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The Apparition of Eschbach Church

This apparition has started to appear recently in the Roman Catholic Church in Eschbach. The exact nature is still being debated, but the general consensus is that she is the apparition of a murder victim while in life was a devout member of the church.   In the past few months, the village of Eschbach has had a number of powerful individuals pass through, and the installation of a new ruling lord along with plans top grow the villiage into a major local trading town. Unfortunately this has also led to many incidents in the surrounding region, and likely tied to one of these. The main line of thinking is that she was a miner in the local stone mine name Helena Adhela known for her devotion to Christianity.   The mine had been cleaned out of disturbing creatures & artefacts a few months prior by Lord Grimmaz Fyrwin, and a High Elf. What they took out of the mine was something evil and ancient, and something that should have been left buried & forgotten. Since the local church is rumoured to have a vault that is blessed to hold in evil items, it is believed to have been placed there.   Somehow a spirit of some type still appeared to lurk in the bowels of the mine, and latched on to Ms Adhela. It is meant to have hated the fact she had took up a new religion and followed it closely, albeit too closely for this spirit. Making her life hell due to it's hatred of her devotion it created polterfeist activity around her and latching onto her religious icons in her house.   Knocking, cold spots, and whispered voices of a raspy masculine variety could be experienced regularly by most who spent any time in her house. It would wait till Helena was alone and would assault her, and some would say she was assaulted in ways no-one should be. This went on & on until recently when it got so bad that it drove Helena to taking her own life.   Unfortunately, there was no available crossroads in the area outside town to bury her as is the custom in many places. The only alternative was to bury her on unconsecrated ground near the church and the local pagan grove.   Due to this, the apparition appeared a week later in the church near the time of the start of Lent. She loved her church so much, many are saying that since she was buried in unconsecrated ground while being poius, and marked by a devil or demon, she could not leave. With her icons being touched by this spirit, it is also means the spirit could have still had an effect too.   Even with the repeated blessings on her belongings, and now her grave, does not seem to prevent this apparition appearing. Many wonder if she is interred in consecrated ground, her possessions placed under her church, and both the mine & her old house blessed maybe she will rest.
"I am at a quandry. Do I go against the Church & traditional teachings, or do I try something out of the norm? I might have to do such thing. To protect the church, the people and the township. If I choose one path, I can easily follow doctorine and remain in a position to help others. The other, it might actually work, but if it got out what I had done, it may lead to me being damned. Maybe the clerics & druids of the grove may be able to help. Then again, using their powers in a church may again go aginst church doctorine."   Father Tossil, speaking to Lord Grimmaz Fyrwin & Amon the warrior of the church.


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