The Black Winds of The Umbra
| From: Rochford
| To: Ibiza Salainn
| Subject: The Black Winds and the Umbra - Part 1
| Date: Mon Jan 2 13:11:59 2012
The Black Winds are a physical manifestation of His desire on this
material plane. It visits those of staunch faith, delivering unto them
knowledge or a command, sometimes literal and frank, and other times obscure
and shrouded.
Only a small few have been graced by the presence of the Black Winds. It is
a force that moves above and beneath men, through them, and transcends the
plane of this world, imparting wisdom from the next.
The Black Winds are known to come in different forms. Sometimes a faint
whisper in your ear and other times, a resounding command or decree. The
voices appear, carried, as it is named, upon the Black Winds.
If His Knights are the vessel and hand to do His work upon this world, then
it is the voices of the Black Winds that impart the knowledge and wisdom
unto them so that they may show others the way, His Way. And as such, His
Will.
Rochford the Black
| From: Rochford
| To: Ibiza Samcro ( Necrucifer )
| Subject: The Black Winds and the Umbra - Part 2
| Date: Mon Jan 2 14:06:19 2012
The Umbra, not unlike the voices of the Black Winds, is a force that
moves beneath men, and beneath worlds. It is both a place, and a
manifestation of power, where those of the mortal plane may tap into and
extract the prowess of what becomes when God and earth collide.
As research continues into the parallels between the Umbra and the Black
Winds, it is quickly becoming known to us that it is by virtue of the Black
Winds that this knowledge was made aware and carried to us, so that we may
learn and build upon the foundations of what has been laid out before us.
With the possession of the Book of Shadows, we were able to translate the
words of the Otherworld written therein, and only now truly begin to fathom
the powerful artforms that exist within it's pages.
This artform proves that the prowess of mana can be manipulated independent
from the clutches of the antiquated clavists, and unique to their source,
ours being Necrucifer Himself, inspired and empowered by His desires unto us
through the voice of the Black Winds.
The challenge now requires the further critical analysis of the text, and
the interpretation of their meanings. The text is an artifact of great
power, and is difficult to interpret their meaning unto this world, for much
of it, if not all of it, was not written of this world, but the Underworld,
and the Abyss.
Applying the laws of the abyss unto the laws of Algoron, that is the
challenge, and our current task, however we now have a name for this power,
and it's name is Umbra.
Even now, I, and those at my side throughout this research have been
successful at manifesting many things from the spellbook, and tapping into
previously unfathomable sources of magic. We have successfully opened a
rift into the Umbra, and while we have not yet been able to fully invoke and
control the creatures that exist beyond the rift, we feel as though we are
close to succeeding.
One side effect of the rift that had been discovered was the creation of a
powerful energy vacuum. We've been exploring the results of this finding
and found it possible to channel a vacuum so great, that not even magic
could evade its grasp, effectively sealing the use of magic within a small
proximity of the caster.
These discoveries of manipulation, and hopefully many more like them will
continue to be documented and explored until a time where we are able to
fully grasp the power of the Umbra, and by extension, the powerful Gifts of
Necrucifer Himself.
Rochford the Black
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[128] Rochford: The Black Winds
Sun Jan 8 17:37:12 2012
To: Ibiza Samcro Elaynah
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I spoke with Jormungander, and visited his lair. He spoke of everything
about the Black Winds, and his answer was simple: It is the bond between
certain people. Between certain things. The name he spoke of and did not
tell us is 'bond'. Our search for answers from Jormungander come to an end,
regarding this research, however it has now opened up questions about myself
that I cannot answer, and neither could he.
He says I am a danger to myself, and others. I will have to think on this
for some time, and in the meantime, I will be working on our Cauldron, and
how we may bond the powers of the Umbra with other things, and other people.
The bond is the secret.
The bond is the secret to all of this. To unlocking the powers of the
Shadowmage.
Rochford the Black