Ch.3 Learning

As the Witch King walks through the woods to the ruined caravan he finally looks at the strange energy he sees in the air. Small streams of different colors dance in the air. "What is this substance? From the memories of the goblins, I can tell that at least they have never seen them." as he ponders on this energy he taps his right index finger on the pommel of his blade before a bright light from his right hand draws his attention.

Looking at his hand he sees his ring drawing in some of the wisps of energy consuming and converting it before finally sending it to his body, but the process is slow and horribly inefficient as the processed energy is like a drop in a bucket but that tiny drop has started to awaken something within him.

"Interesting" The Witch King reaches his right hand and grasps multiple of these streams allowing his ring to devour them and as the converted energy fills his body he starts to feel a burning sensation in his body followed by the feeling of something unlocking.

'Passive skill The Black Breath has been awoken character sheet unlocked' The voice returns along with it another clear sheet of parchment appears written on the top is.

The Witch King

Legendary Lord

(Details)(Skills)(Quests)

Below this is an image of himself that moves slightly as though he was breathing and to the right are several empty slots for what would be his equipment but only one is filled with a purple ring underneath the words enchanted item. The witch king felt a great desire to touch the purple drawing and when he did another smaller parchment opened and written on it was

The Witch King's ring

"Nine rings were gifted to the race of men who above all else desire power" The Witch King was the strongest of Sauron's servants now free to conquer a new unfamiliar land.

Melee attack +10

Melee defense +10

Winds of Magic Capacity +10

Necromancy spell costs reduced by 25%

Ability dominate added

Trait unbreakable added

Taking his finger from the ring the smaller parchment dissipates as he looks at the left side with even more written on it but he has a difficult time understanding what it all means.

Character stats

8000

Armor 90

Leadership 100

Speed 25

Melee attack 70

Melee defense 65

Weapon strength 800

Charge bonus 22

Under this text are small circles filled with drawings and then more writing.

Abilities

Details, Traits & Effects

Details

Lord

Location:

Fort Straghov, Troll Country

Traits

Witch Lord

Access to unique sorceries

-15% chance of miscast

Has access to spells from different winds of magic

+3 Leadership to army

Much of this information such as armor, speed, and melee attack makes sense but what are these winds of magic are they the streams he sees dancing through the air that his ring has been absorbing?

'And what of these skills and quests on the top of the parchment?' When he looked back at the other two words he noticed they were a darker color than details and when he tried poking them like he did to learn about the ring a loud noise filled his head.

'User's access is currently restricted'

"What foul trickery is this?" the Witch King hisses at the parchment before him. "Tell me how to remove these restrictions!" not truly expecting an answer he was surprised when the parchment gave him one.

'complete the tutorial'

'Slay the Ork warboss: unlock quest section'

'Gather a small army: unlock skills section'

'Claim territory as your own: unlock construction section'

"Hm killing the Ork warboss seems possible but building an army will take time even with my power of domination" Using the memories gained from the goblins he starts to come up with a strategy on how to deal with the Ork warboss. "He has a bodyguard a Black Ork who seems to be a stronger fighter but doesn't want to deal with the problems of being the leader interesting but I will need more information as these dimwits didn't have adequate information on the guard, I need to search the memories of someone who knows more before deciding how to deal with the Ork leader." As he walks the Witch King decides that what will help him the most right now will be to pick off and dominate the stragglers of the poorly organized warband with this perhaps he will be able to complete two of these tutorials whatever they may be.

He sends his two goblins out to search for more wandering through the forest to trap and dominate.

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An old man sits before a campfire tucked away in an alcove of stone as he flips through pages of a great tome. "The future has changed just moments ago I saw a young empress save her god and ending my servitude to this damned book but now a shadow mares changing the fates." the old man scratches his beard as his cunning mind schemes. "Perhaps this is a new opportunity one brought forth by the bear gods' roar" Reading more of the ever-changing tome of fates he sees a few of the many possible futures of this newcomer. In one a great iron citadel grows north of Kislev driving back the forces of chaos in that region but also casting a dark shadow of its own towards the south bringing flame and ruin but ending in a stalemate. In another, an iron crown rises to oppose chaos but in the end, it is shattered, and the upstart empire slain its master killed by many different weapons a hammer, a sword of shadow, a sword wreathed in blood and darker than the night, a brutal great axe, an ancient spear of gold, and many more. But in one the iron crown grasps the dying bear and takes its power bringing a new darkness to the world but also order to the chaotic north. "Perhaps this is a more beneficial future than the one I witnessed before'' The old man begins to gather his things and starts his journey to find his next master.