A Story And Addendum For Memoirs Of The Heroes. (Previously "Memoirs Of An Adventure's Child."))
(All Characters Are Ficticious And bare no resemblence to living people. Any resemblence to fictional characters is only by chance.)
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It had been about three years since I had to help in stopping the evil
magic that affected my wife and daughter. It was during that quest
that Vet and I learned that one of our children was the second evil to
the land. Vet didn't know what to do. When I had heard the
news, I didn't know who it was. The fact that JaNa had fallen ill
at the time that Vet had slain St. Marius was one factor working against
her. There was little belief that KLar was the evil one. It
wasn't until the day that Vet came down the steps upset that evidence pointed
to JaNa. She looked upset as she came over to my den. "Skiz,
love," she said, "I think I have found something scary." She handed
me a pamphlet.
I read the front of it aloud. "The Route Of Rigge.
I heard about this cult. They are apparently about a thousand years
old. All I know about it is that the only reason it survived so long
is that many people are high up in the powers of each world." I then
notice Vet had shuddered. "What's wrong?"
She continued to shudder as she said, "Read the inside."
There was something bothering her, and it was starting to bother me as
well. I then went to read the pamphlet. I start with the origin
of the cult.
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It was years after Apollo had entered our world. Apollo
was the kindest of the evil gods, because he allowed us to keep our control.
I was mayor of the mountain city, and I hated answering to Apollo.
I wanted to regain my freedom. One night as I was walking on the
outskirts of town, a man stopped me. He looked very regal, yet he
wanted something. I looked at the traveller and said, "What do you
need, weary traveller?"
At that point I received enlightenment, for he said, "It
is not what I need, it is what you need. I know of your disgust with
Apollo. I can tell you who brought them here. It was Isis that
brought those evil demons to this world. She has grown evil with
power."
I was not sure that I heard him correctly, so I said, "You
mean to say that our beloved Isis brought these monsters here. How
could she do that?"
The man nodded and said, "I was her priest at one time,
and when I saw her bringing those demons into this world, I tried to stop
her. Unfortunately, she condemned me to a terrible fate. I
know what must be done to free me from this fate, so I must ask you to
gather your friends, the leaders of other towns, together to talk."
He started to walk away.
The man had a plan to save us all. I called to him,
"How shall I contact you?" I wanted to know how I could reach our
new savior.
The man said to me, "I shall return in a week. I shall
see you then, Rigge." With that, the man left. He must be our
savior, for he knew my name.
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I looked at my wife and said, "Vet, what is bothering you
about this?" Vet had taken to sitting in a chair. She was still
trembling. "Is it that they believe the evil gods were Isis's minions.
These people are obvious lunatics."
Vet looked at me and studdered, "R-r-read O-o-on."
Something was truly upsetting her about this so I continued on with the
pamphlet.
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The week had passed and all the leaders from all the towns,
except the valley town in the world of Ki, was there. I had told
them very little, but that someone was offering us a chance to save our
world. The leader from the town in the world that Warmech had invaded
said, "Why are we here, Rigge? You said something about a savior."
"I know," I had responeded. "This man can save
us. He promises to stop the gods, but he has a problem that we must
help him with."
"We have enough troubles with the evil gods invading our
homes. How can this man help us?"
"He can stop the evil gods, but their leader had cursed
him. We must help him, to save ourselves."
"Cursed. You mean this person is a Hani," exclaimed
the leader of the Outcast village in Venus' world. "You want us to
make a deal with the devil."
"No. The man was cursed by the leader of the evil
gods."
"And who is that, and we will tell Isis, whenever she returns."
I heard his voice and turned to face our savior. "It
is Isis, and she has fled for now. She has transformed into Magi
and waits for her followers to reassemble her. The only way I can
stop her is to remove the curse, which I cannot do alone."
The leader of the Desert town said, "What do you need?
We have nothing you would want, and none of us want to die."
The savior continued, "When Isis put this curse on me, I
lost hope as well. But I discovered a way to return to the living,
but many must sacrifice their lives. Once a year, for two thousand
years, a person must sacrifice their life. After two thousand sacrifices,
the curse will be removed."
I looked at our savior and said, "But, Isis will know about
the deaths, if all you say is true."
"Do not worry, for I have a plan," the savior said as he
smiled. "This society, this religion will grow in secrecy and work
in the ruling classes of the world. If Isis returns, we shall undermine
her. Pretend to follow her, and we shall trive."
"What shall we call it?"
"Since it was you, Rigge, that I approached first, it shall
be called 'The Route Of Rigge'. It would bring more attention for my name
to be mentioned in the title."
I finally asked, "Savior, what is your name?"
"I am St. Marius."
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I dropped the pamphlet and looked at my wife. She was
shaking like a leaf. "Isn't he dead? I mean, you delivered
the final blow to him. He has to be dead, doesn't he." I got
up and hugged my wife.
She didn't stop shaking as she said, "He said that he would
return. He's going to kill me. He's going to destroy me."
I tried to calm my wife down and said, "He can't kill you.
He has been dead for eleven years now. The only way he could get
back is if he got resurrected."
Vet pointed to the pamphlet and said "Read on." I
picked up the pamphlet and continued reading the document.
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It had been many years since 'The Route Of Rigge' was founded.
St. Marius had always taken the person chosen to help him back. I
have continued as countless others had before me. We had move the head
place of worship to the town nearest to Isis in the belief to hide best
from her. One the day of the sacrifice, St. Marius appeared, not
as a human, but as a spirit. I looked at our savior and said, "St.
Marius, what has happened to you? Why are you a spirit?"
He said in a whispy voice, "Isis has recruited new evils,
ones who could kill me. My spirit can be reborn, but the sacrifices
mean nothing."
I was distressed at this, all these years of work, gone
down the drain. The legend of the four who slain the evil gods, yet
save Isis, was known amongst the 'Route', but we didn't know how evil these
four were. I looked at the spirit and said, "What must be done?"
He looked at me and said, "The Annoited One shall lead you
to my rebirth."
"Who is that, oh savior."
"The Annoited One is the one who will kill my murderer.
With the death of my killer, I will take over their form. I shall
live again, and uncursed."
I thought about who of the four could have slain our savior.
According to legend, a cursed being could only be killed with a Seven Sword,
which left the monster out. I still wondered who the Annoited One
was. "Who is this person you speak of?"
The spirit started to fade and said, "The murder's child
is my chosen one. They will take their place in the future, and on
their day of adulthood, they will bring me back to the world." He
disappeared and I smiled.
Almost ten years after that, The Annoited One had arrived,
and worked in secret to prepare for the day.
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I finally realized what had my wife so scared. St.
Marius was going to return, but through the hands of the second evil.
This was either my son, or my daughter. I decided to ask the crutial
question. "Vet, my love, where did you find this?"
She still shook, but managed to say, "It was on JaNa's bed.
She must be planning to kill me. She must have the power to do so."
I was about to say something, when the door closed.
KLar walked into the room and said, "What's wrong with mom?" I didn't
know how to reply to his question. KLar was obviously the good child,
but I didn't know for sure.
Vet looked at him and said, "I'm just nervous about something.
Where is JaNa?"
He said, "JaNa is talking with a boy she met the other day.
I don't remember his name, but something about a man named Rigge always
came up in his talks." I realized that moment that Vet was going
to die at the hands of her daughter, and I could do very little to save
her.