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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 3363320" data-attributes="member: 11697">All of the relevant information comes from Dead Gods, but the gist of it is that the Last Word was only one of a number of similar bits of obscenely powerful magic that Orcus/Tenebrous discovered on Arborea's layer of Pelion/Mithardir. When he found it, it was hidden within one of the last standing structures on the layer, protected by two humanoid guardians of an unknown race, potentially deific proxies. Tenebrous took what he wanted and destroyed the rest, including killing one of the guardians and leaving the other one alive and alone with the knowledge that he'd failed.Now the origin of the Last Word and the other magic that was there where it was found isn't solidly known. It might have been created by the unknown and possibly extinct pre-Eladrin race that inhabited that layer of Arborea and then vanished, or it might have just been discovered by them (possibly leading to their own destruction) and then just bottled up and guarded.So powerful was the Last Word that looking at it, attempting to learn and understand it, caused incredible pain and even death (aka no PC is going to learn it). And much to Tenebrous's lament, once he learned it, the Last Word began slowly devouring him, gnawing away at his quasi-existance and providing the feverish motivation for him to find his wand (and the bit of his former power it contained) that Kiaransalee had hidden.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 3363320, member: 11697"] All of the relevant information comes from [i]Dead Gods[/i], but the gist of it is that the Last Word was only one of a number of similar bits of obscenely powerful magic that Orcus/Tenebrous discovered on Arborea's layer of Pelion/Mithardir. When he found it, it was hidden within one of the last standing structures on the layer, protected by two humanoid guardians of an unknown race, potentially deific proxies. Tenebrous took what he wanted and destroyed the rest, including killing one of the guardians and leaving the other one alive and alone with the knowledge that he'd failed. Now the origin of the Last Word and the other magic that was there where it was found isn't solidly known. It might have been created by the unknown and possibly extinct pre-Eladrin race that inhabited that layer of Arborea and then vanished, or it might have just been discovered by them (possibly leading to their own destruction) and then just bottled up and guarded. So powerful was the Last Word that looking at it, attempting to learn and understand it, caused incredible pain and even death (aka no PC is going to learn it). And much to Tenebrous's lament, once he learned it, the Last Word began slowly devouring him, gnawing away at his quasi-existance and providing the feverish motivation for him to find his wand (and the bit of his former power it contained) that Kiaransalee had hidden. [/QUOTE]

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