Musings of the Newly Mortal
Kairos idly swept his gaze across the library, everything seemed so lusterless with mortal eyes. His library, which once seemed to his daemonic eyes to be a radiant beacon of knowledge, just looked so dull and mundane now. A light breathing caught his attention and he glanced to his side where Celestia slept. She had opted to stay the night after he had finished his story, they hadn't even moved from the book case he leaned against.
It didn't matter what kind of eyes he looked at her with, his old student would never look mundane. Even with his magical senses hopelessly mangled, looking at her was like gazing into the heart of a star and he felt proud that he was at least partially responsible for that.
His mind kept wandering back to the events following the loss of his powers. He could only wonder in amazement how the ponies could have found it in their hearts to forgive him after what he'd tried to do. Truly they were better beings than he. He had knelt at the feet of the sisters and begged that they forgive him his transgressions. Celestia had responded with that kind smile he loved her for and merely asked a question of him.
"Will you accept our friendship?"
He took a moment to think of a fitting response, a simple "yes" could not do the situation justice. He had remembered a dead language he had long ago fallen in love with and formed what he believed would be the most appropriate response.
"Ave Imperatrix Celestialis." he had said to her. "Ave Domina Nox." he said to Luna.
Twilght and her friends did not understand him, but he had taught the alicorn sisters the language long ago and the smiles they offered in response warmed his heart.
His thoughts then turned to little Twilight. Celestia had chosen her student well, this one as well as her friends were powerful. He marveled how even with all the power of the Warp at his disposal he still couldn't best a couple of determined ponies. It seemed that Twilight had been right to lecture him that day, she knew what she was talking about when she said that there was nothing stronger than friendship. The irony of a being a fraction of his age knowing more about true power than him was not lost on him. There would always be another lesson to learn it seemed, no matter how old he got that truth only grew truer.
Regrettably, he likely wouldn't be getting much older. Now that he was mortal time was once again his enemy. It felt so strange, for as long as he could remember years, decades, even centuries felt like mere swings of the pendulum, but now every second was precious. In all likeliness he would probably only live another century at most, provided he could gain a modicum of his magical competence back. It did not mean he would not try to regain his timelessness, but as it was he was having far too much trouble even refilling a glass of chocolate milk. How Discord managed it with such ease was beyond him.
He smiled as he thought of the draconequus. He had managed to persuade the alicorn sisters to give his old friend a chance at redemption instead of turning him to stone again. It was the least he could do for dragging him into his ill fated scheme. He recalled the terror he had felt when he looked upon Discord's unmoving form lying in the crater caused by the princesses' attack. That he might have been responsible for his friend's death nearly drove him to tears for the second time that day. The first had been as his master died for the last time.
"If there was one thing I would ask of you," Tzeentch had said, "it would be to embrace this change, not to rebel against it." After those words his purpose was fulfilled and he finally left for wherever it was gods went when they died.
He would obey his master's last words till his dying breath. He had lost sight of his master's will over the years, he had pined after his glory days instead of embracing the wondrous change around him. But no more, eyes opened to the truth of this new world, he decided that he would no longer hide away within his tower. He would venture out and he would look for purpose.
Perhaps in the morning he would go with Celestia back to Canterlot and try to find himself a new purpose there, surely she could find something for him to occupy himself with. Or maybe he would go to Ponyville and... oh what the devil was it those ponies did there? Frolic through meadows? Chase after butterflies?
Kairos frowned. "This is going to be harder than I thought."
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Yay finally the ending has come.
Yay! An ancient magical device has brain-washed a fuckawesome villain.
Into a pile of happiness and other sappy shit.
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It's called harmony, my good lad
I hope you enjoy the rest of your life
"Ave Imperatrix Celestialis..." Sounds familiar
A good story, overall. A novel idea at the crossover, competently executed. It was interesting to get a look at a softer version of a Ruinous Power.
One note I have, from just the last two parts, was all the "lecturing." I get that you had a lot of things you wanted to say, but it felt kinda bogged down in all the dramatic speeches everyone was giving. It maybe could have been dispersed better throughout the action.
Also, I really like Kyras's speech at the end of DoW 2:R. I think he represents a good way to characterize a Khorne-aligned antagonist who's fairly intelligent. But it doesn't really feel the same coming from a Tzeentch-aligned daemon. He just didn't have the same motivations as Kyras.
The mane 6 also feel like they got swept aside by Fate Weaver, Discord and the sisters. It's a valid direction, but I'd have liked to hear a bit more from them, too.
Anyway, good job, and a thumbs up to you.
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I'd even planned to name it "Nevermore" but promptly forgot after the fifth time I'd krumped Kyras.
Not gonna lie, saw it when I was looking at your profile and thought it sounded great. Thanks for the pointers too, I'm probably gonna do a rewrite of this fic at some point and hopefully bring it up to at least halfway decent. And yes, I'd played through the last level of Retribution like five times before I wrote the last chapter, can you tell?
"Well," said Tzeentch. "I didn't see that coming."
Brilliant story, and I apologize for this impossible, never could but might happen quote.
Well that was certainly a depressing ending... stripped of nearly all his powers and immortality, faced with the concept of death after thousands of years of life.
This is the only story that doesn't fit the thumbs up/thumbs down rating system. It doesn't deserve thumbs down by any means. It's nicely written, consistent and generally easy to read.
The story-line itself however is too linear, too predictable to discover it having been created so technically awesome. It's like watching those videos of bass guitar being used to play dubstep - technique, precision, ability are all awesome. But why would you do that…
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This made me lol.
357644 *Overdramatic bows* Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all day!
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HERESY!!! TASTE THE EMPEROR'S WRATH HERETIC!!! *DAKKA*
Well...I was totally expecting him to have been on their side all along. What with him stripping Discord of his power and basically getting him stuck in one place.
Kind of nice to be wrong for once.
as a massive warhammer fan (chaos ftw!
) i have to say, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS EVER!!!
the only thing better would be if 'by the emperors grace' updated finally
but considering how long it's been...
keep up the good work, your king demands it.
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Rewrite is currently in the works, don't you worry.
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I just meant last as in last in the list, he did say Slaanesh was the youngest.
Lul took me 3-4 weeks to start reading this and finish within 2 hours, why? Fuck I dunno lol.
Great story, although I know pretty much 0.01% of war hammer lore I knew who and what you were talking about (especially the jokes like tactical genius) and it was very enjoyable reading the story he told them near the beginning of the story.
Magnifique!
356974....a...grey...knight player?.....you......stay ....away...from...my berzerkers.......paladins make Kharn the betrayer sad
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It was probably for the better.
Man is the only being that is truly aware of his mortality, and will never cease to attempt to escape the jaws of death until he has no more paths to take.