Viridian Plague: Act II--The Lady of Prophecy & Act III--A Shred of Hope

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

[SBLOCK=Spirit]“Of course, I’ll only use it to heal that which I cannot, which should just be the wraith’s draining touch. Hrrmmm, I don’t suppose you know why the wraiths inhabit the Feldori and Lacerta around here, instead of what was possessing those closer to the copse? As we saw the two different types come to blows...”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Bront]

"This would be a good place to rest, no? Perhaps Trayah can heal us completely here with the aid of the spirits."

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Trayah]"They aren't wraiths inhabiting dead bodies--those are the corrupted Feldori and Lacerta and what they become...their very spirits fall to darkness, and their bodies become twisted and evil as they die from overexposure to the taint. As to the animals, the corrupted animals are somewhat similar, but they are more vulnerable to the corrupting influence and at the same time more resilient...and so they are not as yet in as deep a stage, though they are overcome while still alive. The dark cat-creatures, I have decided, must be something else entirely, but I'm not sure exactly what. Regardless, while they are still evil and corrupted, they don't seem to like any of the others very much."[/SBLOCK]

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

[SBLOCK=Spirit]“Ah, I see, that explains the trouble I had trying to banish them then. I don’t suppose you have a sense of where the darkness originated or any idea of what brought it forth, honoured one?”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Trayah]"I am afraid I know little of that, though the corruption has clearly spread from the east. That is all that I can determine...Most of my spiritual energy was poured into trying to heal it or drive it away, but it seems inexorable...only strong spiritual power can keep it away for even a brief time, and the dark residue that remains within and resists all healing is so strong it seems only a very powerful spirit of healing can reverse it, or a strong confluence of spiritual energy from multiple other sources in tandem."[/SBLOCK]

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

[SBLOCK=Spirit]“Hrrmmm, do you think Arylyra would be able to do anything to combat the corruption directly, if she were wakened...or would that just remove a sanctuary from our grasp and perhaps even worsen the danger we already face, by releasing the threat she keeps from the world?”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Trayah]"Awakening Arylyra would most likely retain the sanctuary and offer powerful aid in combatting the corruption indirectly, in the form of healing...healing that works. Unfortunately, the frozen spectre trapped beneath the hill is something to think about, but anything seems better than this blight, at least right now..."[/SBLOCK]

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

[SBLOCK=Spirit]“Yes, it does, especially at the pace the corruption is spreading. Will she be easier to awaken than to commune with, as I couldn’t manage to reach her before we left the copse?”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Erekose13]

Obscurity returns to the group and answering Whinoah's question, "Yes, this looks like it'll hold for now at least." she looks around to get a count of how many survivors still remain in the graveyard(?).

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Trayah]"You couldn't commune with her because she was asleep--there is actually no way to speak with her in more than a spiritual feeling sense unless she is awakened, I am afraid. That would require entering the shrine under the hill and descending below. Jamreh knows how to at least reach the outer chambers of the inner shrine, though we never stray beyond there, usually, as it is said to be dangerous."[/SBLOCK]

*Obscurity counts thirty survivors in total, many of them children, all that is left of a once-proud village. It seems likely based on the freshness of some of the graves that more people might have initially been saved but sacrificed themselves so that the young could have enough food to survive.*