Arcana Rising

[Vereshin]

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A raven cawed above an open platform made of stone built into a precipice on Dromund Kaas. Ruffling glossy feathers beneath the mist left over from a downpour, the bird cried across stone pillars, gargoyles and other demons and welcome the dark visage of one of the most prominent Sith sorceresses. As Darth Venefica ascended the stairs to meet it, the bird extended it's wings and took off in flight, only to disperse like ash into particles light and reform in a cloud of opaque smoke. The smoke began to shape and took the form of a man dressed in a black trench coat. Vereshin slid his hands into his pockets and nodded his head in a small bow towards the Sith Lady.

"Lady Venefica, I am honored to receive you." Lightning coursed over the sky as Vereshin addressed Venefica. The sorcerer and sorceress met on the corrupt world to combine their skills in the arcane on a quest of esoteric heights. Vereshin beheld his superior. He found her attractive, if not too old for his taste and much taller than himself. As the Sith Lady strode towards him, he took her hand in his own icy palm, his fingernails now black from the power of the Dark Side. He wore a grey scarf over his leather trench coat, which flared at the waist beneath a belt. A silver pin fashioned with a skull fastened the scarf together. He released Venefica's hand and resisted the urge to place the top with a kiss.

"Your work as an alchemist has garnered well-deserved attention with the community of Esoteric Science. I am sure there will be many specimens to take samples from on this world." From irradiated lakes to biological abominations wandering the forest, there many purposes to serve the will of a great alchemist on Dromund Kaas. Vereshin was more interested in the Force storm permanently surging in the atmosphere and desired to tap into the nexus on the world to siphon the energy. Along with Venefica, the two Sith made plans to traverse the forest and breach the spells within the Dark Temple, to claim the world as a bastion for the Sith arcane.

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[Via Dolorosa]

Very few worlds held the immense power to attract the children of dark magic and alchemy, but Dromund Kaas wasn't just a world as it was more of a basin of energy ready to be ripped, corrupted, and forged into many great inventions of the Darkside. It came as no surprise to the Swamp Witch that this place had been chosen by her cohort, both following a similar path, yet each held different turns and twists in the path they tread upon.​

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The air itself held an aura of tasteful power, where one could simply taste it upon their lips and feel it swirling in their lungs with each meticulous intake of breath; only sighing when forced to exhale, feeling the energy cascade up through the orifices of one's nose.​

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Descending down the stairs, the Bone Queen smiled with every pain that shot up through her body as her bare feet where ripped into by the shards of broken and jagged particles of stone residing from years of erosion. Pain, like fear, was her eternal ally. Everyday she experienced burning pain from her infused, skin grafted robe, embracing it like a Mother does her sick child; cuddling it with extensive love.​

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When the hovering fowl landed and transformed into the one she was meeting, she presented both her hands forward; clapping in amusement. She never seen such a trick before, though she wasn't surprised to see how others could find useful and inventive ways to utilize the nature of the Darkside.​

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"Your words....honour me. But I need no praise...I know who and what I am...and the horrific things I've done....and plan to do."​

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[Vereshin]

Venefica responded graciously to Vereshin's comment and the sorcerer raised her pallid hand in his own icy grip, leaning over to place an air kiss above her skin. Her words resonated with him to a degree. Only recently had the Sith knight crushed a small population from space alongside the Dark Lord, during a ritual which caused him to recognize the extent of his amorality. The sky split above them and a thick bolt of lightning coursed through the murky clouds. He moved in closer and wrapped his hand around the Sith Lady's waist, gripping her fingers in the other as he prepared to phase through the atmosphere.

"Let us traverse the ancient capital of the Sith." As he held Venefica's hand and gripped her waist, Vereshin dispersed the matter of both of their forms, breaching the fabric of the air and apparating into a cloud of inky smoke. The smoke gathered across the stone slab and formed into the soft silhouette of a gargoyle spreading wings and taking to the air. They soared over trees and stone monuments until the spires of the Dark Temple emerged into view. The smoke gathered upon a hill overlooking a waterfall and a river flowing beneath a decrepit bridge, the particles took shape and the two Sith formed upon the grass, standing upright and beholding the scenery.

Landing graciously on his boots, Vereshin released his hand on Venefica waist and allowed the Sith lady to look around. Huge mushrooms baring bio-luminescent lights grew at the foot of the trees and illuminated the pathway across the waterfall. Fireflies flew through the mist and the gentle chugging of water faded gently beneath the thunder. The dark mage arched his head while he gazed over the sky. Vereshin could not have imagined anything so lovely. His attention diverted to a low growl beneath the trees and between the hill and the pathway to the temple, a vast lake lead from the river beneath the bridge.

Vereshin moved down the hill towards the bridge and stood on the wood while the waterfall fell behind him. In the lake circling the entrance to the temple, an enormous Sithspawn roamed slowly through the water. Venom dripped from his tusks beneath ruby red eyes.While Venefica took samples of the mushrooms, Vereshin stood idly on the bridge and watched the terrifying creature purvey his realm while deciphering to defeat or pass by his guard.

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