Orlacktherof
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While you guys have been perfecting your combat, I've been reading lore. Here's what I got.
So, All of us that have beaten level one have read "The Life of Linus Fredrick" by now, yes? The powerful Thaturmage turned Necromancer. He seems to be hell bent on making his family live once again. The book seems to imply that he is doing everything to bring them back, including kidnappings. It is unknown why he would need living people as he is trying to raise the dead. Perhaps for ransom, but he seems to also already have wealth? The author of the book is anonymous, and the story is fiction? It is said to be a story told to children by their mothers.
Now, where Exanima happens. This city-dungeon-stronghold place seems to be heavily associated with thaturmagics and other similar things. First level seems consist of defense structure workshops, a puzzle area for some reason, and then a Laboratory, Prisons, Infirmary and a Ward for the Insane(?). All things that Linus would utilize in his quest to rise the dead.
A book can be found in one of the "Surgery" rooms. It is titled "Binding of the Dead" and written by Linus Fredrick. The book is unreadable due to blood(Perhaps I has been used extensively and recently if it hasn't rotted away by now). A dead body(probably a former test subject) is not too far away, and a desk nearby has a parchment where a unknown scientist wishes his assistant was still there to help him with his work.
Elsewhere near the Ward/Infirmary area, two metal tables(for experimenting on?) are found, and a work desk with a book by Aldair Hanks. It seems to be an anatomy book for dissections on people and how the brain functions. This could be used to research about how one can learn to raise the dead a zombies or Linus' goal of sentient people back from the dead. Next to this book on the same table is a scroll describing an unnamed scientist that has seemingly tried to transfer souls? Has he tried to move consciousnesses from one body to another? However, It seems that he has failed as the "Souls" are very connected to their mortal forms. They would not leave intact. Is this a reason why Fredrick failed?
The two recently added Labs seem to be only vaguely connected. One is for plants, perhaps the scientists/mages were trying to make a potion? As for the other, It seems to be some animal study. What appears to be a femur, hip bone and a skull of some kind of monster are found. Several restraints and cages are found. Were there many of these creatures held here before? And for what purpose?
Combine these many things. It would seem to make sense that either this was the lair of Linus Fredrick(perhaps immortal?) or someone with very very similar interests and/or goals as him. Prisons and a Ward would seem to be for finding people suitable to taking bodies and removing minds. Laboratory to study, research and experiment. Defense workshops to keep unwanted things out? Level 2 seems to be more of a Barracks? Level 3 seems to be for more civilian(?) people to live. The vicinity of the things in this game, and how it's all laid out is quite confusing, but this is what I got.
So, All of us that have beaten level one have read "The Life of Linus Fredrick" by now, yes? The powerful Thaturmage turned Necromancer. He seems to be hell bent on making his family live once again. The book seems to imply that he is doing everything to bring them back, including kidnappings. It is unknown why he would need living people as he is trying to raise the dead. Perhaps for ransom, but he seems to also already have wealth? The author of the book is anonymous, and the story is fiction? It is said to be a story told to children by their mothers.
Now, where Exanima happens. This city-dungeon-stronghold place seems to be heavily associated with thaturmagics and other similar things. First level seems consist of defense structure workshops, a puzzle area for some reason, and then a Laboratory, Prisons, Infirmary and a Ward for the Insane(?). All things that Linus would utilize in his quest to rise the dead.
A book can be found in one of the "Surgery" rooms. It is titled "Binding of the Dead" and written by Linus Fredrick. The book is unreadable due to blood(Perhaps I has been used extensively and recently if it hasn't rotted away by now). A dead body(probably a former test subject) is not too far away, and a desk nearby has a parchment where a unknown scientist wishes his assistant was still there to help him with his work.
Elsewhere near the Ward/Infirmary area, two metal tables(for experimenting on?) are found, and a work desk with a book by Aldair Hanks. It seems to be an anatomy book for dissections on people and how the brain functions. This could be used to research about how one can learn to raise the dead a zombies or Linus' goal of sentient people back from the dead. Next to this book on the same table is a scroll describing an unnamed scientist that has seemingly tried to transfer souls? Has he tried to move consciousnesses from one body to another? However, It seems that he has failed as the "Souls" are very connected to their mortal forms. They would not leave intact. Is this a reason why Fredrick failed?
The two recently added Labs seem to be only vaguely connected. One is for plants, perhaps the scientists/mages were trying to make a potion? As for the other, It seems to be some animal study. What appears to be a femur, hip bone and a skull of some kind of monster are found. Several restraints and cages are found. Were there many of these creatures held here before? And for what purpose?
Combine these many things. It would seem to make sense that either this was the lair of Linus Fredrick(perhaps immortal?) or someone with very very similar interests and/or goals as him. Prisons and a Ward would seem to be for finding people suitable to taking bodies and removing minds. Laboratory to study, research and experiment. Defense workshops to keep unwanted things out? Level 2 seems to be more of a Barracks? Level 3 seems to be for more civilian(?) people to live. The vicinity of the things in this game, and how it's all laid out is quite confusing, but this is what I got.