Re: RP PUBLIC: The Valley of Ten Towers
Ruse
"Ah, yes," said Kriesgmerr. "GRAVITY.."
They had climbed down a small flight of stairs. The darkness was lit by luminous moss on the roof - despite the gloom, Ruse could see fine. There were no fineries this deep beneath the Tower of Babilu.
"There is a theory that as Callisti are agents of the pure image of Law, they have the ability to emphasize that law and replace certain entropic currents in the universe with their own influence. This much, we are sure, is true: we see their influence in Oathbindings and the like."
Down the steps, through a small, cramped hallway, in front of a bright red door with a single - how curious, electronic - pass-key locking system.
"The opposite, we believe, is true," Kriegsmerr continued. "Callisti who experience events of a certain entropic potency - at a stage in their lives where their own truth cores aren't fully developed - gather a unique sense of self, and often strange gifts that come with their mutation."
Kriegsmerr hides his palm as he presses the buttons on the pass-key, and the red door swings open. More hallway - even more cramped - and a final, last door inlaid with silver glyphs of an extremely peculiar, almost spidery design.
"GRAVITY, we believe - though this has only been implied, not directly confirmed, by the Callisti himself - was a young Callisti that was somehow caught up in a sudden rising of the Urge at Fort Seal. The timing and the potency was right, and he gained independent thought and the capacity to cast sorcery.. in addition to an encyclopedic, highly specialized knowledge of all branches of magic as they exist today - though most, we find, he will not discuss. This makes GRAVITY most useful to us, even with his silences, though he has lost his ability to cast binding Oaths and has been cut off from the share-mind of the silver spheres.. which, I am sure, troubles him more than he will admit."
Kriegsmerr nodded.
"But we are here. Now, are you quite sure you want to do this? Once you pass through this door, you will be caught within the power of the Crown - it will be traumatic, if it won't kill you outright. Are you absolutely sure?"