Letter to Cardinal Villorik

[satin 7600]

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Dear Villorik,

 

I write to inform you that I have, again, been cursed. In the early hours of the day, when virtually none were awake in Haense, I heard a loud shouting from the streets - so out I went to inspect, and found various Inferi cavorting about on skeletal steeds. I attempted to slip away unnoticed, but was unsuccessful - they bound me, took me to Hexicanum, and cursed me; or, as they would put it, ‘bless’ me. Against my will, they have turned me into a Warlock.

 

They gave no names, and I did not stick around to find them out - as soon as I was alone, I fled the fortress. But as they explained to me, to them, it does not matter. Even if the taint is removed from my soul, I am apparently bound for Hell no matter what I do. Short of divine intervention, Damnation is unavoidable. They are confident that I will eventually despair, and turn to the Shadow; they know little of the strength of my will. But it is a fact that I will need to work with Warlocks in order to cleanse my soul; once I am free of being a Warlock, even if I am still bound for Hell despite that, I will rest a little easier.

 

But I will not do so in Canondom. No matter what I do, my path leads into Shadow. I am being forced into the murky pool of exactly what I have worked with you to destroy. How proudly I wrote to Sermi, of the coming slaughter of the wicked! And now I have been forced into their ranks. Perhaps that is the explanation for this seemingly incomprehensible plight: punishment for vanity. For certitude of victory.

 

But I speculate, and fruitlessly at that. I am currently in hiding, and will remain in hiding until I can work out what to do. I do not think I will return to the halls of man, not for a long time. Even if becoming a Warlock was a curse, done against my will, it is still what I am - the load I must bear, for now. Exile from the cities of the Descendants. I am comforted by the knowledge that no matter how long I take, you will remain.

 

Why do I tell you this? To simply keep you informed. I do not want to be in a position where I am somehow located, found to be a Warlock, and then perceived to have hidden it as some malign secret. That is why I openly tell you. If you know some method of purging it, tell me, and you’ll see me. 

 

I should mention, too, that Sermi’s curse - what she did to my soul - the effects have vanished, which leads me to conclude that it’s a curse that expires with time, fortunately. (Though in this case, it has been replaced by something arguably worse).

 

These tribulations are growing taxing, but it is duty that measures the distance between the animal and the man. I only wish that I found enjoyment in it. I wish there was a positive reason to continue. It often seems to me that whilst the elves forget and men regret, it is the Shadowspawn who have all the fun.

 

Serwa

[Cheese 8899]

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5 hours ago, satinkira said:

I write to inform you that I have, again, been cursed.

You couldn't waterboard this out of me