[12] The Order Of Nine, The Massacre Of 1283

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Author/s: Supremacy

REGION 12: The Massacre of 1283

 

In the year of 1183 the practitioner of the dark arts known as Ezekiel Cunningham and his apprentice, Aldron Festivus, struck and killed individuals in a settlement near Fiandria. Curiously there are reports of the mage manipulating a dark spectral force at other attacks— Though details on this creature are unknown.

 

Little is known precisely of what happened on that day as there was not a sole survivor of the massacre. In the beginning of 1183, the Order of Nine was sent to investigate the reports of the massacre. All that was found within the town were the bodies of the dead and a newly formed apparition pillar within a nearby cave. The battle to seal the pillar which ensued left Ser Rowyn Villinus, the then most powerful cleric of the order, dead. The apparition is known to have been maimed and sealed within its pillar.

 

The small cave will be sealed with a large boulder with the text engraved upon it: Sealed by the Order of Nine. Should anyone push the boulder aside (noting it is heavy and would require more than one individual) they will come across the free apparition (An earthquake broke the seal).

This apparition, despite its age, is not particularly powerful— Given that it was maimed by the Cleric in the year 1283. It will however defend its tomb vehemently as any other apparition would.

It is known as “The Crippled Apparition”