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>hail Knarthenne Skurl
Ah, you do not possess the heart of an innocent. Be gone with you!
>What heart of an innocent?
What's that? Heart of the Innocent, you say?!
Ages, it has been, since I was last asked that.
The Heart of the Innocent is an item of great power.
Few are they who have ever commanded the dark magic of such an object.
It is the bound soul of a pure mortal, rare indeed.
Take this hollow gem, and combine with it the heart of one who is pure.
If your hand is steady and your mind is clear, you shall have what you
seek.
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>hail Marl Kastane
Begone!! You do not have the will to do the things I require!
>I have the will of Innoruuk
You speak of a myth, friend.
Such an object does not exist in this age and the secret of its creation
lies locked in my mind, where it shall stay.
It has been passed down through generations in my line, not to be
revealed to a soul until the prophecy has come to pass.
>What prophecy?
My apologies, Xxxxx, I have said too much already.
Instead, I have an errand to occupy your thoughts.
Take this as proof that you are sent from me and find my brother in
Paineel.
I haven't spoken with him in some time now and his well being is
essential to our family's destiny.
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(Gerot Kastane)
At last! I have been waiting for my brother for weeks!
We are doomed!
Innoruuk will taint our seed into some perverse, twisted, maddened
breed.
The prophecy has begun to unfold and there are none capable of stopping
it.
Quickly, return this note to Marl, we must hide! We have failed the
master!
We must escape the hateful one's wrath!
Your faction standing with Truespirit got better
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(Marl Kastane)
Marl Kastane reads the note, eyes widening in panic.
He raises his eyes to you and says,
'This is grave news, friend.
If the prophecy is allowed to be fulfilled, our strength will vanish
into obscurity.
Goodness and purity will spread like a plague across the land and the
servants of Hate will be powerless to stop it!'
Your faction standing with Truespirit got better
>What prophecy?
I suppose it is time for the secret to be shared.
Ages ago, two brothers were born.
Glohnor was highly favored by the pompous Lightbringer, whose name we do
not utter.
Lhranc was chosen by the Prince of Hate to bring destruction and turmoil
to the sons of men.
The one thing they shared in common was their love of the fair
priestess, Kyrenna.
Kyrenna fell deeply in love with Glohnor.
When Lhranc discovered this, he was overcome with rage and unwisely
attacked his brother, who happened to be far more adept in combat.
The fight cost Lhranc dearly.
He lost his dignity as well as an eye in the struggle.
He was ordered to leave Freeport and live his life in exile from the
only home he had ever known.
>What became of Lhranc?
Lhranc wandered the deserts of Ro for weeks, sinking deeper into
depression and giving in to rage.
Reports from the local merchants and caravans had him roaming the dunes
muttering to himself incoherently.
Eventually, he was forgotten, blending in with the hermits and madmen
common to that region, forgotten by all save one.
>Who is the one?
Innoruuk had not forsaken Lhranc.
Once his rage and hate had matured and sufficiently altered his soul,
the dark prince summoned him and gave him dominion over the demons that
had enslaved his mind.
He was given a weapon that made him powerful enough to slay any enemy
that stood in his way.
He was to become the first human to harness the power of the almighty
shadowknight.
After years of traveling and teaching mankind his newfound abilities,
Lhranc sneaked back into Freeport through a series of sewers in search
of revenge against his brother and in hopes of kidnapping Kyrenna, the
source of his obsession. Waiting until Glohnor was alone, Lhranc sprang
from the shadows and slew his brother.
This was the act that brought about his curse.
>What curse?
As I said, Glohnor was highly favored by the Lightbringer.
When the contemptible god of honor discovered what had been done, he
transformed Lhranc into a deformed spectral knight and placed him in the
ruined city.
Lhranc then used what remained of his power to summon Kyrenna to his
side and bind her there in a timeless, seamless sphere.
He struggled for centuries to break her will and convince her to serve
Innoruuk, certain that together they could remove his curse. But then,
there was the prediction.
>What prediction?
The prophecy states that one day Kyrenna will escape the clutches of
Lhranc and that she will resurrect Glohnor.
Together, it reads, they will destroy Lhranc and undo all he has done.
I trust that I do not need to tell you, Xxxxx , that this would decimate
our foothold in Norrath.
When the prophecy was written, its words spread across the land.
A dark council was held to construct a plan that would frustrate the
words of the prophets.
My ancestors were responsible for robbing Glohnor's tomb and securing
his remains.
For generations we have been charged with the duty of guarding those
remains and the secret plan, should the corpse be discovered.
>What secret plan?
The plan is a last resort only to be tried if Kyrenna indeed escapes and
the remains are discovered.
Judging by my brother's words that time is now.
It will take the most powerful hero all the courage and dedication he
can muster to complete the ritual.
>I will complete the ritual
It would seem we have no choice, and this is our only hope.
I must first make a dark shroud.
To do this I must stain it with the blood of an innocent.
Go find me this rare blood so I can start the creating of the shroud.
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>hail Caradon
Please help me get out of here! My companion, Kyrenna, and I are trapped
in this hellish place!
>Who is Kyrenna?
I was with Kyrenna when she attempted to revive the corpse of Glohnor
the Valiant.
Like fools, we rushed into a trap.
Now we sit here and await our deaths.'
>Where is Kyrenna?
She is close by.
For a price, I shall tell you.
Bring me the key to my freedom and I will betray her, who sentenced me
to this fate.
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