Demoni Vankil - Letter Eight
Rune lore is dangerous. To be a power that can work independently of its creator, a rune needs a life force to function.
Demoni Vankil is the historical and award-winning work of Höbin Luckyfeller, and the precursor to Chronicles of a Hero.
An ancient puzzle box.
Fourteen letters.
A Council of Whispers.
…and a clerk.
Discover the 700 year old secret millions died to protect.
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LETTER Eight
My Beloved Ethany,
I am weary. My red hair has turned ashen, and I am compelled to grip a cane with gnarled fingers as I walk. Will you still love me when you see me, my beloved? Will you see in my eyes the man who adores you, the same young man you fell in love with under the cottonwood trees that spring morning by the brook?
If I had known. If only I had some way of knowing before these experiments, I would have prevented this.
Rune lore is dangerous. To be a power that can work independently of its creator, a rune needs a life force to function. A literal life force.
The effects of our work were not immediately noticeable. I thought at first the change in my stature and the lightening of my beard and hair was because of the demanding rigors of this project. It was not.
Every experiment I have taken part in has taken a part of my life, Ethany. Drained it from my very soul to power the rune. I am not the only one. I see the effects on Shiro and Hammel, too. Hammel is affected least of all. The life of a Kutollum lasts hundreds of years, but he still feels the effects. Shiro and I have not been so fortunate.
This discovery has slowed our progress a great deal, though we press onward to our goal. We must stop Mahan.
I find my mind often wanders back to the day we met. I hope, my beloved, that you remember my heart and devotion, if not the youth of my face.
All my love,
Eamon
Do people not see the importance of keeping accurate records? Another 314 days passed. Now rune lore is dangerous? I feel as if I am getting too emotionally involved in Eamon’s progress and the missing information grates on my nerves.
I have concluded it must be the Demoni Vankil he is working on. I have no solid proof, just a gut feeling.
The races all share the same two things: they don't know what the Demoni Vankil is, but they know it's the greatest triumph in history - the banishment of the Dark Lord! A singular event that created the Dragon’s Chasm nearly rending Humär in two,…but sending the evil races scurrying back to their own lands. It brought peace, happiness, and prosperity back into the world.
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Well... we knew it couldn't go that well!