The Disease

t the end of my pilgrimage I saw two of these mysterious light creatures - wisps! I always had wondered why they existed. This time the wisps suddenly uttered some strange noises. They seemed to be talking to me! It was a strange foreign language which alas I couldn't understand. Maybe one day I would find out the secret of these creatures...

I somehow began to feel weak and exhausted. The pilgrim tour had been long and my experiences strange and beautiful. My legs began to hurt. What was I suffering from?

I now was almost sure I was suffering from the disease of weakness. But what could I do against it? My body was aching and I felt like falling into a deep long sleep. With my last resources I managed to reach the shrine of justice. I had heard that weakening yourself with poison and magic and afterwards getting cured by the shrine could defeat a weakness disease.
So I poisoned myself and spoke the words of power "Des Sanct" and put a curse upon myself. Then I prayed the prayer of cure. The poison and curse wore off at once, but my weakness syndrome remained. I was desperate. Did I yet have to die?
I fell to my knees and sent a last desperate prayer to the Gods of Britannia.

Suddenly I felt the power flowing through my veins again, I felt refreshed and cured! I was happy!
I headed back to Trinsic to re-equip my armor and a weapon. Full of thirst for action I was running through the wood south of Trinsic, looking for evil creatures, when suddenly I met a man with long grey hair. His name was Sir Mac Beth and he invited me to sit down by a comfortable campfire and talk. He also was on a pilgrimage, and he told me that he was trying to find his home, the Highlands. I offered him something to eat and he gave me a magic axe in return.

This meeting made me think about the sense of my deeds again. What did I gain by battles and dungeon experiences? Deep inside I was much more curious about the secrets of this land, and I decided to start a second pilgrimage.

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