PaxLair City, Felucca, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – February 5, 2011 – by Ashlynn – On a quick visit to PaxLair City earlier this evening, I was shocked to find that a large and sinister machine built mostly of stone had been constructed in the city!
I felt brave enough to defy Lord Savaric in his presence!
It was not long before I was approached by the architect of the device, Lord Savaric the Lich himself! He claimed that the oversized contraption was both a pump and cistern of some kind and that it was drawing up water from the aquifer below the ground before adding some kind of strange poisonous liquid to it and pumping it back down!
Worse still, the Lich claimed that the aquifer being poisoned was the same that fed the Spring of Courage and his ultimate goal was to corrupt and poison both it and it’s keeper! As I paced through the putrid water of the system’s cistern, I could feel the vile nature of it around my feet and a sickly scent filled the air.
I myself felt brave enough to let Lord Savaric know that I would not let this come to pass and that I would report on events immediately. I also know from past experience with similar incidents that there is still time to save the spring, but it is running out and we all must act fast if we are to prevent the spring and the surrounding area becoming a lifeless waste.
The stones of the construction itself were warded by powerful magics making taking a simple pick to the structure of little use, though I believe there may be an alchemical or engineering solution to the problem, but it will require much investigation and I urge all to look into the matter as soon as possible!