<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In the Time Before the Darkness, there was technology, there was weapons of magic and mechanical means that have since been lost to the fogs of time. When Whettall, a country that has since gone missing, ended the Great War with their powerful super weapon, they rendered half of the Island of Giruvegan a Wasteland of ruins and monsters. In the present, when the Crystal from the Crystal from the seaside city of Rodderick goes missing from the palace chamber, suspicion flies about the whereabouts of the Crystal and an ancient prophecy about the Zodiac Braves. At the same time, a group of heroes, without knowing it are drawn to the city of Rodderick individually. None of them knowing the destiny that lies before them or the wide wonders of the world they will save. With the disappearance of the crystal, coupled with other strange occurrences such as the increase in aggression from monsters, the people are in need of heroes. Meanwhile, the last hope for the world, along with the Mysterious Crystals they carry are being drawn to the old Monastery in Rodderick...</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>Final Fantasy HOTZ OOC</strong>(http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=48991.0)<br/><br/>A heavy rain set in over the port city of Rodderick, as can be expected here. It’s always raining, always wet. At the edge of the city, you arrive to find others crowded around the closed city gates in a huddle. A group of guards stand at the ready with stern faces as you approach.<br/><br/>One of them, slams his spear on the ground, striking the concrete and then raising his voice over the sounds of the crowd. “The City gates are closed until further notice!” he said. “People aren’t permitted in or out of the city proper.”<br/><br/>Another person, standing close to the front of the pack asks, “What’s going on? Is there some kind of an attack?”<br/><br/>“The facts of what are going on are on a need to know basis and no one here, myself included has been briefed on them,” said the guard.<br/><br/>The deluge seems to be strengthening and the wind is growing in intensity too, thinking that you might catch a cold or become sick from the weather if this keeps up, you venture into a nearby building, one of the only ones outside of the walls of the city. It’s a tall, ornate structure with gold trim and green domed roofs.<br/><br/>(http://i34.tinypic.com/29lfyie.jpg)<br/><br/>As you move towards the building, the slick white stones that make up the walls of the place are obviously soaked. Others are moving toward the building with you it seems, mysterious lone figures fighting through the storm.<br/><br/>All of you make your way to the doors and the first one takes the knocker ring in hand and pounds at it. Without being answered, the door simply falls open to reveal a darkened hall lined with Rose Windows…<br/><br/><strong>[The PCs have gathered at the door and headed to the Monastery]  </strong>