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The End of the Beginning Location: Tkaanie -> The First Weaver -> The End of the Beginning Level/Quest/Items required: Completion of The Beginning of the End Release Date: April 23rd, 2016 Objective: The end of Roirr's journey... or maybe the beginning? Objective completed: The End...? Scaled Yes/No: No Experience rewarded: 0 Gold rewarded: 0 Monsters None NPCs ??? Local boy Roirr Tanislav / Miserable man Vaal Rewards None Memory Fragment VII Dialogue *Roirr falls through an infernal realm through the hole Secundus opened earlier, but then, he lands in a quiet village with brown yellow houses and orange-red rooftops. He is still in agony.* Roirr: Hgaaaaaaa... ... hgaaaaaaa... *Vaal appears next to Roirr's blackened skeleton, curious about their surroundings.* Vaal: Where are we? Roirr: I... don't... care... This... this is it. This is... the end. Roirr: He lied... to... me. Immortality... *Vaal's flickers, much to his shock, knowing what may become of him.* Vaal: Oh no... I'm- Roirr: The end... Vaal: Stop wallowing! Let me think! I'm not gonna let you die in this dump. What is this place? Why did Secundus send you here? Roirr: To... dieee... Vaal: Hush! Someone is coming! Vaal: Cover yourself! That! Cover yourself with that! *Roirr's skeleton is covered in a black cloak just as a young boy arrives at the area to notice.* Local boy: Oh... Hello? Vaal: Can you... can you jump bodies? Do it now! Local boy: Umm... are you- are you hurt? *Roirr's face comes into the light, causing the boy to scream and run away.* Vaal: Nooo! Come back!!! Roirr: ... I'm too weak... to... Vaal: He'll go get someone. You need to run. Roirr: I can't... Vaal: Then crawl away! We- You need to find a place to hide! And I... need to think... *Roirr attempts to crawl with his remaining strength out of sight only to end up leaning on a barrel seconds later.* Local boy: I'm telling you! It was a demon, it was! Draped in a shawl as black as the night itself! Vaal: ......... Vaal: What... what will you do now... ? Roirr: I don't knooow. I... I don't care anymore... Roirr: I'm... tired. I'm so tired... All of this... all of what I've done was for naught. Roirr: Secundus' advice, his guidance, all of my research... useless. Roirr: What am I to do now? My entire life is... wasted. I am... This isn't... fair. Roirr: Life isn't fair!!! ???: Tell me about it... *A man with brown, but near-orange hair sits on the opposite end of the barrel. He is apparently wearing the exact crown Roirr wore years ago.* Miserable man: I can't run this settlement. People turn to me yet I can't provide. I'm very certain my wife is cheating on me... Miserable man: On top of that my only son is dying and I can't do anything about it. I've tried, time after time, yet there is no way I can help him... Roirr: ... it seems you can't escape death after all... no matter how hard you try... Roirr: Believe me, I've tried... Miserable man: ....... Vaal: ......... *A revelation suddenly strikes Vaal.* Vaal: ... are we... in...? Vaal: Roirr... Vaal: Save his son. Roirr: ...why would I do that... Miserable man: Hmm? Vaal: You, umm... *Vaal starts to flicker again.* Vaal: You are dying. There is no point in denying that. Vaal: Can't you do... one last thing I ask of you, before yo- before we go? Roirr: ........ Vaal: Oh! You owe me. I kept you alive when those two almost killed you! Roirr: ... you don't know if that was you... Miserable man: Wha-? Speak up. Vaal: Of course it was me! Soooo? Roirr: ... ugh... Roirr: Hey... you... Miserable man: What is it? Roirr: I can save your son. Miserable man: No, you can't. There is nothing that you can offer that I didn't already try. Roirr: Forbidden magick. Miserable man: What is that? Roirr: Listen... do you want my help or... not? Miserable man: Yes, I do. Roirr: You need t- Vaal: No no no! Vaal: ... write it down for him. Roirr: ... fetch me a sheet of paper and something to write. *The man obtains paper and some kind of writing utensil and Roirr writes down the instructions to a forbidden ritual. It is wrapped in a shape of a scroll.* Roirr: Here... take it... Miserable man: T-thank you. Will this really help? Roirr: Yes... your son will have a long life ahead of him. Roirr: There... are you happy? Vaal: We will see, Roirr. We will see. *Fades to black. Meanwhile, in a cabin, the man tends to his pale son, a younger Roirr.* Tanislav: My sweet marzipan, everything is going to be alright now. Time for a lullaby... I will fix you... Roirr: It's not long now... I can feel it. Roirr: I'm fading. I'm dying. All I've ever wanted... gone. Vaal: Roirr... I'm not understanding one thing. All your life you've wanted to achieve immortality and yet... you are a weaver. Vaal: When weavers die, they become elemental spirits. Immortal elemental spirits. Why- Roirr: I can't. Roirr: I can't become an elemental spirit. I have devoured too many of them. I have used too many forbidden spells. Roirr: My soul is too... tainted. Roirr: Besides... I wouldn't want to become an elemental spirit. I want to be immortal on my terms... in a physical body. Roirr: I don't want to be dead and immortal... I want to be alive and immortal... Roirr: You wouldn't understand... Vaal: Hold on... does that mean I won't- Roirr: Haaaahahaaaha... no, you won't. When I die, you die. We cease to exist... together. Vaal: Or we keep on "living"... ... together! *Their surroundings turn red, which stuns Roirr briefly.* Roirr: Wha- Roirr: What?! Roirr: NO!!! Roirr: Not like this!!! Roirr: He did not- Vaal: Oh, I think he did. Roirr: No! I need... Vaal: You are not going anywhere. *Vaal grabs Roirr's rib cage abruptly and aggressively.* Vaal: Stay! Roirr: Stop it! Do you realize what is about to happen?! Release me!!! Vaal: Oh, I know! Roirr... for someone as clever as you, didn't you realize where we are? When we are?! Vaal: Your little spirit friend knew what he was doing! Roirr: Let me go!!! Roirr: I DON'T WANT TO BECOME AN ELEMENTAL SPIRIT!!! Vaal: But I do. *Cuts to a pair of purple curtains opening to present a sketched puppet-like reenactment of Roirr's childhood and Tanislav performing his infamous ritual for the first time, saving his child's life. A soothing, poetic tune accompanies the reenactment. As soon as it ends, Secundus shows himself outside the cabin.* ???: Wha- ???: I am... We are... ???: Vaal... Roirr: Mama? P-papa? ???: Roirr... ???: Do not cry. The End Complete Quest Refer here for Tomix's "Weaving Saga" epilogue (Design Notes)
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