When I came to I looked around. At first I was utterly confused, where am I? Am I dead? My eyes began to focus and I contemplated my surroundings… then it hit me, I was in my church, the church of St. Cuthbert. Wondering why I was here I began to question the high priest.
He revealed to me that I was brought here by a Halfling, who decided to leave before my awakening. (I can only guess this Halfling to be Meridoc.) As I began to leave to church I began to see images that were unknown to me… but they were images of things I felt had happened to me. I fell over in agony. The high priest rushed to my aid, administering a spell of some sort to heal me.
I rose from the ground and began to describe what I saw.
"I saw a river… I don't recall what river, but it was horrific. The river was red, as red as the blood that ran down my leg when I was injured. The smell was of rotting flesh and decaying corpses. I know I could not have possibly been there, but I do not wish to go back…"
After I was finished the high priest looked astounded, and he sat down as to calm himself down from tragic news.
"My child… what you saw does exist… but all men should steer clear of that place…"
At this I realized I did not know why I was here… "Sir, when I was brought here, what was my condition?"
"Seymour… when you were brought here… you were… … … dead. St. Cuthbert has given me the ability to raise you from the dead, to relieve you of that nightmare. I hope you change your ways, for if you do not then you shall return to that dreadful place, and I might not be able to help you then."
At the conclusion of this I was ushered out by the other church members. I was astounded. What had I done to deserve that, or maybe what did I not do? In my confusion I decided to take a stroll around town… forgetting what time it was. I wondered farther than I had ever wondered, and before I could realize where I was I stood before a place of despair… a graveyard.
Night began to fall, and I was alone… or so I thought…