The Black Necklace IV
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Title: The Black Necklace IV
Author: Trebr Drab
Didn't Malabelle also have a "black necklace", and didn't she have it taken from her by Minax on the streets of Trinsic in plain view? Wasn't that necklace an all black one, instead of the gold with black center? Perhaps someone can help out here.
As things stand at this point, the necklace has resurfaced along with it's command of undead, and then the story ends and we have heard no more about it at that point. Nothing again until Minax returns yet again, in the more recent events, with more undead.
However, there is other news that may relate to all the doings. Blackthorn had joined Exodus and become a pawn of evil. It struck me hard that the events dealing with Exodus and Blackthorn brought us a strange mixture of a being, part man and part machine. This discovery is a fearful thought when one notes that the Relics of Mondain consisted of a few body parts that in themselves seem useless as any form of undead, being what little they are. But they could me made usefull with the new knowledge our enemies gained in Blackthorns research, and knowing that Mondain's brain is a part of those relics sends a cold shiver down my own spine.
Recent events show us plenty of undead, and the Commander of the Royal Guard stricken with some poison, and a strange man appears, by the name of Odric. This man makes a trade, he will cure the Commander if the Royal Guard will return a family heirloom, taken by Minax.
Of course, Minax will waste her time on cheap baubles, eh? Who, then is this man, Odric? By most accounts he is crude and seems to almost hold the Commander in contempt. But it's hard to get a reading on this aspect.
What we do know is that, when Minax was confronted wearing the necklace called "Mondain's Embrace", a gold necklace with a black center, it was Odric who somehow forced Keeonean to snatch it from Minax's neck and give to Odric. A strange turn of events, to end this legacy of the necklace.
But is it gone forever? Is it's primary use already fulfilled? Most of all, one must ask, why would this necklace be given such a name?
And the age old question haunts us still since the dawn of the first age....
...is Mondain alive?