Well, with animages, "anything is possible" however, it may not be practical.

Someone, somewhere came up with the spell, so presumably that spell is "prepackaged animagic" so presumably it could be reverse engineered to something an animage, or more likely, a group of animages linked together could do.

A COD is very dangerous, it is doubtful to me that a single animage could control and direct it, it would take a group of animages linked together and fully coordinated and rehearsed working together. And one would probably assume that was how the very first one came about.

The aniwizards were really the first wizards that figured out how to package animagic into spells, I assume they may have done this; but there are lots of possibilities.

Or find a lost tomb that holds the ancient knowledge and techniques of the Anilords, Time Warriors, and Mind Reavers

Ok, so I was thinking on a situation I touched on earlier in the thread, but at the time, I didn't give it a lot of thought. But re-reading THH again, I came across where Sir Gadius is thinking about Talarius and Melissance. And that kickstarted some thoughts on the situation.

Mainly, I was thinking about the practicalities of how and where Melissance is being held. Before I thought that Talarius and Tom would have to go to the Courts and battle Asmodeus and Lilith for her. But reading the section closer, and thinking about it a little more, and I realized that may likely not be the case.

Asmodeus probably has a lot of land scattered about the Abyss, and he can't be at them all at once. It's unlikely he'll keep Melissance on him at all times, and unlikely he'll be where she's being held at all times, either. This isn't the only plot he's going right now, after all! Unless he and Lilith are actively setting the trap for Talarius, he'll probably let his archdemon agent handle things.

SO...that means Talarius and Tom have a chance to find out where she's being held, and take out the archdemon that's holding her, without having to deal with Asmodeus immediately. Granted, if they do that, they will become Priority #1 for Asmodeus, but I'm sure Talarius would take that trade. Or maybe even sneak in and out without anyone noticing. (Like THAT'S going to happen)

Something else to think about, though. Melissance has been held by this archdemon for decades. Has she been tortured the entire time? How broken is her soul? And what if...no, no, I can't...

...but...what if she fell in love with the archdemon? We know Melissance was Talarius' True Love. But what if Talarius wasn't MELISSANCE'S True Love? What if she moved on, and fell in love with her captor? How much would that mess up Talarius? And what would happen to the archdemon? Would he join Tom just to get away from Asmodeus?

It'd be like the Abyss' version of a Reality TV Show.

...or a K-Drama.

Edited by user Friday, June 10, 2016 7:24:44 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

"Holy Heartthrob Heartbreak Batman! I thought I was your intended?"---exclaimed Robin, the boy wonder, an expression of crushed hopes and desires writhing upon his face mirroring the boy's internal misery.

Edited by user Saturday, June 11, 2016 3:00:00 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Makes perfect sense

Ah yes, of course Demonic Universal Tongue has a very difficult time translating stuff from Sorkinese.

Never could understand what was happening on Sports Night, but then, I find US/Earth sports pretty lame. A few concussions with permanent brain damage and people get all weepy for 300 lb armored warriors charging into each other to make crap loads of money.

Hell, orcs and D'Orcs do that for free, do you think they worry about brain damage?

Plus, how many heads get pulled off during a regular game? Don't think I've ever seen anyone pop a quarterback's head off during a sacking!

The only game on your planet I can even pretend to watch is hockey. It's at least worth it if you get seats near the penalty box.

Lacrosse would be much more interesting if they put sickles on the end of their sticks instead of baskets. You could then replace the ball with your opponents heads which would be easy to lop off with the sickle.

Theyd have had to do some major stuff to kill her in the Abyss, humans regenerate like demons after all. its more likely Asmodeus did a number on her mind imo. Im hoping its a catalyst for Talarius to see that all demons, namely Toms bunch arent all bad. Assuming Tom plays some role in getting her back, whatever shape shes in.

Edited by user Sunday, June 12, 2016 2:30:04 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

You know, something else just occurred to me. We've speculated about Talarius in all this. But what about Tom? He definitely has a White Knight thing going on. There's no way he'd let her stay a prisoner knowing she's being tortured.

SO...

I've been thinking that Talarius would be the one to drag Tom into this. But what if TOM hears about it first, and drags Talarius into it? Especially if he hears about it before Asmodeus and Lilith set up their trap? Tom hasn't been very proactive yet, but I'd really like to see this happen. Tom hearing about the damsel in distress, and heading out to save her. He might not even have her name, and thus Talarius wouldn't even know who they were after until he SAW her.

Ooooooo. Dun-dun-DUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!