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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 2:21:39 GMT
Urias's new home, the place went through a major cleaning The rooms where emptied of all contents and human bodies then scrubbed and cleaned with magic to make even the smell of bodies rotting and bones decaying diminish and finally disappear. The place is void of dust and clear of anything from its past inhabitants save for the books that where left behind, those are now organized in one of the rooms acting as the Druid's study.
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 22:00:13 GMT
Urias sits in the last room to be organized after throwing out all of the bat carcasses and skeletons from the previous inhabitants. he sorts the books that are there by the types of magic that they are written about and the other items that where found in the room.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 22:10:57 GMT
When night fell, Urias was still sorting through the things. The room was filled with books, potions, charms and minor magical paraphernelia. The whole room went suddenly cold and when Urias turned he saw the dead woman standing before him, but her body shimmered and he saw that she was not flesh but an image of herself.
"Greetings, Urias of the druids. Thank you for sparing my dear husband from his eternity of grief and letting me rest."
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 22:13:06 GMT
Urias really second guesses himself for making this tower his home but stands up and bows at the apparition. "It is the least I could do milady. I did what I felt was right for the Land and for your husband and your spirit."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 22:23:04 GMT
The woman smiled. If it was possible, she seemed even more beautiful as a ghost, because her face was animated.
"It was right, but Julius was too stubborn to see it. He didn't want to lose me. You were right, fortunately. He and I are together in the otherworld and we are happy as we could not be in life. I wanted to offer you my thanks, and a gift."
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 22:32:24 GMT
"I am glad that you two are finally reunited and happily together." He looks up at the mention of a gift. "Though just knowing you two are back together is thanks enough."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 22:38:29 GMT
"You are a better man than my husband." she said with a smile. "Julius never did anything that did not benefit himself. This gift is not to be squandered, and is is more in the nature of a loan, you might say. But it will be of use if you truly wish to help the land and its creatures."
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 22:43:17 GMT
"Then I will gladly accept such a loan if it will help the land and its creatures and my goal to help them from harm." He says with another bow.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 22:54:26 GMT
"Then you have my blessing."
She went to a section of the wall, pressed a section of the panelling and it swung open. Inside were various books and what was presumably a money chest but the object Camilla's ghost withdrew was an old wooden staff fashioned from elder wood.
"The people of this land once called this the Staff of Taranis," she said. "Julius wielded it once, before age and grief got the better of him. Use it to help the realm, Urias. Its people as well as its creatures. Danger is coming to this land."
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 23:03:03 GMT
Urias takes the staff gingerly in his hands as he examines it. "I am but a humble druid, I have no knowledge of this staff or the power that it contains. Could you impart some wisdom on me so that I may use it for the purpose given to me so that I do not squander it's use."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 23:17:23 GMT
"The staff can be wielded only by one with magical talents, be he a sorceror or a druid. It amplifies his natural power, but if he uses it for trivial things or for wickedness, it will drain him of his power and leave him a shell of his former self and unable to wield it for any purpose at all. It is said it will drive him mad if he abuses its powe."
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 23:24:43 GMT
"I will be sure to use it in times of dire need only and not for things that I can easily accomplish with my own ability." He says as he holds the staff, turning his attention back to Camilla.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 23:33:21 GMT
"Good. I am glad. It will be needed. You have done a good deed here and it seems the fates require you to do another, when you have rested and set the tower in order."
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Post by Urias on Nov 13, 2011 23:35:09 GMT
Urias looks at her puzzled, "I have not heard of anymore tasks that have been set before me."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Nov 13, 2011 23:50:58 GMT
"They have not been, but they will come. It has been spoken of in the otherworld, though I cannot be the one to tell you. You have a friend who will speak with you when the time is right."
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