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You take a nap in a hastily barricaded house, do your morning rituals and gear up to hunt the construct. You find Zalisi and Disarria waiting for you. You quickly tell them what your plan is, and set out. You walk in silence for a while, but Zalisi is unable to contain her curiosity. "violet dragon construct maybe?" You and Disarria nod, and soon you arrive at the crossroads you saw the construct. You sigh "yeah, I saw that metallic monster" > You say "Look, this sign. The closest settlement is that way. I'm pretty sure the machine is intelligent and wants to raid a new village to drain to dust." "You think it's intelligent?" You ask, surprised. "I mean, it is a machine, but I thought that was just a simple automaton." "It is." Zalisi says. "But it's a very complex one. It has to be, to learn and adapt like that." She looks at the crossroads. "The only way to find out more is to follow it, I guess." You look at her, and nod. Soon you arrive at the village, you spot mayhem from far away by yelling and fast movement. The construct is winning and draining a blue dragon! You charge forth and attack the monster, you take a deep breath and release a cloud of gas at it. The construct pulls out two daggers from its front legs, and continues attacking the dragon. You realize your gas has no effect on it, and the dragon is in bad shape. "We need to kill that thing!" You yell. "I'm trying!" Disarria yells back. You send another cloud of gas at it, but it fails to do anything. > You say "Idea! I and that thing will dark Siphon each other so it is occupied with me! Zal, Dis? Freeze it when I engage it in mutual Siphon!" "That could work!" Zalisi says. "I'll do it." Disarria says. "I have the most energy to spare, and I'm not going to let you two have all the fun!" She flies forward to get close to the construct in close combat, while you focus the Siphon to full power and prepare to release it on the construct. > You unleash Dark Siphon on the construct once it spots you. You release the full force of the Dark Siphon on the construct, it begins to glow purple and slow down as it begins to drain your life force. You begin to feel dizzy and weak, but you see the construct get frozen soon. It works to perfection! It is encased in a block of ice! > You put your hands on the ground and brute force fire magic to create lava to hurl at the ice block.

You clear a spot in the ground and begin to channel your fire magic through your hands. Soon, the earth begins to melt, as you brute force your way through. It isn't easy, but you manage to create a small pit of lava. You pick up a large piece of hot lava and hurl it at the construct. The ice block shatters, and you celebrate as only Xenite scrap remains. You destroyed the construct and collected the Xenite scrap. The villagers, as you are used to, shower you with adoration and a feast. Soon you are at the back of a self propelled carriage of arcane design, with the blue dragon you saved giving you a trip to Klyanev. You wonder what lies ahead... > You say "Sir, do you know what the hell that purple thing was?" "I have no idea, son. I've never seen anything like it. But I thank you for saving my life." "You're welcome sir." "So what's your name, boy?" "Sir, my name is Entropion." "What a strange name. Well it is nice meeting you Entropion. What are you doing out here?" > You say "I am here with my friends, Disarria and Zalisi, on a peace mission. I'm sorry but the details are confidential. " "Oh I see, a peace mission. That's great. We could use some peace." These things are the new normal. It wasn't the first AM-Absorption we had to deal with. Oh, that is what the eggheads call it. "Anomalous monster" your color drains as you realize there are more of these. "Of course there are more than one, because we can't have it easy can we?" Disarria snarls. "No, I guess we can't." You reply. You walk on in silence, and eventually you see lights in the distance. A massive walled city looms over you. A whitish blue sheen confirms what you have been told. The city is what you expected: ice. Opaque and transparent ice where it is fitting, hewn out in symmetrical geometric shapes. It is exceptionally cold as you approach the south pole shelf the city is excavated from. > You say "This will take getting used to... so cold! Sir, got blankets?" "Of course," the dragon hands you a woolen blanket, "they are enchanted to be self heating. I suggest you wrap it around your waist like so." He wraps his around his shoulders like a cape and smiles. "It keeps me nice and warm." You do as he says and feel the warmth spread through your body. "Now let us continue to the city!" The snow crunches under your feet as you march on and reach the city gates. The blue dragon drops you off near the gates and seems nervous "I won't go further! Beware the eclipse!" You think he is a bit loony, you, Zalisi and Disarria walk to the gates. Zalisi speaks up. "I thought it would feel homely... but it just feel, foreboding?" Disarria snickers "gee Zal, your homeland lets you have two corrupt governments?" You respond "this isn't a game or fictional story, Dis. Reality is stranger than fiction" As you approach, the guards at the gate stop you. A dozen or so humanoid such as orcs, elves and humans. One with a cow's head speak up. "Moo moo-moo moo moo" another guard with a mask speaks up, but the sound comes from his... butt? "You don't want the eclipse twins to mutilate toy too!" It becomes clear to you, Disarria and Zalisi that these guards got mutilated by magic. They warn you that the city is not safe and to run as far away as possible. "The purple dragon will be there to protect us, no?" Sphincter-man says. The guards just snicker. "Moo moo moo-moo" "Ignore the fools and enter," a booming voice sounds from above you. You look up and see an old man with a grey beard sitting on a wooden balcony. He continues "the eclipse twins are spoiled egos ruling the city and treating it as their plaything. I bet this is easy pickings for two purple dragons like yourselves.

What is this? She looks just like... no, never mind" Zalisi seems surprised. Disarria responds "you implying Zal here is related to the eclipses?" He shrugs, you shake your head and enter Klyanev. The forlorn, creepy atmosphere contrasts with the beauty of Klyanev. Its geometrical ice shapes and main street made of blue crystal and accents of colored ice have many people and blue dragons. Everyone looks in a nervous hurry, as if they're scared. You approach a food stand to get something to eat. There are many delicious-looking ices, all of them in different shapes and colors. You have no idea what they are or even what they taste like. The girl serving the ices looks at you expectantly. "So?" She says, you realize she's waiting for you to order something. You point at random to an ice that looks like a blueberry. As she spots your claw and looks you over, then looks at Zalisi as well as Disarria. She gasps and whispers to you "please meet me behind the fish restaurant in a but. We need to talk" figures, you would be recognized sooner or later. You hand over some coins to the girl and head over to the fish restaurant. You see the girl waiting nervously behind it. "Hey, what's this all about?" The girl looks around then whispers to you "I'm a spy for the resistance" "What resistance?" "The resistance that is against the current government, obviously" "What? We literally just got here! How could we be... oh..." you realize what she's implying. Disarria rolls her eyes. "Enty, not everyone is an uneducated troglodyte about what we are" the blue dragoness nods. "I'm Olga, daughter of Ivanosius the arch-mage" > You say "And you want us to meet with him, hear him out and help with your problem? " "Yes" Olga nods. "We need all the help we can get to fight against this government" "But, why should we trust you?" "You shouldn't, but if you want to meet him, he's at the Mage Quarter. Go through the main door and keep going right until you reach a set of stairs. He'll be waiting there for you, or whoever you sent instead. Good luck" Olga quickly walks away from you both.