EVENT: Rising Tides |Percival|

The oceans in front of the supposedly great port city of Hargeon shook and spewed forth onto the land as an enormous beast emerged from beneath the waves and proclaimed itself to be a god. The piers and buildings near the shore were crumbling and falling down all around, and the citizens were in a panic below. None of the proceedings interested Kyoden particularly, but he was not there because he wanted to be. The Magic Council, who had arrested him some weeks before, told him that he would have his sentence lowered if he agreed to help defend Hargeon from an at the time unknown threat. Well, the threat had arrived, and it was far more powerful than he had anticipated. Kyoden watched all of the chaos unfold from his vantage point on top of a lighthouse, which was extremely close to the shoreline. In fact, it was a miracle that it had not toppled over yet. The slayer was leaning against the railing at the very top of the structure and smoking one of his last cigarettes; With a blank expression on his face as he watched all of the people drowning below like little ants when you drop them into a puddle. But then, all of a sudden, another huge wave was felt hitting the lighthouse at its base. The building swayed a significant amount, and Kyoden could sense that it was going to crumble at any minute.

He nonchalantly stands up straight and takes one final puff from his almost empty cigarette. He then uses the railing as an ashtray and disposes of the tobacco product by tossing it over the edge. Looking down below, he decides on what his next move should be. He spots a large humanoid looking fish which seemed to be commanding the water to his will; Causing it to sweep further into the city, drowning more people and destroying more buildings. The water itself was black and almost parasitic looking. On top of that, there were also large tentacles that were constraining some of the buildings fortunate enough to not have been instantly destroyed by the waves. Kyoden could safely assume that there were other deadly creatures inside of this black water.

With every waking moment that Kyoden spent looking over the situation, the lighthouse he was in leaned over more and more; with every second threatening to bring down the huge building. After thinking over his options as to what he could do, Kyoden stepped over the railing, one leg at a time, and looked down to the black water directly below him. He took in a deep breath and gracefully leaped off the side of the lighthouse. As he fell, the liquid darkness below rushed to meet him with open arms, and the rest of the world blurred in his peripheral vision. Kyoden grinned and cracked a knuckle using only his thumb on the same hand. As he did this, a white shadow formed directly over his jacket on his lower back. Less than a second later, and the four huge, ten meter long tendrils, emerged from the same spot. These white, shadowy tendrils, all extended out to their full wing span as Kyoden continued to descend to the ground level. The lighthouse behind him crumbling down to the ground at the same time.

Right then, Kyoden had landed in the black water with a huge splash. His tendrils allowing him to swim around quite quickly with ho restraint. This water was dark. Darker than Kyoden had even thought it was, just from his light house vantage point. The normal person would not have been able to see their own hand waving in front of their face. But luckily, Kyoden's slayer abilities allowed him to see through the magically induced darkness. But only to a very limited extent; About twenty five meters or so. Kyoden used his tendrils to swim about with ease, looking for either something that needed to be killed or someone that needed respite from water entering their lungs. It was then that he had noticed an unmoving body floating in the water. Kyoden was close enough that he could faintly hear their heartbeat, showing that they were not dead. He swam up and attempted to retrieve their body and bring it to some high ground while he could, but something happened right as he did.

just at the edge of where he could see, he noticed something moving towards him, and fast. It was a humanoid fish looking creature; But much smaller and weaker then the one he had seen on the surface. The creature was holding a trident in both of its hands, and it sped towards Kyoden at breakneck speed with the trident pointed straight at him. Kyoden quickly maneuvered one of his tendrils to intercept the creature, and was succesful in stopping its charge by forcing it to move back slightly. However, the beast then stabbed straight into the tendril itself, forcing Kyoden to rear it back a few meters. The fish charged at him again, and Kyoden used the other tendrils to maneuver out of the way just in time. Right when the creature turned around for another attempt, Kyoden was channeling white shadows into his right hand. He launched himself forward with his tendrils naturally going behind him due to his forward momentum and managed to land a blow onto the creature's face, knocking it back a couple dozen meters. Just to make sure that he would never have to worry about the fish again, Kyoden channeled magic energy in his mouth and shot out a huge stream of white shadows towards the creature, which exploded in the water and finished him off.

After that move, the adrenaline ceased, and Kyoden realized that he was beginning to run out of air. He looked back to the woman that he was originally trying to save and quickly swam to her. Her heart was still beating, so he grabbed her by the arm and began swimming up to the surface. His tendrils came out of the water first and caught hold of an open window frame in a partially collapsed building. He hoisted himself and the woman up and climbed his way to the roof of the structure; Panting for breath the entire time. Once there, he dumped her down onto the dry wooded boards of the roof and waited to see if she would make a sound. A few minutes went by until she finally coughed up some water out of her lungs and started breathing normally. She looked up at Kyoden and asked, "Were you the one that saved me? Thank you so much! I thought that i was dead for sure!" Kyoden simply looks away back to the flooded streets and replies with, "I dont need your thanks. If it were up to me i would have just let you die." the woman just stared at him blankly as he crossed his arms and leaned next to a stone wall staring out to the giant fish that he had noticed in the beginning. "Im coming for you next." He thought to himself.