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27th of Flocktime

Warmth of the Light

by Tycho Ralesh

We battled our way through the sinuous halls of the labyrinth for two days and vied with devils and aberrations alike. The deeper we delved, the more unmistakable the carvings and depictions became: the entire temple was devoted to the worship and gorging of something we could only assume was vampiric.

Eventually we crossed into a far more ancient sanctum, around which the rest of the structure had been built. As we stepped onto the dark, icy stone, we could all feel its presence. A moldering presence; a remnant of past glory; now aware of our beating hearts. We could feel its thirst, beckoning us to do battle with it; we could feel its desperation to either be renewed by our blood or finally released by our blades.

Once we entered its decrepit throne room, I almost pitied the wretch. So much fear and horror to feed what has become a desiccated husk; so many lives fantastically wasted, and for what? It was well for us that so many decades had passed, for the vampire and his guard of consorts were clearly shades of their former power. Yet, they proved formidable even in such a state.

After a final, exhausting battle, we collected tokens of our victory and stumbled thankfully out into the warmth of the light. The trek back to the ship seemed an impossibility in our current state. With little hope it would have remined upon our return, we turned to the magic of Melchris’ scroll.

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  1. Background
    1st of Readying
  2. The Fouled Stream
    20th of Readying
  3. Words with Lord Summerford
    21st of Readying
  4. I Believe You Mean Warlock
    23rd of Readying
  5. Miner Difficulties
    27th of Readying
  6. A Victory Celebration
    28th of Readying
  7. In response to Ilias
    1st of Coldeven
  8. The Winged God.
    14th of Coldeven
  9. A Patron's Favor
    15th of Coldeven
  10. A Traitor to the Folk
    16th of Coldeven
  11. The Scions of Elemental Evil
    11th of Planting
  12. A Gift to Palor
    24th of Planting
  13. First Conversations with Morley
    25th of Planting
  14. Roots of the Humble Ogre
    26th of Planting
  15. At the Temple's Steps
    24th of Flocktime
  16. Trapped in the Labyrinth
    25th of Flocktime
  17. Warmth of the Light
    27th of Flocktime
  18. The Horizons of Mind
    1st of Wealsun
  19. A Whoelsome Diversion
    3rd of Wealsun
  20. Pursuing Derider
    4th of Wealsun
  21. Rising Filth
    4th of Wealsun
  22. A Winged Shadow Flees
    5th of Wealsun
  23. The Slumbering Ogre
    7th of Wealsun
  24. Paradise Defiled
    22nd of Wealsun
  25. One Man's Salt
    23rd of Wealsun
  26. A Song of Whispers
    28th of Wealsun
  27. Lost No Longer
    3rd of Richfest
  28. Revelry and Memory
    4th of Richfest
  29. Many are the Guards who Wait
    28th of Reaping
  30. Lament
    2nd of Goodmonth
  31. The Maelstrom Blade
    16th of Goodmonth

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