THE CHAMBER OF VIRTUE, BRITAIN - April 11, 1999 - Atlan, blind sage of PaxLair

Since he first introduced himself in the player-city of PaxLair, the mysterious character only known as "N." never showed, but instead used his minions and crystals of communication to plot and scheme and manipulate.

Some time ago, he made the citizens of PaxLair and others believe, that the knowledge of how to stop him was hidden in a Book of Rituals. Eager to retrieve said Book -it was used to open a portal into the netherworlds at that time, probably to assure we would try to get it- we stumbled into a well-crafted trap...

Or so it seems in review. The battle for the Book was hard and seemed only to approve what we suspected. Thus, we began to decipher the encrypted texts of the Book to put an end to N. and his plans. With time and research i, Atlan the blind, was able to gather the information we sought.

Everything pointed towards a Ceremony that would create mechanical bodys, able to house any entity it was adjusted to. With this knowledge and a prophecy of the shrines, it seemed clear what to do.

The Ceremony was performed in the chamber of Virtue in Britain; an honor guard of the Paladins of Serpents Hold, the Moonglow Council of Honesty and The Seekers, a guild from Yew attended to represent the Citys of the Principles.

Having decrypted the Book and with a special... interest in these matters (N. had me blinded), i called upon help from around the realm. Many fine people responded and gathered to hear my speech:

"Welcome. Welcome, my friends. I greet you all, the most noble and virtuos citizens of our land. Since the fall of Mondain, we have never ceased to struggle against malicious circumstances and evil creatures. Our towns of PaxLair and Corwyn alone were the target for necromancers, vampires, diseases and what not.

But there is a greater Darkness than the one we fight. The war that we fight is not against undead or armys, but against ourselfes and our Despair. Have you looked about you recently? I may be blind, but an empty eye sees the emtyness around it. Our souls have become empty, we have abandoned our hopes.

We stopped to dream our dream of a better futur. Instead, we started to bicker and fight amongst us. We need to do something about this. The Principles of Truth, Love and Courage have been corrupted. With some vile Rituals, N.s minions bound the Principles to his will. I fear this might be the reason for our recent misfortune.

The Shrines of Virtue once uttered a prophecy that "...only when the three embodiments of the Principles walk the land" we can be safed. A while ago, we managed to aquire a Book of Rituals. This book was heavily guarded and encrypted.

After much work, i was finally able to decode it. The Book contains instructions that will enable us to actually give the Principles a FORM! Thanks to the ceremony we are about to begin and Alberichs work, we can now craft metal golems that will be the vessels to the Principles. And thus, we will fullfill the prophecys. Let us begin now.

I am Atlan. In this Ceremony, i will represent Spirituality. I don the grey of Balance to take on the white of Spirituality. 'To forsake one's inner being is to abandon thy hopes for thyself and thy world.'"

In the order they were called, each of the chosen stepped forth and dressed in the color of the Virtue they should represent. Here is a list of the representatives and their Virtue: Spirituality (White) -Atlan, Honesty (Blue) -Morgaine, Compassion (Yellow) -Winmere, Valor (Red) -Pyrates, Justice (Green) -Ruairi, Sacrifice (Orange) -Winfield, Honor (Purple) -Dell; Humility was left out, for noone could be humble enough to pick up that burden.

The Ceremony succeeded and three Golems were summoned. After the Ceremony, the golems were lead to Empath Abbey, Serpents Hold and the Lycaeum to recieve the imbuement of the principles. But soon after their arrival there, moongates opened up and abducted the Golems.

The audience of the Ceremony hurried after them and tried to stop what was about to happen, but they failed. The Golems were already places ontop of the altar at the Demons Temple, prepared for a different kind of ceremony...

The Death knights, allies of N., were gathered around the altar in expectation. For what, we learned too soon... N. himself finally made his appearance, inside the Golem. His mind took control of the body and he left with the three golems after only a few words:

"AhhhHH! Freedom! At last! *tests the golem-body* Greetings citizens. I am the one you only knew as N. up to today. Now you will learn my real name, the name i neclected long ago, as the being known as such ceased to exist.

I am Nedemor, prince of Akalabeth, son of king Wolfgang. Heir to the throne of the Old Kingdom, rightful Lord of Sosaria. I can hear you have many... questions... *cackles*

I will answer them all soon, but now it is time to put these new bodys to use. The murderous impostor British and his minions will learn fear now... they will experience justice from their true Lord! What British did to me was unforgivable! But now i have a body again! Golems, follow me."

From informations we found earlier, it seems that he might well be who and what he claims, but what he means by his last words remains unclear. Only one thing about the futur is clear: Nedemor played us like a bard plays his instrument and used us to foster his own plans; he will continue to do so and the Virtues help us all with the new powers he wields now...

Nedemor possesses the Golem of Love currently, yet all his aims seem to be guided by Hatred and revenge. Only time will reveal more of his secrets... and his weaknesses.

NOTE: This is part of a continuing PaxLair Player Quest, not a Seer Quest.