Occavatra -> End of the Beginning, The (4/23/2016 22:20:45)
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[image]http://media.artix.com/encyc/df/banners/Tkaanie.png[/image] 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 *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 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, as well as First Weaver badge.
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