2.11.04
Bil'Obal, the greatest Tower
When Enthess (named for the Enthess of Pol's story), daughter of Asrian, ruler of Tyr Moel L'Asrian, known as the Owl, fell from the grace of her father on Erca, her advisor was the crone Jazrael. Jazrael counciled her in the ways of treachery, deceit, and esoteric knowledge, and delivered to her allies among the elves. Jazrael was, in fact, Lil's possession.
When the coalition led by Enthess defeated the alliance of her brother, Saul, keeper of Bornhelm, and her father in Tyr Houel, Jazrael twisted her hooks in Enthess and convinced her that as her father was withdrawn on the Island of Erca, so too would she be, but as the new Empress of Ando, she needed to sit in a position of power on the mainland. Jazrael would maintain the figure of Tyr Houel, and complete its retreat into the mists.
Of course, Lil's intention in taking Tyr Houel was to confiscate a base from which to launch her own conquest of Ando, and the world around. All too easily, Jazrael faded from the thoughts of Enthess, and Tyr Houel faded from the minds of the world, even though its Apex room was still used as a meeting point for the Tower Keepers.
Lil abandoned the corpse of Jazrael in favor of the nubile young body of the Jezebel, which Enthess discovered only years later when she came seeking her advisor to discover why the magic sustaining her immortality was unraveling. By this time, Jezebel had made the secrets of Asrian her own, and now commanded the dread Lieb Tirantur, though they were a dark and twisted shadow of the dreadnoughts they had already been. Tyr Houel was renamed Bil'Obal, and Jezebel had convinced the Builders to begin new construction on the tower, turning it into an automated city larger even than Plour Enour. The new tower was so large that the island of Erca beneath it was slowing sinking into the sea, and the lower levels of the tower had begun to flood. Lil's response to this was to build more, which perpetuated the cycle.
Enthess discovered the birth of a vast army of Lil's Get and Necrotic slaves in the birthing, but Jezebel's treachery was complete, and Enthess herself was made a slave and literal puppet of Lil. Enthess' body remained for some time a shell that lay in state when not needed, to be animated by Lil when she needed her mouth. Enthess' spirit was slowly tortured and devoured within the Jezebel, and as a game, she let her have partial control from time to time over the Jezebel's body to beg for mercy.
When the coalition led by Enthess defeated the alliance of her brother, Saul, keeper of Bornhelm, and her father in Tyr Houel, Jazrael twisted her hooks in Enthess and convinced her that as her father was withdrawn on the Island of Erca, so too would she be, but as the new Empress of Ando, she needed to sit in a position of power on the mainland. Jazrael would maintain the figure of Tyr Houel, and complete its retreat into the mists.
Of course, Lil's intention in taking Tyr Houel was to confiscate a base from which to launch her own conquest of Ando, and the world around. All too easily, Jazrael faded from the thoughts of Enthess, and Tyr Houel faded from the minds of the world, even though its Apex room was still used as a meeting point for the Tower Keepers.
Lil abandoned the corpse of Jazrael in favor of the nubile young body of the Jezebel, which Enthess discovered only years later when she came seeking her advisor to discover why the magic sustaining her immortality was unraveling. By this time, Jezebel had made the secrets of Asrian her own, and now commanded the dread Lieb Tirantur, though they were a dark and twisted shadow of the dreadnoughts they had already been. Tyr Houel was renamed Bil'Obal, and Jezebel had convinced the Builders to begin new construction on the tower, turning it into an automated city larger even than Plour Enour. The new tower was so large that the island of Erca beneath it was slowing sinking into the sea, and the lower levels of the tower had begun to flood. Lil's response to this was to build more, which perpetuated the cycle.
Enthess discovered the birth of a vast army of Lil's Get and Necrotic slaves in the birthing, but Jezebel's treachery was complete, and Enthess herself was made a slave and literal puppet of Lil. Enthess' body remained for some time a shell that lay in state when not needed, to be animated by Lil when she needed her mouth. Enthess' spirit was slowly tortured and devoured within the Jezebel, and as a game, she let her have partial control from time to time over the Jezebel's body to beg for mercy.
// posted by Wray Davis @ 7:08 AM 
