<div class="floatleft"><strong>Grimjaw</strong><br/>(https://checkerbpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IronJaw.jpg)</div><div class="floatright"><strong>Glysora</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309005.msg15014880#msg15014880)<br/>(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/a8/d0/eba8d0f0f10ea36e50e667b896eeb096.jpg)<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Info</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>HP:</strong> 45/45<br/><strong>AC:</strong> 15<br/><strong>Effects:</strong> Mage Armor<br/></div></div></div><br/>As Guan opened her mouth in the dinner table, asking her questions, Glysora paled, grew more and more paler with every bombarded question and in end double facepalmed herself. On her gesture Guan then recalled what lord Chargot had said just few hours ago;<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309012.msg15019491#msg15019491">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 13-08-2019, 16:42:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROuG4TCQ0HsnHqth4JprPAfeZt1eDIenHCEML09hwZIYuPm9QM)</div>Once done with the list lord Chargoth continues; "<span class="bbc_u">Also, besides people in this room, no one else knows you have been summoned as villains, dark champions to counter the heroes.</span> Only heroes off hand would recognize who you are if they meet you. But I fear if information of your summoning spreads, then someone gets bright idea to sell information to one heroes lieutenants. May it be resident of Darkland use it as bargain chip to be spared or some other party for some gold or wealth. Or simply warn heroes of approaching threat. If heroes learn you exist, they may push harder and be alarmed about you. Your only advantage for now against heroes is that they do not know you are here. Once they know, it becomes completely different playing field for you."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>As Guan realizes this, seeing first confused look on lord Grimjaw's eyes, then spark of realization he makes short chuckle and replies; "So, that's why lord Chargoth send you in here then. I had taken you as his new mercenary recruits or minions to help handle Darklands situation as he is dependent on the Sanguine Markets like many other communities are. But your here to be groomed and trained to battle the heroes, however interesting as this is ever first time in entire history of world that heroes has been summoned in Darklands ever. Or more so work with member of Dark Council. However I am quite curious how he pulled it off though.....oh yes, echo of god of balance may had guided him.....but then again did he alone had power of ten archmages?"<br/><br/>Glysora looks desperate during the silence which was hard and thick like stone in the air as Grimjaw merely stirs his goblet, slowly taking sip and his gaze moving across the dark champions, studying each one and memorizing likely details which he kept on himself. But then he speaks; "I think simplest terms what Darklanders would wish from their own<em>heroes</em>would be stability. But also no doubt anyone would seek exploit you and your powers off hand. If there would be no time limit you would make fine foundation for new Dark Council, but before you there are others who would seek to race you to same seats and thus you need learn how recognize rivals and how deal with them without stirring trouble or causing further internal conflicts.<br/><br/>But note the twenty year limit has universally been maximum possible span of heroes existence, it's mystery to most of world why it's so. But my own suspicion is that it was reinforced by God of Balance, the very force which allowed heroes to be brought in. Regardless the present<em>goodly</em>heroes who slew God of Balance had been active only five years, but in said five years their powers had rapidly escalated and reached near pinnacle of perfection and they had settled large civil war in Thrune Kingdom and had thwarted plans of Dark Council at the time, not killed any of them yet mind you, merely thwarted several large scale plans which had pushed other parts of world into chaotic corner.<br/><br/>Then what I know God of Balance manifested and met with heroes and suddenly heroes killed God of Balance, then the present shit show started where heroes pushed further and further towards Darklands and started actually hunt and kill any Dark Council members and agents, also eliminating any signs of evil from lands and also anyone who anyway opposed their rule or commands. Their efficiency in said task is so great that even if they had only fifteen years left, they would wipe out all evil less than five years and have ten years left to do and rule as they want.<br/><br/>So I think the heroes motive in killing God of Balance, by my experience about human nature, was eliminate the twenty year cycle altogether and remove control cap on heroes. But how they accomplished it when past heroes could not? I do not know. My guess either a ability, artifact or unique power which was granted some or one of them allowed weaken God of Balance so they could kill the god or lured it into trap where god was vulnerable to be killed off and steal portions of his power for themselves.<br/><br/>Without God of Balance there is no one controlling or restricting the heroes now, including time limit no longer existing anyways. It was also assumed further heroes could not never summoned again but you have proved that theory wrong just being here and that God of Balance is lingering still somewhere and somehow still able influence events, albeit lesser scale probably." Glysora expression is still pale and desperate looking as she took shallow breaths and no longer touched neither wine nor food. While lord Grimjaw appears relaxed and calm but it's hard to tell with absence of lower jaw entirely. Way his body laid on his chair and other gestured gave image of relaxation, however a lingering readiness like how cat lounges in bed yet anytime cat is ready to pounce, leap and bolt.