Humans_and_Dwarves ~ Concept Art
So, ye be wantin’ me to tell ye things about the monkey boys? Why, I cannot fer the life of me figger. Them gangly dancin’ critters cain’t even hold their liquor – not like us dwarves. They be loud, uncouth, ambitious and arrogant. But I’ll tell ye as best as my elders have told me.
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Continued from previously seen Anonymous Diary:
When last I wrote, I promised to continue my story the following day. I underestimated the strain dying has on a person. It was several weeks before I could even continue my research, and now I attempt to gather my notes – to explain the available choices one has following his death. It is complicated, but I must attempt a comprehensive body of knowledge on this subject. I shall begin with my own mistaken choice and failure.
Being a naturally cautious person, I tend toward a “wait and see” attitude. I chose to wait, hoping some Good Samaritan might use his skill to resurrect my body so that I would be allowed to continue from where I died rather than to return weakened to a place where I had bound myself miles away.
What happened next horrified me….
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Found in an anonymously penned diary:
“Warrior…
You have been brave today. Whether your enemy was under-estimated or gifted by sheer good fortune, you have lost this battle. You are dead. Even now, the carrion birds gather to feast on your remains. Know, however, that this is not the end of all things.
You will not be allowed to rise up and resume your life as things were. I demand your respect. Your death brings you much loss, but I will allow you to go on with your mission. If you are cunning enough, you will learn the ways of death so that you will be able to overcome the penalties I place upon you. Perhaps, if you gain enough respect for me, you will come to enjoy the ways of the undead. Or, you may simply accept my discipline and return to life the way you once knew, eventually. Now there are decisions for you to make.”