Arcanis: The Spear of the Lohgin

Blockader7 · Jul 22, 2003

Cadwyn is exiting the room he just finished searching and hears the cry. He rushes over to Solonir.

GnomeWorks · Jul 22, 2003

"This will not be good." Visha says absent-mindedly, as he dashes after Cadwyn towards where Solonir is.

Argent Silvermage · Jul 22, 2003

Gideon draws his sword and races to the Elf's aid.

Byrons_Ghost · Jul 26, 2003

The figure in the bed raises a crooked hand, gesturing feebly at Solonir. Its skin is drawn so tight as to appear almost translucent in the setting sun. Its softly wheezes out a few words:

"Help... you must help us... the gate..."

As the others burst through the door, they see Solonir cautiously nearing the bed, and something stirring underneath the sheets.

Argent Silvermage · Jul 26, 2003

"Solonir we hear a cry. Is all well?" Gideon says then notices the stiring in the sheets.

Blockader7 · Jul 26, 2003

GnomeWorks said:
"This will not be good." Visha says absent-mindedly, as he dashes after Cadwyn towards where Solonir is.

There is a sunrise over every night, and a dark curtain falls over every sunrise. Thus, we all stand in both the darkness and the light.

Zerth · Jul 27, 2003

Solonir is somewhat relieved at the sight of others, but can't really take is his eyes off the begging figure. By Keleos! A tortured soul in agony, a ghost of some kind...? A strong feeling of pity takes over the elf, his hand slowly slipping away from the sword handle.

"Yes, help you we will, that is why we are here," Solonir speaks in a soft voice. "Now, please, what is this gate you speak of? How can we help?" This might be pointless, but no reason not to try. Not sure if this - whatever it is - can properly communicate... Better listen carefully, it might speak more, offer more clues...

Byrons_Ghost · Jul 27, 2003

The figure on the bed stirs briefly, as if attempting to rise. It continues its raspy, broken monologue; its uncertain whether it even knows that the party is there.

"To close the gate... slay the traitor... please- lift our curse!"

With this last phrase, the figure jerks violently, as if in pain, and vanishes. The sheets fall back in place, and the bed is empty once more.

Zerth · Jul 28, 2003

"It is just like I feared, but dared not to mention it earlier" Solonir says with a sad tone in his voice. "I was hoping to find an easier, more mundane explanation, but now there is no doubt the Lohgin family is somehow cursed and the plague must be coming from the same source."

"This will get more and more complicated, I'm afraid. I don't know much about curses myself, the best thing to do might be to find more information about the Lohgin family and try to track down the time of origin of the curse. There must be a way to end it. I wonder, what is the gate, that the ghost spoke of?" Solonir is concentrating, thinking hard. "And a traitor... Maybe this has something to do with the Canceri war?"

GnomeWorks · Jul 28, 2003

"..." Visha is silent for a moment, contemplating the place where the figure was.

A curse? There didn't appear to be anything in the records... then again, why would there have been? Close the gate, slay the traitor? Hmph. There is probably some kind of symbolism involved here...

"Well?" The dark-kin says, looking around at the others. "This may have something to do with the plague, and it may not..."

He regards Solonir for a moment. "You make far too many assumptions. Simply because one of the deceased says that they are cursed, does not necessarily mean that they are... they may simply not understand what is happening. The ignorant would call the plague a curse, for whatever reason... let's not be so hasty in our judgements."