The Staff of Tessela

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 87659

The Staff of Tessela.

One of the greatest magical artifacts of ancient Atlantis. And that meant powerful magic indeed, for Atlantis was the greatest magical civilization that Mankind had ever founded. So powerful had Atlantis been that even Dragonkind had dreaded her might. But that had been a long time ago and nothing survived of Atlantis in the present Age. Everything had been destroyed after the suicidal civil war of the power- mad humans, a war which had culminated in the sinking of the entire island continent.

Or so everyone had thought.

"An artifact of Atlantis..." Morgithus said with a trembling voice, "and Minestus kept this hidden from us?"

Sylena looked at the sullen and silent Moreau and then at the fear haunted Morgithus and then she flung back her head and began to laugh. "Of course he hid it from us! Wouldn't you? Oh, but of course you wouldn't. Not something like that. But Minestus? Oh yes. He would. He did."

"He shouldn't have," Sythabus grunted uneasily. "He should have turned it over to the Council of Wyrms. The Atlanteans were the bane of Dragonkind. The Great Empire was as nothing next to them. The mages of the Great Empire hurt us, but the Atlanteans might have actually wiped us out. And the great danger is that their magicks perhaps still can."

"Wipe us out?" Morgithus repeated in a deathly whisper. "Wipe everything out."

"Oh, how melodramatic," Sylena purred. "You tremble with fear, my dear Morgithus, at the mere mention of Atlantis and her hoary magicks. And you, Sythabus, I can taste your anxiety from here, along with your righteous indignation that Minestus didn't go running to the Council like a puppy dog when he unearthed this cataclysmic relic. But I tell you both that your fears are groundless. The Atlanteans are dead and gone. So what need have we to fear this thing of power when there is no one left in the world who knows how to use the damn thing against us?"

And then Sylena turned back to Moreau with unconcealed amusement. "You wanted the Crystallic for yourself, dear sister, how selfish. But I won't hold that against you. In fact, I'm going to help you to find it. We all will." Turning to face the others, Sylena made a proclamation. "Our Dragon Circle is at a crossroads. Minestus' unexpected death has left us at odds over how we shall continue, or even if we should continue. We are all great dragons in our own right, so who is it that deserves to take the first place among equals? A difficult question, even a treacherous one. But Minestus has left us a gift. The Crystallic. We all want this thing, albeit each for a different reason. You Sythabus would turn it over to the Council for safekeeping. Morgithus would like to see it destroyed. Moreau would use it to play with her werewolves. While I, I would use it to become the greatest dragon who ever lived --"

"And what of I?" a voice broke in, "what would I do with it? Or am I no longer a member of this Circle?"

Sylena smiled as Meclandru entered the stone chamber. "Oh fear not, you have not been forgotten. Of that I can assure you. As to what you would do with such a mighty weapon of yore? I imagine you would use it as a toothpick."

Before Meclandru could voice his rage at Sylena's taunt, Sythabus stayed him. "It seems you speak with a purpose in mind, Sylena. What is it that you propose?" Sythabus asked.

"I say that the one who finds the Crystallic shall lay claim to mastery of this Circle, as well as mastery of the Crystallic. It seems only fitting, don't you think. After all, we are Minestus' heirs. So let the Staff of Tessela be his last and his greatest bequethement to us. That is what I propose."

It took but a moment for the others to agree to Sylena's bold endeavor.

"So, we are agreed. This then shall be our Quest. This is our vow. To reclaim the Crystallic for our own. So say each of us. So say we all!"

  1. The Quest for the Crystallic begins!

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