The lightless
(Prompt: Most interesting kill)
"In the howling waste, even the darkness has a voice. It titters and beckons, it begs and cajoles, it slithers its way into your brain like a black, slimy worm — and if you listen to it, you're lost. The weaver of dark'll have you, and you'll never see the light again."
— Tlemizar the Old, traveler of the planes.
I pray that you never have to meet one of the lightless, dear reader. A true aberration of the planes. The sounds they make...
Among my studies in Kereska's great library, none were so guarded as those of the Darkweavers and their ilk. Even the language primers could not be viewed without one of the senior attending scholars at your side. They would sit and stare, not at the tomes, but at you. Ever vigiliant for even the slightest trace of corruption that the language alone could force upon you.
Scrawled in the margins of one such primer, in blood, were the last remnants of one acolyte. Rumoured to have torn the eyes of his attending scholar from his head, before taking his own and penning this with a torn nail in deep speech
"Aul tel’ ki
ssri ysele
rell -eti mor"
"In the void
silent word
many eyed death"
I saw it, briefly, as I read those words; and saw my scholar twitch. His hand toward his staff. The black writhing tentacles, body of segmented and amorphous undulating shadow, eyes peeking out and catching the light. I held its gaze but for a moment and it retreated, and with it I heard my scholar relax.
Many moons later, we had finally ascertained its location. It took 30 of us to bring it down, back when I was still unranked. A capable fighter, yes. But nearly nothing in the face of that...thing.
Nine of us did not survive the wounds we got that day. And their names remain carved in the stone walls surrounding my home. The scars I bear a reminder of their sacrifice.
Xerrakir's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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Of new beginnings
22 May 2021 01:23:39
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A shared meal
29 May 2021 03:11:51
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New Companions
30 May 2021 03:47:04
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Bodysnatchers In The Night
11 Jun 2021 01:16:30
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Forged
19 Jun 2021 12:27:27
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Quickwater's Future
03 Jul 2021 01:10:14
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Grounded
24 Jul 2021 12:54:45
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Grace
31 Jul 2021 01:41:59
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Again.
07 Aug 2021 02:29:34
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Nova
28 Jan 2022 02:02:46
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Chaos
11 Mar 2022 11:51:18
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The lightless
12 Mar 2022 12:18:29
22 May 2021 01:23:39
29 May 2021 03:11:51
30 May 2021 03:47:04
11 Jun 2021 01:16:30
19 Jun 2021 12:27:27
03 Jul 2021 01:10:14
24 Jul 2021 12:54:45
31 Jul 2021 01:41:59
07 Aug 2021 02:29:34
28 Jan 2022 02:02:46
11 Mar 2022 11:51:18
12 Mar 2022 12:18:29
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