Day 8:
The Erebus tome claimed that Bahamut was dead, but revived as an undead god by a being called "Iblis". The Obelisk seemed to be suppressing the dead god. The book contains rituals for raising an army of undead. It turns out Belzerius was planning on using it to attack Eibelstat and stealing Albrecht's power so he could destroy the monolith in Erebus. After hearing his offer we decided he had to die. When the knight put her sword through his guts, he dropped a shadowstone fragment, which immediately stopped functioning.
The town around us fell into decay and most of the villagers turned out to be undead! We managed to save most of the living ones. I guess the shadowstone can shape or mask things here in the Shadowfell. It turns out the platinum reward was really just copper. I suspect that the real Silvi died back in Erebus, but we had to fight a very nasty fake version of her! I suppose Belzerius needed a real zealot to work with Eibelstat. Well, we raided the coffers for some gold and a cracked soulstone. I'm not sure if the cracked soulstone will be enough to get any of the group's memories back, but finding it doubled my anxiety about the nature of my team's lost memories.
There was nothing we could do except escort the remaining villagers out of Acheron and to the Eibelstat outskirts. Even though Eibelstat was under an immigration freeze, they granted the Kitzingen villagers temporary shelter. I wonder if Kitzingen can be reclaimed? Someone definitely needs to do something about that portal to Erebus. I'm scared of that place and I'm scared someone else will find it and make a huge mistake! We informed the Eibelstat authorities about the whole Acheron/Kitzingen/Erebus story. They said we could either give them the book, or take it far, far away. Either way, Vel wants to meet with us when we get a chance.
We noticed the book was broadcasting it's location vehemently, probably to every wizard in all the worlds. The mystic started really freaking out about Helmut. He probably knows where we are now because of this stupid book. We decided to take the book to Katja as soon as possible; she's got enough magic to deal with it. I hope she's not miffed with us for bringing something this dangerous into her home---maybe the shadowstone fragment will help her overlook the inconvenience.
Our experience with Erebus showed me how NOT ready we are to attempt a Rift crossing. If I lose these guys, there's no telling what Victor will do! I guess we'll be staying on this side for a while. My life is complicated. It looks like there's a distinct possibility my team mates are going to get at least some of their memories back today. I think I'm just going to have to come clean with them about what's going on with Victor. They've been doing a lot of good deeds since leaving the game, even when doing the right thing wasn't the smartest thing to do. Maybe they'll be understanding of my situation.
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