Book in King Gogoth's Study
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The thick book sits on the desk, open to a hand-written page. It reads: Tonight I will at last invoke the Great Conjuration. Father Ksathan continues his attempts to dissuade me, may the devils curse his false piety. I believe I will have his tongue cut out, and force him to witness my final steps into the Powers of Immortality. Nothing can go wrong! Have I not learned the secrets of the Demon Lord Xiganath? Have I not discerned the cause of Iopasi's ancient failure in the greater rituals? This very day, I have called the Handmaidens. I ground the bones of several city urchins with mortar and pestle, and inscribed the Tetragon. For fuel, I used the corpse of Sir Alre, an itinerant spirit templar who took too much of an interest in the special religious services I held in the chapel. My wife blanched when I cut the heart out of our daughter Bhara. Her blood mingled with the salt on the floor, again the Tetragon, this time in preparation for the Tree. How could Wythea object when the fruit it will bear will let us taste of life undying? Is not any price worth it? Has she not read? It is written in the Dark Tome, "And he who may successfully conjure the Last of these Conjurations, shall never lie in the grave, and the power of the Death God will run through him." Such exultation to know that it is I this prophet spoke of! I go now to make ready my final preparations. When next I sit at this desk, deathless will I be.