Michael and the Forerunners at the End of Book 8

Michael at the End of Book 8

Player Profile: Michael

Level: 273. Rank: 27. Current Health: 100%.

Species: Human. Lives Remaining: 4. Ghost’s Lives Remaining: 4.

Active Pacts: 7 / 20.

True Marks: Powerful Acolyte.

True Marks (hidden): Worthy Adversary, Wolf Protector, Wolf Progenitor.

False Marks (fabricated): Lesser Shadow, Lesser Light, Lesser Dark.

Faction Data: Forerunners

Faction officers appointed: 2. Sectors claimed: 0 / 3 (+1 from Safyre).

Faction Leaders: Michael, Safyre. Faction Custodian: Adriel.

Players pledged: Nyra, Ceruvax, Terence, Teresa, Anriq, Shael, Keros, Sedgwick, +10 forsworn mages.

Non-players pledged: Adriel, Pack of the Reach (500), Bane Wolves warband (2,000), arctic wolves (200), dire wolves (130), nagians (100).

House Data

Governing bloodline: Wolf.

Core Tenet: Just Retribution.

Second Tenet: Protector of the Ancients.

Affinities: Renegades, outcasts, and criminals.

Followers: 2 / 200 (Nyra and Ceruvax).

Active Buffs

* denotes boosts affected by items.

Damage reduction (DR) (reduces damage incurred only):

Life: 20%. Death: 25%. Air: 55%. Earth: 55%. Fire: 55%. Water: 55%.

Shadow: 40%. Light: 40%. Dark: 40%. Nether: 120%. Physical: 62%*.

Resistances (RES) (negates damage and/or rebuffs spell effects):

Life: 10%. Death: 12.5%. Air: 27.5%. Earth: 27.5%. Fire: 47.5%. Water: 27.5%. Shadow: 20%. Light: 20%. Dark: 20%. Nether: 80%. Physical: 0%.

Ghost (DR / RES): Fire: 85% / 102.5%. Nether: 85% / 102.5%. Physical: 91%* / 42.5%.

Stolen spells (3 / 3)

oblivion (tier 6), noxious vapors (tier 6), seeping shadows (tier 6): expires in 1.5 days.

Other Benefits derived from Items

Damage: +30% damage (ebonheart), +40% damage (faithful).

Abilities: perceive tier 6 spelled wards (sorcerer’s coif), move soundlessly (wayfarer’s boots), hands immune to hazardous substances (wayfarer’s gloves), spellhold: furious storm (mage’s surprise), psi-feed (psi bracelet), penetrate tier 5 illusions (true-seer ring).

Traits: +20% aoe evasion (tiamaten vest).

Skills: +5 ranks in thieving (scoundrel’s wristband).

Attributes

Available: 13 points.

Strength: 48 (40). Constitution: 56 (44). Dexterity: 166 (142). Perception: 132 (127). Mind: 200 (188). Magic: 106 (85). Faith: 20.

Classes

Available (Michael): 1 point. 0 ascendant points.

Available (Ghost): 1 point.

Primary-Secondary-Tertiary tri-blend: voidstalker (fabricated). voidstealer XIV (hidden).

Ascendant Class: wolf lord (rank I, hidden), sire wolf (rank I, hidden).

Familiar: stygian pyre wolf XV (unique, hidden).

Traits

HFO: denotes human-form-only benefits.

WFO: denotes wolf-form-only benefits.

void heritage II (wolf, hidden): +4 Dexterity, +4 Strength, +8 Mind, +8 Perception, +12 Magic.

voidwalker II (wolf, hidden): improved senses in all conditions, nethersight, immunity to blindness.

arctic wolf II (wolf, hidden): +10 Constitution, +4 Mind, +6 Strength.

were’s bite II (wolf, hidden, ascendant): 0 to 30% chance of granting another player the were-trait.

sire’s strain (wolf, hidden, ascendant): boosts your other wolf traits by +1 tier.

elder form II (wolf, hidden, ascendant): +20 to all attributes, shapeshift.

house elite (bloodline, hidden): bound to House Wolf, detect dormant wolf bloodline strains.

secret blood (bloodline, hidden): conceals the wolf blood of yourself, your followers, and your familiar.

blood puppet (bloodline, hidden): grants you the enslave ability.

beast tongue: can speak to beastkin.

Marked: can see spirit signatures.

inscrutable mind: +8 Mind.

mental focus IV: increases effectiveness of Mind skills by 40%.

intrepid explorer: logs all locations in first-discovered sectors, and safe zone location in any visited sector.

spell illiterate: cannot cast mana-based spells.

potion resistance II: potency of potions reduced by 2 ranks.

spirit talker: can speak to spirits.

bold blood: +1 attribute per level.

higher evolution II: can evolve your Class to ascendant rank 2.

commander (ascendant): can share bloodline traits or blood memories with your followers.

champion (ascendant): increases the strength of blood memories.

spirit familiar: can bind a willing spirit as your familiar.

mage-host: +10 Mind, +10 Magic.

slip-through-shadows*: 20% chance to evade aoe damage.

spirit familiar (Ghost): mirrors player attributes and level, and shares ability slots with them.

psionic being (Ghost): retains telepathic skills and abilities from her former incarnation as a dire wolf.

free spirit (Ghost): can roam an unlimited distance from her host, but only within the same sector.

born again II (Ghost): grants your familiar 2 additional lives, will resurrect in spirit vessel.

pyreborn II (Ghost): +60% fire magic resistance and +60% fire damage.

voidborn II (Ghost): +60% nether resistance and +60% necrotic damage.

mirrored jewelry*: gains benefits of rank 7 rings, bracelets, and necklaces.

primal creature II (WFO, legendary): 18 feet long, +30% resistance, 3 attack types (physical, fire, poison).

regeneration II (WFO, legendary): health regeneration of +2% per second.

Skills

Available skill slots: 0.

light / hide armor (current: 180. Constitution, basic).

dodging (current: 232. Dexterity, basic).

sneaking (current: 249. Dexterity, basic).

shortswords / tooth and claw (current: 237. Dexterity & Strength (WFO), basic).

two weapon fighting (current: 213. Dexterity, advanced).

thieving (current: 180. Dexterity, basic).

chi (current: 208. Mind, advanced).

meditation (current: 240. Mind, basic).

telekinesis (current: 211. Mind, advanced).

telepathy (current: 237. Mind, advanced).

insight (current: 265. Perception, basic).

deception (current: 258. Perception, master).

channeling (current: 236. Magic, basic).

elemental absorption (current: 116. Magic, master).

null force (current: 82. Magic, master).

null life (current: 44. Magic, master).

null death (current: 53. Magic, master).

nether absorption (current: 244. Magic, master).

magma maw (Ghost) (current: 156. Magic, master).

stygian claws (Ghost) (current: 164. Strength, master).

ash armor (Ghost) (current: 171. Constitution, master).

telepathy (Ghost) (current: 137. Mind, advanced).

death magic (Ghost) (current: 141. Magic, advanced).

nether manipulation (Ghost) (current: 131. Magic, master).

Abilities

Constitution ability slots used: 15 / 44.

greater load controller (HFO) (15 Constitution, master, light armor).

Dexterity ability slots used: 141 / 142.

crippling blow (HFO) (Dexterity, basic, shortswords).

minor piercing strike (HFO) (5 Dexterity, advanced, shortswords).

deadly backstab (30 Dexterity, elite, sneaking).

superior trap disarm (HFO) (15 Dexterity, master, thieving).

superior lockpicking (HFO) (15 Dexterity, master, thieving).

greater set trap (HFO) (15 Dexterity, master, thieving).

wind daemon (30 Dexterity, elite, two weapon fighting).

vanish (30 Dexterity, elite, sneaking).

Mind ability slots used: 186 / 188.

mass puppet (15 Mind, master, telepathy).

stunning slap (HFO) (Mind, basic, chi).

improved windborne (15 Mind, master, telekinesis).

lesser engine of war (30 Mind, elite, chi).

sentient shurikens (HFO) (30 Elite, master, telepathy).

shadow jump (30 Mind, elite, telekinesis).

greater quick mend (30 Mind, elite, chi).

impregnable mind (30 Mind, elite, meditation).

astral bite (Ghost) (5 Mind, advanced, telepathy).

Perception ability slots used: 126 / 127.

powerful analyze (30 Perception, elite, insight).

greater trap detect (15 Perception, master, thieving).

conceal small weapon (HFO) (Perception, basic, deception).

mimic (HFO) (30 Perception, elite, deception).

superior ventro (5 Perception, advanced, deception).

doppelganger (45 Perception, grandmaster, deception).

Magic ability slots used: 20 / 85.

superior draining bite (Ghost) (10 Magic, expert, death magic).

mist-thin (Ghost) (10 Magic, expert, nether manipulation).

Strength ability slots used: 32 / 40.

charge (WFO) (1 Strength, basic, tooth and claw).

overpowering blow (WFO) (1 Strength, basic, tooth and claw).

ponderous steps (WFO) (30 Strength, elite, tooth and claw).

Other abilities:

adept slaysight (hidden) (Class, elite, telepathy): paralyze, shatter, sleep, terrify, blind.

void thief extraordinaire (hidden) (Class, elite, any void skill and telepathy): 3x steal, siphon, negate, redirect on direct-damage, channeled, damage over time, aoe, wards).

manifest (Ghost) (Class, master): explosive entry II, necrotic wake II.

diresight (Ghost) (Class, advanced, telepathy).

direshield (Ghost) (Class, expert, telepathy).

enslave (hidden) (blood memory, greater): dominate 2 subjects per day.

shapeshift (hidden) (ascendant Class, legendary): twice per day, greater elder wolf.

lacerating bite (WFO) (ascendant Class, epic, tooth and claw).

stunning paw (WFO) (ascendant Class, legendary, tooth and claw).

fearsome aura (WFO) (ascendant Class, legendary, telepathy).

Known Key Points

Kingdom Sector 1 (Nexus) safe zone.

Kingdom Sector 12,560 (wolves’ valley) nether portal and safe zone.

Kingdom Sector 18,240 nether portal 1 (guardian tower), and nether portal 2 (Draven’s reach).

Kingdom Sector 75,172 nether portal 1 (Draven’s Reach) and safe zone.

Kingdom Sector 65,231 (Korg Minor) safe zone and nether portals to Korg Deep.

Kingdom Sector 65,232 (Korg Major) safe zone and nether portals from Korg Deep.

Kingdom Sector 45,104 (Brotherhood sector) safe zone.

Dungeon Sector 101 (scorching dunes) exit portal and safe zone.

Dungeon Sectors 102, 103, and 104 (haunted catacombs) exit portals and safe zones.

Dungeon Sector 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109 (guardian tower) exit portals.

Dungeon Sector 14,913 (candidate’s dungeon) exit portal and safe zone.

Dungeon Sector 73,102 (Draven’s Reach) one-way entrance portal, safe zone, and exit portal.

Nether Sector 30,199 nether portal 1 (dead) and Rift-X.

Aetherstone Bracelet Stored Points

sector 24,401 safe zone.

Netherstone Stored Point

sector 30,199 (Rift-X: somewhere in dunes).

Equipped (30 / 30 Game items)

Weapons (2 equipped)

ebonheart (+30% damage) (soulbound).

faithful (+40% damage).

Armor & Clothes (12 equipped)

tiamaten scalemail vest (+32%, +4 Constitution, slip-through-shadows).

sorcerer’s coif (perceive tier 6 wards).

ranger’s kit (+24% damage reduction, 4 pieces).

bomber’s belt (5 x acid bombs, 5 x smoke bombs, 5 x ice bombs, and 5 x fire bombs).

belt of the chameleon (8 x rank 4 nether protection crystals, 9 x rank 4 disease protection crystals, 6 scent concealment crystals, 5 x mental concealment crystals, 4 x rank 6 disease protection crystals, 2 x rank 5 poison protection crystals, 1 x rank 4 strength enhancement crystals, 0 x rank 4 dexterity enhancement crystals, and 2 x rank 4 magic enhancement crystals).

wayfarer’s boots (legendary item, +8 Dexterity, move soundlessly).

wayfarer’s gloves (legendary item, +8 Dexterity, hands immune to hazardous substances).

cloak of the Reach (legendary soulbound item, +10 Magic, +20% fire magic resistance, +20% nether magic resistance).

scoundrel’s wristband (+5 ranks thieving, 0 / 300 trap-making crystals) (triggers: pressure plates, sound glasses, tripwires, motion pins, remote control, spell detector, psi detector. elements: lightning, poison clouds, fire, spring-coiled daggers, bear-trap clamps, small explosives, blots of darkness, ice, spiked-pit, hallucinogenic mist. guides: reflect, split, and funnel. keys: remote, timed.)

Rings & Accessories (13 equipped)

goliath’s ring (+8 Strength).

acrobat’s ring (+8 Dexterity).

sharpshooter’s band (+4 Perception).

hale stone (+8 Constitution).

savant’s ring (+4 Mind).

troll’s talisman bracelet (+6% damage reduction).

mage’s surprise (+10 Magic, spellhold: trigger-cast tier 5 spells).

psi bracelet (legendary item, +8 Mind, psi-feed).

simple potion bracelet (3 / 3 full heal potions).

aetherstone bracelet (1 / 5 stored locations, 2 stone charged).

jeweled pet (grants Ghost: mirrored jewelry trait).

true-seer ring (true-seeing: penetrate tier 5 illusions).

Forerunner bracelet (council set, 1 of 30).

Brotherhood bracelet (set F05, 1 of 10).

Other (2 equipped)

large bag of holding (200 slots).

seeking eye of sylvana (legendary item, +invisible, 4 hours use, track & scout).

Ghost (1 equipped)

Forerunner collar (council set, 2 of 30).

Backpack Contents (key items only)

Money: 223 golds, 5 silvers, and 3 coppers.

1 x coil of rope.

cat claws.

20 x acid bombs, 20 x smoke bombs, 20 x ice bombs, and 20 x fire bombs.

small bag of hiding (tier 6 concealment ward).

a simple shovel.

stygian shortsword, +3.

stygian shortsword.

netherstone.

19 x greater portal scrolls.

packet of unrefined cynacilin powder.

farspeaker bracelet (Tyelin set, 1 of 15).

farspeaker bracelet (Safyre set, 1 of 4).

Upgrade Items

8 x upgrade gems.

piercing strike tier III, IV, & V.

ventro tier III & IV.

load controller V,

whirlwind V,

trap disarm V,

lockpicking tier V,

set trap V,

mass puppet V,

windborne V,

enhanced reflexes V,

trap detect V,

ventro V,

lesser imitate V,

charge II, III, IV & V,

overpowering blow II, III, IV & V,

stomp V.

2 x aetherstones (etched).

Soulbound Items

Tartan token.

Vivane token.

Kesh Emporium access card.

tavern bill of ownership.

BHG ID (junior member, 1 / 10 active jobs).

journeyman rogue’s underworld token.

pioneer’s compass (soulbound, attuned to safe zone).

unmarked chest key card (from Nicola).

Forerunner faction token (ID: 0001).

Miscellaneous Loot

None.

Alchemy Stone Contents

(500 / 500 ingredients stored).

310 x lumps of necrotic plasma, and 190 x vials of nether residue.

Bank Contents

Money: 655 gold, 0 silvers, and 0 coppers.

2 x full healing potions.

2 x full mana potions.

Tavern Money: 300 gold, 0 silvers, and 0 coppers.

Open Tasks

Heist in the Dark (steal chalice from the Power, Paya).

A Perverted Trial (stop the Triumvirate abuse of the Combat Trial).

Brokering Peace (establish peace in sector 12,560 within 4 months).

Brotherhood Obligations (join the brotherhood on three nether expeditions).

Revive the Guardians (awaken Draven’s brethren).

Locate the Lost Prime (find the hidden Prime).

Resurrecting Death (make Adriel a scion again).

Found a new House (persuade two non-Wolf Powers to join your House).

Open Pacts

Deliver cynacilin. Status: pact obligations fulfilled. Blythe owes you a favor equivalent to the worth of sector 75,172.

Inner Council Pacts with Safyre, Anriq, Teresa, Terence, and Shael.

Guardian Tower Access Pact with Bacheus (deliver a tithe once a month for access).

Feats Accomplished (by book)

Solo your First Boss, Play the Game.

Novice Dungeoneer, Realize your Lineage.

Rift Defender, Pioneer of the Realms, Solo your First Dungeon.

(none).

Master Dungeoneer, The Bigger they Are, A Mighty Player.

Ascending to New Heights, Charging Headlong into Power, First of Many.

Apprentice Dungeoneer.

Solo a Power, Realm Explorer.

The Forerunners at the End of Book 8

Relevant information on Forerunners is provided below. The profiles provided are heavily condensed and only list abilities, skills, and traits already revealed in the story.

Nyra

Level: 129. Class: virulent witch.

Mark: Mark of Michael, Wolf-friend, Shadow.

Traits: secret blood (lesser).

Skills: longbows, sneaking, focus, poisoning, light armor, daggers, herbalism, chi, meditation, telekinesis, telepathy, deception.

Blood memories: enslave (lesser), revitalizing blood.

Abilities: hobbling shot.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 3 of 30), Forerunner faction token (2 of 20).

Terence

Level: 127. Class: human arcane knight.

Marks: Minor Light, Lion.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 4 of 30), Forerunner faction token (3 of 20).

Teresa

Level: 129. Class: human priestess of the blade.

Marks: Minor Light, Lion.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 5 of 30), Forerunner faction token (4 of 20).

Anriq

Level: 146. Class: were-rampager (Darksworn Class).

Marks: Greater Dark, Lesser Shadow, Wolf pack-brother.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 6 of 30), Forerunner faction token (5 of 20).

Shael

Level: 148. Class: half-elf red minstrel.

Marks: Moderate Shadow.

Skills: Shadow magic, fire magic, life magic, channeling, music, deception, dodging, thieving, insight, focus.

Abilities: Guile, Shaten’s Call to War.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 7 of 30), Forerunner faction token (6 of 20).

Ceruvax

Level: 299. Class: human were-mage.

Marks: Pack Alpha.

Trait: secret blood (lesser).

Blood memories: enslave (lesser), rampaging pack (greater).

Abilities: healing wolf, seeping shadows.

Equipment: Ritual Combat Circle (soulbound), Skull of Souls (soulbound), Forerunner bracelet (council set, 8 of 30), Forerunner faction token (7 of 20).

Safyre

Level: 225. Class: human aetherist (Lightsworn Class).

Ascendant Class: Bastion of Light. Followers: 11 / 100 (6 forsworn elites, 5 forsworn rank 4 players).

Marks: Supreme Light, Powerful Initiate.

Ascendant Abilities: call to arms, bastion of healing.

Force Abilities: Tornado of Light.

Abilities: aether grace, aether protection, warrior’s boon, summon aethereal allies (drow phantom, feral specter, aether saint), greater portal, lesser portal, furious storm, purifying dome, supreme portal, devilish winds, aether bolt.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 9 of 30), Forerunner faction token (8 of 20).

Adriel (non-player)

Level: 262. Class: human lich.

Marks: none. Formerly of House Death.

Skills: possession, enchanting, golem-crafting.

Blood memories: Death’s finger, Blood of the Dead.

Abilities: death’s sheltering hand, noxious vapors, undead’s champion, warrior’s boon, veil of darkness, tier 6 containment field, repel-the-living, wraith winds, fly-trap (ward), reanimate.

Equipment: Forerunner faction tokens.

Lucius (non-player)

Level: 210. Class: nagian mage hunter.

Marks: none. Formerly of House Spider.

Skills: sneaking, dodging.

Abilities: fly-trap (ward), warding web, summon spiderling horde, darkness bolt, disrupting ray, concealing web (tier 4), polymorph (spider).

Zekiel (non-player)

Level: 206. Class: nagian psi knight.

Marks: none. Formerly of House Bear.

Skills: telekinesis, telepathy, chi, meditation, heavy armor, and broadswords.

Abilities: blink, levitating disc.

Elise (non-player)

Level: 170. Class: nagian were-druid.

Marks: none. Formerly of House Fox.

Abilities: shapeshift (were-fox).

Keros (forsworn)

Level: 210. Class: human windknight (Lightsworn Class).

Marks: Greater Light, Safyre.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 10 of 30), Forerunner faction token (9 of 20).

Farren (non-player)

Level: Tier 6. Class: human lich.

Skills: possession, undead summoning.

Blood memories: scythes of darkness (lesser).

Abilities: reaper’s sanctuary, reaper’s shield, purifying dome, darkness bolt, oblivion, lich’s aid.

Sedgwick (civilian player)

Level: N/A. Class: dwarven merchant.

Marks: Lesser Light, Lesser Shadow.

Equipment: Forerunner bracelet (council set, 21 of 30), Forerunner faction token (20 of 20).