<div class="floatright">(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/049/b/8/cleric_copy_by_yamao-d5vddiv.jpg)</div><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=195376.msg9566232#msg9566232">Quote from: Phaia on 07-02-2014, 19:49:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Blaming them is like blaming the fire for burning."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><em>And just like a fire, they should be put out,</em>Anton thought to himself wondering if he could really go through with what he had said.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=195376.msg9566232#msg9566232">Quote from: Phaia on 07-02-2014, 19:49:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"A Tielfling is alive and can produce life.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><em>Corrupted life,</em>he continued to muse to himself... and then the grip of the spell took him. It was sudden and hot, and his intent made him all but deaf to the halfling's words. This particular spell, the contract, was always different from person to person. For some it felt like a cool river, his essence flowing into another softly. For others it felt almost like a breeze, barely moving the two. Another experience had been like a light had washed over himself and his intended target, leaving him a little more shadowed and the other brighter. But this time it was different entirely. Maybe it was the fiend's infernal nature, or perhaps his own feelings were what changed the<em>feel</em>of the spell. This time it was as though a sudden fire raged within him, hotter and brighter than any he had felt in life, and a single spark jumped from that blaze and traveled down his arm and into the tiefling. Time stretched, and his mouth, still slightly open from the incantation of the spell, let out a wordless scream that echoed for what felt like eons, though in reality he had only let out a muffled syllable. And then the distended time flowed normally once more, and the spell passed, and he could feel the power within him that he had always felt stop its turbulence to once more lie peacefully, awaiting the next time it would be used.<br/><br/>"There. It is done," he said in a quiet voice, barely suppressing a gasp. "I've given you three abilities, two of which should be quite impressive to behold--though try to get the attention of any fiends that might be wandering around within a few miles from here." He walked slowly back to his seat, taking it once more with a slow gait as he tried to get his bearings once more, the turbulence of the spell causing the sight of the big cat that had gone unnoticed until now to barely register before he took it in entirely. His mouth turned into a slight grimace as he watched the other woman feed the beast a scrap of meat, and wondered what it was that caused animals such as this to go unaffected by the Blight.<br/><br/>He looked more closely at the creature's owner, and wondered once more how she allowed herself to go around in such little garb. Most of the others were clothed in apparel that fit them, apart from a certain elf also amongst them, and she wore next to nothing. In this world it was a wonder she had not been captured by a roving band of folk looking to raid the demons and been taken against her will before having her throat slit open. Still, she carried herself as though she had some innate power to protect herself, and he wondered if she had spells such as he, or something even beyond that. Still, he kept quiet for now, only noting her dislike for the undead, and chanced a glance at Vaelor or his reaction to the words.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cast Paragon Surge twice followed by Lesser Spellcasting Contract from a scroll. Spells transferred were Snapdragon Fireworks (as a second level spell), Clarion Call, and Read Weather.</div></div>