NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JollyDoc" data-source="post: 4415705" data-attributes="member: 9546">Ok, the short version.  Aldern was obsessed with Skud, because Skud epitomized heroism to him, ie, the strong fighter.  Aldern envied Skud because of this, and in his subconscious, had aspirations of attaining similar greatness.  In his undeath, this obsession turned to hatred of something that he could never be, so he thought to destroy Skud by implicating him in the murders.Vorel Foxglove built Foxglove Manor 80 years ago.  He was a powerful merchant from Magnimar, but he was also a necromancer, and sought the secrets of lichdom.  His wife grew increasingly suspicious through the years, and when she finally confronted him on the eve of his ascension, she destroyed his phylactery.  When she did, Vorel was destroyed in a necromantic backlash, but when this happened, a horrible disease was also created, and all the occupents of the manor were infected, including his wife and daughter.  They all died horribly.The house sat empty for over 20 years until Traver Foxglove moved in with his wife, seeking to restory the manor to its former glory.  However, Vorel's spirit still dwelt in the house, treating the manor itself as its phylactery.  In time, it corrupted Traver.  His wife sensed that the house was the cause, and she burned down the servant's quarters.  When she tried to do the same to the manor, Traver killed her.  When he did so, the shame shocked him back to his senses, and he then took his own life.  Their children, Aldern and his two sisters, were sent to an orphanage in Magnimar, before being taken in by distant cousins in Korvosa.Aldern returned to Magnimar several years ago, and then he too sought to reclaim Foxglove Manor.  It was during the renovations that he met his Varisian wife, Iesha.  Aldern had a jealous, paranoid streak, however, and he took to locking Iesha in the manor when he was away.  One night he returned to find her in the library with a carpenter.  He jumped to the wrong conclusion and killed the carpenter with a stone book end.  Iesha flew into a frenzy, and he killed her too by strangling her with her own scarf.</blockquote>

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