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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nerdytenor" data-source="post: 4434173" data-attributes="member: 74526">Mardrick raises an eyebrow at Karis. "I have no intention of dying, with or without any secrets," he snorts. "I will tell you what I know.""I  only had a few minutes alone with the stone before I was apprehended, but in that time I managed to discover a few things. As I'm sure you noticed already, the blight is strongest near the stone, which indicates that the stone causes the blight in some way. Indeed, a few days prior I discovered something curious. If you take a blighted plant which is not yet dead and remove it from the soil to a pot, it will eventually recover. Apparently the blight must be connected to the stone for it to thrive and spread. As for how the stone spreads the blight, this was a mystery to me until I was strapped to it."Mardrick began to speak faster, clearly excited to talk about the arcane particulars of the blight despite the terrible circumstances. "My best guess is that the stones use the life-force of those strapped to it to power the spread of the blight. But there is something more. After being shackled, slowly dying for what seemed like an eternity, I began to feel a new sensation along with growing pain. Another person, or being - something connected was drawing strength from my pain. I tried to explore the connection further, but could not come up with anything more than a vague feeling. I could also feel the presence of others, also in pain. I can only conclude that all of the stones are connected somehow, and that I was sensing others whose lives were being slowly destroyed. I couldn't tell where all the other stones are, but I'm pretty sure there are many of them.""The same day I had discovered a curious patch in the forest - everything around it is blighted, but this patch seems to thrive. The only thing that could explain it was the presence of a particular flowering plant. You'll have to forgive me - I'm no botanist, and I can't tell you its name. I'd planned on breeding this plant at home and propagating it  but, well, you know what happened to me that day.""I have a theory. I think that the power of the stones is also what has taken control of my wife. If we could get to her, and use the power of this plant, perhaps we can free her. I could make a basic potion brewed with the plant which we could administer to her, if not willingly then by force. Even if that doesn't work, we need to get this plant to Greensfen so we can  grow it in large enough quantities to halt this terrible plague. Either that or we could try and find all of the stones and shut them down somewhere. And then we'll need to find the source, to stop it..."Mardrick takes a deep breath, tired from talking . "Sorry, I do babble on, you must excuse me. I... I must rest. We can talk more in the morning - it's too late to reach the patch at this hour before dark sets in,  and the forest is dangerous enough in the day."With this, Mardrick collapses against the shack, and falls into a deep sleep.[sblock=OOC]Party may chat or whatever here - let me know when you're all going to sleep and we'll start a new day.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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