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This is a heavily edited version of the "Once Again" story. Once Again (otherwise known as the Cytherian Legends), was the first story done successfully on the Cythera boards. This part is just the Introduction to the story, where the stage was set.

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Throughout the land of Cythera, the most notorious bandit was Talos. With his sword of heroes, cloak of Heracles, and mystical knowledge, many thought that he would be the savior of Cythera. But they were wrong...

Talos, one of the few who had cured King Alaric, was once a mighty hero. He had wealth, power, everything. Unfortunately, greed turned him over and he wanted more and more.

Like the thief he once was, he set off. But this time, he slaughtered whole villages and plundered their goods. With his few, but well-trained, henchmen, he caused a darkness to once again settle across the land. It was during this time, of all times, that the LandKing Alaric had finally passed away. Dying from natural causes, he lived his happy years ruling over the people. Yet another time of chaos had sprung.

And like all times of chaos, heroes were born in the midst of it. This time though, the unknowing heroes had no idea what they were about to be plunged into...

Talos's bandits had helped him capture the cities of Catamarca, Odemia, and Kosha. Cademia was falling fast, and a mysterious person had murdered the judge. The residents of Odemia had been massacred, their bones filling the broken front gate. The fortress of Tavara had been captured, and Talos was using it as his base of operations. The undead springing up had been turned to help Talos with the help of a now deceased captured mage. Abydos was recolonized secretly, with the hope of building a new army capable of capturing Pnyx.

Many people tried to revolt against Talos's reign of terror, but all attempts so far were in vain. Many wondered how a person who had been great enough to cure Alaric could have become so evil. To some, it was obvious: the corruption of the Crolna had not been defeated. It would also explain Alaric's death, as the corruption germinated inside him until he could not stand it - it was a well covered-up suicide. Magpie was nowhere to be seen.

The magi of Pynx, after noting the defeat and deaths of some of their best students, closed the city in, barricading every door and holing themselves up inside.

The flood of fighters to challenge Talos's minions were dwindling as whole cities were being destroyed. The LandKing hall was receiving refugees each day as more and more towns were conquered. Finally, the flood of refugees stopped. Many thought this meant bad news for the citizens in LandKing hall. The people begged the guards to seal off the hall from the outside, and the hall was sealed.

Now, with only two fortified cities left, Talos began making plans. Should he wipe out the magi of Pynx, who posed the only formidable threat in Cythera, or should he go straight for the LandKing hall and show the mages how far he was willing to go...

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[This message has been edited by Slayer (edited 04-24-2001).]

Excellent story, Talos! Keep up the good work.

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Slayer's guide to Cythera:
[url="http://"http://www.macclassics.com/cythera/cythera.htm"]http://www.macclassi...era/cythera.htm[/url]

Very nice story. *claps*

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I`m a bomb technician. If you see me running...try to keep up.

Thanks . I gotta get to work on part two (of course, I have the whole story on my hard drive, but it needs editing...)

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<font color="gold">Bronze: the other gold metal.</font> - - 2B| |!2B - More heartfelt C.
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url], [url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]

Just entered in Part One...

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<font color="gold">Bronze: the other gold metal.</font> - - 2B| |!2B - More heartfelt C.
Bacchus Publishing: [url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/show.pl?product=evo&category=guides&display=date&file=ChroniclesByJake101.sit.hqx"]Chronicles by Jake101: the unposted chapters[/url], [url="http://"http://users.erols.com/alkrauss/Once_Again.html"]Once Again: on the web.[/url]