Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25020300-20150307090651/@comment-25020300-20150329024937

Issue 22: An ancient blade known as the Sword of Dusk has been discovered to be housed in a nearby cave. The sword would do well in the hands of one of your war heroes, but others have caught wind of its location too, and are rushing to retrieve it.

-A high ranking member of the Imperial City guard speaks coldly about the rival travelers, "It's plain and simple; the Beklemmend military needs this weapon. The advantages of having it far out-way the lives of these travelers, just imagine, an ancient weapon in one of our generals' hands could rally up the troops like nothing else, not to mention the power of the sword itself! Send a regiment to secure the ruin, and we'll take care of any pretenders to the sword."

-A roguish adventurer approaches as the guard leaves, "You can't be considering what he is saying! That sword is as much his as it is mine! What happened to the world where I could go where I pleased and took what I will from dusty old ruins? This is a dark path you're headed down if you keep restricting people from there Gods-given freedoms, and we won't stand for it!"

-"Wait, no! It's mine!" Says a young woman from a particularly rich family, "I've been doing research, and I've traced my linage to the last holder of this very sword! Well, at least, I think I did. I'm pretty sure it was my ancestor who held it, so I deserve it! At least, I think I do..."

-Your chief historian lambastes all of them, "Bah, there is little proof of that! And besides, no one should get the sword! This blade is a piece of our history, and must be preserved. I propose we take it and put it in a museum, where everyone can see and enjoy it. Really now, how much is a single little sword going to do for the army, and what if the sword were to fall into the wrong adventurers hands? And what's it going to do in a noblewoman's house? Sit and collect dust over a mantle, that's what!"

-"Listen, yea who is ignorant!" Says a voice in the gutter, coming from a priest of an obscure religion, "The Lady of the Dead will take your revenge on all thee! Take the sword if you dare, for with you you will unleash the curse! It matters not to me, oh no, for the Lady of the Dead will have her fill of bones, YOUR BONES! Yea, take the sword and unleash chaos, as I have seen, so shall it be!"