Loke Fullbuster
The Language Enthusiast
Excaliburn, also known as Legendary Tool of the Gods and Blade of Damnation, is, as its titles imply, a legendary magical artifact, known as an all-powerful weapon once used to decimate armies. Man or mage, whoever possessed this weapon possessed the power to conquer all creation. However, it fell into obscurity after being lost in the aftermath of a vicious war thousands of years ago, fading into myths and legends as every attempt to find it mysteriously derailed. No one could ever find Excaliburn again, the only records of this assumed longsword exists in old tomes gathering dust in the Great Library of Fiore. But this never stopped people from trying. For the past few centuries, every few decades, enthusiastic archaeologists and scientists gather to study these tomes, each group gaining a little clue each time, placing them closer and closer to finding this legendary weapon. Finally, the present group managed to pinpoint the weapon's last known location to be somewhere on Divide Island, a relatively small island located south of Fiore in the middle of the Graveyard Sea. To get there, one must travel to Capital Crocus before taking a train to Mountain Village.
Mountain Village is, as its name suggests, located in the middle of three mountains, the most forth-front one has a neat little hole drilled through the middle of the mountain’s foot, wide and large enough for a train to enter without mishap. To the east and west of the small village stands two smaller mountains, shorter in height compared to the one at the north, but no less wide and towering. To the south of the village lies the Graveyard Sea, where the fishermen of Mountain Village earn their living off catching seafood. The dock of the village lies in this direction. It is nothing grand, merely a couple of wooden jetties and a wide shore occupied by idle fishing boats of all shapes and sizes. Despite being a rather isolated area in the countryside of Fiore, the seemingly endless supply of seafood and mountain creatures available as food source has ensured the town’s wealth and continued wellbeing, contributing to the teeming streets of vendors, merchants, customers and villagers. From dawn til dusk, the village is never quiet.
As one arrives at Mountain Village in the early hours of the morning (or later), one can ask any of the locals to point you in the direction of the docks. They would be more than happy to help. Upon reaching the docks, one would be able to see a group of figures clad in dark emerald robes with dull golden hemming. Out of the six people standing in the middle of the right-hand jetty, five would be hooded, leaving an old man the only one with his face uncovered. Judging by the severity of his expression and more elaborate design of his clothes, he is the leader of the Scholars of Excaliburn, the very group that have been posting the mission flyers all around Fiore. Noon this day is the deadline for any willing participants of this mission, for once this hour is reached, the leader will approach those gathered on the jetty and greet each one individually.
“Name, class and guild – or guildless –, if you please.” Is the question he asks each one in a serious, curt tone, jolting the answers down in a thick, brown, leather-bound notebook with a small pen. One he finishes scribbling, he extends a gloved hand out to be shaken. “Matthias Reaver. Thank you for undertaking this task.”
Once the rounds are finished, he stands before the group of mages, eyeing each one of them silently with a contemplative look for a heartbeat or two. Matthias flips his notebook over lifted a neatly-folded sheet of parchment, muttering something under his breath before handing the six-fold piece of paper to the most scholarly-looking male in the group, Titus Helmot @Jenkins .
“This is everything we have found regarding Divide Island and Excaliburn. A checklist of objectives and locations, if you would. Do not lose it, for it would be only one you are going to get.” He says sternly, then gestured towards the small ship awaiting them. “Captain Peyer will get you to Divide Island safe and sound and we shall wait here for your return.”
The ship is operated by a skeleton crew of four people, two of which are the captain and his navigator, the former of whom will merely greet each person who boards with a nod and a grunt. They wouldn’t ask questions, and will not interact with any mage on the ship. Fees for the trip to and fro from Mountain Village to Divide Island have already been paid by Matthias and they will stay at the shore of Divide Island until the mages either return, or news of their demise reach their ears. The ship will only cast off once every member of the group has boarded.
@Jenkins Titus Helmot
@Peaceswore Dylan Freeman
@Skellux Videl
@Rantos Caina
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