Chronicles of Faeheim ~ Fate of The Unknown

[The Midgard Times]

Just minutes ago, news came from Carandel Palace regarding an incident during the dreamstone core's soul release test run planned for today.

The goal was to release the soul of King Farmond so Pixie and Lucretia could talk to him one last time. Amaria, Cynbel and Selene were present, handling the machine controlling the amount of souls that could be released, while the recently captured rebel, Andromallius, provided both snark and technical assistance, in exchange for a reduced sentence for his wife, accomplice, and fugitive, Crocell. Altjyhra and Abyza stood by as well, to ensure Amaria's soul extraction went as they instructed Amaria previously.

With the usual group of adventurers helping out as requested by Adelaide and Lucretia, dozens of spirits were put to rest per soul release attempt. Several tiring tries later, the group accepted Altjyhra's offer to attempt to find and release King Farmond's soul himself, and so he did.

Altjyhra quickly retreated far back as King Farmond materialized in front of the group, giving Pixie and Lucretia space to approach their father. While somehow substantially more aware than the other fallen fairies, Farmond was still confused and tormented after centuries trapped in the core. His last memory was about him slowly dying in the fields of the old archipelago, before a bright light laid waste to him, and ultimately all of Faeheim. But meeting his daughters made him feel joy again, an emotion that would not last long, for it was soon taken over by rage and resentment.

While Farmond hugged his two daughters, he finally noticed The Unknown's presence, and snapped. The spirit reproached his daughters for making a deal with the fiends, revealing that it was Altjyhra himself who dealt a final lethal strike at the king. He lunged towards The Unknowns Altjyhra and Malcanthet, who quickly fled in fear, leaving the adventurers to fight a battle they would not win.

The King enveloped the room in a magic field preventing resurrection, leaving many to be unable to come back from the thorough knockouts he delivered. Eventually catching up with his daughters Pixie and Lucretia, Farmond grabbed them and attempted to escape, but in a surprising twist, was attacked by the captive Andromallius, who had done away with his cuffs in the fight. The rebel high wizard fought fiercely, but was ultimately brutally struck down by the king, who took his daughters against their will. Andromallius' last words were something along the lines of: "I don't like the royal family, but I wasn't going to let this guy just walk all over us".

In the fight, the soul release machine was badly damaged, and was freeing spirits endlessly. The group fled the basement, and Amaria sent golems to storm in to stop the machine and the spirits. Any remaining spirits that escaped were defeated, but the team found no signs of King Farmond, Pixie, Lucretia, or The Unknown who had escaped earlier.

With the Queen and the next in line for the throne kidnapped by their own father's spirit, Prince Pico was officialized as King until Pixie was available to lead again. Many worry about his qualifications to lead a nation, to which General Cynbel and Queen Pima have stated they would do their best to mold and guide him to become a stately figure.

Fearing the old king's threats of "fixing everything", and "ending The Unknown once and for all", a nationwide search for Pixie, Lucretia, and Farmond begins. But what of The Unknown themselves? Were they not close to a violent revolt due to Altjyhra's failures?

The next event is a solely RP one, taking place next Friday, November 23 at 8:00 PM EST, lasting approximately 1 hour. It will involve Pico's rule as a king. There will be no PVM involved.