Disclaimer : I own Zieth and my opinion. Everything else belongs to their respective creators, owners, gods, designers, programmers, so on and so forth, whoever they may be. There's far too many to list.
I still make absolutely no apology for what I'm doing. For soothing notes, see the start of chapter 1.
This is still not a story for children. It has this rating because I plan to use a little gore. Children, leave now. If you are still reading this, know I will not be responsible for any behaviour occuring later on in your life, be it two minutes from now or twenty years.
Feel free to review, but don't bother making any fuss about Rowling corrections and accuracy. I quite honestly couldn't care less, as should become blatantly obvious.
The Assassins' morality seems to have been replaced by a sort of Terminator-style reasoning and 'get-the-mission-done' attitude... oh well. That's how it is then.
Evil is Just a Point of View
5 – Corruption Ended
The battle, just like the war, was over. Assassins stood amongst the slain, none of them their own. Their own dead had been pulled back to their own realm by their angels and would meet them once more in the hidden home of the Viz-Jaq'taar, Order of the Mage-Slayers, Witch-Hunters, Assassins.
Teachers and students had died fighting. But they had died nonetheless. The army of the Viz-Jaq'taar was ready to move on to other battles. This world was not yet purged of its magical corruption.
The portal had already been opened and the majority of the Assassins had returned to their own world to replenish their stores of rejuvenation potions. After that, they would move on to other schools, other pockets of this world's hidden societies. And just as they had here, just as they had the Dark Lord's seclusion, they would destroy. Whatever result it left behind, the Viz-Jaq'taar did not care. All they were here to do was remove the corruption. And they did.
Those Witch-Hunters with the highest resistance to fire stood within the halls and waited while the castle burned around them. The fires of battle had been fanned after their victory, added to. The school would be wiped completely from existence. A few wizards who had hidden were driven out by the flames and promptly killed, with all the efficiency of the Assassins' training.
Only when the building was finally coming down around them did the last of the Viz-Jaq'taar leave.
They would return to this world soon enough. Any wizard or witch who escaped the carnage of Hogwarts would find no refuge amongst their own people, not while the Viz-Jaq'taar continued their campaign. And even after the shadow army had devastated and left, the Planar Travellers would continue to keep watch on the world of Earth and take care of any stragglers themselves.
And thus, the corruption was ended.
The campaign in Toril was never started. While the attention of the Viz-Jaq'taar was on Earth, the Duke of Hell had been defeated by a hero emerging from Toril itself. The imminent danger was passed, and magic was used daily and openly there. Any evil was quickly slain by a hero, and the Viz-Jaq'taar Assassins never needed to travel there.
And it's over. Don't get me wrong, I love the Diablo 2 Assassin class, its the only one I will use. I don't think they would be as cold and bloodthirsty as I've made them out to be, but I needed them to be like that so I could do what I really wanted to do, which was obviously a bit of wizard killing. Who better than the Witch-Hunters themselves? If you liked how this went, or even if you didn't, go and check out hazy.skies. net/ awi/ (this editor is being ridiculous... no www at the front, just http, then prementioned address, no spaces) (not my site) the torture section is somewhat amusing. (Note: this site is not intended for children) And either join the clique or send them flames to keep them amused.