The Sword and the Spell Book

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Alright mates, if you remember back to January, we had a guild quest that we were going to do, but ended up canceling it. At our guild meeting today, we decided to bring this quest back, and do it during the month of April! For those of you that don't remember, here is the story line.

The Sword and the Spell Book

The presence of voodoo isn't as strong as it once was. Even those who channel the energy of the dark force feel have felt it diminishing. Tia Dalma, Macomo, Romany Bev, Heartless Rosaline, even our own Witchdoctor Dan. All have felt it drying up. Hope, however, has never been in short supply. Other guilds have tried to recover artifacts that would act as a "battery" of sorts in the hands of a skilled master of voodoo. They tried... and failed. Some can still hear a few of them screaming at the moment of their death. However, those were OTHER guilds. We aren't just some guild, now are we? We are the Shadow Sorcerors! And with the daring cunning of our leadership we have found a realtively easy way to restore the voodoo, make some quick cash, and make ourselves the most powerful pirates in the sea. Who knows, maybe we can restore the Golden Age? The task? Simple: Steal a Sword from a dead man. But before you whip one out of your holster and say that you've found it, just as to save yourselves a trip, you should know something about the Sword. The man was a powerful, powerful Captain. His name: Captain Lazlo Oberon.

Even more powerful than his knowledge of the sail was his knowledge of the Dark Arts, of voodoo. His mastery of the Doll and the Staff would make Tia Dalma look like our pitiful drunken excuse for a Witchdoctor. And this man, he had dreamt of a sword. One fashioned from the fires of Hell and used to defeat the Devil himself in a fencing tourney. This sword had the ability to channel energies that would make a normal man explode, and scatter his pieces all over the Carribbean. It had gained the name: The Sword of Darkness. Only one man knew this sword existed, and that was Captain Oberon. And he was Hell-bent on making it his own. He turned to piracy to wield it, and the man risked life and limb, and the gallows to find it. He sank more ships than any person living on this Earth could count if they were all taught by the Royal Society.

He finally found information leading to the sword in the form of Aztec writings in the jungles of Isla Perdida. The petroglyph showed an image of a sword, blazing with fire and brimstone, slicing through the thick armor of the Conquistadores by the hundreds. Another image showed a Conquistador captain gripping the sword, in the background a hundred Aztec archers had pulled their bows back. The final image showed the captain go down in a hail of arrows. Ironically, the skeleton of a Conquistador was slumped over a sacrificial table next to the petroglyph, a sword lying at the base. His ribs were cut open, a grisly reminder of the fate he suffered. Oberon picked up the sword, and noticed it glowing with energy. Using an incantation passed down through the ranks of only the most elite Gypsies in the Carribbean, Oberon shot a plume of fire from the top, 100 meters high. He knew that he would not die at the hands of some Navy swine now. He knew that all those years of putting himself on the EITC's blacklist and piling death penalty after death penalty would never catch up to him. The sword made Oberon invincible; gave him the ability to turn himself, his ship, and his crew invisible; and even the power to teleport an entire fleet of pirate ships from Florida to Singapore in an instant.

The heathen Aztec gods feared Oberon. The Sword of Darkness that he possessed was an object of envy and terror to them. They came together in the crust of the Earth herself, meeting to discuss Oberon's fate. After much debating about his fate, they struck him down with a disease that was incurable, and so terrible it could kill an invincible man. Oberon died a week later, under the care of his fateful crew. He was buried with this sword, the book of spells that he had written in his many travels, his lifetime earnings, and many other voodoo trinkets and ornaments that should shut up Dan for the ride back. All we gotta do is find his burial place in Padres Del Fuego and take his loot. Simple enough, eh?

If we can get our hands on that sword, we can harness its power and become the strongest pirates in the seven seas! Jolly Roger's skeleton army will invade the islands, see us, and run back to the safety of their ship! The EITC will not have a list with our names on it, we will have a list with their names! With that sword and its power, we will be invincible, like Oberon! And then when we get a hold of his spell book, we will be able to cast spells that nobody has heard of before, spells that can shake the earth, level entire forts, send armies of thousands to their deaths! There are infinite possibilities! Sorcerors, let us join together and let's get that Sword and Spell Book!

The meeting times are currently not set, but lets shoot for the first meeting being Saturday April 9th at 4pm Eastern time and Saturday April 23rd at 4pm Eastern. These times aren't set, but lets shoot for them. Go ahead and post any questions or comments here.

For those of you that don't know how a guild quest works, me and Witchdoctor Dan have a planned out story line, full of riddles and tests. You all, the Shadow Sorcerors, will solve these riddles and tests to advance in the written quest. It is just for fun, and you'll need to solve all of these to see the end of this quest!

NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR SHADOW SORCERORS ONLY!

UPDATE: Our next Quest meeting will be on Saturday, May 14th at 4pm Eastern!

[Hookshot]

I may be able to attend! Sounds like a blast!

[Christopher]

Shouldnt I be helping? After all I am a Party Officer.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Well, this script was written long before your promotion, but I can probably find something for you to help out with.... I'll get back to you later though, after I think a bit.

[SEAKING23]

This looks fun! Woot!

[The Stealthy Pirate]

I actually might be able to make both of those!

[Christopher]

I cant wait, it sounds so much fun!

[Captain Sharktooth]

Looks like I can make it, although maybe I shouldn't have posted, I may have jinxed myself :O

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Okay, remember guys. This Saturday, 4pm Eastern time! Make sure to be there so we can try this quest out. By the way, since Witchdoctor Dan is away, this may be a little different than planned. I think that I'll have Billy helping me out for it, so you all know. This quest is going to be a lot of us following clues and solving riddles to get to our goal. Make sure to be there, it'll (hopefully) be a lot of fun!

EDIT: Err... never mind! Witchdawkta can make it!

[WitchdoctorDan]

Guess who's back! Againnnn.... Sigh... Anywho, yup, I'm excited. I remember writing this with Davy a few months back. Some of the older forum members may remember us planning to do it in February. But some stuff came up, and we had to put it off. This is a big moment for the guild, let's just hope my trend of bad weekends doesn't keep up!

P.S.: Everyone, bear with us on this. We've never done this before, so it may be a little bumpy at first, but it may grow to become a guild pastime. We may need some extra hands, so ask me or Davy if you want to volunteer. There's no guarantee that we'll have you a job, but you might be able to make it a little easier on us. :P

[CaptainMonkeys]

Originally Posted by WitchdoctorDan

We may need some extra hands, so ask me or Davy if you want to volunteer. There's no guarantee that we'll have you a job, but you might be able to make it a little easier on us. :P

I could volunteer if I'm needed.

[Nack]

That sounds like an epic story... it's too bad I'm not a Shadow Sorcerer and I prefer a blade to magical arts.

[WitchdoctorDan]

Kay. I'll remember ya.

[Sam Bladebeard]

This event is gonne be so funny, I hope that evrybody will enjoy it and that we won't get bored by all those randome tps on ship!

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Actually Sam, this is going to take place over ALL of the Caribbean. There will be a bit of ship sinking involved, but a lot of it is going to be exploring the islands and jungles all over the Caribbean!