A Tale by Solonthkar
Title: A Tale by Solonthkar
Author: Solonthkar
I thought I should
hurry out of here
before he could bring
in his
reenforcements.
I quickly grabbed the
bag which seemed to
contain some scrolls
and
reflected on the things
which just happened
a few seconds ago.
If I had not
interrupted his
summoning spell I
would surely
have shared the same
fate as the one in the
casket. Which made
me think and
I hurried over to the
casket to see if there
was any hope or
anything I
could do. But the
stench was so horrid
as I came near the
metal thing that
I stopped to think what
to do next.
I did raise my jug of beer to refresh my makeshift smell protection and to wet my dry lips at the same time. The jug was empty before I found the courage to look inside the iron maiden. I was surprised that I didst only find a heap af ash as the still warm halves parted. I could do nothing for this poor soul and spoke a quick prayer to the gods on his behalf.
I turned to quickly leave this ugly place but while I turned a gleaming piece inside the ashes caught mine attention. I took a closer look and found a ring which seemed to be made of gold. As I took it out of the ashes I beheld a black stone which seemed to spread darkness around like a diamond spreads the light.
I took the ring and as I heard the gallop of approaching horses I recalled back to the Empath Abbey. As I blacked out from the spell I could swear that I didst seem some black horsemen approaching but it could have been my imagination or a trick of light.
I tried to find the wise
sage of Yew but I
could not find him. So
I write
this letter to you, dear
mayor, so that you
might find him so that
he can
go ahead and identify
this ring for me for
all mine prior efforts
had
failed to satisfy me
curiosity as to the
power of the ring.
Please give word to me if thou didst find the Sage and I will come to thee with this ring. I keep the ring locked away in a box inlayed with lead to seal off any dark influences or magical radiation. And I gave the ancient scrolls which I found in the bag to a scholar friend of mine but he could not decrypt the language except for the mentioning of a Yewel of Krossar or the like... Maybe you have better luck with these scrolls as well.
- Solothkar of Glow on the Great Lakes
