Brilliant Book of Life

Characteristics

• Name: Brilliant Book of Life
• Type: Book
• Prestige: + 4
• Found by: Nina Tai

Disappearance

On the early June, our adventurer was extremely busy in Lupa Lapu, killing the beasts she could find, together with Geremiah Tator. The hunt had been great for a few days, now, and they had found quite a few interesting items in the monster's lairs, not to mention silver coins. Tai had also learned to skin the creatures, for their leather was extremely good to protect against the cold winter that roamed the land. When the night of the 4th or 5th day fell, she left the small village for a lonely hunt. Tracking down a few small groups of monsters, the wench fought, sacked, skinned and got stronger. Joy felt her bones, for she was doing what she liked the most, while her eyes and ears guided her through the woods until the next group of victims.

Unfortunately, that wasn't a group, but a horde. The woman killed most of the creatures, but was, at last, bested in combat by the alpha male. After receiving a deep scratch in her belly, Tai fell to the floor and waited for the final blow. She counted, one, two... three... And she was still alive. Opening one eye, the wench saw the monsters leaning over her backpack. They riped it open. In a reflex, she screamed.

The creatures looked at her, puzzled for a moment, a moment long enough for Tai to jump, grab the bag's cords and run. The creatures were right on her feet, and she knew she'd never make it... and then a small bump. Something had fallen from the bag. She heard grunting sounds from behind and knew they were fighting for whatever it was, but kept walking for one or two more minutes, until she fell, unconscious, in the ravine's floor.

In her dreams, the Other One was yelling so high it was shaking her bones. Then, Nina knew. It was her book that had fallen back there... Before she could feel anger or emptiness, the delusion changed to show a young man's face.

- Brandon...?

Background

Monsters were roaming freely in the external villages of the Axewildian badlands. It wasn't hard for the advy to find some monsters lair, with a large group of them inside. The woman tied her dark hair high, grabbed her new short sword, and fought. Each monster slain, she felt more alive, and the battle rage entered her mind. Finally she was facing the alpha monster, the leader of the pack. He seemed like a large wolf, the four claws gripped on the floor, and the mouth drooling with blood thirst. It was a hard fight, and they rolled on the floor together, Tai fully awaken and avoiding the bite to her neck, the deadly bite. Finally, the creature seemed to hesitate for a moment, when the fight was brought to the cave's bottom, and the wench managed to stab its throat.

Scavenging around, a few minutes later, she found, among the monster's loot, some silver coins and a brilliant object that showed to be a dirty and torn, but finely crafted, book. She just wished the sage hadn't gone away with the sunrise... perhaps he could tell her more about the object. It did seem an unique item.

3rd of April, 2008

After searching the area for 2 hours, following trails and noises, you finally encounter a large group of monsters. You notice that they have a leader, an alpha monster, a really big and ugly one, whatever you want to call it. The battle rages, you against the monsters. Your blows land true and you strike most of them down, while a few manage to flee. The big one is the last to fall, but after an exhausting fight you manage to take him down, too. In the lair of the big one, you find treasures worth a total of 1 gold, 10 silver. You also find a unique item among the loot, the "Brilliant Book of Life".