legendary Khajiit archer Dargo Za’zaka, and the Orc Knight Urza Cold-Fist. They had spent the better part of the day riding through fire and madness. From broken roads littered with Imperial dead to villages burning beneath things that should not exist, the four had seen more horror in mere hours than some would in lifetimes. Hael Dreamer pulled her mount to a stop at the ridge’s edge, dragonbone armor glinting orange beneath the dying light. Her scarred face tightened beneath her helm as she surveyed the plains below. Smoke rose from farms in black ribbons. In the distance, the great mead hall of Jorrvaskr remained untouched, though even from here, the Companions could be seen preparing for battle below. “What in Oblivion…” Raloone whispered. Across the tundra like a fallen mountain lay a dragon’s corpse. Its scales had been torn open, ribs split wide, one of its wings ripped nearly clean from the spine. Steam rose from exposed flesh as blood soaked into the ground. Dargo slowly dismounted, his tail twitching low. The old Khajiit narrowed his eyes, studying the devastation with the instinct of a hunter who had survived far too long. Urza Cold-Fist tightened his grip on her warhammer, the giant-bone weapon heavy enough to shatter trolls with one swing. “Whatever did this is still close.” As if the world itself wished to answer her, a wet crunch echoed across the plain. The group looked beyond the dragon carcass and saw the monster they’d been chasing. Camazotz. The kaiju crouched over the dragon’s remains, massive claws pinned what was left of the dragon in place while its jaws tore through bone and sinew with horrifying ease. Each bite sounded like tree trunks snapping in a storm. Its leathery wings twitched, then its ears turned in their direction. It looked up, the beast’s glowing eyes fixed on the four riders. Raloone’s hands ignited with spellfire. “I officially hate today.” Hael dismounted without a word, drawing her blade. Dargo reached for an arrow, his voice low. “This one believes stealth is no longer an option.” Urza stepped forward, planting his feet. “Good.” Camazotz rose, its full height blotted out the sun. The beast unfurled wings large enough to cast half the ridge in shadow, its screech shaking the stones beneath their feet. The four stood, despite the terror. “By the Voice… by steel… by Skyrim…” she muttered. Then a thunderous mechanical roar tore overhead. Dargo looked up first just in time to shout, “MOVE!” Three Zeon mobile suits, Zakus, burst through low cloud cover, mono-eyes glowing crimson as they soared over the battlefield. Their massive metal frames fired bombs the moment they hovered overhead. Missiles rained from above. The first explosion tore through the ridge, sending stone and horseflesh skyward. The second consumed Raloone’s spell in fire before it could leave his hands. The third hit the dragon carcass directly and Camazotz vanished beneath flame and smoke. For a second, all was fire. Then, Camazotz roared. The monster exploded upward through smoke and into the sky. It collided with one of the Zakus in midair. The machine barely had time to react before the kaiju ripped its arm clean off and sent the burning mobile suit spiraling into the plains below. The remaining Zeon forces opened fire instantly. Machine gun rounds, missiles, and explosive shells tore through the sky. One of the mobile suits drifted down to the ground to strike the monster from below. Hael, having survived the missile impacts along with her group, took advantage of this opportunity. “NOW!” she roared. Her Thu’um erupted like a storm unleashed. “FUS RO DAH!” The shout blasted across the battlefield, striking the Zaku from below and knocking the giant machine off balance just long enough for Dargo’s arrow to pierce its mono-eye. The machine crashed into the ground, as Urza and Raloone followed up like an unending avalanche, Urza crushing the steel with her warhammer and Raloone unleashing lightning into exposed circuitry. Above them, the kaiju tore through the remaining mobile suit, only for four more Zakus to drop from their cloud coverage. Whiterun became the site of a warzone. Quote
Callisto Posted May 9 Read Aloud Posted May 9 Learn More About The Principality of Zeon Read more about The Principality of Zeon at Wikipedia Official Site: Sunrise Links: Wikipedia Gundam wikia Stardestroyer.net The Elder Scrolls Universe Read more about The Elder Scrolls Universe at Wikipedia Official Site: Bethesda Links: Wikipedia Camazotz Read more about Camazotz at Wikipedia Official Site: Legendary Links: Wikipedia Quote
leroypowell3 Posted May 10 Read Aloud Posted May 10 Interesting. I know nothing about Elder Scroll and never even heard of Camazotz. Have to look at them to get a reference outside the set up. Quote
SSJRuss Posted May 10 Author Read Aloud Posted May 10 1 hour ago, leroypowell3 said: Interesting. I know nothing about Elder Scroll and never even heard of Camazotz. Have to look at them to get a reference outside the set up. Here are links to the Vs Battle Wikis. It might help just to skim through them for context. https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Camazotz_(MonsterVerse) Quote
leroypowell3 Posted May 11 Read Aloud Posted May 11 21 hours ago, SSJRuss said: Here are links to the Vs Battle Wikis. It might help just to skim through them for context. https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Camazotz_(MonsterVerse) Okay okay, I the Zaku's could focus they could take down Camazotz. But because they have Elder Scroll people to deal with it won't I think the mecha are out. Zaku's may not be Gundam but they are still giant war machines. The Elder Scroll people will suffer heavy looses and I dont' think they'll get as good a shots as they did in the set up. So by the time the last Zaku is destroyed, Camazotz is going to get the rest of them. I say Camazotz. 1 Quote
SSJRuss Posted May 11 Author Read Aloud Posted May 11 14 hours ago, leroypowell3 said: Okay okay, I the Zaku's could focus they could take down Camazotz. But because they have Elder Scroll people to deal with it won't I think the mecha are out. Zaku's may not be Gundam but they are still giant war machines. The Elder Scroll people will suffer heavy looses and I dont' think they'll get as good a shots as they did in the set up. So by the time the last Zaku is destroyed, Camazotz is going to get the rest of them. I say Camazotz. Yeah, I tend to agree that Camazotz will probably focus more on the Zakus, as they present the biggest threat. So it will be a bit of a two on one situation, at least for a minute. And Zeon forces are sometimes fodder, so their chances aren't great. The Elder Scrolls warriors probably don't make it out of this battle either, unless they can get back up from a few other forces or a dragon. Quote
JohnnyChany Posted May 13 Read Aloud Posted May 13 Good setup, interesting match. I'll have to think on this one. 1 Quote
Callisto Posted May 14 Read Aloud Posted May 14 Match Final Results Member Ratings:5.00 - JohnnyChany FPA Calculation:1 Total Votes cast 5.00 Total Combined Score 5.00 / 1 = 5.00 Final Rating on the match MATCH SCORE The Principality of Zeon: 1The Elder Scrolls Universe: 3Camazotz: 3 Quote
SSJRuss Posted May 14 Author Read Aloud Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Callisto said: MATCH SCORE The Principality of Zeon: 1 The Elder Scrolls Universe: 3 Camazotz: 3 Oh damn, what a tie! I kinda love that Zeon gets their ass beat by kaiju and magic. Quote
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