GLRP E&H Rhysart: Of Rhysart And The Lich Mordread
Title: Of Rhysart And The Lich Mordread
Author: Arda Windson
I set to paper this
tragedy as told by
Rhysart, a friend and
by circumstances of
this tale, a hermit.
Long ago, near fifty solstices past, there was a young lad by the name of Mordread. He was the son of a ranger couple who tended the deer in the forest near the dungeon Destard. One fateful day, while tending heard of deer, a large dragon did fly overhead and did startle the herd to stampede. They did trample the parents of Mordread with their sharp hooves, and life left their bodies. Torn by the grief of his loss, that day, Mordred did make a vow to slay every living deer, for taking the life of his beloved parents. So great was his grief, he did cast away the teachings of his mother and father and set upon the path of the mage. There is no telling of which black arts he did practice in his madness, but one day a magical accident did happen. His mortal life was stripped from him and he was borne again as one of the foul abominations of life called liche. But this lich was different, he did remember his past life and the teachings of his past life. Being so, he has the abilities of both a great mage and the ability to tame the wild beast. He seems to have a link to dragon kind, for he can twist the minds and hearts of those to his will. It is suspected that he lairs somewhere in the dungeon of Destard, where dragons are plentiful. One day while the family of Rysart, Rangers as well, were tending their guarded lands near Trinsic and the hidden valley, Mordred did come upon them, A fued did ensue in which Mordred was slain. But as is the nature of powerful undead, he did return to unlife. One fateful and horrific night, he did summon a flight of dragons, and they did lay waste to all that Rysart had known. Of all his family, Rysart is the only one to survive, he escaped with only his fathers bow. He did hide in the forest away from all but his beloved deer, Sue. He was in solitude for fifty solstices. He has recently come out of the forest for he cannot stand to see the deer, and animals that he loves so dearly be slain by those who kill for sport, and not out of need of hunger or use of the hides or furs. He has concern that his life will come to an end in a meeting with the Dread lich Mordred, for as his oath is to destroy the deer, Rysarts is to protect them. Be wary noble reader, for Mordred has also an army of bone under his sway as well as the great dragons, they may yet pose a threat to not only Rysart, but the whole of our land.
