Quest - Eingren Manor
Like most stories, this began many Deochs ago. I was just a wee lad. I lived with my family at the town near the center of the island.
The name of the town slips me. I was too young to remember and no one dares speak its name, because of what happened.
The town was like any other, like Piet or Mileth. Near the village there was a peak and at the top was a large mansion called Eingren Manor.
Old Eingren was a very wealthy Mundane. From what I have been told, he kept to himself most of the time and died before I was even born.
His death befuddled the townsfolk. They realized something was awry when he stopped visiting the town. When they went to see what was wrong, all they could find was a pile of fresh skin in a pool of blood.
As if he took it off like a piece of clothing. No bones, no organs, no meat. It was assumed he was eaten by some wretched creature that didn't like skin.
For Eingren's funeral, the mortician just stuffed the skin suit with some grass to give it some volume.
It sounds ridiculous, I know. It was a common ghost story parents would tell their child.
Moving on, so after his death, a lady, blast it I forget her name. Some lady took over the Eingren mansion. Apparently it was granted to her in Eingren's will.
She turned the mansion into an orphanage and became the Headmaster.
It was very charitable of her, orphaned children from all over Temuair came here.
For many Deochs, everything was just fine. Until the townsfolk started to notice that some of the children were disappearing.
The Headmaster said they ran away, and no one thought anything of it. Until one night, the night of the Red Moon, a shrieking scream was heard through out the island.
It awoken the entire town. A small group was sent to investigate. What they discovered was horrifying.
Within the Headmaster's quarters, they found piles of bones from all the children of the orphanage. The lady Headmaster killed herself in some strange ritual.
Priests from various temples came and sealed off the mansion.
The center of the island became cursed. Everyone eventually left the town leaving it barren. No one really knows what happened there.
That is all to the story, but there is one more thing.
My father was part of the group who went to investigate the mansion that night.
He was already saddened by the loss of the children when he found a diary page in one of the rooms. He read it and it greived his heart even more.
He took the page and brought it back. He told no one of it. I guess he wanted to always remember this tragic event.
When the priests came to investigate the incident, he buried the diary page somewhere in this field.
For some reason he never dug it back up. What ever he saw in that mansion changed him, he was never the same.
Well, if you want, you can roam the field over there to look for the diary page, you might need it if you plan to go exploring Eingren Manor.
(after roaming)
You find a soft spot in the soil. Digging with your shovel you find a piece of paper writing.
Diary Page 1
Today was my first day at the orphanage. I felt awkward at first, no used to meeting strangers. But the other children here are nice and friendly.
For the first time I feel at home, ever since my parents died. The Headmaster seems very nice as well, but I get this strange feeling about her. I'm not sure why.
This place is very big, it is very easy to get lost here. The paintings are very scary, I hate looking at them. But with Frankford by my side I have nothing to worry about.
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