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 The End of the Beginning
Location: Tkaanie -> The First Weaver -> The End of the Beginning
Requirements: 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...?
Experience rewarded: 0
Gold rewarded: 0
Monsters
None
NPCs
???
Local boy
Roirr
Tanislav / Miserable man
Vaal
Rewards
None
Memory Fragment VII
Dialogue
*The skeletal Roirr falls through an orange realm through the hole Secundus opened earlier; he then lands in an alleyway on a quiet village with brown yellow houses and orange-red rooftops; he is still in agony due to the forbidden magic that Danyel used earlier.*
Roirr: Hgaaaaaaa...
Roirr: ... hgaaaaaaa...
*Vaal appears next to Roirr's skeleton, curious about their surroundings.*
Vaal: Where are we?
Roirr: I... don't... care...
Roirr: This... this is it.
Roirr: This is... the end.
Roirr: He lied... to... me.
Roirr: Immortality...
*Vaal 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.
Vaal: What is this place? Why did Secundus send you here?
Roirr: To... dieee...
Vaal: Hush! Someone is coming!
Vaal: Cover yourself!
Vaal: That!
Vaal: Cover yourself with that!
*A young boy enters the scene as a sound of someone covering can be heard.*
Local boy: Oh...
Local boy: Hello?
*The boy sees someone wearing a black cloak; this is none other than Roirr's skeleton.*
Vaal: Can you... can you jump bodies?
Vaal: Do it now!
*The boy is about to see Roirr's skeleton.*
Local boy: Umm... are you- are you hurt?
*Roirr's skeletal face comes from the black cloak, causing the boy to scream and run away.*
Vaal: Nooo! Come back!!!
Roirr: ... I'm too weak... to...
Vaal: He'll go get someone.
Vaal: You need to run.
Roirr: I can't...
Vaal: Then crawl away!
Vaal: We- You need to find a place to hide! And I... need to think...
*Roirr crawls with his remaining strength out of sight; he leans 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.
Roirr: I... I don't care anymore...
Roirr: I'm... tired.
Roirr: I'm so tired...
Roirr: 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...
Roirr: 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 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 flickers again as Roirr is dying.*
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!
Vaal: 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!
Vaal: 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.
*The miserable man is interested by Roirr's words of 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.
*Sometime later, Roirr writes down the instructions to a forbidden magick from the man's paper; it is now wrapped in the 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.
*Vaal makes a whispering gesture as the miserable man leaves.*
Roirr: There... are you happy?
Vaal: We will see, Roirr.
Vaal: We will see.
*Scene fades to black, before fading back in; meanwhile, in a cabin, the man tends to his pale son, a younger Roirr; this reveals that the miserable man is none other than Tanislav and the village that Vaal and Roirr are in is none other than Mortem from the distant past.*
Tanislav: My sweet marzipan, everything is going to be alright now. Time for a lullaby...
Tanislav: I will fix you…
*Back in the alleyway that Vaal and Roirr are in, they are now waiting for death or Tanislav to activate the forbidden magick.*
Roirr: It's not long now... I can feel it.
Roirr: I'm fading.
Roirr: I'm dying.
Roirr: 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.
Vaal: 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...
Roirr: 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.
Roirr: We cease to exist... together.
*Vaal closes his eyes briefly before smiling at Roirr.*
Vaal: Or we keep on "living"...
Vaal: ...together!
*Vaal and Roirr's surroundings turn red, which stuns Roirr briefly.*
Roirr: Wha-
Roirr: What?!
Roirr: NO!!!
*Roirr removes his black cloak as he observes what is happening.*
Roirr: Not like this!!!
Roirr: He did not-
Vaal: Oh, I think he did.
Roirr: No!
Roirr: I need...
Vaal: You are not going anywhere.
*Vaal grabs Roirr's rib cage, stopping him from moving.*
Vaal: Stay!
Roirr: Stop it! Do you realize what is about to happen?!
Roirr: Release me!!!
Vaal: Oh, I know!
Vaal: 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 moves closer to Roirr's skeletal face and says...*
Vaal: But I do.
*Scene 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 on Mortem for the first time, saving his child's life; a soothing, poetic tune accompanies the reenactment; as soon as it ends, Secundus appears on Mortem as a result from Tanislav's Last Will.*
???: Wha-
*Secundus looks at his surroundings.*
???: I am...
???: We are...
???: Vaal...
Roirr: Mama?
Roirr: P-papa?
???: Roirr...
*Scene fades to black as it is revealed that Secundus is an amalgamation of Roirr and Vaal and that Roirr's journey was none other than a loop.*
??? (momentarily): Do not cry.
The End
Complete Quest
Other information
Refer the explanation of this quest on Tomix's "Weaving Saga" epilogue Design Notes.
Completion of this quest unlocks Soulforged Armor Customization options for SoulWeaver.
Completion of this quest unlocks the First Weaver badge.
Completion of this quest unlocks the Aiding Mortem quest chain, starting with Stolen Souls.
Thanks to DemonicDarkwraith for other information and corrections.
< Message edited by DemonicDarkwraith -- 8/26/2026 20:19:48 >
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