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Mortal Stories
The Second Trial of Turel
Once again, we scholars offer our knowledge of Turel Aragoth to all those who would seek such knowledge...
Greetings, it is a pleasure to see you again scholars, what has it been? 20-30 years? So...you would like to hear more of my stories? Very well...the next tale i shall weave for you occured many years after i first became a vampire. My good friend, Lady Villani, had recently ascended to the ranks of the Gods and Relentless wished to chose a new clan leader. I was travelling westward from an excurtion to Aina with my friend Avaricus. Many times during our journey I saw a drak-dressed man follow ing us. Avaricus never saw him and I came to the conclusion that he was following me. When we arrived in Windy Bluff, we decided to stay at the Local Inn for the night, Avaricus went out to stable our horses when the Innkeeper gave me a note that someone had left for me this morning... the note read like this...
"Greetings, Traitor. Meet me near the City if Shadows in Bar-gith forest tonight at midnight. I have a surprise for you. -Renon"
Renon...I had not seen nor heard from him since i was first reborn. Avaricus walked in as I walked out telling him to go ahead without me. As I walked to the stables I noticed a large commotion...my horse had been killed and, written in it's blood on the wall was another message from Renon.
"Do not be late, Turel, you would regret it."
I purchased another stead and rode toward the city of Eria. I came uppon a small circus on my way to Eria, normally this would not have drawn my attention, but this was different, there were no children running from tent to tent, no preformers entertaining...I took precious time and investigated. The scene of carnage was what i found inside the main tent, a note was knifed to the body of the ringmaster...
"Remind you of anything you've seen before, Turel?"
I looked around and the scene mirrored the one I awoke to as a vampire. Renon was taunting me and I would'd stand for it! When I arrived at the City of Eria I was halted by a troup of cityguards. " you are a vampire correct?" asked a burly dwarven guard. "yes" i replied. " there has been a string of vampiric murders lately and we have orders to detain all vampires. I didn't want to be rude but I couldn't allow them to detain me any longer " I am Turel Aragoth of the Clan Darkstone and am on very important buisiness...let me pass!' " OH! I apoligize Turel, forgive us" a young female guard asked me. " Of course" I rode on. When I got Bar-gith forest i came upon a group of Black Knights. Having no time to dismount I began launching spells. My intial Fireball destroyed 2 of the Knights, reducing them to ashes.One of the remaining three attacked my mounts legs, the powerful beast reared up and pounded it to dust.An instant later a lightning bolt shoot from my finger tip to it's chest, killing it instantly. I attacked the last with my Bloodstained shortsword, making quick work of it. I arrived at the place where Renon asked me to and I saw 2 beings chained to an altar. Renon was here also, as I moved to attack Renon spook arcanic words, and the beings began to writhe in pain. " Canero Disamark Siquans Kerkarkmam" and the two beings disappeared remerging as one. " A vampire and a Shadow Stalker..a deadly combination." with that Renon disappeared. I called upon all the power I could muster and cast a spell that i had just recently learned. The Hellgate opened and white hot fire engulphed the beast. When the flames died I attacked it with all my might and eventually beat it. I heard the voice of Renon speak to me " Very impressive, Turel. it seems you will live to fight me, but that comes much later." I cursed and soon found myself at the clan hall in Phatep just in time for the end of the meeting. To my surprise I found that Relentless had made Avaricus clan leader and myself #1 of the clan. I then turned my attention to finding the Avatar Challenge, so that i might attain the honored rank of Hero.
But once again I must leave the tale end there. It has been a pleasure scholars..I hope to see you again. We did see Turel again, however it was not for many years later.
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