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Chapter 3

The cleansing of Udgaard
Added Tue Feb 1 17:23:27 2005 at level 51:

***Your attention is drawn to a thick black plume of smoke, rising from the
mountains to the north. As you draw closer to the source you see the wasted
gates of Udgaard laying open. The only sound to be heard is the gentle
crackle of flames, the barking of dogs, and the quiet chant of the
child-priests of this benighted city. Looking through the gates you see a
huge funeral pyre, upon which are heaped the corpses of the entire population
of the town. Throwing the bodies upon the fire is a man swathed in black
robes. As his robes part during his movements, you see golden plate armor
beneath the robes, bearing the mark of the Phoenix upon them. Aiding him in
his task are one or two kindly looking folk from the town. For the time being
at least, you sense the taint lifted from this city, despite the streets and
gutters being choked with drying blood and gore. Sticking up out of the
center of the darkened altar to the twisted gods of evil is a large two
handed sword made of green crystal, thrust cleanly through the cold marble.
The sword appears to be elven in design and craft, delicate and deadly. ***