My Journey

[Greydawn]

Over the last few weeks I have been on the move a bit. First in Germany, then England from there Africa and India, I was chasing my former brother. He like I is not what some would say normal, meaning we both do a lot of plane hopping. He has resources almost as great as mine, but unlike me he did not come by his through legal means. We have been adversaries for as long as I can remember. We studied under the same teacher and we took different paths his was to darkness, mine was to enlightenment. He murdered our teacher when he refused to teach him more of the sacred arts of magic, telling him that he was only wanting for power and not enlightenment. I have hunted him every since that night. He like me is a powerful arcanist, though our power comes from very different sources. If I had to guess I would say he is probably the stronger of us, but I have the advantage of being the smarter and the help of several friends and associates that either he has crossed or I have met in my travels.

Enough of the history lessons.

I got word that he was seen in Germany and up to his old tricks again. I went to investigate and found his trade mark on several murdered bodies. He is trying to awaken Mot, the Semitic god of death, whom he thinks will give him the gift of immortality through by making him a lich. From there he went to England where he performed another ritual sacrifice. Then the same in Africa, and finally India where I caught up with him and put a stop to his treachery.

I managed to stop his ritual before he sacrificed another truly innocent she was only 9 years of age. My associates and I arrived at the secluded temple in the rain forest around dusk and saw Trenton enter with the child; he had four followers with him so we decided to take them just after dark when they would be focusing on the ritual. When we arrived in the temple they were busy setting up the ritual and had already bound the child to the alter, we overheard them saying that this was the last and after tonight Mot would grant them their greatest desires. We decided that the best approach was to have Gabby focus on getting the child to safety while Sean, Mitch, Jackson, and Timothy focused on the four disciples and Greg, Kelly, and I took Trenton. We waited for Gabby to get into position and then we made our move. Once we had their undivided attention Gabby freed the child and made her way out. The fight between the four disciples and my team was quick and efficient Trenton on the other hand was a hard fought battle.

As I moved to make our attack he turned and greeted me saying,
"Welcome brother have you come to help me finish becoming a god?”, my answer was to attempt to cleave him in two with my sword but he was to quick and expecting the attack. What he was not expecting was the help I had brought. Greg had moved to a flanking position as had Kelly. When he countered my attack they struck home and managed to take down his armor spell. He hit me with a force bolt that was strong enough to take down my own . The fight continued with us attacking and him countering for what seemed like hours, when the others had finished with the disciples they came and helped with Trenton. We finally prevailed but not with out casualties.

I lost two friends that night, may you rest in peace Greg and Kelly, you will be missed.

[Michael T]

I hate when the enemy is one so close to you, I am glad it did not go far worse for you and your friends. My condolences for the lose of two friends that were willing to attack an arcanist to help a friend.

[Greydawn]

Thank you Mr. Micheal T for your thoughts.

They were bothe good people, and as I stated they will be missed.

At least they died with honor and with each other for they were husband and wife, and truly in love.

I tried to leave them behind but they would not have it. They were some of the ones that Trenton had crossed.