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<blockquote data-quote="Ferrix" data-source="post: 2819238" data-attributes="member: 6115"><p><strong>Tau</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Tau</strong></p><p>[sblock]</p><p>The weeks have worn by since the episode in the mining town of Peasia which has put you upon the trail of Cantus; a trail which has grown darker and twisted with the tales that have spread from those you encounter who speak of the tainted human.</p><p></p><p>What pains you even more than the trail itself is the loss of your leader, Uiim. You had Cantus tracked to Teh’venro, a small village on the border between Cihairdun and Agoria, but none in the village claimed to have seen the human. With a day of investigation, the trail seemed to have gone cold in the little village and you would be moving on. Taking a night in the local inn, you attempted to relax for once in your long trek, after a few drinks you retired to your shared rooms. What shook you from your sleep can only be described as pure terror, it drove deep into your spine, your knuckles white clenching the bed sheets around you; the scream of an old gnome.</p><p></p><p>In a blink, Kromgron had burst the door to Uiim’s private room, you poured in and stumbled in horror. The old gnome lay face down, sprawled partly on the floor and partly on the bed. His flesh shriveled and contorted, a withered hand still clasped around the bedpost. Then you heard the whimpering from the corner of the room. Turning, you found Olivia curled up on her bed rocking back and forth, her face ashen white, her lips trembling and tears running down her face. Whatever had done this to Uiim, she had seen it in her mind, lived it far more vividly than any natural sense would allow.</p><p></p><p>Nassitch could smell the oily scent which evaded him always, it twisted out of his nostrils with a pungent anger and the scent of Uiim filled his nostrils, but this time it was different and he could not bear the smell and stumbled into the hallway. Cantus had been here, the oily-black residue left upon Uiim’s skin was the tell-tale sign of the taint, of the Eternal Shadow.</p><p></p><p>In the days that followed, what remained of the close-knit group began to fall apart. Feeling an odd sense of responsibility, Osric has taken it upon himself to bring Olivia to the elves, in hopes that they may shake the haunting visions from her broken mind. Nassitch and Kromgron in a surge of misdirected vengeance have set off for Agoria, rage in their hearts at the loss of their close friend and leader Uiim. They plan to take their revenge to the heart of the Mythar empire. Lastly, Log, the sly halfling rogue has deigned that while this life may have been for him, the horrors he has seen have dashed his will to fight. Taken up residence in the small village, he works as a cook at the local inn.</p><p></p><p>With his friends scattered by responsibility, despair and rage, Tau is left alone on the trail of the monster Cantus in the small town of Teh’venro. Having buried Uiim, he is left with only a single item: a small crystal tablet of psionic nature from the resistance contact Vyrick.</p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ferrix, post: 2819238, member: 6115"] [b]Tau[/b] [b]Tau[/b] [sblock] The weeks have worn by since the episode in the mining town of Peasia which has put you upon the trail of Cantus; a trail which has grown darker and twisted with the tales that have spread from those you encounter who speak of the tainted human. What pains you even more than the trail itself is the loss of your leader, Uiim. You had Cantus tracked to Teh’venro, a small village on the border between Cihairdun and Agoria, but none in the village claimed to have seen the human. With a day of investigation, the trail seemed to have gone cold in the little village and you would be moving on. Taking a night in the local inn, you attempted to relax for once in your long trek, after a few drinks you retired to your shared rooms. What shook you from your sleep can only be described as pure terror, it drove deep into your spine, your knuckles white clenching the bed sheets around you; the scream of an old gnome. In a blink, Kromgron had burst the door to Uiim’s private room, you poured in and stumbled in horror. The old gnome lay face down, sprawled partly on the floor and partly on the bed. His flesh shriveled and contorted, a withered hand still clasped around the bedpost. Then you heard the whimpering from the corner of the room. Turning, you found Olivia curled up on her bed rocking back and forth, her face ashen white, her lips trembling and tears running down her face. Whatever had done this to Uiim, she had seen it in her mind, lived it far more vividly than any natural sense would allow. Nassitch could smell the oily scent which evaded him always, it twisted out of his nostrils with a pungent anger and the scent of Uiim filled his nostrils, but this time it was different and he could not bear the smell and stumbled into the hallway. Cantus had been here, the oily-black residue left upon Uiim’s skin was the tell-tale sign of the taint, of the Eternal Shadow. In the days that followed, what remained of the close-knit group began to fall apart. Feeling an odd sense of responsibility, Osric has taken it upon himself to bring Olivia to the elves, in hopes that they may shake the haunting visions from her broken mind. Nassitch and Kromgron in a surge of misdirected vengeance have set off for Agoria, rage in their hearts at the loss of their close friend and leader Uiim. They plan to take their revenge to the heart of the Mythar empire. Lastly, Log, the sly halfling rogue has deigned that while this life may have been for him, the horrors he has seen have dashed his will to fight. Taken up residence in the small village, he works as a cook at the local inn. With his friends scattered by responsibility, despair and rage, Tau is left alone on the trail of the monster Cantus in the small town of Teh’venro. Having buried Uiim, he is left with only a single item: a small crystal tablet of psionic nature from the resistance contact Vyrick. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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