Apr 12, 2019
Far to the north east of their home at the Last University, a party of nine has arrived on the shores of Alcyon. Here, they hope to find much: Lord Ephrim, the plans to create the ancient protectors which guarded the streets of Marielda; Fero, the source of this peninsula’s magical stability; Hadrian, distance from the danger stalking his son; Throndir, further opportunity to bring justice. But a warm welcome, and the sound of bells ringing, brings confusion to their purpose…
This week on Spring in Hieron:
VAMPIRES! These monstrous beings are not UNDEAD in the
traditional sense. They are a distant echo of the ancient magical
school of RECONFIGURATION, each vampiric body rebuilt, unique
strengths augmented, not by ENCHANTMENT, but by a real shift in the
nature of their being. Such strength carries a cost: The
“semioticians” are frauds, of course, but the unpredictable
fragility of the vampire, just as soon harmed by the lapping of a
cat’s tongue as a serrated golden dagger, is the closest thing to
their so-called “pattern magic”...
-An excerpt from the Crystalized Lectures of the Wizard
Fantasmo