A Book Of Stone
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Title: *A book of Stone*
Author: Toren Smythe
The Middle Era
25 to 300
Mondain was defeated in 25 or 26. Soon after 25 a disaster afflicted Sosaria, such of a magical nature. This disaster changed the geography of the land forming Britannia. Around this time, Lord British's popularity soars due to Mondain's defeat. Due likely, to his summoning the Stranger.
Lord Blackthorn rises through the ranks and becomes trusted advisor to Lord British. The Time Lord comes to Lord British. telling him he is only a mirror of the real Lord. The Time Lord explains the 8 virtues to Lord British, citing it as the only way to reunite the shards. Lord British spreads word of the virtues throughout the land. But Lord Blackthron disagrees with them. "My Story" Details such, I'll read it over again and make some further notes. British orders shrines to the 8 virtues constructed. With permission from Lord British, Blackthron invents his own virtue. Blackthorn argues the value of these people.
Moving on
The Story of Lathiari and Kyrnia
The father of two twins: Lathiari and Kyrnia dies in a storm at sea. The children become obessed with the decay of their father's corpse and death in general. At this time a man named Crawworth becomes captain of the guard of Trinsic.
Lathiari and Kyrnia continue to research death, corpses and the mysteries of the life force. One day after a trip their mother became ill and shortly thereafter, died. Devestated that all thier research could not save their mother they encased her in a block of ice and set about searching for a means to revive her. The researched of the twins took new momentum, and eventuall they resoted life to their mother's body.
They had not however saved their mother from death. They had merely created undead. They killed the zombie and cut her body apart. They then burned all the peices except the eyes which the fashioned into Necklaces. The demented experiments of the twins continue with fallen soldiers. Their peers in the Mages guild demanded they stop the experimentation and shunned them.
They moved from their home of Magincia, to Yew. There they discovered the lost art of Necromancy. Their experiments in Necromancy always required more subjects. And more and more innocent people became victims to that experimentation. Eventually word of the experiments reaches Lord British himself, who was appalled at the ordeal.
He set a mandate banishing them from Britannia forever. The twins could not be found. The party left their house alone, afeared of what may be inside.
Year 300
Lord British sees the land become overrun by bandits and monsters and calls adventurers to aid the citizens of Britannia.
These people became knowns at the "Charter Britannians" They procrete with full blooded Britainnians causing population explosion unparalleled in all of Britannian history. The parents of Mordread are killed in a hart stampede around the time of the Twin's father's death. They were herders.
Mordread was transformed into a Liche in a magical accident and destroyed Rhysart's family. Also a man named Hebban Olla is born. He is either born, or turned evil by circumstances unknown. Hebba Olla commints unknown evil acts, but is defeated, killed, and magically sealed within his own tomb by a man named Dar-Salaam.
Years 303-312
Oberon the Healer obtains the staff of Dar-Salaam while in a meditative strance. He believe that he was in the spirit realm and found the staff after tripping over it. It is unclear whether this is true, or merely a hallucination, but he find the staff. The staff remains the key to Olla's Tomb. Rhystart the Hermit appears, searching for the Liche Mordread whom destroyed his familly. He carries with him a red crossbow which belonged to his father.
Oberon the Healer begins to see visions from the staff of Dar-Salaam. The staff tricks him into awakening Hebban Olla. A unique white hart appears in the vicinity of Yew.
It is subsequently captured and trapped on an island in the dungeon Despise. The antlers were necessary to fashion a bolt of purity, which would be instrumental in destroying Mordread the Liche.