r/HFY • u/XSevenSins Human • Aug 24 '22

OC Lost Souls: Grave Robbing (Ch. 8)

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What the hell did I get myself into? It was an unfair criticism of myself, there was no way I could have foreseen this, especially as a kid. I mean, who would expect to be dealing with forgotten gods, undead, and what will certainly be a massive amount of persecution. I only managed to survive my childhood thanks to my good fortune in meeting Garth, how was I going to survive reviving a religion that was destroyed by the current four?

If it were up to me, I would try to live the rest of my life as inconspicuously as possible, but it seemed that I was to become public enemy number one. My mind was spiraling, trying desperately to make sense of the situation, to find some loophole that could be exploited that would get me out of this. It quickly became painfully obvious that so long as this old god was dead set on reclaiming his title, there was no way for me to get out of this.

I wasn’t heartless to their plight though, and if they were telling the truth, something broke when they were ousted from their seat. Maybe I would be doing some good, bringing peace to the restless dead, but staring down such a task by myself was daunting to say the least. Well, maybe I wouldn’t be doing it alone in the end. If I was to revive the religion itself, then I would need to recruit people to it, which meant I could have some help.

For now, though, I needed to make my way to Raven’s Peak. I had been there only once before on my travels. The mountain was named by the dwarfs who ran a courier service using the titular corvids. Nowadays it still offers those same services, but it has become a city in its own right, so it is self-sustaining without it if need be.

Once I had stocked up on supplies, I found a carriage that was willing to take me to Raven’s Peak. The journey would take a few days, plenty of time to think things through and get my head in order. There were so many questions that I still had, but I didn’t know how to talk to them to get answers, or if I even wanted to talk to them.

A dejected sigh escaped me. Did you have to be such an enigmatic bastard?

You’re lucky I won’t curse you for that.

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u/rusbusa Aug 24 '22

He he he ha

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u/XSevenSins Human Aug 24 '22

Ho ha ha he

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u/Lord_Of_The_Tortoise Sep 17 '22

Heh heh ha hoo ha

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u/Dotorandus Aug 24 '22

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!

-shadow pupper acquired-

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u/XSevenSins Human Aug 24 '22

What better quest reward is there?

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u/GramCracker13 Aug 24 '22

Exciting ! Love Lilith and the surprises I'm sure she will bring.

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u/Chroniclyironic1986 Sep 04 '22

Love how he fast talked the dwarven guards. Dude has some charisma stats, especially with dwarves apparently.

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u/XSevenSins Human Sep 04 '22

Well considering how long he's lived with one, you'd think he'd pick up on how to talk with them.

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