Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20141003213306/@comment-5583506-20141011125515

Riamide nodded. "That I can understand. But I fear I have some sad news for you both."

"What could be more sad than finding out that everything you loved and have loved has been dead and buried for centuries?" said Myling.

Riamide did not respond to that. "There is... a way... a way to bring you back, Myling. To bring you back to the world of the living. Completely in physical form."

Myling shot open her eyes. "Wh-What?"

"Though I must say that I do not like how this might end. It would have been easier just to end your centuries of suffering here and now, but that would have just sent our spirit to rest with the half of your conscience, while your other half remains at large."

"What are you trying to say?"

Riamide gave them both a stern gaze. "There is a reason I gave you Gastbane, Myling. At the moment of your death something... dark... latched itself onto you. It had a taste of your soul..."

Myling got closer to Rowan afraid of what Riamide or Meridia would say.

"The reason why your memories have gaps and have gone awry is because when you died something else was there with you, ready to claim your very soul. A monster. A foul creature. I guess you mortals would refer to it as "Death" himself."

Myling swallowed and fumbled after Rowan's hand to hold, but couldn't find it.

Riamide seemed to darken as she spoke. "It is an ancient being, presumably older than you, Myling. But what is more terrifying than anything else is that it is human in nature. You, Myling, knows this being as 'the Shadow', but to me it is simply known as an Umbramancer."

"A wh-what?"

"An Umbramancer. A long since dead mage who has performed many evil deeds during his lifetime. Cursed to roam the afterlife it has now found a way to bring itself back to life by feeding upon dying souls."

Myling trembled and felt like she wanted to take cover somewhere as she expected the shadowy creature to jump on her any second now.

"It was there at the moment you died, Myling. Yet it failed to devour you instantly, your little soul struggled to remain in this world because of everything you held dear here, and therefore it was only able to devour some fragments of your very consciousness. That's why some of your memories are gone, because it has them now."

Myling just wanted to run away. Run away and never look back, but she was frozen into the ground.

"And once it has tasted on a soul and liked the taste of it. It will never go hunting for anything else until the assimilation is complete. That's why it keeps haunting you, little Myling. The Umbramancer has found an interest in you and will keep hunting you wherever you go."

The witch then turned to Rowan. "And unfortunately it seems that it has found a potential candidate as its next intended victim."