<div class="floatright"><strong>Vholdran</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=283007.msg13921486#msg13921486)<br/>(http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2014/148/5/d/guldan_by_nikolaiostertag-d7k49ht.jpg)<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Quick stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>HP:</strong> 304/304 <strong>AC:</strong>33 <strong>Ini:</strong>+10<br/><strong>Spot</strong>+21, <strong>Listen</strong>+21<br/>True Seeing, Mindsight (100'ft), <br/>Darkvision 60'ft, Low-Light</div></div></div>Vholdran only just smirked as Muramasa asked did he get off fucking up the planes. That's all answer Muramasa needs to know about it, more so considering his mortal life where he sought to do exactly that in trying slay all gods or sever connection between mortals and divine.<br/><br/>As Torahime and Muramasa made their oaths and chair changed to match the present seat holder, Torahime's, own preferences he nodded. As Ungrath made her question to him he replied; "As Alexander I was given vision from Abyss, a genuine vision and as mortal I barely comprehended it's meaning. More so it freaked me out considering I had acted as false prophet for years but suddenly get genuine vision was something new.<br/><br/>Vision told about Overlord's downfall but it whispered for promise of survival in form of a fortress, which you all can see around us. But also when I studied this table and fortress, the spark which we all gave to it, takes centuries for said spark to be refined and empowered by the artifact to be any use to one who made the investment. Besides that I did not know nothing of the artifact besides finding it.<br/><br/>But as Vholdran, once I regained memories, studied the artifact and peered into ancient past of abyss to learn that artifact predates existence of our world. It may be artifact of earlier reality where abyss conquered and turned it into chaos, or several realities before that. Either case it's age is beyond any measurement what we may come up with. My own theory is that whenever worlds succumb entirely to chaos of Abyss, which is inevitability it will happen but exact time scale varies. When it succumbs, all souls of obyriths or other ancient beings or demon lords and such, become pulled in by Soul Casket and then traveling inside the artifact they move to new reality and are unleashed. In sense bonding to Soul Casket turns your soul truly immortal and gives ability sort reincarnate anew in new form even face of absolute demise. Reason why this is not better guarded or hoarded is because even obyriths themselves have forgotten it's existence, only abyss knows about it and of course us. So thus reason why first action I did once I regained memories was cloud entire castle and artifact into shroud of mystery. As we do not want our future enemies study and learn nature of the artifact and seek to sever our bond with it or destroy it.<br/><br/>However Soul Casket is not only artifact with obyrith or ancient origin in abyss, there are others which could be claimed and some have been already claimed and each one gives some kind of power to users who bond with said artifacts."<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/e/e9/Cocked_Alucard_Castlevania_Castlevania_Lords_of_Shadow.jpg/536px-Cocked_Alucard_Castlevania_Castlevania_Lords_of_Shadow.jpg)</div>Meanwhile as Echidna talked to Orpheus about slaves they once held, he nods and when she asks about his task of ripping genitals of non-breeding men he smirked and replied; "Let's say none who defied me on my duty lived long. As punishment on treason and defiance was harsher than act itself. I most likely suspect they just have died of old age or died while defending our holds, loyal as they were, none them matched our combined might mother so I did not expect them to able keep what we gained. So it comes down for us reclaim what was lost and rebuild.....which in itself will be very fun. As after all joy in conquering is not owning, but in act of taking itself."<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b3/75/8f/b3758f97602f7eda7c390a0570488cd8.jpg)</div>Then Orpheus silently watches and listens the council, as he knows mother is devoted to her work and may miss clue or two while working even if she can heard ongoing conversation inside her cocoon. Then as newborn child of Echidna, first one since her release, is born Orpheus looks upon it. Spectral images of eyes float around the creature who looks like a living gazebo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazebo), extremely big living entity yet council hall seems accommodate any sized guests (subtly enlarge to accommodate). Blue shimmering mist clouds the interior in gazebo and creates sort alien ethereal look into it. The gazebo shifts and turns around on it's skeletal fleshly pillar legs towards Echidna and two fused spectral heads, white in color and one frowns and other smiles in middle of bluish mist appears and speak in unison; "We love mommy!" Orpheus looks on the creature, admiring it for moment and replies; "Well, this is quite beautiful brother you have given birth to. He may seem have potential into finer arts of theater...." The creature turns look on Orpheus and reply; "Yes! We like to be playwrights.....of<strong>horror and terror!</strong>" The creature says last part in ethereal scream of joy and delight. Briefly sounding as if dozens of people had cried in unison.