Tman507's Tainted Oracle Story

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Deep within the wilderness of Irum, in a secret temple, a robed figure meditated within a shadowy chamber. No doors obscured the entrance, yet one could scarcely see but a few inches into the chamber due to the strange shadow mist that emanated from within. Outside the chamber, a man paced back and forth, impatient as the robed figure could be heard chanting in some strange unknown tongue. "What is taking so long?" the man said to himself. "Loest told me to recruit these Oracles, but this place is not what I expected. It seems corrupted by the Shadows."

The man would have been even more concerned could he have seen inside the chamber. The Oracle sat within the mist, in a deep meditative trance. As he chanted, the deeper into the Shadows he went, until a large beast of pure Shadow was before him. "Bestow upon me your immense power, oh great beast!" the Oracle shouted. A beam of dark energy then shot from the beast into the very soul of the Oracle.

Outside, the man's impatience was almost at its breaking point, when, finally, the Oracle emerged from within the chamber. "I see you grow impatient" the Oracle said. "Fear not, we are ready to serve you with all of our being Oh Great Lightning Mage." As the Oracle walked away, Nishaven looked back toward the chamber and saw two glowing red eyes staring at him from within. "I sure hope Loest was right about these guys", Nishaven thought to himself, unable to shake the fear that there might be more Shadow in these Oracles than could be handled.

A group of the Oracles led the way as Nishaven journeyed into the forest. Every now and then a Wild Boar would charge out from the undergrowth, but were quickly struck down by the Oracles. "Horrible, foul smelling creatures," Nishaven muttered to himself, but his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the screams of two of the lead Oracles, who had been struck down by flaming arrows fired from an unseen source. As Nishaven rushed toward their bodies, a shadowy force appeared from the corpses and quickly but briefly enveloped Nishaven in darkness. When he was finally able to see again, Nishaven found the forest in front of him charred to a crisp. "What happened?" Nishaven said to the lead Oracle. "It was the Scheuthian Banebow, Oh Great Lightning Mage" said the Oracle. "He struck down two of us, but their power was transferred to you and allowed you to cast four Fireballs at the hunter, causing him to flee." Still shaken, Nishaven now understood Loest's desire to have the Oracles on their side in this fight.