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<blockquote data-quote="Zora" data-source="post: 3315246" data-attributes="member: 30156"><p><strong>Journal entry 1/26/07</strong></p><p></p><p>Dearest Pepa, </p><p></p><p>I proceeded further into the mansion, intent on protecting Madu’s servants from the atrocities running around.</p><p></p><p>Upon coming upon some more of them shambling up to me, I came to realize that I could not be positive they were undead, so I tried to subdue them rather than slay them. In my heart I did not want them to be the walking dead. I did not want to relive those last days in Camber.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, what I want and what is do not always see eye to eye. They were truly undead, as my attempts to merely render them unconscious had no effect. I know this to be a trait of the undead.</p><p></p><p>Yes, Pepa, I know I just admitted that not all of my father’s training was for naught. What will the world come to?</p><p></p><p>Actually, Darkness. That’s what the world will come to if we cannot finish Covenant’s quest or find Covenant himself to finish it and help to stave off the coming Shadows.</p><p></p><p>But I digress. It’s amazing where your mind can wander when it wants to. I continued down a hallway and discovered two servants who had not been turned and escorted them until we found a room where there were the people we had dinner with what seems like an eternity ago. Also coming upon Madu’s assistant, Rohar, I left them in his competent care to find a safe place as I heard a thunderous booming coming form the floor above. Rohar showed me a servants staircase which I used to make my way upwards to where my friends were.</p><p></p><p>I opened the doorway to the upper floor to find some demonic looking creature standing next to binding its wounds. I ignored it for the shaman demon creature that created pools of acid under both Telemnar and myself. Luckily for me, my southern brethren had previously gifted me with a ring to ward off much of the acid, or it could have been much worse. Dropping my hand axe, I pulled the magic-absorbing rod with my left hand, I rushed forward and put much of my strength into a telling blow that staggered the shaman just before Liadan’s telltale light seared him from the next room. As Telemnar made sure he would not rise again, a larger demon sprung into existence out of thin air and rushed my friend, hurting him greatly and causing the both of us to stop in our tracks from his mighty presence.</p><p></p><p>Telemnar was looking mightily wounded at this time and I could see I needed the big one’s attention to be focused on me. I dropped the rod, and gripping my hammer with both hands, let a cocoon of cold rage surround me. This I knew would also put my mind and my resolve locked into place in Dumathoin’s life-giving stone. </p><p></p><p>I attacked with fury, hoping to garner this thing’s ire and attention. Luckily it worked, however now is when I learned something of their abilities: they can go invisible. He disappeared right in front of me and reappeared close by while his companion –who I had ignored- tried something similar, shooting small darts no doubt coated with whatever sinister agent had turned those helpless servants into foul mockeries of life. </p><p></p><p>What they had not counted on was my extensive training of my senses so as not to be caught unawares. Their attacks did not hurt me as I rushed the big one once again. After having my hammer glance off his armor again and again, he vanished through the floor.</p><p></p><p>During this time, the shaman’s body had been spasming and convulsing horribly as a spirit of the demon shaman rose from the body to float above it. A darkness pooled below it and was clawing at the spirit, attempting to drag it down. He said something about worshiping something of Madu’s, but that it would kill us all. Then he repeated the word “Nalfashni” three times before the darkness finally claimed its final reward for whatever dark pact the shaman had made in his life.</p><p></p><p>Erim mentioned that “Nalfashni” was a type of demon much worse than we had just faced. I could hear a thumping like a heartbeat coming from somewhere within Madu’s mansion, and made my way towards it. </p><p></p><p>As we got there, there was a green crystal hovering in the air and glowing to the time of the heartbeat. I threw my hammer at it but it disappeared! </p><p></p><p>At that moment, a huge monstrosity appeared in the place of the crystal with a huge tusked head, small wings disproportionate with its body, and an inherently evil intelligence in its eyes. It chuckled malevolently as I wrapped myself again in a cold cocoon of rage.</p><p></p><p>So intent was I on the creature that I almost missed my hammer when it suddenly reappeared…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zora, post: 3315246, member: 30156"] [b]Journal entry 1/26/07[/b] Dearest Pepa, I proceeded further into the mansion, intent on protecting Madu’s servants from the atrocities running around. Upon coming upon some more of them shambling up to me, I came to realize that I could not be positive they were undead, so I tried to subdue them rather than slay them. In my heart I did not want them to be the walking dead. I did not want to relive those last days in Camber. Sadly, what I want and what is do not always see eye to eye. They were truly undead, as my attempts to merely render them unconscious had no effect. I know this to be a trait of the undead. Yes, Pepa, I know I just admitted that not all of my father’s training was for naught. What will the world come to? Actually, Darkness. That’s what the world will come to if we cannot finish Covenant’s quest or find Covenant himself to finish it and help to stave off the coming Shadows. But I digress. It’s amazing where your mind can wander when it wants to. I continued down a hallway and discovered two servants who had not been turned and escorted them until we found a room where there were the people we had dinner with what seems like an eternity ago. Also coming upon Madu’s assistant, Rohar, I left them in his competent care to find a safe place as I heard a thunderous booming coming form the floor above. Rohar showed me a servants staircase which I used to make my way upwards to where my friends were. I opened the doorway to the upper floor to find some demonic looking creature standing next to binding its wounds. I ignored it for the shaman demon creature that created pools of acid under both Telemnar and myself. Luckily for me, my southern brethren had previously gifted me with a ring to ward off much of the acid, or it could have been much worse. Dropping my hand axe, I pulled the magic-absorbing rod with my left hand, I rushed forward and put much of my strength into a telling blow that staggered the shaman just before Liadan’s telltale light seared him from the next room. As Telemnar made sure he would not rise again, a larger demon sprung into existence out of thin air and rushed my friend, hurting him greatly and causing the both of us to stop in our tracks from his mighty presence. Telemnar was looking mightily wounded at this time and I could see I needed the big one’s attention to be focused on me. I dropped the rod, and gripping my hammer with both hands, let a cocoon of cold rage surround me. This I knew would also put my mind and my resolve locked into place in Dumathoin’s life-giving stone. I attacked with fury, hoping to garner this thing’s ire and attention. Luckily it worked, however now is when I learned something of their abilities: they can go invisible. He disappeared right in front of me and reappeared close by while his companion –who I had ignored- tried something similar, shooting small darts no doubt coated with whatever sinister agent had turned those helpless servants into foul mockeries of life. What they had not counted on was my extensive training of my senses so as not to be caught unawares. Their attacks did not hurt me as I rushed the big one once again. After having my hammer glance off his armor again and again, he vanished through the floor. During this time, the shaman’s body had been spasming and convulsing horribly as a spirit of the demon shaman rose from the body to float above it. A darkness pooled below it and was clawing at the spirit, attempting to drag it down. He said something about worshiping something of Madu’s, but that it would kill us all. Then he repeated the word “Nalfashni” three times before the darkness finally claimed its final reward for whatever dark pact the shaman had made in his life. Erim mentioned that “Nalfashni” was a type of demon much worse than we had just faced. I could hear a thumping like a heartbeat coming from somewhere within Madu’s mansion, and made my way towards it. As we got there, there was a green crystal hovering in the air and glowing to the time of the heartbeat. I threw my hammer at it but it disappeared! At that moment, a huge monstrosity appeared in the place of the crystal with a huge tusked head, small wings disproportionate with its body, and an inherently evil intelligence in its eyes. It chuckled malevolently as I wrapped myself again in a cold cocoon of rage. So intent was I on the creature that I almost missed my hammer when it suddenly reappeared… [/QUOTE]
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