![]() ![]() However, the sap provided unpredictable results on the bones of corpses. Over time, he discovered mutations in the infected slowed down when submerged in a solution of the sap. ![]() ![]() With this knowledge, the alchemist began experimenting with the sap. Some believed the liquid sap running through the walls of the sanctuary could've been contaminating the sewer network and thus causing the malaise. His research took him to a sanctuary beneath the village. He gathered research from all over the island to learn the origin of the malaise and conducted many experiments to combat the malaise, using corpses or villagers who volunteered their bodies for his work. The Alchemist, alongside the King and the Time Keeper, took action against the malaise, using scientific means to find a cure. Even then, the bodies piled up endlessly and burning them was no longer good enough as they were reanimating and acquiring weapons.Īt this time, The king wasn’t the only one taking action against the malaise: A sorceress, called The Time Keeper, resorted to rewinding time to the same day, executing infected and keeping the malaise at bay, although this exhausted her as noticed by The Alchemist. After which, the guard’s condemned a wing of the prison, the Ossuary, to dump corpses in, and in an additional attempt to burn excess bodies when the Graveyard became full. Vandalising the statue of him and his hand, his posted orders, and even demanding his death. Within the village, the villagers revolted against the king. The king, however, ordered the Giant to be executed and have his body thrown in the prison quarters. However, these escapes always resulted in death to either exhaustion, starvation, or by the hands of Castaing had they gotten to the bridge.īecause of his actions, The Giant confronted the King warning him his actions would bring ruin to his kingdom. Digging tunnels to the Sewers or Promenade, and climbing the Ramparts. Inside the prison, the prisoners wrote on the cell walls questioning why the prison was being filled with the innocent, or why they didn’t want to get infected and die.Įventually, they began escaping. Because of this, the guards were threatened with execution if they failed to obey the king’s orders. The king’s orders confused the guards as they questioned why they were transferring sick villagers to the prison and not getting them treatment. When the cells became overpopulated, due to many imprisonments, the king ordered the guards to use the outside jails and to leave no suspects unsupervised. The king ordered the prison warden, Castaing, to stop controlling the gates and keep all prisoners inside even if they’ve finished their sentence. In an attempt to contain the infection, The King ordered the imprisonment and execution of anyone who was infected, those who were only suspected would also be hanged. However, it reanimated the once dead infected and mutated them into aggressive monsters who attacked the living. Its symptoms were itchiness, belly aches, feeling down, headaches, blurred vision and eventual death. The illness was named a variety of names such as: the malaise, the gloom, or the green poison. Things quickly changed after a sudden deadly illness spread across the island. Back then, it had only been used during special occasions. Occasionally, some managed to retrieve crystals from the caverns to sell, how they obtained the crystals was never mentioned.Ĭonnected to the village is the black bridge, acting as an exit and entrance to the prison, personally guarded by the prison warden, Castaing. The gates of the castle were defended by the giant, the interior defended by the royal guards, and royals themselves protected by the Hand Of The King and The Servants.īeyond the High Peak Castle is Stilt Village, where the lower class citizens of the island resided, Where they would spend most of their time fishing as their source of food and as an activity. Otherwise, the island had been ruled by the king and queen who resided in the High Peak Castle. ![]() Though, it can be said the island had been somewhat prosperous. There is little to go off on what the island had been before the malaise outbreak and its inevitable downfall following it. ![]()
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