The trip to Ragma took several days. During their travel, Raxyas and Bazren used most of their time to train. Occasionally, they would contact Qu, anxious to know what secrets the boxes contained. Yet, most knowledge was split across multiple boxes, like a puzzle that had to be assembled piece by piece. Master Qu was having a hard time making sense of the information, due to the high volume of boxes, until one day, suddenly...
Qu (comm): BAZREN! RAXYAS! TENTORIA! Are you there?! I have news, big, big news...!
Raxyas and Bazren were in the middle of a spar when they heard Qu's voice. Immediately, they stop their clash and reply.
Raxyas: We're here.
Bazren: Yes, master! What have you uncovered?
Qu (comm): Just a moment! Tentoria? I need you to listen to this as well!
No answer from Tentoria. Raxyas had destroyed her communicator at the curse's behest...
Bazren: Tentoria...?
Qu (comm): This is... Bad news. Potentially very, very bad news.
Raxyas felt a gripping pain in his chest. A terrible feeling overcame him.
Raxyas: Master Qu... Is she in danger?
Qu lets out a worried sigh.
Qu (comm): Most likely. Bazren, do you recall when, at the end of your battle against the monsters invading Incola's fortress, you told me about how Tentoria had managed to defeat them all by herself...?
Bazren: Of course. You said that they had to know what they were doing, bringing someone like that into their ranks...
Qu (comm): Indeed... But Tentoria isn't just "someone"... She is as old as Mortmundus itself...
Raxyas and Bazren looked at one another, in surprise.
Qu (comm): In fact, according to this knowledge... Mortmundus exists thanks to her. She is the one responsible for its inception... Tentoria created this reality with her own hands, thousands of years ago.
Raxyas: She... What...?
Bazren: How can that be?!
Qu (comm): Hold on, there is more. You know the mysterious watchers that have flown in Mortmundus' skies for as long as anyone can remember...? There is a reason why Tentoria is connected to them... It is not very clear yet, but according to what I've seen, it would seem that Tentoria is somehow cursed to spend the rest of her days here, in the world she herself created... But she is not like a regular undead. It's as if she has a limited time to live here... When that time runs out, Tentoria dies, and a part of her soul is taken from her... Giving birth to a watcher. The memories contained inside that part of her soul are then locked away in that watcher... As for the rest of the soul, it eventually inhabits another vessel, and the process repeats... It would seem things have been this way for a long, long time. Certainly for hundreds of years.
Raxyas: That's why each time a watcher dies, she regains some of her memories...
Bazren: But then... All we need to do is hunt down every watcher before Tentoria dies again, right? Surely with all her memories back, she will have some chance of breaking her curse...!
Qu (comm): That may be so... I would need to read more to find out. There is still much to uncover. Either way, I believe she may be in great danger... Incola have enlisted what is practically a god in their ranks. With most of her memories lying dormant, who's to say they will not manipulate her into using her powers in some nefarious manner... Or worse, attempt to absorb her soul themselves, in an attempt to rob her of her powers. It's difficult to say, but some boxes definitely hint at Tentoria being a crucial part of some greater plan... Which is why she needs to be even more careful. I fear for her safety, especially since she is not answering...
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Tales of Undeath: Renegade
FantasyIn a universe where rebirth is as unavoidable as death, to be ripped away from the circle of life and forced to live in limbo is a fate that no soul would wish ever to befall itself. Yet, that is the story of Raxyas. His is one of the many souls con...
