An interesting thing to note is that I accused that first vampire completely by accident. I somehow messed up in the conversation menu and selected the option. I was quite unpleasantly surprised when the dwarf turned out to be an actual vampire and nearly murdered me.
The signs were obvious after that, literally everyone in the place is a vampire.
Back to the story:
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Before we had properly left the fortress, all hell broke loose. A large group of peregrine falcon men dove from the air, attacking both the vampires and me. The vampires took a purely defensive stance, which was getting us nowhere, the falcon men were careful to stay out of reach. I managed to wound one, causing it to fly close to the ground, and finished it. The other falcon men attacked, but they were no match to a human in combat, if they were down on the ground.
I slew all five falcon men. The vampires did not comment, but Mafol's face gave away that he was impressed.
We finally left the fortress, and I had the chance to take a good look at my companions. They were broad and muscled, but one could not easily tell they were vampires. Most were carrying a weapon. Mafol was carrying a heavy chest, and was visibly slowing us down. When she saw me look at her, she dropped the chest, and told me to carry it. I walked over and tried to lift it: it was impossible, it didn't even move. The vampires laughed, and Vucar opened the chest. It was filled to the rim with weapons: steel swords, axes and maces. On top there was one weapon, wrapped in cloth, and Vucar carefully unpacked it:
It was a bronze artifact unlike any I had ever seen before, Vucar spoke: Behld! Lockboards the bridg of asmbls!!
Vucar had a habbit of pronouncing words incompletely. What? I asked.
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Lockboards the bridg of asmbls!! " Vucar repeated. One look at him made it clear that I should not ask again.
(OOC: Mafol really was carrying the chest with the artifact, this is in fact, why I recruited him. Also, how do you see the full name of an artifact? I only got the abbreviated version)
The artifact was carefully stowed away, and Mafol again lifted the chest. We traveled until deep in the night. The dead never rest so the vampires had no reason to stop, but in the end Mafol commanded the others to set up camp. Despite the angry and hungry glares of the vampires I fell asleep in minutes, the day had been exhausting. I woke up to the sound of weapons. The camp was under attack by a yeti. The vampires took it down without much effort.
While I was not fully rested it seemed better to move on rather than to ask for more time.
We moved on. By the time the sun was starting to set I suddenly saw the contours of a huge fortress emerge from the fog.
Sllverywnd! Vucar blurted out.
Silverywind! Edėm corrected him.
I had never seen such impressive architecture. The towers, the walkways and the walls were huge, a few were partly collapsed, they must have been taller in the past. The place looked unnatural. The walls seemed to be made of ice, but it was somehow corrupted, dark, and even colder than ice should be. A lot of the structure was covered in a revolting pink slush.
The dwarves moved in, and headed straight for the northwestern section of the fortress. "Hurry!" Edėm commanded. We entered a workshop and climbed up the stairs. Shem opened a wooden chest: "The amulet is here, as foretold!" she exclaimed.
"Mounsants th Rlr-Fr of Rwrds!" Mumbled Vucar; he fell to the ground trembling.
Mafol explained: "This is Mournsaints the Ruler-Fire of rewards. It's presence here is a miracle in itself, but it has been foretold. This artifact was created in a time that has long been forgotten. What we do know is, that over a hundred years ago, a human by the name of Bralbaard took it from Silverywind, only to be brutally murdered by a group of bandits. Sarvesh Ducimvod later found the amulet, and took it to a place known as "The Museum". As you can see it is no longer in the museum, it teleported back to Silverywind. This chest, you see, is no ordinary chest, but it is bound to the artifact, they can not be seperated. To own the amulet, one needs the chest." She continued: "We NEED the amulet for it's connection to this museum."
"The Museum, contains the greatest treasures known to this world, and they rightfully belong to us. The Museum was founded by the vampire lord Teshil despairdaub in the age of myth, over 140 years ago. We have evidence that the bloodline of our cult can be traced back to Teshil making us his rightful heirs. He was the greatest vampire that ever lived, and has consumed over 31400 humans during his reign"
Mafol started to talk with a raised voice now: "Due to an act of horrible treason, Teshil was murdered by Kaslun Wadsomber the Whirling Anguish, and the museum was taken from our clan." "It is our mission to return to Dinnerwandered, claim the museum, and to bring the city back under proper vampiric rule!"
With the help of Mournsaints and Lockboards none will be able to challenge us. We will leave for the museum right away.
Now pick up that chest, and start moving!
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Topic: The Museum: Adventure mode succession world (DF 34.11) (Read 819710 times)