Hail dark friends,

I have news of the greatest importance!
Oil your weapons and armor, for our respite is over.

Last night I was to visit the mage tower in Shame.
I don’t recall visiting this particular haven before, but the inhabitants intrigued me, they are referred to as Evil Mages.
I had begun speaking to The Black Archmage, Xarot when one Juhika Bloth [Chaos Superstars Inc, CSi], enters and begins killing the tower inhabitants.

I paid Juhika’s attacks no never mind and turned my attention back to Xarot.
Xarot had begun to rally the other mages. I over heard him saying:
“Adam is her! GUL has finally come for us!”

I asked Xarot how he knew me, and what he meant by these statements.
“Do you not know? Hahaha! He does not know,” laughed Xarot.
“Please tell me, what is the joke here, why do you laugh at me?” I asked.
Xarot looked at me for a moment, paused and said, “Adam, it is I, Xarot. Second Chair to your father, Kahn. We served together for 16 years on The Mystic Counsel.”

Xarot went on to explain, “The other mages and I that dwell here in this tower, have returned from the undead sleep of the lich! Kahn himself is responsible for this miracle, for he put the wheels in motion…”
Just then, and before Xarot could finish, Juhika moved closer, threatening to enter the room where Xarot and the others were hold up.

I felt a great warmth grip me as I turned to Juhika.

The lich were beginning to rise from the undead and needed GUL more than ever to protect them.

This left me with but one decision, I must kill Juhika quickly and hurry back to spread this news to the other Guardians.

I pulled forth my trusty crystal ball to learn what I could of this intruder.
“I beseech you ‘o magical orb, tell me of the one known Juhika Bloth.”

Almost immediately I could make out words in the swirling mists:
Juhika Bloth was a Grand Master in Meditation, Tactics and Evaluating Intelligence.
She was also likely close to Grand Master in both Mace and Magery.

This was all I needed.
I stepped from the shadows and Paralyzed Juhika and then followed with an immediate Explosion / Mind Blast.
Coupled with the damage Juhika had already suffered, this combination lay her to rest.



In addition to having a staggering amount of loot, Juhika also lacked any sort of organization.

I began a search for reagents and gold and quickly found myself overloaded.

I started unloading myself, when I saw Wiz: [Overlord of Darcaw, OWN] (Chaos) approaching very quickly.

Wiz and I engaged in a battle to the death.
Wiz hit me with a well-planned Poison / Explosion / Poison combo which left me hurting.
No sooner than I would heal, Wiz would simply repoison me.
I tried to arm my katana, but my spell book was still armed from my attack on Juhika!

I finally got myself cured and got my katana armed when Wiz would just gallop off a few steps and repoison me! Bah! Cursed mount!

From this point on, Wiz would simply ride around keeping me poisoned.
I died to this tactic.

I had actually hoped to congratulate him on a good fight, but he was far from a gracious victor.
I choose instead, to ignore his verbal assault, and dismiss it as the rantings of a child.

Juhika was as ill mannered as her avenger. But hearing her words, only minutes after I introduced her to the cold pavement, amused me greatly.



Fellow Guardians, I will visit the sacred archives and learn what I can about our new duties.
But I think this much is clear: The so-called Evil Mages are really the undead Mystic Counsel returning to our world from the body of the lich. We must seek out and protect all of the red mages so they can continue their resurgence.

Until next time,
Adam Ant


[This message has been edited by Adam Ant (edited 10-27-2000).]