PAXLAIR - October 30, 1998 - Atlan
Hail fellow citzens,
I have disturbing news for you. Some may remember how i
held the seance by the fountain which lead to the contact with the three
Serpents. After this seance i used the experience i recieved from the Void
to craft a Device. This Device resembled a normal crystal of communication
in appearance and usage, but had the ability to breach the borders between
our mundane world and the Void. With this Device, some of you were able to
actually speak to the Shrines of Virtue! And each shrine revealed its
alternative Principle of Chaos, Order and Balance, along with some prophecy
of an "Evil that was, Evil that is and Evil that will be again".
Now, my friends, somebody (or something?) seems to have stolen this
powerful Device... In the wrong hands, it can be an instrument to wreak
havoc to our world! For, you see, it is in fact not a simple
communication-device. The Device can be opened to place a focus inside the
Core of Power (which enables normal communication crystals to contact each
other). To contact the Shrines of Virtue, i enchanted a special gem and
placed it at each Shrine for one day and one night for it to develop an
affinity to the Virtue of this Shrine. What happened when you actually
established contact to the Shrines through the Device, was that it drew a
tiny portion of the power of its Virtue.
I am sure the mages amongst you can imagine the danger of this Device, as
i used a mundane gem and adjusted the Device to minimal amounts of mystical
energy. But whoever stole the Device might not be that gentle... with the
right focus, there is no limit to the amount of power that the Device can
draw.
Oh why have i crafted such a dangerous machine and then let it fall into
unknown hands? I left it at the table where i did my research while i
retired to sleep. Old fool, that i am! I had studied hour by hour the
possibiltys to redeem the poor Alanna from her vile curse, and over that
forgot about the Evil that lurks the lands nowadays! Someone must have
sneaked in and simply taken it.
I can only hope it was just a common rogue who will think it is a simple
crystal of communication... but why did he then took nothing else? And why
are my visions of the futur suddenly so blurred? No, i think...i FEEL
something has got hold of the Device and will use it for its own plans,
which are, no doubt sinister. Why else steal it and not ask me?
I just hope you can forgive my lazyness and weakness to loose the
Device... and keep an eye open if you can learn more about it. Maybe someone
knows what it will be used for? But i fear we will all learn soon enough...
Atlan, broken and sad, seer and sage of PaxLair
NOTE: This is part of a continuing PaxLair Player Quest, not a Seer
Quest.
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