>>5570266>>5570278>>5570301>>5570305>>5570367>The curse he mentioned–was it on him, or the village as a whole? What’s going on?>and if there's time>What does he know about the cult? What they plan to do?“The curse you brought up–do you mean one on yourself? The cause of that crutch, those bandages?” You look the lame man once over. You sense no particular ebbs and flows of dark magic about his face nor his leg, so.. maybe he’s just ugly?
“No. The cause of that would be me falling 30 meters from a half-made rafter and landing on my face.” The man looks at you with a look of grim curiosity. “But don’t tell me you aren’t actually familiar with the SEINS-DE-SAINT-ANNE curse? The reason so many rival cults have taken to their worthless little crusades through the village to take it for their own?”
You remain silent. The invalid rolls his eyes.
“Well, call it what you will: CHRONOSTASIS, REQUIEM, MOURNING SICKNESS, WITCHING HOUR.. it doesn’t matter. The father of our little order cast a curse on the village to assure his eternal dominance: a spell that winds back the clock each and every hour so that as the church bell tolls, the dead come back to life. You’ll find that none can die here–at least not in the physical sense.”
“What? A resurrection spell..?” Your breath catches in your throat. “That–.. That’s rather significant–”
“Ah, ah, ah–not a resurrection spell. A great deal worse than that–a time spell.” The invalid corrects you. “A good and proper resurrection spell would bring me back to life right, without this damnable leg and broken face. But because I broke my body outside the village, I get to reawaken every hour here with fresh pain. I’ll never heal until I leave this village, but then.. I could die.”
“That’s still quite the curse.” You remark–the church has put hundreds of years into work for less. “The cult’s leader must be a very capable sorcerer, then..?”
“You would be right. HIS HOLINESS, or as the commoners like to call him, ELI DE VILLIERS. The leader of the OCCULTIC ORDER. A bastard.” He grimaces.
>What does he know about the cult?>Does ELI DE VILLIERS have a girlfriend?>He mentioned other cults going on crusades in the village? Does he know any groups?>How would he like to join a cult? A very good one that would put his big pitchfork to use?>Write-In. 