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A flame gutted cathedral a half mile from the coast of Londonderry Ireland. The windows boarded over to prevent the unenlightened from looking in. Beneath the barracks the catacombs lead to the water to the east and to the forest to the west and also beneath an abandoned house in the town proper. Beds have been set up in the subterrainian crypts and the chapel proper has been changed into a giant training floor. This is the current barracks of the legion of evil. Officer's quarters have been placed in the bishop's mansion next to the fire gutted cathedral.

[watches from the back silently and regard the junior grade students. Some of them were quiet young, and there were a few that she could detect a decent amount of potential. Of course, she hoped that all of them would become powerful and able to think for themselves, and stay alive. War was not a time for children to be children.]

Myst stood back and watched the recruits, each with his or her own unique abilities. She watched as Ratholin threw the spider at the unattentive sorcerer. The look on the sorcerer's face was wide-eyed panic, but nonetheless, he engaged and took the spider on. Myst shook her head in amazement. She remembered when she had been young and inexperienced, the trials and training. Hour upon grueling hour of non-stop intense training and discipline. But she had prospered and learned much.
She had felt lupin's sadness, but tried to avoid it. If lupin had wanted to talk about it, then she would have. It was not Myst's place to pry.

[nodes her head] All right. But sir, I do know how to keep my emotions in check. I just have a soft spot for children, and you have to admit, most of these trainees still are children. But I am not going to let that distract me on the battle.

I understand miss lupin. I've been around since the end of the Precambrian Varangian ice age . My upbringing didn't include a lot of parenting just hundreds of millions of years of being trained in the arts of magic and punishment for getting anything even slightly wrong. If I'd made the mistake that acolyte had made that spider would have had a toxic bite that would have kept me in agony for at least a year or two. You have to remember also that the same creatures that created the demons you're going to face trained me. Few is the demon that has any concept of mercy. You shall be attending the classes I'll be giving these junior grade sorcerors because I've noted your magical training is nowhere near your potential. This weeks studies shall be entirely about emotional control.

*turns gaze to myst* That wave of fear you just emitted is also out of line. Don't doubt for a second that a demon assassin could be in any shadow or dark corner waiting for a wave of anger or fear to turn into your death. You've had some training but I think a refresher wouldn't be undue. The two of you shall be study partners.

*walks into the room lacking all his mirth and looking strikingly different* Lord Rathy, The enemy are planning something big. The other air elementals are in a state of panic. This war will be very very bad.

Zel entered the room, she was tired and drained."I'm here"She took a seat and then rested her head on the table. It was a long day and so many thing were going on

Lupin listens to everyone carefully. Personally, she was tired of fighting, but it was a way to get closer to the elves, or someone who knew cures for various things, so she could complete her own personal quest. But she agreed with Ratholin - emotion, when fighting demons, would only bring disaster. And she could use a lot more improvement in that area.

"What do you think they're planning Mule?" she asked. "I doubt that the students are ready for a full on demon attack - if we can train them in anything specific and get them skilled in those fields, we might have a chance to beat them with few casualties."