Elizabeth Jones
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Aldrich took Irene to a local sailor that provided this service, they transported people to and from the island. It was a popular destination before the increase in danger. A dozen years ago, there was a sudden spike of monsters and so the people of Ebrict had to reduce their visits to Umbra island. In turn this allowed the monsters to increase their numbers even more. However that was not even the half of it, the island became a hub for bandits and pirates alike. Of course this angered the lord and he…-
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Aldrich returned to the Yellowsprings inn for breakfast. In his hand he was carefully holding a red stone that had strange patterns written on it, it was simply too smooth. This was the Deadman's Remnant that he got from one of the Aberrant acolytes. He crushed it. The stone disappeared somewhere inside him. He knew that was fine, in fact it was the best place to keep it. It wouldn't be funny if someone got their hands on it. The Deadman's Remnant wouldn't activate unless he used his Eyes of Insight on…
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The young man and Aldrich walked over to the house in between, the young man went in alone and Aldrich waited outside. He was actually a little nervous even though he knew what he was here to do. He just didn't know how to tell a man that his brother was dead. Should he talk about Cazmer's oathbreak? It might seem like something that shouldn't be said but Cazmer was already dead, his family deserved to know the truth, right? However, Aldrich didn't want Cazmer to be remembered as a madman. At least he…
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Aldrich picked up the second book. This one was full and it was in good condition too, there was no title so Aldrich just started reading. After twenty minutes he got a grasp of what this book was. It was an anthology of Cazmer's life, his accomplishments and achievements. It had important information like the layout of certain dungeons, all sorts of unusual monsters and items. Aldrich understood what this was. Cazmer had no idea who would find this hideout so he left this as an unspoken agreement with…
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Aldrich's hands shook for a moment and almost all thought came to a standstill. When he recovered his eyes glimmered with anticipation. Cazmer was a member of the True Saint's Folk, if someone knew anything concrete about them then it must be one of them. He just didn't expect that Cazmer would leave behind something like this. 'Did he anticipate his death?' It was hard to tell but he did remember that Cazmer claimed that he had not told anyone his real name is years. It was not hard to figure out that…
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Aldrich could have haggled for more but that wasn't necessary, the price was already good enough since it included giving a favor to a lord. Besides this was actually a competent lord of a town that he saw a future in, the active intention of lord Garon to clear up the sea and get rid of the disgusting pirates was a good thing. The lord smiled upon hearing this answer, "good, good, you're a sensible young man. You're survival was not by chance." Aldrich chuckled, "you overpraise me, my lord. It was a…
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Aldrich returned to the nightmare realm of his own accord and started reading the various books in the study. He had no intention to fight anything today, besides he was sorely lacking in understanding of the nightmare realm, even if these books were from the time before the great change he could still learn many things from them. He was especially interested in the economic and social structure of this world. Although the nightmare realm was a different world, he found that there was surprising…
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Aldrich couldn't avoid that so he didn't trouble himself with needless worry. Besides they actually helped Ebrict, it could be considered a favor for the lord. But things didn't always follow the most obvious and clear answer, the lord may not think of it as such a good thing. He was very well aware that people may not like help they didn't ask for, even if it helped them the hearts of men were unfathomable. Aldrich down return to the inn, instead he asked about the two Crestmasters who were known for…
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Aldrich stopped the ghosts from leaving but most of them already started vanishing, however he still had an important question to ask them. "Why didn't the lord and the authorities investigate the disappearance of this many people?" Aldrich had this question the moment he saw the number of the ghosts. No matter how busy the lord was he wouldn't be able to ignore this. When that many people go missing it was bound to creat some waves in place. "I… am not sure… but most of the new ghosts were not from…
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The vigorous winds of spring blew on a green mountain, full of life in mid-spring the animals and birds could be seen running across the verdant fields. On this mountain there was a village, faraway from anything, it was like many settlements in Vorian these days, isolated, and liked it that way. This village was simply called Green-mountain. Strangers would rarely ever pay a visit to Green-mountain, it was small and far removed from any roads or trade routes. However on this day two strangers intruded…
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