Editing Archibald (section)

==== Entry 37 ====

23 October 1167

I find myself aboard a fast and sturdy ship bound for [[Erathia]]. How strange are the events that compel me to leave behind my native land!

[[Nimbus]] returned to his estates bringing with him a small party of [[Necromancer]]s - apparently all of any power that remained in [[Enroth (continent)|Enroth]] - he was gathering to take to [[Deyja]] in [[Erathia]] so that they might serve the lich-king, [[Nicolas Gryphonheart]]. Yes, that [[Gryphonheart]]! [[Catherine]]’s father.

The [[Erathia]]n guild has made a bold and perhaps foolhardy play for power. The guild leader and king of [[Deyja]], [[Deathknell]], sought to take the [[Erathia]]n throne by assassinating [[Nicolas Gryphonheart|Gryphonheart]] and then reanimating him as a [[lich]], bound to his service. Well, he got as far as the reanimation, but the binding did not take. Instead, the lich killed [[Deathknell]]. Now [[Erathia]] and [[Deyja]] have a new king...and the guild has a new leader.

Now [[Nicolas Gryphonheart|Gryphonheart]] has called the [[Necromancer Guild]] to his aid, and I and the [[Necromancer]]s of [[Enroth (continent)|Enroth]] are heeding the call. He fights his daughter, [[Catherine]]. That is a cause I can hearken to, indeed! Incidentally, this little mission is now my mission. I took it from [[Nimbus]] in the guild [[Challenge of Dominance]]. Needless to say, I won. I wasn’t surprised by my success, but rather, at the ease of it. Really, if [[Nimbus]]’ powers are any measure of the state of the necromatic arts these days, clearly the guild has lost much of its wherewithal since my day. What we need is a systematic program of research. One which will re-instill in us the vigor of the past. It is hard to believe that this is the same guild of [[Henden’lal]] or [[Neberneith]]! Those luminaries would never have let things become as they have were they still around. Perhaps it is my destiny to restore our power to its former glory!