Posted 01 October 2004 - 01:32 AM
/library Ganymede
Ganymede was a High Pacifist of our caste. In his youth the deities chose him as an observer of the realm and a servant of the spirits, a shaman. It was during the dark days of this realm when the undead horror lead by the Druid defector, Norinth, that he tried to bring peace to our war-torn world. As the great battles ceased, the honoured but unknown followers of the Pacifism faith began to be recognized. Fascinated and moved by their non-violent ways and closeness to their deities, Ganymede received permission from his spirit masters and was baptized and initiated as a Pacifist. After this historic event in our books, Ganymede inspired many citizens of many races over the ways of Pacifism, my sister and myself being two such people.
Ganymede had an on-going responsibility given to him by his spirit masters to bring peace to the realm of Nightmist, which included ridding the world of the undead beasts that plagued the earth. As wise Ganymede was, I feel he was overconfident in his duty. For when the presence of a lich came to his attention, he sought to free it from his undead state that had driven it to insanity; he did not count on the power that Aet’Thol possessed. Ganymede barely survived, but a change has come over him. Upon returning to the temple to report his encounter, the other Pacifists noticed in his language and tone that he was no longer his normal self. As the days passed, he had defected from the Pacifist faith, developing a taste for blood and violence, and was siding with the undead, the very grotesque beings he originally sought on banishing - we were in total despair; our most respected Pacifist had been corrupted by Aet’Thol’s evil power. Like Norinth, his power was amplified by evil, and we feared that he would start another great war. Our deities, also despaired at his change, banished him into the remote region of the realm known as the Land of the Dead, so his power could not bring darkness. But alas, his power reached beyond his eternal prison and continued to wreak havoc on our world.
Angered by his downfall, I had once attempted to take a group of willing Pacifists to banish Aet’Thol for his terrible act - being the undead being he was we felt no pain in assaulting his lair; once again, his power overcame ours, but we retreated before we sustained too many injuries. Nevertheless, slaying the lich would not change what Ganymede had become. Our deities tell us that the only way to truly cure Ganymede is to enter the Land of the Dead ourselves and release the evil that devours his entity, only there is no telling that we would return; nevertheless, if it frees Nightmist from evil, then life is a price worth paying. The entrance to the Land of the Dead, unfortunately, is a closely guarded secret to those who know of its opening, and alas, many of us do not know where it lies.
And I, Europa, High Pacifist of the caste, tell you of his story in the hope that one day, he will be freed of the evil that has consumed him and remembered as the Greater Shaman and Pacifist he always was.
Journal Entry, by Europa, prelate of the Pacifist faith, contributed to the Library of Nightmist. 11th Month, 01 yr. of the 2nd Mist.
(Bishop/Cyric... sorry, I'm not sure how Nightmist's date system works!)
The Crane Temple Chairman
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Crane
Europa
Don't kill the messenger mathematician!