A SINNER'S QUEST

[John Ivory 4546]

A SINNER’S QUEST ASSIGNED

15th of Harren’s Folly, 1722

 

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Let it be known to all that the felon Lucio of the Drummheim Brigade has been given a penitential quest by His Holiness, Daniel VI. 

 

This poor sinner partook in his brethren’s insurrection against the City of Ves, which was justly foiled. He took no life during the failed rebellion, and thus the Magistrate H. H. Helvets took mercy upon him, and sentenced him to life in service of the Church.

 

In lieu of taking the vows, His Holiness has instructed the felon Lucio to embark on a quest north of Mont St. Catherine, towards a den of direwolves rumored by witnesses to be the site of malevolent demonic activity. Upon vanquishing these direwolves and cleansing the den of whatever filth plagues it, he is to build a wayshrine to St. Wilfriche there.

 

Upon the completion of this quest, or death in the attempt, His Holiness declares the felon Lucio absolved of his crimes and a free man.

 

His Holiness instructs all faithful Canonists to offer this poor sinner counsel and aid on his quest for absolution.

 

Deo gratias.

[Greyskies007 32]

Lucio stares blankly reading the news, the message only confirming the fact that he would have to face off against the wolves to win his freedom back.

[Reckless Banzai Screamer 15456]

“Ah yes St. Wilfreche a grand choice!” Father Odus proclaims, but secretly wished he nabbed the second person for his flock.

[AndrewTech 3329]

Ser Konrad “Wolfsbane” Stafyr had not been planning to stay in Ves for long. The young knight errant had only come to the free city in order to browse Ves’ abundant wares. His wife being pregnant, the man had simply come in search of a craftsman who might be able to build a crib for his unborn child.

 

But then, he would catch sight of the High Pontiff’s proclamation hanging near the city’s bank. Gritting his teeth, memories would begin to fill Ser Konrad’s head...

 

...Memories of the final trial required of him in order to complete his squireship.

 

Five years previous, he and the future Ser Thomas Raleigh, along with his brother Artos, had traveled north of Mount St. Catherine in search of a dreadful beast that had torn the homestead of a poor peasant family asunder. They succeeded in rescuing a young boy and his sister from the monster’s den, and he himself had slain the direwolf Snorri with his own hand. For this, he had proven himself in the eyes of the Marian Retinue and was accordingly declared a knight errant.

 

The Haenseman would tug at the fur cloak hanging across his shoulders, biting at his lip. He had just confronted one of the beasts and it’s much smaller breathen the previous Saint’s Day. Konrad had therefore known that the direwolves had turned to the north, but he had not expected the High Pontiff to act on the rumors and pleas of the masses so hastily.

“Was what happened last Saint’s Day a sign from GOD? Could these be the same wolves...?” He would murmur to himself. “Will he still be there, lurking around his lair?” The young man would shudder, thinking of the demonic figure which he had seen in that cave so many years ago...

 

Upon reading that the High Pontiff requests that all good canonists aid the felon Lucio in his task, Ser Konrad would resolve to seek out the man with the intent to offer his aid in helping to fulfill it. Being one of the few known living men to have taken down a live direwolf, the knight hopes that his help will be greatly appreciated by the poor sinner.

[ElizabethAmara 109]

“I hope much good comes from this” The Rassisi women says

[Inferno_Ougi 1454]

"A death sentence. The poor fool. When you rebel, at least win." Scoffed Hannibal.