A Dead Man Tells No Tales or Does He?
There is an old proverb which states...dead men tell no tales .
Maybe there is more to that than meets your average man's eye? What I mean by this is that after a month of extensively researching the books at the Great Library in Lankhmar as well as hitting the dirty streets for additional information on the secret location of the underground, Temple of Hate. I'm close, I can feel it in my very bones, but this entrance eludes all my efforts.
My initial inquiring came from a said purchase of a single personal correspondence which led me to believe that an individual -we shall call him Timmy to completely protect his identity though it may be to late for that- had found the entrance of the infamous and secretive Temple of Hate.
The single letter read something like this...
My dearest Timmy,
I have waited long enough for you to commit to what we started, many moons ago today. You told me that once I gave it up, my true and only treasure in Lankhmar, that you would move from your Tenderloin residence to my families in the Mercantile and marry me proper. Do you not feel the same way I do? If so then why, why my love would you disappear when everything seemed so clear. It was the best of days, and now the deviled worst. My heart may be broken but my eyes are starting to see the light. Can I really call it that, I mean the light is bright and pure. My feelings are more like a burning flame of desire or maybe its the darkness that surrounds me now and how I feel. Where are you, why have you done this to me. I am an embarrassment to my friends and family. Oh, Timmy. Oh, Timmy, my soul mate, Timmy..... I, .... I ...,
I HATE YOU!
If ever we cross paths again, if I see you again, I will cut out that eye and feed it to the alley cats. You took my one treasure, and I am beholden now to take yours.
With all that I were and so shall be now,
Josephine Normally, most would pay no mind to a raucously loud female in these parts, but where I got the note from and more importantly who I may have obtained it from were just as intriguing. This particular unsavory character had an additional item, what appeared to be a human eye at first glance. Under closer examination and a streetwise keen eye, I came to the conclusion that this item was actually a key mold of sorts. A manufactured fake eye. Ok, I know what your are thinking right now, big deal, so a girl got mad at a guy and plucked his eyes out...it happens, at least in one lifetime, right? However after reading the letter over many times and thinking beyond the obvious spewing of language, I began to wonder if the threat to gouge out his eye was actually referring to his natural eye or maybe that he had a personal treasure that represented something else entirely. I began to focus on the EYE and less on him, if that makes sense. According to some of my street sources and people VERY close to Timmy, he had been acting oddly strange with many burst of hatred, harm, and chaos abound. And the worst part, they say, ...is that he has been missing for over a month now. Leaving all his possession to be pilfered by family, friends, and anyone else up for the typical snatch and grab. Currently, I may not know the secret underground entrance to the Temple but I feel like I am closer then I was a month ago. Though that might be a foolish girls heart giving a little faith in the unknown. Then again, I hate to admit but I am truly up an imp's ass on this one! -The Lore Whisperer Raven's Day Lovers Moon Year Of the Horde
Josephine Normally, most would pay no mind to a raucously loud female in these parts, but where I got the note from and more importantly who I may have obtained it from were just as intriguing. This particular unsavory character had an additional item, what appeared to be a human eye at first glance. Under closer examination and a streetwise keen eye, I came to the conclusion that this item was actually a key mold of sorts. A manufactured fake eye. Ok, I know what your are thinking right now, big deal, so a girl got mad at a guy and plucked his eyes out...it happens, at least in one lifetime, right? However after reading the letter over many times and thinking beyond the obvious spewing of language, I began to wonder if the threat to gouge out his eye was actually referring to his natural eye or maybe that he had a personal treasure that represented something else entirely. I began to focus on the EYE and less on him, if that makes sense. According to some of my street sources and people VERY close to Timmy, he had been acting oddly strange with many burst of hatred, harm, and chaos abound. And the worst part, they say, ...is that he has been missing for over a month now. Leaving all his possession to be pilfered by family, friends, and anyone else up for the typical snatch and grab. Currently, I may not know the secret underground entrance to the Temple but I feel like I am closer then I was a month ago. Though that might be a foolish girls heart giving a little faith in the unknown. Then again, I hate to admit but I am truly up an imp's ass on this one! -The Lore Whisperer Raven's Day Lovers Moon Year Of the Horde
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