To Ascend

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Title: To Ascend

Author: Lord Rune Artisem

Time... It is the one thing that I will always have an ample supply of. For much time had passed since I had been made aware of a forgotten lab that belonged to the lich twins, Lathiari and Kyrnia. And it was certainly not without its just rewards. Much I had learned and many lost secrets of old had been revealed to me. Secrets that now are known only to me...

It seems that the twins were on the verge of being free of the chain that we know as a phylactery. Had they been successful in achieving this then I seriously doubt that Sage Humbolt would have ever been able to bring about their doom. But their sad loss had now become my gain and I certainly would not share in their dreaded fate. I spent several weeks in hiding so that I could go over all of their secrets without being disturbed. It was a truly marvelous experience to not be bothered by the petty concerns of the outside world and able to dedicate my mind and body to furthering my own dark powers.

Soon I would finally be free of the limits and fears of the phylactery and then I could finally begin in the complete destruction of all my enemies and also that of the accursed false facet. Each time the thought of so many dead would enter into my head, then would my beautiful soul- stone glow with a dark green light as it hung around my neck. It hungered to hold more souls day by day... And very soon it would be holding more souls than it could ever conceive of...

But most interesting of all was that of a small piece of paper that was stuck in a book that it had no place being placed in. It was unreadable for the most part, but there it made mention of something that just should not exist... The Orb of Devastation...

The mere mention of the Orb of Devastation brought about a surge of excitement within me that I had completely forgot all the other texts I had discovered. The Orb of Devastation had long been thought to be nothing more then a mere myth that was already ancient when the realm of Sosaria was still very young... It would prove to be a truly invaluable bit of knowledge if the old myth was nothing more than forgotten history... For it is said that whoever holds the Orb of Devastation shall control the fate of all...

But all this small-misplaced paper contained was nothing but a mere hunch that the Orb of Devastation was real... Nothing else... And with that I resumed my studies on how to become free of that damnable phylactery...

And then it was that my studies came to an end. I had gained the knowledge that was needed to make my ascension and was quite pleased with this unexpected twist of fate.

Now the task that is at hand is to bring it about without fail. As of most forgotten rituals, the reagents it would require would be quite difficult to locate and to obtain. But that had never proved to be a problem in the past nor would it be a problem now. I will take counsel with Lady Darkthorne within the next few days and prepare the Society to begin in the search for these reagents. I will soon be free of the blasted phylactery and then the harvest shall begin... After all... Skara Brae was only the start of things... And it is now time to bring all of my long yearnings to an end and make them into reality...

My time is now at hand... And death shall fill the halls of Sosaria like none has ever seen or could possibly imagine...

In Eternal Darkness,

Rune Artisem

Lord of the Society

The Society of Arcane Shadows