tyriuth
2014-10-30, 08:24 PM
Telerit had, for the past few months, been suffering from a plague that had found its way into the slums. Several hundred had died, while a thousand of the inhabitants had fallen ill. It was enough for the lord of the town to have a vested interest in preventing further outspread, especially since his youngest daughter had fallen ill.
The locals had termed it the Shadowfire plague for two reasons:
1) Those who fell ill were marked with burn marks upon their skin.
2) The eyes of the dead turned black and lifeless shortly after death.
Melina was looking desperate for the cure as one of her children had fallen ill. With much collaboration with the apothecary tasked with finding a cure, it was found that the Shadowfire Plague was magical in nature and that the source would need to be found to restore health to those fallen ill and to prevent others getting sick. So she had begun to gather up a group together to help her in this regard. In his search for his past, Lurgh had come to Telerit. It was said that one librarian had found interest in the Orc tribes of the continent, and had detailed accounts on all the tribes. However, upon arriving; he found the librarian ill with the strange plague that had begun to ravage the city. His desire to search out his past pushed him to team up with the group of people who were to head into the water system. A series of underground tunnels served as aqueducts to provide fresh water across the city, but it was suspected that it had been contaminated. He was among the first to join Melina.
Curiosity had begun to creep into Oak's mind. He had been away from civilization for some time and longed for more company that Gunther, his elephant companion. The trees were worried, and they passed this feeling on to Oak, and he felt pushed to help cure this plague for the sake of what effect it might have upon the world at large. Ellie, a quiet bookish type who usually spent much of her time in the town's library, had found herself pushed into joining the growing group which sought to find the origin for this plague. Magical talent was difficult to spare in Telerit; the other mages were either occupied with tasks of greater importance, or they were not experienced enough to provide the assistance required.
It was then, that the four unlikely companions found themselves sitting in the back room of a tavern, mugs of ale and beer sat nearby as they planned how they would head into the Warren - the underground series of tunnels that fed the water system of the town.
The locals had termed it the Shadowfire plague for two reasons:
1) Those who fell ill were marked with burn marks upon their skin.
2) The eyes of the dead turned black and lifeless shortly after death.
Melina was looking desperate for the cure as one of her children had fallen ill. With much collaboration with the apothecary tasked with finding a cure, it was found that the Shadowfire Plague was magical in nature and that the source would need to be found to restore health to those fallen ill and to prevent others getting sick. So she had begun to gather up a group together to help her in this regard. In his search for his past, Lurgh had come to Telerit. It was said that one librarian had found interest in the Orc tribes of the continent, and had detailed accounts on all the tribes. However, upon arriving; he found the librarian ill with the strange plague that had begun to ravage the city. His desire to search out his past pushed him to team up with the group of people who were to head into the water system. A series of underground tunnels served as aqueducts to provide fresh water across the city, but it was suspected that it had been contaminated. He was among the first to join Melina.
Curiosity had begun to creep into Oak's mind. He had been away from civilization for some time and longed for more company that Gunther, his elephant companion. The trees were worried, and they passed this feeling on to Oak, and he felt pushed to help cure this plague for the sake of what effect it might have upon the world at large. Ellie, a quiet bookish type who usually spent much of her time in the town's library, had found herself pushed into joining the growing group which sought to find the origin for this plague. Magical talent was difficult to spare in Telerit; the other mages were either occupied with tasks of greater importance, or they were not experienced enough to provide the assistance required.
It was then, that the four unlikely companions found themselves sitting in the back room of a tavern, mugs of ale and beer sat nearby as they planned how they would head into the Warren - the underground series of tunnels that fed the water system of the town.