Athos IV
Dancing Light Mountains
[member="Aeron Kreelan"]
Another day, another shattered planet broken by disasters that was now being opened up and once more embraced by the Galaxy. Oh, and things were vaguely dramatic for some reason. Well, Dancing Light Mountains certainly sounded dramatic! Who knew, maybe the eldritch abomination called MorningLightMountain would suddenly spawn from another universe! Meta comments aside, the area they found themselves in had a certain picturesque quality to it.
Based on the briefing an explosion had devastated the entire planet and also thrown up massive chunks of its inner crust. Luminous fumes pooled beneath massive, unrefined gems and created a cascading river of colour and light against the dark sky. One could imagine that a profit could be gained by mining the area for the gems for sale. As it happened Firemane, though primarily a weapons manufacturer and military contractor, was also engaged in mining.
Presumably many a fight had rocked the planet over mining rights, for all too often such potential wealth is a double-edged. Probe droids and scouts were performing their geological survey of the area, though the Eldorai kept up their guard, lest they be ambushed. Of course, given the firepower at their disposal such an attempt would probably not go well for any ambusher. Kaida had used the lull in activity while the surveys took place to practice one of her tradecraft skills, namely manipulating the water molecules in the air to summon icicles out of thin air and toss them around. Icicles large enough to crush a man.
Anyhow, it was just another day at work. Help the helpless, kill bad things, take their loot and gain XP! Anyhow, Kaida Taldir, one of the less xenophobic and more worldly elves, all-around cryomancer who was probably a bit too obsessed with icing things, was here as well with a scout party of Eldorai soldiers.
What had she been doing until now? Well, that's a long and boring story. Suffice to say the Kaeshana Confederation had delivered humanitarian aid to the benighted communities of this world, while the scout party was moving deeper into the shattered lands, along with probe droids and such to recon the area since Kaida had zero skill points in healing. So she left that to the healers of the Goddess Ashira, who came down aboard a small swarm of Silaqui-class transport ships that came bearing medical supplies.
Perhaps suddenly monsters would suddenly spawn. Like zombies because everything is better with them. Or cyborg ninja zombies. Or perhaps it would just be a routine patrol where they helped map the area and perhaps collect some shiny crystals Dancing Light Mountains was rumoured to be rich in. Anyhow, with her bolt pistol and lightsabre at the ready, Kaida and company took off into the unknown!
