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Lexi report & letter
Oct. 4th, 2023 11:03 pmFAO Humacti Central
I am happy to report the demonic necromancer Versayce has been destroyed and the souls he had stolen were restored to their original owners.
The enemy being mostly demons, only a small number of undead were encountered in the area. We found one necromancer and a death knight in the "ilken factory", both were swiftly destroyed.
We also found (and destroyed) a mixed group of undead (zombies, skeletons and shadows) around a small farmstead just outside the abandoned village. We were unable to uncover a specific cause for these undead, although at least one shadow appeared to be 'naturally' occurring as it called out the barony for sending them into danger and not coming to rescue them.
I also regret to inform you of the passing of Humact Rook. With the assistance of Paladin Vertonius, I was able to permanently consecrate his soul and ensure he passed on to his deities. I believe this should be done for all the souls which had been corrupted into the demon engines - a process which seems to have been closely aligned to necromancy
Yours
Alexandra Huntingdon
xxx
To Freddie
Well, I made it through the battles against Versayce and am alive and well. I’ll be on my way to visit shortly (assuming you do all stay safely where you were and not try to get to Van Heusen’s lands) but hopefully this letter gets to you first to ease your worries.
I'll be honest with you and say we saw some pretty unpleasant things (others more so than me and the fact they won’t tell me how bad is pretty telling in itself). I usually relish the opportunity to consecrate souls permanently but I've never had to do it for a friend before and, even with Cadrus at my side, that one hurt.
If you’re willing not to dwell too much on the how, I’d love to share with you some of my recently meetings with the Seven. I’m a little disappointed I didn’t get to see Rhaeteth’s Tower but it’s probably for the best. And everytime I see the effects of Cadrus’ or Caerule’s tears, I am overawed again.
There’s going to be a fair amount of clean-up here - the Temples will be carrying out resurrection ceremonies for days and, if the Humacti don’t turn up to help with permanent consecrations, I know some Paladins who might be willing.
On the other hand, Eorith is avoiding me so I’m pretty sure something about what they did to finish off Versayce was necromantic and she knows she wouldn’t be able to lie about it. The fact part of it was called a soulforge was a pretty big clue. I might be oathbound to hunt down and destroy necromancers, but I think Humact would forgive me for not looking too closely at weird magical artefacts. Cadrus would/did do the same.
Hevish willing, I’ll be heading to you in a week or so, once all the post-battle debriefing is over and I'm not needed any further.
Love
Lexi
I am happy to report the demonic necromancer Versayce has been destroyed and the souls he had stolen were restored to their original owners.
The enemy being mostly demons, only a small number of undead were encountered in the area. We found one necromancer and a death knight in the "ilken factory", both were swiftly destroyed.
We also found (and destroyed) a mixed group of undead (zombies, skeletons and shadows) around a small farmstead just outside the abandoned village. We were unable to uncover a specific cause for these undead, although at least one shadow appeared to be 'naturally' occurring as it called out the barony for sending them into danger and not coming to rescue them.
I also regret to inform you of the passing of Humact Rook. With the assistance of Paladin Vertonius, I was able to permanently consecrate his soul and ensure he passed on to his deities. I believe this should be done for all the souls which had been corrupted into the demon engines - a process which seems to have been closely aligned to necromancy
Yours
Alexandra Huntingdon
xxx
To Freddie
Well, I made it through the battles against Versayce and am alive and well. I’ll be on my way to visit shortly (assuming you do all stay safely where you were and not try to get to Van Heusen’s lands) but hopefully this letter gets to you first to ease your worries.
I'll be honest with you and say we saw some pretty unpleasant things (others more so than me and the fact they won’t tell me how bad is pretty telling in itself). I usually relish the opportunity to consecrate souls permanently but I've never had to do it for a friend before and, even with Cadrus at my side, that one hurt.
If you’re willing not to dwell too much on the how, I’d love to share with you some of my recently meetings with the Seven. I’m a little disappointed I didn’t get to see Rhaeteth’s Tower but it’s probably for the best. And everytime I see the effects of Cadrus’ or Caerule’s tears, I am overawed again.
There’s going to be a fair amount of clean-up here - the Temples will be carrying out resurrection ceremonies for days and, if the Humacti don’t turn up to help with permanent consecrations, I know some Paladins who might be willing.
On the other hand, Eorith is avoiding me so I’m pretty sure something about what they did to finish off Versayce was necromantic and she knows she wouldn’t be able to lie about it. The fact part of it was called a soulforge was a pretty big clue. I might be oathbound to hunt down and destroy necromancers, but I think Humact would forgive me for not looking too closely at weird magical artefacts. Cadrus would/did do the same.
Hevish willing, I’ll be heading to you in a week or so, once all the post-battle debriefing is over and I'm not needed any further.
Love
Lexi
