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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jarval" data-source="post: 1418581" data-attributes="member: 421">You make your way back out of the dragon, Gholog now laden down with the blue crystal, to rejoin your companions on the outside.  Aided by Jason's last remaining spider climb spell, you make quick progress down the mountainside, and start for town.The two conscious children are subdued as you walk through the forest, Aiden having used a minor healing spell to dissolve the crystalline shard in the feral boy's forehead.  As you break the edge of the woods, you can see Bellhold below you, a pleasant sight under the spring sunshine.As you pass through the fields around the town, the farm workers stop to watch you pass, a few cheering your return.  Several down tools and follow you from a respectful distance, the sight of returning heroes a rare one even in the most metropolitan of cities.On reaching the town's outskirts, as if to herald your arrival, the  Wyrmcall starts to ring the noon chime, and the crystal in Gholog's arms glows brightly.Ahhhhh!  It screams in pain at the sound of the bell.  That must STOP!  The voice echoes, now lacking any childish quality.  An intense flare of sapphire light floods out from the crystal, spreading away from you at high speed.  The bell's call fades as the light reaches the town sqare."Good, at last I have presence again!"  The voice says gleefully.  It no longer 'speaks' to your minds, but rather from many voices behind you.  Turning, you see your honour guard of farm workers speaking simultaneously, each one talking with the crystal's voice.  The effect is disturbing, to say the least.   Looking closer, Seraphina notices another detail: each of the labourer's eyes has gone blank, and is now starting to glow with a faint blue radiance...</blockquote>

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