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clock. She said, a man named Eldris created
the sword. Eldris was a man, who lived in Kylouz, before The Event.
He received a power from Minervah to make magical weapons, and
armor. He was a very creative man, from what Artemia says. He made
the broken piece I have, so he is the only one that can fix it. The
sword held a great power. It could dispel the magic of anyone, with
a single cut. I didn’t understand why that was important at
first…until she explained exactly how the skull of power worked.
She said that I have full control on Earth, with the half piece
that I have; but since Sarlic has the other piece, the skull will
not work on Casporix. She said Sarlic does not have the ability to
use the skull, but since he has the other piece, it works as a
shield towards me. Making the piece, I have useless, inside of
Casporix. Artemia says Sarlic is a powerful man, with a lot of
magic. I will need the sword repaired to beat him. I’m really
worried about all of this. I have taught myself some skills that
will help me when I get there. For example, how to handle a sword…I
have got to try to sleep…
     
    Journal date: September
23 rd ,
2005
     
    Are you awake? Are you awake? Come on
Deiham! Snap out of this!!! I’m soooo lost right now...I…I don’t
know what is real anymore! I don’t even have the skull of power
anymore! Was it all a dream?
    I dreamt last night, that Artemia, and
I made it through the portal. It was located in the flatlands of
the Stones of the Phoenix. Where the war between King Safri, and
King Tomlin fought. The portal was on a platform, with stairs on
each side. There were swords, bones, and broken shields, still
lying within the land. Which was weird, because the Battle of the
Phoenix was many decades ago. Epialeus confronted Artemia and me.
He said, (Deiham, kingslayer? Curse breaker? Ha! Come try to
fulfill your destiny boy!). He knocked Artemia off the platform;
she became unconscious. I fought the beast, he overpowered me
easily, and I was near death. He was standing over me, about to end
my life. I used the broken piece of Hypnoi’s sword and stabbed him
in the foot; his giant sword fell to the ground. When I stabbed
him, shades of white, red, and purple smoke exited his body
quickly. The gust of the wind it created knocked his helmet off of
his head. He fell to both knees; both hands were on his foot. He
looked up at me, and said, (Thank you…thank you Deiham). I was
shocked by the words he spoke…until he explained everything to
me.
    Epialeus told me, that King Tomlin was
his father. King Tomlin use to beat him a lot because King Tomlin
hated him. He said that he could not take the abuse anymore. Sarlic
was an old friend of Epialeus. He told him that the war would be a
perfect time to kill King Tomlin, because somebody would just think
it was one of King Safri’s men. Epialeus followed through, he
killed his father and for years only Sarlic knew this. He explained
how he sword trained with my father, and was a guard of Minervah,
my mother. Sarlic wanted to use that to his advantage. One day
Sarlic requested Epialeus to come to his castle. Epialeus told me
that Sarlic tried to blackmail him to overthrow Minervah. Sarlic
threatened to tell Minervah that Epialeus was a kingslayer, and
could not be trusted. Sarlic wanted Epialeus to get the skull of
power; a request he denied. When he tried to leave Rebutjar castle,
Sarlic put a spell on him. The spell gave Sarlic, complete control
over Epialeus. He has been a slave for almost 20 years. Epialeus
said that he would continue to guard the portal, so Sarlic didn’t
expect anything, and would help me when I was ready to attack
him…after I found Eldris. He started to tell me what happened to
Eldris…then Artemia Fucked up! She fucked up bad! She killed
Epialeus…mid-sentence. Apparently she had regained consciousness,
while we were talking. Her spear came from out of nowhere; it hit
Epialeus right through the neck. Blood ran rapidly, from