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taken from Thread :- [News] Jordan Jurrels Report 9th December found in UO.Europa



(From the Crystal Ball of Clainin, Court Thaumaturgist)

The screaming wouldn't stop outside the Keg & Anchor Tavern.

"More the box over there!" gasped Edison. Mary, Joanna and Phillip dragged another box full of plates to the door, and heaved it onto the table. The table groaned under the weight of placed there, but held firm. "That should help," sighed Joanna, wiping her hands on her apron. From outside the door came a thumping, banging sound.

"Let me in, by the virtues let me in!" screamed a high pitched voice, before it was cut off by a gurgling scream and a strange rushing noise. Mary shuddered, and retreated back to the corner of the tavern, by the fireplace, where she shuddered and clutched her knees tightly.

Edison turned to the figure in armor who was slumped over one of the benches. "What happened?" he asked him angrily, "What happened to Trinsic?"

The paladin raised his head, his eyes slightly unfocused, the cut on the side of his face a livid red-green from the Shadow Wyrm attack. "The craters... across the lands... They've awoken..." and his head dipped down again.

"All of them?" asked Joanna, "In each of the Virtue towns? The entire world is flooded by these creatures?" Her hand clutched feebly at the pendant on her neck.

"No," said the paladin, "I heard that the other craters are glowing... But only Trinsic suffers this march of creatures from within the star."

"Why us?" asked Edison, "Why should Trinsic be attacked? What have we ever done to offend? Why don't one of those other towns get..."

Mary's weak voice piped up from the corner, "Because it was here that the experiments were done. The use of the Blackrock in the pillar in the hidden room, above the Mess Hall. The Four Who Interfere caused this..."

Edison turned to her, "I've told you, Mary, I'll not be hearing your Cult of Antos propaganda in this place! I've given you a job, and a roof over your head. Don't give me reason to throw you out into the street!"

Mary hugged her knees tighter, and mumbled some words to herself, rocking backwards and forwards. Phillip went over and sat beside her, slowly stroking her shoulder. He shot a glance at Edison, "There's no need for that, Ed. Since her parents were killed during that battle between rebels and loyalists in Minoc, Mary's needed something to believe in."

"Aye, and a mad undead priest with his talk of cleansing the world is not it!" Edison shouted. "Not under my..."

"HE'S NOT UNDEAD! OR A PRIEST! HE'S A DRUID, A SPECIAL DRUID YOU STUPID LITTLE MAN, AND HE'LL..." Mary was on her feet, shouting, the force of her voice stunning Edison. She collapsed back to the floor and started crying, Phillip's mumbled words of sympathy barely drowned out her sobbing.

Joanna looked back toward the door, hearing another strange rushing noise out there. She turned towards the paladin, "What's out there? I mean, I've seen those creatures made of blood, and that... that strange shadow dragon that we pulled you away from..."

The paladin's eye's rolled as he tried to focus on the serving girl, "Elementals... poison elementals. Gazers... Blackrock... Blackrock... Reapers in the park, and... and..." A fit of coughing passed through him, and he slumped back onto the table, still.

Joanna whispered a prayer to the virtues - another soul had passed on. "Damn fools messing around with things they don't understand." grumbled Edison. "I'll complain to the Duke when this all ends, just see if I don't. Now, Mary get some food for me and..." Edison looked to the corner, and saw that Mary and Phillip had vanished. "What? Where have they gone?"

Joanna spun back around and screamed. The body of the paladin was dragging itself to its feet, it's skin sloughing off and dropping to the floor. It started moving towards the two people left in the room, a rattling laughing and moaning noise coming from within its bony chest.

And for a short while, the screaming from outside the Keg & Anchor was almost covered by the screams from the inside.

(Report to all of the Royal Guard)
As of this date, the forces of the Royal Guard should participate in the following actions;

i) Assist the Guards of Trinsic in keeping the Creatures from the Crater in that area as much as possible, as well as checking Trinsic for other incursions.
ii) Monitor the other Craters, and ensure any incursions near those Craters are swiftly dealt with.
iii) Investigate ways to prevent Creatures emerging; any clues left by the Four, or changes related to the craters.

I will assist in all ways possible in the easing of the strain on forces affected by this attack.

Signed,
Commander of the Royal Guard, Jordan Jurrel

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