I made my way to the Greenwardens Grove and found a little
bit of work there; not much worth mentioning.
I was getting somewhat tired and thought to make my way to Stormwind for
a little bit of down time and to plan what I wanted to do next.
Stormwind is a very busy place with people from all over the
world there. I booked a room at The
Gilded Rose for several days, changed into something more comfortable than my
armor and set about seeing the town. I
met many merchants and everyone was pleasant to speak with. I spent some time at the Cathedral meditating
and getting in touch with the Light. I
found that this has recharged me and it was something I really needed. Over the next couple of days I would find
myself at the Golden Keg in the evening for some of the Dwarven stout that I’ve
become rather partial to. It was a good
break from all that traveling.
By the end of the week, I found myself setting out for parts
south of Stormwind. I found myself in
Duskwood in a town called Darkshire.
This area had fallen under a curse having to do with a night elf and the
Scythe of Elune. The complete story is
not known but the Scythe is responsible for the worgen which infect the area now
and because of the Scythe’s presence the Black Riders had appeared and spread
destruction before disappearing with the Scythe.
I helped as I could with destroying some feral worgen who
were terrorizing parts of Duskwood. I
found someone who said that a group of Gilneans, humans who suffer the worgen
curse, is trying to help those worgen who still retain a part of their
sanity. He had seen a lone worgen on a
farm and asked me to investigate and see if this worgen might be saved. It sounded like a worthy cause to me so I
agreed. At the farm, I found many
wandering spirits and by the power of the Light I put them to rest and allowed
them to complete their journey to the afterlife. I found signs that something was living at
the farm and went to investigate the farm house which was empty of life; all
that remained was broken and discarded items from the lives of those who used
to reside there. I next checked the barn
and as I was looking about, I was charged by something large and furry and I
found myself knocked to the ground as the worgen escaped past me. The fact that he didn’t just try and kill me
told me that there probably remained vestiges of his humanity within him. I reported my findings to Apprentice Fess who
was excited and asked to go to Raven Hill and speak with his master, Harris.
This Master Harris was intrigued with my find and asked me
to track this lone worgen down and return him to Raven Hill. Master Harris felt that this worgen might be
saved and he gave me a potion to use on the worgen to render him unconscious. It took me many days to find this lost soul
but find him I did. It took a bit of a
tussle to be to use the potion on him but I finally managed. Upon my return, Harris worked quickly to get
the treatment started and after what seemed like days, sanity returned to the
worgen who turned out to be Sven Yorgen, a local farmer thought to be dead. The last thing that Sven remembered before
the curse took him over was Morbent Fel the necromancer corrupting
Duskwood. He asked me if I would help
him by looking for this Morbent Fel as he wasn’t yet up to the task due to his
treatment. This necromancer was
responsible for the deaths of many of his friends. As a representative of the Light, stopping a
creature like this, if he still lived, would be my duty.
I searched the Raven Hill cemetery and surrounding area for
this Morbent Fel. I found many undead
creatures walking about. I destroyed
each one as I came across it but found no other sign of Morbent Fel until I
searched one house and found the bloodied robes and hat which matched the
description I was given for Morbent Fel.
The blood was only a brown stain showing that much time had passed but
the fact that undead still roamed the area made me wonder if he was really
dead. I returned to Sven with my
findings.
While I related my story to Sven, Sister Elsington
approached to listen as well. When I had
finished she told me that they had come to the same conclusion – that Morbent
Fel might have died but returned as a more powerful Lich. She told me the evil she felt emanating from
the cemetery came mostly from the catacombs and that is where she believes the
Lich to be. She also told me of an
artifact of the Light which was used to slay Morbent Fel initially that she
believed was still in the catacombs as well.
With that artifact aiding me I should have no problem in dealing with
the Lich.
I entered the catacombs and opened my senses to the Light to
let it guide me to the artifact. Once it
was found, I could see that it had taken damage and pieces were missing. After much searching, I found the missing
pieces and with the artifact whole once more, proceeded to where I felt the
evil aura.
Morbent Fel had surrounded himself with his mindless, undead
minions which was no match for me. Then
it was time for me to face the Lich.
This would be my first test of strength and faith on my own and there
was a brief glimmer of fear in my heart.
I steeled myself and called out to the Lich. As it turned around I used the artifact to
weaken his defenses and then calling upon the power of the Light I attacked. His unholy power was no match for the Light
and in the end he was defeated. With his
death, I could feel the evil in the area lessening.
I returned to Sister Elsington with the artifact and the
news of the Lich’s death. She was
relieved to hear of it and told me that she would go to the catacombs herself
and make sure his remains were turned to ash herself and I but nodded and
turned in for some rest before I returned to the road. This place is depressing and even though the
evil has lessened it will take a lot of time for it to maybe return to the way
it was in the past before evil settled in so deeply. May the Light help these people of Duskwood.
Kahlee
((currently Level 32))
Kahlee at the Golden Keg in Stormwind
Fighting the Lich that is Morbent Fel in the
catacombs of Raven Hill Cemetary in Duskwood
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