Well, we finally did the ritual today. I would say it went well but many mobs came during the ritual and tried to take our powers. Fortunately for us, the other mortals were there to keep us safe. It took a while but the ritual finally ended and we were mortals once again.
Aleks had grown into a 28 year old man, and looked quite different from the boy I had gotten to know. The others were slightly dazed but were generally alright. Well Proj had some difficulties due to her essence but apart from that…
When we exited the ritual, one of the mor- I mean other people gave me a book they had found… It was part of a letter my… my parents left me… It sort of explained what had happened and why I found myself here but… There was something else to it but half the page had been ripped away, so I guess I will never know…
I was so shocked that I dropped the letter and ran into my tower. I just sat there for a while, gazing at nothing in particular until a couple of people showed up, Booty and Celestine, and gave me some food and a god apple named after me. I thanked them graciously and then went about making plans on what to do next.
Fortunately I had found my old gear at my old house and was able to use that to get a head start in my first mining trip in many years. I found quite a bit down there, I forgot how relaxing mining could be. After a while, I thought about the letter I had been given earlier and wanted to kick myself for dropping it. Luckily the person who found it, Botu, had picked it up and gave it back to me. I put the letter in a chest in my tower, hoping that I can study it further at a later point.
So overall, it has been an interesting day for myself and the other now-ex-wizards with the whole "becoming mortal again" thing. I hope that tomorrow will be okay, in fact maybe I should venture out to see if I could find the second part of this letter. It seemed to have cut off right before some kind of warning…
- Wizard Masen
P.S. I should look into doing something with my hair, it seems to have some grey tinge to it in places. Also, some of my face has become tinged in purple… I wonder how…
Wizard Masen -What was thought to be a normal day...
It was only 3 days after we had helped the priests to summon these "heroes” from wherever. Intuition and Insanity started to argue. Then Rage joined in. Understanding, Wisdom and others tried to calm the situation but it did not help. The summoning of these "heroes" had caused the crystal to become unstable.
These are essences that live within the realm and as wizards, they stay within us. We do not control which essence we receive. Aleks is Intuition, Uber is Rage, Karajan is insanity, Em is Understanding and I am Wisdom.
It seemed that as a result of this switching between our other selves, the crystal exploded. Luckily we were able to gather the crystal heart and worked on re-building the casing for it. However, Karajan had a turn for the worst…
Insanity would not go, and kept a hold on her. She was taken to an unknown location so Uber and myself went to find her while Aleks re-built the crystal's container. When Uber and I found Karajan she was crying out in pain. We took her back to our tower in order for the crystal to help her but as soon as Aleks placed the crystal back again, it exploded. The explosion caused Karajan to be teleported to somewhere. I asked Uber to help Aleks to rebuild the crystal container while I went to find Karajan.
I finally found Karajan walking across the land towards somewhere. It was then I heard someone called Ichor, telling me he was in control of Karajan and was taking her somewhere safe. I was cautious of this voice and followed Karajan to a small structure, far away from anywhere. After standing there for a few moments, Karajan seemed to regain herself. I transported us back to the tower and found that the crystal container had been restored. I threw the crystal heart back in, and suddenly everything was stable.
I sighed in relief. I spoke to my wizard family. Aleks was angry with the mortals, and blamed them for this instability, Uber was angry at this Ichor for taking away Karajan and Karajan was slightly dazed from her experience. I asked them to calm and try to keep peaceful. We need these mortals to help use revive the gods, which will help the crystal stabilize further. It was after that I spoke to Ichor.
I thanked him for his help in finding Karajan and helping her through what she went through. However, he would have to do more in order to gain our trust, no matter how long he has known Karajan. I mean, he called her Proj… It seems there is more behind this young wizard than it seems but as long as my wizard family is alive… At least, in what I read from the book I was given. Karajan told me Ichor wrote it, and it gave me an idea behind Karajan's past.
I feel ashamed that the mortals and even the priests had to live through that horrible ordeal but it shows them how important it is to get the gods back. But, we have closed off the tower for safety and us wizards will check up on the crystal regularly. For now, I must rest. There is a long journey ahead of us…
