cornelius
former axe demon
We finally summarized the list of books we hope to find in the crypt. After over a hundred years of study, I’ve studied this for the greater part of my life; thirty five years ago we found new clues, in a book we found In the altar. We had found a secret hiding place, by pushing the left eye of the figure on it. I’ve been studying it all these years, and there is only one page that was referring to the Crypt. One piece of page.. Just one. This page has gotten us further, it contained references, which made the cryptic language of the High Elvens reveal its true meaning. After two years of gathering, discussing and arguing, we came to the conclusion that there is a set of ten books.
The first one is The Book of Fire, with spells that could overrule the scorching heat of hell. The second book is about the forces of the Earth. There are a lot of protection spells in this book, and spells to evoke the most destructive earthquakes. The third book is The Book of Water, containing healing spells, floods, and purifying spells against the forces of evil. The fourth book tells us more about the spells concerning Air. Its owner is presumed to get the blessing of the wind, hear by having the ability to travel with the speed of hurricanes. Powerful windblasts would shatter enemy troops. The fifth book is the most important book of all: The Book Of Mind. This book will help you to understand the four others, how to control the elements. It would bring light in times of despair and chaos. It will help you overcome fear, vanity, greed, lust, murderousness… the oldest and most complicated languages will become clear as if they were the mother language to the owner of this book. It is of great value for translations of ancient High-elven scrolls, and that is why we are so eager to get it. These five books form the books of “Light”, the books of “Good Being” They all contain information about the greatest magicians of all eras since the beginning of time. They also contain the reason why magic is possible in this world, how magic originated, how to fully understand and control it. The symbol of these books is the pentagram with one point up and two points down, with a circle around it. We have been using this symbol for ages to heal and purify, and for strength and support in battle, but we still don’t know its full power. With these five books combined, you could revive the arch magicians, and together with them form an alliance against evil and create a circle, a protective dome that cannot be crossed by evil! A girder resisting all evil in this world! Imagine a place where you are finally safe! These books can save the world, and change it to a peaceful and blissful place for all times, with the worlds greatest magical forces protecting you, guarding you, guiding you to better life! All these books were written by Elfish and High-elven mages, some say they even include the names of the Human arch- mages, like Harin Moros and Corbolaho Fioragrae…
The first one is written on vampire skin, with the blood of pureblood noble vampires. It contains information about every evil creature that used to be Human, Barbarian, Dwarvish or Elfish, like vampires, undead stalkers, skeletal warriors half-demons, warlocks and many more. There are important guidelines in it, places, constellations, spells and everything else you need to awaken these creatures. The second book is about creatures that had been born in the dark, like ogeres, orcs. The origin and evolution of these creatures is fully explained, from the ancient breading lairs until the victories they made during the Great War. It is written on orcish skin, with the blood of all dark born, the cover is ogeres skin. The third book is a very precious, but very dangerous one: The Book of Demons. Many white mages were slaughtered to write this book. It is a register of all demons that roam this world, and all the others that wait to be unleashed. This register can be used for both the summoning and the eternal destruction of these demons. It contains guidelines to imprison demonic warriors, how you can control them, train them, but it also describes the way to vanquish them. The mythical armies of the Necromancers, the bile demons of Narduk, the Akhborad… They are all in the book. Even grand demons like The Boogorod, Khânor the Reaper, of Mantirs Hell Morbidyuin The slaughterer … The fourth book is about the purest evil, the origin of The Evil one, and the reason of his existence. We don’t know anything more about that book, but it is believed to hold the key to his lair. The fifth book contains evil spells, from soul drain to mind control. It can arise evil in every creature, every man, every mage… It can put up armies against each other, and it is said that this book has dispatched the Alliance of Eternal Light. If these Nexus scrolls get in the hand of evil again, we’d be doomed. These books were all written by The Writer, one of the members of the Arch demon council. I will not tell you his name, for that might be enough to summon him or cause his wrath. He worked on these books for thousands of years. I don’t know how he managed to preserve the skin and blood writings, but that isn’t important to us. I hope all books are preserved safe and well in the shelter they are now, so that we don’t end our search with a couple of rags and dirty pages.
- “This is only a small part of the information we have .”
- “So these books are supposed to be hidden within these quarters?”
- “Yes. This point of view is plausible, since we found traces of a High-Elven society, a kind of headquarter, a capital city, if you like. The most important of them are the books, the altar in the chapel and the armory. We found genuine Elfish armor, some weapons and metals, but we have no use for them. They seam to be extinguished, dead. Some fell apart when we tried to use them. They only have a decorative value. We think that these armors used to belong to important soldiers, maybe even to royalty. The legend says that the weapons and armors are as strong as the person carrying them. We believe that the sets we found are unique, made especially for a particular High elven Noble, which means they are only useful to them. Since the owners of these armors are gone, the pieces start to fall apart. We also discovered that the anvil on the inner court is also High-Elven. We found it here when we moved to this region. It seamed an unimportant anvil at first, but since we make our own tools and weapons, we decided to keep it. We couldn’t move it anyway, it is far too heavy, and it is hammered into the ground. We left it there, and sporadically worked on it. But on the day of the discovery of the High-Elven armory, it began to glow, and we saw that the anvil was not just a piece of ordinary metal, but that it had a gold-like structure. When the smith tried to work on it with the metals we found, it began to glow even brighter, and little sparks spring out of it from time to time. We soon discovered that the metals had no use to us, so we stacked the in a special shed near the armory. We simply don’t know how to work with them, maybe it’s because we don’t have the proper tools. We don’t know if the anvil has anything to do with the books. But even if we found the passage, we still have to find a way to enter it. The place is protected by magic that is more powerful than all off mans mana put together. There are mechanisms that are older than we will ever find out. They originate long before the Great War, long before mankind even existed. Once we are in, we still have to fight the guards that protect the books. They are some sort of neutral demons, which can only be killed by the ones that were meant to find the books.”
- “How come you have all this information about the books, but you don’t know where they are? This monastery isn’t that big, is it?”
- “What I just told you is the result of years, no, centuries of profound study! We have translated almost all of the Elfish books with a codebook we found, so there is a chance that we are missing the entire point here! But there are certain signs that point out that we are right on some level. The books are mentioned in the book of writings, and we assume that these books are hidden on the monastery. And we found an atlas, which indicated that this monastery is built on the remains of what used to be the capital library of the High-Elven province of Lirathariën, which could explain why no evil dares to approche this place. It was called the tree of existence, the root of knowledge. High-Elven philosophers believed that knowledge was the key to life, that wisdom was a way to excel. The original library would make ours fade, but what remained here after they left were some clues to find the way to The Crypt, nothing more. All of the original copies have passed this place. They have been put on an inventory, or were partly copied to be shipped of again to their original residence. We have reason to believe that many of the originals were stacked here, because this was a secret place. The province of Lirathariën was just one big farmland, with a few military facilities, and a couple of cities. There were a couple of mines near Saint John, according to the atlas, but we didn’t find any traces of them. We don’t know why they left this place, or how they made all their cities disappear. We don’t even know why they left these clues, or why they left these books in the first place. As you see, we have more riddles than answers. If you would help us find the answers, we would reward you with elfish weapons that are still of good use.”
- “I want to help, but you must understand that we already have a mission to fulfill, and that one has priority.”
- “I understand, Balian. But please help us!”
- “Pardon my curiosity, but why do you ask me to do this?”
- “You three are truly Godsend. You are people of good will, and that is what we need to find The Crypt. Our destiny and the destiny of the books may lie in your hands.”
- “But why? We are just three simple men! You are far more experienced!”
- “It is all part of the prophecy! We, monks, cannot enter the crypt! First of all, out of belief: we don’t attack, we defend. Entering the crypt would mean attacking the shades that guard the books. Secondly, we are not able to enter, because the chosen ones have received a blessing through their bloodlines. The blood of the ancient races flows in their veins, that means they have High-Elven blood. We did do research about all of the monks bloodlines, we didn’t find any High-Elven ancestors.”
- “What makes you so sure we have that privilege?”
- “Nothing, but we found more clues about the chosen ones.”
“Morning, noon and evening, they hold the key, the solution, the deliverance, the redemption. They come for the Good Cause. Their actions, influenced by the High-Elven blessings in their bloodline, will seal the faith of the books. The morning is strong and magical. The noon is strong and wise. The evening is strong and sharp. Sun and earth will reveal their powers, their blood will reveal the books. They alone will fulfill the prophecy. The morning brings the key, dawn. The noon brings the entrance, darkness. The evening brings the insight, light. Unleashing power requires the chosen ones…”
- “Noon brings darkness? That doesn’t make any sense!”
- “I know. I wrote everything down for you, so you can study on your trip. Maybe you hold the key, who knows? Show it to your friends, I think they will be a great aid.”
- “Thank you for your trust. I am still confused. Why do you trust us?”
- “Is there a reason not to?”
- “No, still, the secret seems…”
- “All that I know is that your friendship is very profound. You must have made suit an impression, having the privilege of having Gregorius himself as your guardian and mentor.”
***** The first five books are the “good” books. *****
The first one is The Book of Fire, with spells that could overrule the scorching heat of hell. The second book is about the forces of the Earth. There are a lot of protection spells in this book, and spells to evoke the most destructive earthquakes. The third book is The Book of Water, containing healing spells, floods, and purifying spells against the forces of evil. The fourth book tells us more about the spells concerning Air. Its owner is presumed to get the blessing of the wind, hear by having the ability to travel with the speed of hurricanes. Powerful windblasts would shatter enemy troops. The fifth book is the most important book of all: The Book Of Mind. This book will help you to understand the four others, how to control the elements. It would bring light in times of despair and chaos. It will help you overcome fear, vanity, greed, lust, murderousness… the oldest and most complicated languages will become clear as if they were the mother language to the owner of this book. It is of great value for translations of ancient High-elven scrolls, and that is why we are so eager to get it. These five books form the books of “Light”, the books of “Good Being” They all contain information about the greatest magicians of all eras since the beginning of time. They also contain the reason why magic is possible in this world, how magic originated, how to fully understand and control it. The symbol of these books is the pentagram with one point up and two points down, with a circle around it. We have been using this symbol for ages to heal and purify, and for strength and support in battle, but we still don’t know its full power. With these five books combined, you could revive the arch magicians, and together with them form an alliance against evil and create a circle, a protective dome that cannot be crossed by evil! A girder resisting all evil in this world! Imagine a place where you are finally safe! These books can save the world, and change it to a peaceful and blissful place for all times, with the worlds greatest magical forces protecting you, guarding you, guiding you to better life! All these books were written by Elfish and High-elven mages, some say they even include the names of the Human arch- mages, like Harin Moros and Corbolaho Fioragrae…
***** There are also five books of darkness, the “evil books” *****
The first one is written on vampire skin, with the blood of pureblood noble vampires. It contains information about every evil creature that used to be Human, Barbarian, Dwarvish or Elfish, like vampires, undead stalkers, skeletal warriors half-demons, warlocks and many more. There are important guidelines in it, places, constellations, spells and everything else you need to awaken these creatures. The second book is about creatures that had been born in the dark, like ogeres, orcs. The origin and evolution of these creatures is fully explained, from the ancient breading lairs until the victories they made during the Great War. It is written on orcish skin, with the blood of all dark born, the cover is ogeres skin. The third book is a very precious, but very dangerous one: The Book of Demons. Many white mages were slaughtered to write this book. It is a register of all demons that roam this world, and all the others that wait to be unleashed. This register can be used for both the summoning and the eternal destruction of these demons. It contains guidelines to imprison demonic warriors, how you can control them, train them, but it also describes the way to vanquish them. The mythical armies of the Necromancers, the bile demons of Narduk, the Akhborad… They are all in the book. Even grand demons like The Boogorod, Khânor the Reaper, of Mantirs Hell Morbidyuin The slaughterer … The fourth book is about the purest evil, the origin of The Evil one, and the reason of his existence. We don’t know anything more about that book, but it is believed to hold the key to his lair. The fifth book contains evil spells, from soul drain to mind control. It can arise evil in every creature, every man, every mage… It can put up armies against each other, and it is said that this book has dispatched the Alliance of Eternal Light. If these Nexus scrolls get in the hand of evil again, we’d be doomed. These books were all written by The Writer, one of the members of the Arch demon council. I will not tell you his name, for that might be enough to summon him or cause his wrath. He worked on these books for thousands of years. I don’t know how he managed to preserve the skin and blood writings, but that isn’t important to us. I hope all books are preserved safe and well in the shelter they are now, so that we don’t end our search with a couple of rags and dirty pages.
- “This is only a small part of the information we have .”
- “So these books are supposed to be hidden within these quarters?”
- “Yes. This point of view is plausible, since we found traces of a High-Elven society, a kind of headquarter, a capital city, if you like. The most important of them are the books, the altar in the chapel and the armory. We found genuine Elfish armor, some weapons and metals, but we have no use for them. They seam to be extinguished, dead. Some fell apart when we tried to use them. They only have a decorative value. We think that these armors used to belong to important soldiers, maybe even to royalty. The legend says that the weapons and armors are as strong as the person carrying them. We believe that the sets we found are unique, made especially for a particular High elven Noble, which means they are only useful to them. Since the owners of these armors are gone, the pieces start to fall apart. We also discovered that the anvil on the inner court is also High-Elven. We found it here when we moved to this region. It seamed an unimportant anvil at first, but since we make our own tools and weapons, we decided to keep it. We couldn’t move it anyway, it is far too heavy, and it is hammered into the ground. We left it there, and sporadically worked on it. But on the day of the discovery of the High-Elven armory, it began to glow, and we saw that the anvil was not just a piece of ordinary metal, but that it had a gold-like structure. When the smith tried to work on it with the metals we found, it began to glow even brighter, and little sparks spring out of it from time to time. We soon discovered that the metals had no use to us, so we stacked the in a special shed near the armory. We simply don’t know how to work with them, maybe it’s because we don’t have the proper tools. We don’t know if the anvil has anything to do with the books. But even if we found the passage, we still have to find a way to enter it. The place is protected by magic that is more powerful than all off mans mana put together. There are mechanisms that are older than we will ever find out. They originate long before the Great War, long before mankind even existed. Once we are in, we still have to fight the guards that protect the books. They are some sort of neutral demons, which can only be killed by the ones that were meant to find the books.”
- “How come you have all this information about the books, but you don’t know where they are? This monastery isn’t that big, is it?”
- “What I just told you is the result of years, no, centuries of profound study! We have translated almost all of the Elfish books with a codebook we found, so there is a chance that we are missing the entire point here! But there are certain signs that point out that we are right on some level. The books are mentioned in the book of writings, and we assume that these books are hidden on the monastery. And we found an atlas, which indicated that this monastery is built on the remains of what used to be the capital library of the High-Elven province of Lirathariën, which could explain why no evil dares to approche this place. It was called the tree of existence, the root of knowledge. High-Elven philosophers believed that knowledge was the key to life, that wisdom was a way to excel. The original library would make ours fade, but what remained here after they left were some clues to find the way to The Crypt, nothing more. All of the original copies have passed this place. They have been put on an inventory, or were partly copied to be shipped of again to their original residence. We have reason to believe that many of the originals were stacked here, because this was a secret place. The province of Lirathariën was just one big farmland, with a few military facilities, and a couple of cities. There were a couple of mines near Saint John, according to the atlas, but we didn’t find any traces of them. We don’t know why they left this place, or how they made all their cities disappear. We don’t even know why they left these clues, or why they left these books in the first place. As you see, we have more riddles than answers. If you would help us find the answers, we would reward you with elfish weapons that are still of good use.”
- “I want to help, but you must understand that we already have a mission to fulfill, and that one has priority.”
- “I understand, Balian. But please help us!”
- “Pardon my curiosity, but why do you ask me to do this?”
- “You three are truly Godsend. You are people of good will, and that is what we need to find The Crypt. Our destiny and the destiny of the books may lie in your hands.”
- “But why? We are just three simple men! You are far more experienced!”
- “It is all part of the prophecy! We, monks, cannot enter the crypt! First of all, out of belief: we don’t attack, we defend. Entering the crypt would mean attacking the shades that guard the books. Secondly, we are not able to enter, because the chosen ones have received a blessing through their bloodlines. The blood of the ancient races flows in their veins, that means they have High-Elven blood. We did do research about all of the monks bloodlines, we didn’t find any High-Elven ancestors.”
- “What makes you so sure we have that privilege?”
- “Nothing, but we found more clues about the chosen ones.”
“Morning, noon and evening, they hold the key, the solution, the deliverance, the redemption. They come for the Good Cause. Their actions, influenced by the High-Elven blessings in their bloodline, will seal the faith of the books. The morning is strong and magical. The noon is strong and wise. The evening is strong and sharp. Sun and earth will reveal their powers, their blood will reveal the books. They alone will fulfill the prophecy. The morning brings the key, dawn. The noon brings the entrance, darkness. The evening brings the insight, light. Unleashing power requires the chosen ones…”
- “Noon brings darkness? That doesn’t make any sense!”
- “I know. I wrote everything down for you, so you can study on your trip. Maybe you hold the key, who knows? Show it to your friends, I think they will be a great aid.”
- “Thank you for your trust. I am still confused. Why do you trust us?”
- “Is there a reason not to?”
- “No, still, the secret seems…”
- “All that I know is that your friendship is very profound. You must have made suit an impression, having the privilege of having Gregorius himself as your guardian and mentor.”
