Celestial Plaque
Celestial Plaque
- Location
- Old Kaineng
(New Kaineng City) - Interact
- Yes
- Destructible
- No
Celestial Plaque are four plaques found in the Wind through the Walls Jumping Puzzle in Old Kaineng.
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Her husband, the Emperor, had already fled. Tahmu thought of his face as the fiery dragon thrashed through the streets of Kaineng, barreling into the naga that killed her people. Her children.
When Tahmu awoke in the Celestial Realm, she stood before a young boy. When he extended his hands to her, he gave the empress a single orchid and a small, wooden statue of a dragon. He took her by the hand and led her down a long, winding pathway of stars and a thousand lifetimes—flickering like candles in all directions.
When they reached the other side, Tahmu emerged as the dragon—the leader of the Celestials. She looked over her new subjects, all victims and criminals and fools. She looked at them and smiled. They were safe now.
As soon as Kuongsang[sic] heard the emperor's wailing from his daughter's chamber, he knew something had gone terribly wrong. He'd already ordered for so many lives to be ended that evening, if the ritual had really failed, he—
His death was painful and messy, but he wanted to feel that pain as the guilt boiled in his belly. He wanted it to hurt. To sting.
When Kuongsang[sic] awoke beside the other Celestials, he'd already accepted his fate. He would experience his own death a thousand times; he would remain there until another soul proved just as desperate.
Kaijun knelt before the bodies. The ritual was complete; everyone that had once done harm met a potent, venomous death. She placed the knife on the ground and closed her eyes. For the first time since the incident so many years ago, she smiled. She smiled for the life she'd once lived, the souls she once aided. But that woman was gone, snuffed out by years of torture and cruelty.
When she arose from the floor, she was swallowed by the stars. She took here place in the land of the Celestials quickly. Silently.
Hai Jii stood before the dais where Grenth sat, and he begged, "Please, this isn't their fault. I'm the one that killed the invaders—my hands are dipped in their blood."
The God of Death pondered the boy's pleas; but instead of showing any benevolence, he sentenced Hai Jii's family to an eternity of torture by flame. The boy crumpled to the floor and wept tears of magma. His cheeks burned away with every drop.
When he awoke, his body was made of stars—his arms powerful, fiery wings. A new phoenix had risen from the ashes of the Underworld, and he took his throne beside the other Celestials. There, he would weep an eternity of flame.
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