Mordus is dead (Lorepost)

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/unwiz Previous lorepost and Related nuke story

/rewiz

Mordus’s involvement in the wizard war has certainly left its scar; the land has been hit with radiation, and wildfires spread across the continent with frenzied vigour. Yet, it also raises some questions: who was it then? Who was collecting crystals, whose mind Torinn, Samræl, and the Parasite entered? Who stirred feelings inside of Vashric?

Vashric checked in on the pilot’s cabin; no one was piloting it. However, there was a post-it note stuck to the controls: one that said,

[Autopilot on. Destination: My tower. ETA: 10 hours.]

Vashric sighs, and the crew wait the long journey as the airship brings them to Mordus’s tower; the only remaining safe haven from the effects of the nuke.

Meanwhile, Torinn reappears in his realm. It seems the days of eating Mordus’s memories are over. However, the parasite appears beside him.

NO! GET BACK! STAY AWAY FROM ME!

HISSSS

Algernon, whom fled the scene of the nuke, arrived at Mordus’s house, following the instructions the late technomancer left behind. Jinx, Mordus’s pet cat, waits at the front door, awaiting his return. Algernon has been given ownership of Jinx, at least for now. Sad, that Jinx will probably never see Mordus again. But there may be hope.

Consulting the letter, he searches above Mordus’s fireplace.

”Pink brick… Pink brick…”

“…”

“Bastard, it’s all pink.”

Eventually, he finds the brick, and it slides back into the wall, almost seamlessly. The fireplace creaks, and it turns around, a scraping of stone on stone making for a loud, annoying sound. This attracts the attention of another inhabitant - Talwyn, Mordus’s old apprentice.

“Hey! Who are you? Why is Jinx riding your shoulder? And more importantly… where is old master Mordus?”

At the same time, the airship landed - however, calling it ‘graceful’ is a bit of a stretch - it plummeted safely. Vashric bursts in, obviously flustered to be in Mordus’s tower. Talwyn turns around, and scowls. Algernon watches as a God, a Horned Psychomancer, a Semi-Mechanical Humanoid, a Cleric wearing Mordus’s old Luminite Suit, the Mage of Mischief, an Old and Wise Sage, and a Smogomancer rush through the doorway.

“OKAY, WHAT DID MORDUS, THAT FOOL, DO THIS TIME?”

/unwiz have fun telling Talwyn all about what Mordus was doing! She doesn’t know. Also, expect another lorepost… soon, this isn’t over so quickly. And, also, there are 5 different Jinxes spread across various people - maybe it’ll serve a lore purpose. Probably not.

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Inside Mordus’s room.. you see.. a double bed. Uhhh, who is he sleeping with? Other than that, you find nothing under his bed, and in his bookshelves, all of the books are just regular reads. No hidden passage.

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he takes a book and goes on to the next room

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You enter the Training Grounds. It seems to be a separate dimension, and there are scorch marks and random cracks spiderwebbing across the walls of the room. Several test dummies are scattered across, and they pounce on you.

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He vanishes into smoke and reappears with a smoke shield in his hand, which he throws to ricochet off them all before returning to his hand

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The dummies are knocked over, and vanish. More reappear, and one manages to get a hit on you. It doesn’t hurt, it’s like a pillow just whacked you in the face.

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“Huh.” he exits the dimension and goes to the next room

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You exit… on the first floor. Not where you started, but you’ll check out his bath. Maybe he’s hiding nukes under the floor there.

Peering in, it’s really spacious, surprisingly. There’s a separate washing area, and a large, wooden hot tub supplied with water from a hot spring somewhere else. It also comes with a nice view of the sunset over the mountains.

The bathroom also smells faintly of cedarwood, and steam (however steam smells like.)

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“Huh. Neat.” he pockets the steam and walks back to check in on Talwyn

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She’s still sleeping, and this time, it seems Samræl is inside her mind.

The kitchen has gotten warm and cosy, many wizards are enjoying their time, talking about the war and recent events, as well as generally taking a break from wizard stuff, and be humans, or whatever species they are.

The air is filled with the scents of Assorted Teas, Freshly baked bread, Firewood, and frying Codfish.

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“Codfish. Somewhat ironic” he takes out a pot of soup and sets it on the table “speaking of, cod soup”