Power Corrupts

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Title: Power Corrupts

Author: Saul the Prophet

There are some things that even ones like myself cannot see. I was at a loss when I had heard what fate had bestowed upon the Lord of the Society of Arcane Shadows. How could I, a prophet, not see this? Rune Artisem had came to me many times to see what the future could hold for him. But this was never foreseen by either Artisem or myself. I was shocked when the daemon Verimos told me of all this.

I am told that Artisem had summoned the entire Society of Arcane Shadows to meet with him within his stronghold of Skara Brae Trammel. The ones who had came to his calling were Erland Silverose, Nas'Rath, Ole Jelly, Anais de Quoi, Tristram Si'kara, and Sigurd Rotharia. There he had planned to discuss his schemes to bring about the end of the magics that created and held the facet of Trammel. It seemed that he was much closer in achieving this goal then any could have thought. For he spoke of large devices that had been created and powered by magic that would enable the end of Trammel to be at hand.

It was then that a purple glow engulfed Artisem's entire rotting body. It is said that the lich was quite perplexed when all this happened. And then he was gone. It seemed he had disappeared without a trace. And then a dark laughter filled the town hall of Skara Brae Trammel.

The creature was draped in the darkest of all robes. His flesh was not flesh but some twisted crimson mockery. He held a small crystal high above his head and laughed at the members of the Society. For this was the one named Monric. The one who Artisem had feared so much over the last few weeks. His former master had returned to take his vengeance against him. Monric was quite pleased with himself. He explained that the lich named Rune Artisem was now trapped within the crystal he held. It would only be a matter of time before Monric would extract all of Artisem's power and magic into himself. And with that Monric was gone with his new toy.

The members of the Society entered into a panic. Erland Silverose suggested a complete search of the entire Skara Brae Trammel area. And so it was that nearly every inch of the city was looked about in hopes of finding some sort of trace of Monric. Several of the members had given up any hope of finding anything when they received word that Monric was making his way towards the moongate of Skara Brae. They all bolted with speed towards the moongate. And there Monric had waited for them.

He let loose a mad cackle and went into the dark blue energy that makes up the moongate. Ole Jelly, Anais de Quoi, Nas'Rath, and Erland Silverose all jumped into the gate after the mad creature. But no luck. They could not find any trace at any of the other moongates.

It was then that Verimos emerged from the gate. The daemon servant of Rune Artisem was curious as to why so many members of the Society had gathered at the moongate of Skara Brae Trammel. They all informed the daemon of what had became of his master. Some members of the Society even believed it was too late, for they thought Monric had already extracted Artisem's powers. Verimos then spoke and told them that he, and the girl Vailanna, were both bonded to Artisem by powerful magic. Should Monric extract Artisem's powers into himself, then they would both become the servants of Monric. And Verimos made clear that his master was still Rune Artisem.

Another search then began. This one was more vast than the last. For it covered all of the moongates once again, but also the city-state of Moonglow, and the dark city of Caina. And yet again they could find nothing. It was decided that they must contact the Lady of the Society, Lynne Darkthorne. For both she and Artisem ruled over the Society and Skara Brae Trammel with iron fists. Verimos would set forth and attempt to locate her whereabouts so that she might be able to lead the Society in freeing the lich called Rune Artisem.

I shall be looking into this myself and hopefully I can find something to help the Society in their search to restore their missing Lord...

It is just unclear just how dangerous all of this could be...