Ten years had passed since he died and another five since the day he was returned to life by his friends. After his resurrection and brief period of rejoice for defeating Baal and his minions he learned of the dark fate of his people who now wandered aimlessly without purpose after the destruction of the worldstone.

He had left his friends quickly after the defeat of Baal and returned home, only to find that the city had been destroyed and all its inhabitants had been slayed by Baals forces. Heartbroken with sorrow he returned to the arachnoids to fulfil his promise only to find the halls of the spiderpeople as hollow and empty as his former home. None was left alive to which he could honour his promise.

He wandered for a few years, trying to make sense of the world again, taking jobs where he could find them and eventually ended up in Talmein, a small town in the northern dreadlands where he joined his old brother in arms Jiian to run a successful school dedicated to the art of bow and sword. For a while he was almost happy.

On a warm winterday he got a visit from a few old friends from westmarch that spent the winter training with their former ally and Mortekai started to feel whole again. Sentarius and Trebain filled the days with laughter and Graywinds riddles kept them awake many nights pondering the mysteries of life, or just where the key to the food was hidden so they could fill their stomachs again.  Morkai tought them all new moves that he had learned from his journeys to the east and Cedron showed them the way of the mystic energies late at night.

Then came the sunny springday when they returned to their duties in westmarch once more and in the days following their departure he felt hollow and sad. The feeling continued as the days went by and slowly turned into a foreboding sensation that he just could not shake. His dreams were filled with darkness and death and he grew impatient and irritated from lack of sleep and inner calm. Then one night he received a message.

A squire from westmarch arrived early one morning with an urgent letter from his old friend Teolas that lived in the village Ambera by the shores of the frozen sea just a weeks journey to the north of Talmein. The message was cryptic as the man that wrote it, but the words made Mortekai shiver as is his spine had turned to ice.

“A Brother has fallen to Darkness. I travel to Xiansai, meet me there”

From behind the camp from the woods movement is suddenly observed. Fearing yet another attack the babrarians and the Amazons try to organise in this direction. The woods is silent and only the cries of the wounded when they are tended by the healers are heard.

Then a man comes out of the woods.
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The Griswold Chronicle resumes on friday and will after that become a weekly feature with a new chapter every friday. This friday you will read about what happens after the battle at gauntlet bridge and get to know some of the leading characters a bit better while finding new heroes that join the quest.

For those of you wondering when the Chronicle of forbidden ice will begin I am going over the first set of characters to get things started and I hope to be able to present the prologue in a few weeks. There is still room for a few more participants if you have not already signed up.

As for the tales of the not so holy knights of westmarch I have not quite decided yet if I should continue that or not and I am letting time decide for now.

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Chronicle of forbidden Ice - A Diablo 3 RPG Chronicle

I am reading through the old Griswold Chronicle and prepare to write the prologue of the Chronicle of Forbidden Ice now and I see that there are many areas where I think the old chronicle strayed quite a bit from what I think a Diablo 3 chronicle should be like, but its salvageble I think

I expect to have the Prologue ready in a few weeks to get things started…

The Chronicle of forbidden ice | a Diablo 3 RPG Chronicle

The Chronicle of forbidden ice is the name of the new Diablo 3 chronicle that will begin shortly and it will start with a short prologue to let you kow what has happened since the Griswold Chronicle and then the actual RPG process will begin.

In short it is done by me posting an introduction post that give the setting for a scene and then the cast use the comment system to further the storyline. In order to keep outsiders out these RPG posts will be closed by password given only to the cast and when the scene end a new post will be made with the full transcript of that episode and hopefully also a nice .pdf to download as well.

The cast will be choosen from friends and members of diabloiiiblog.com, so if you want to join in, please post a comment with why and what character you wish to play.

When digging through my old files I found not just the tale of the not so holy knights of westmarch, but also the old Griswold Chronicles cover image!

Its old and today I would probably not touch it with a ten foot pole, but at the time it was the best I could do, and its not that very bad all things considering…. ok it sucks big time

The Cronicles of Griswold cover