An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.

Stories of Ansalon from the view of Valkilrakas.

A little gully dwarf runs by and says 'Wordwrap is at 65. You change? Off 65 80.'
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Astinus says 'Enter the main library here to view only the author list.'
Astinus gently places a leather bound tome with glowing glyphs on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Valkilrakas' scribed in orange ink.

Author:    Valkilrakas    
Date:      Wed Jan 20
20:41:40 2010
Subject     Souless Monster Returns from the
Void.

Swimming in a sea of darkness and torement a vast
nothingness with no
company but the screams of the damned and the
horrors they must suffer. The
air smells of sulfur and rotting
flesh the only emotion is confusion and
fear ..the only senses
are those of denial; strarvation (constantly near
death and
weakness) thirst with a mouth so dry (of firey sand) and lust
(no
company could ever snake)... But for Axz Valkilrakas, damned
to walk the
realm of the dead in eternal torment the worst thing
of all is the forever
could ever snake)... But for Axz
Valkilrakas, damned to walk the realm of
the dead in eternal
torment the worst thing of all is the forever separation
of the
moons. A world with no magic.

Lord Chemosh a bodyless Black Robe
creature calls out, might we deal for the
souls of Krynn? Might
you take the souls of three of the gods of good for
this one
soul? CHEMOSH : Ah, Axz ... so you think you can appease the
fallen
by making a deal? Axz: Yes, My lord... CHEMOSH : And how
might you do this
Axz I already have you, and your magic does not
work in this realm. Axz :
Lord Chemosh God of the Undead, I have
but one spell left in me I my lord
and host would allow it . I
could bring you three souls of the gods of good.
CHEMOSH: How is
this Axz? You were no cleric in your days but a man of the
moons?
Axz: Yes lord and in my days I learned magic of the dark clerics
of
Takhisis to summon the undead and to trap souls. CHEMOSH :
Interesting, but
as you are already dead. How could you do such
magic. Axz: My Lord, I have
left this spell in the final pages of
my spellbook, still inside the Black
Towers of the Conclave. Axz
: I need but your permission to allow me to
speak to the
followers of Nuitari, and I will lead them to it. This will
get
your three souls of the gods of good for this one soul of
Nuitari. As you
well know the souls of the good are worth three
times as much here as the
souls of the damned. Will you allow me
to speak to them and bring you this
prize master? All the
allowing but one damned soul to return. 

A bodyless booming
voice is heard above all the screams of the underworld.
CHEMOSH:
Yes, let it be done go now to the ledge of sorrows there is
a
portal there in blue light prepared for you. This will let you
speak. Axz:
Bows, making his way to the ledge of sorrows and as
promised a swirling blue
portal is there inside Axz can see his
old lab covered in cob webs dusty and
dark. He can see the black
robed mages shuffle by past his old lab as if it
wasnt there. Axz
: Amazing they still havent found it.I am sure if the
conclave
had they would have had it seals hundred of years ago. Axz:
Grins
evily as he knows only the evil races of Krynn can see this
room, and the
conclave from on such races ever joining the, as
most if gifted with magic
are taken to the Dragon Armies. Axz
begins to meditate a skill he hasnt had
in a century restored to
him by Chemosh and sends his thoughts flying back
to the world of
the living. "Come brothers; come sisters", the voice cries
"come
for power!!" 

Axz notices a staggering body cloaked in black
stumbling down the hallway of
the Blackrobes tower. Axz's eyes
widen as he makes out the creature to be a
goblin. Axz : Yes, yes
!!! a race of evil!! Axz calls out to the goblin mage
again and
again, growing frustrated by its lack to listen. He continues
for
what seems like years to him. But in reality was only hours
to the living.
Finally getting the goblin mages attention he
leads the dark mage down the
hallway toward his lab. Goblin:
there is no lab here, I have walked and
staggered these halls
many times. Hissing Voice from beyond : look again...
look as
blue light shines outlining a doorway long forgotten by
the
conclave. "Look again" the voice from beyond calls out. The
goblin reaches
for the doorway and it swings open, Bless my
absinthe the goblin replies as
the stands in the entry to a long
lost lab of a fallen Blackmagus. 

To Be
Continued.

Author:    Valkilrakas    
Date:     
Thu Jan 28 06:22:39 2010
Subject     Memories of the
Past.

After awaking from yet another night of nightmares
I began my daily task.
But now the nightmares have turned to
nightmares by night and Visions by day
making it hard to
concentrate on my studies. Visions of battle, blood, the
screams
of innocents people I have never met or have I ? More vived they
get
always becoming more and more a part of my life, my future or
my past?


Yet another night of dreams, wicked and sinister I was
awakened by Mistress
Kaede with a splash of water. Kaede; you
were having another nightmare
Valkilrakas, follow me to the
library where we might study the source of
these dreams.
Valkilrakas: Yes Mistress, And the nightmares have gotten
worse
since this black robe was left at my door. Stained in blood, I
have
tried burning it, it will not burn. Interesting Keade
replied, meet me in
the library in ten minutes. Valkilrakas bowed
to his teacher and lights the
candle getting ready. Quickly he
made his way to the great conclave library
where he saw Kaede
sitting at a table. Kaede replies, Sit Valki (her
nickname for
Valkilrakas) you must discover the sour ce of these
nightmares
and visions as they cannot heed your studies anymore.


Yes Mistress Valkilrakas says as he walks down a isle of the
library
entitled "History of the Conclave" he scans several books
taking hours when
he feels a pull to a dark book at the end of
the colum. The Mages of
Nuitari. Opening the black leather book
with dark ink he begins to read,
listing the history of the black
robes. Finding nothing of interest at
first, the with a gasp
Valki drops the book on the floor. Axz Valkilraks the
name reads.
Mistress Kaede the apprentice ask as he reaches for the book,
I
have found my name in this book the book of the followers of
Nuitari perhaps
it is the link to my nightmares? Maybe a old
Relative?

Perhaps Kaede replies, as she looks to the entry of
the library where Gruuk
the Goblin black robe is entering. And
yet my nightmares have doubled since
I found this black robe at
my doorway. And there is some dark text apon it I
cannot read.
Kaede answers; there are few whom can Valki except those
whom
follow the Dark moon Nuitari. Kaede see's Gruuk fumbling
through some books
obvisously not reading but spying on the
convesation. Is there something you
would like to add Gruuk?
Kaede ask; looking toward the goblin black robe
questioningly.
Gruuk see's he has been discovered and replies; Well yes,
Kaede I
know more about this than either of you apparently. Gruuk, you
see
Valkilrakas, you are no relative of Axz Valkilrakas, you, ARE
Axz
Valkilrakas. Valki replies; this cannot be Axz has been dead
some 150 years
now. How can I be him? Gruuk replies you see
Valkilrakas, you are the
Archmagus of Blackrobes. Returned from
the dead, a souless devil whom made a
pact with chemosh to return
from the void, at the cost of three innocent
souls . I myself
helped with this. The Goblin replied, somewhat proud of
this. You
see, I was lead to a secret lab the lab of Axz Valkilrakas by
a
dark voice from the underworld, where with the help of Lord
Chemosh and
Myself we performed a dark ritual to return you from
the de 
dead. You were granted a wraith body to return from the
void and with your final incantation of your spellbook Axz , you
sacrificed the souls of a silvanesti maiden , a hylar warrior and
last a solamnic squire ..who's body you still posess today.

Apon
hearing this Tyrolan faded into existance , apparently spying on
the conversation as well. Tyrolan replies there is a way to find
out if this is truth or lies Mistress Kaede. With your permission
might I try to find out?
To which Kaede replies , yes as long as
no harm becomes him. It would be most unbecoming of my career at
Wayreth if my first apprentice died. Tyrolan replies , not to
worry Keade he has a 90% chance of living.

Author:   
Valkilrakas    
Date:      Thu Jan 28 06:33:59
2010
Subject     Memories of the Past part 2

Tyrolan
tell Gruuk to restrain Valkilrakas as he pulls out a dagger
and
vial from his cloak and begins to chant. Making a small cut
on Valki's arm
he fill the vial with blood and chants. It begins
to glow red as he
finished. Valkilrakas goes lifeless as a spirit
flees his body to float
above him, a silvanesti maiden. Shaking
once more as Tyrolan begins to chant
again another spirit flees
Valkilraks body, a Hylar warrior. which also
floats above him.
Once more Tyrolan begins to chant as a third spirit
flee's
Valkilrakas body and floats above him. Gruuk replies it is
them, the
sacrificed !! Sacrficed? Kaede ask looking to
Gruuk.

Yes, the sacrficed . I was lead to a secret lab in the
Black tower. The same
Lab Master Lynx sealed of to all the
conclave, inside that lab I cast a
incantation inside a lost
spellbook of Axz Valkilrakas. This incantation,
Gruuk replied;
was the spell that summoned Axz from the void, you see
mistress
Kaede . Gruuk explained. Axz made a pact with Chemosh to become
a
wraith to return from the void. But he had to sacrifice 3
innocents to lord
Chemosh for this favor and those souls you just
saw were them. Gruuk replied
to Kaede. Kaede having a more and
more impatient and disgusted look on her
face.

Just then as the
three mages finished there conversation Valkilrakas's eyes
rolled
back into his head going jet black as a hissing voice came from
his
mouth. "Yes the souls of the innocents, the souls of the
sacrficed and I
have returned!!!" Valkilrakas shakes as if
possessed by a demon and falls
face first onto the table. Tyrolan
looks to Gruuk, we have much to talk
about you and I come Gruuk
tell me everything. Kaede watches and they leave
the library.
Slowly waking Valkilrakas stands, as Kaede says to him " You
have
to discover the history of your past before you can continue
your
training. You must come to terms with whom you are if you
are ever to be
tested and become a True mage of Wayreth. Yes
Mistress, Valkilrakas replies.
I shall not stop till this riddle
is solved. Bows to Kaede and leaves the
library toward his
private quaters. 

The Storytellers of Ansalon, The DragonLance MUD

Astinus points to the massive wall of books behind him and bids you to make a selection.

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Astinus sighs as he recants 'We saved 869 books from Ansalon from before the great Cataclysm through today.'