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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Holy Smokes" data-source="post: 4619447" data-attributes="member: 81729">Left 4 De&DIntroductionOnce upon a time, there lived an ambitious human necromancer, who dreamed of being a true Lord of the Undead. His greatest challenge in realizing his dream was not in his technical skills; indeed, his zombies in particular were very serious creations to be feared. Instead, he lacked the essential wisdom required to put his creations to work with any great result. All his plans to rule a world of undead were for naught, whether through poor design, maladroit execution, or simple bad luck. He was a loser at unlife, but his ambition could not be contained. He eventually found his way to the Court of Orcus, Demon Prince of Undead, where he sold his proverbial soul. He purchased the insight required to devise a truly cunning plan, capable of achieving his greatest aspirations. The results of his new rites and creations would engulf the mortal world into an inevitable zombie apocalypse.What the hapless necromancer failed to overcome was the essential futility of his dream; his failure would simply not be denied. Orcus collected on his debt, and the mortal world never entirely succumbed to the necromancer's Zombie Infection scheme.The Tome of InfectionThe ill-fated necromancer's notes and formulae survived in the form of a nameless book, lost but not forgotten. Cultists of Orcus in particular desire this book, which they call the Tome of Infection. Over the centuries, it has found its way into many hands, some more successful putting its contents into action than others. However, because of the rapacious nature of the resulting zombie plague, they were all inevitably thrown down by their intended victims. Few human mortals wish  to become zombie slaves, an inconvenient fact that lies at the root of their would-be master's ends. Still, in its own way and time, the book has passed from one mad necrophile to another, seeking those willing to risk its price for undead ascension. Just as the demonic prince had intended.</blockquote>

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