The Great Library of Palanthas

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 80. You change? Off 65 80.'
The gully continues 'Eyes hurt? Turn Color OFF!! (regular story dates)

Astinus says 'Enter the main library here to view only the author list.'
Astinus gently places a pulp magazine on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Valkilrakas' scribed in unearthly black 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. 

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