All Good Comes to an End

his was the day, that should change the life of McBykar significantly. After many years of living secluded somewhere in the forest of Yew, Mad Biker returned to the Virtue Village. Nobody knew exactly, what he had been doing all this time, but now he obviously behaved very strange. A weird shimmer was in his eyes, and he kept asking people strange things.

Leaning on his staff, Mad Biker greeted the people in the tavern. "Has there been any fight around here recently?" he wanted to know from Marccus and Anna. Both looked at him in astonishment, as the negative answer was causing some nervosity and anger in the old man. After asking him what he was looking for, he meant brusquely "Curiosity should not be thy primary Virtue!". With an angry tone in his voice Mad Biker continued asking about dead bodies and remains.

The two peasants finally mentioned, that there were some pirates around, who would die a lot. The old man suddenly prick up his ears. "And thou art shure, there will be some ... remains?" Continuing with his strange behavior, he even wanted to know whether one of the pirates might be willing to sacrifice himself for money.

Then he hastily turned around, left the tavern and rode southward.

Blackfoot just had fallen asleep lying in the sun near the Jolly Roger Inn, as the old man approached. His eyes glinted sinisterly through his brows. Raising his staff Mad Biker spoke some ancient words. Seconds later, the dead body of Blackfoot dropped to the ground...

Mad Biker returned hastily to the Virtue Village, in search of the Shrine of Sacrifice, as a known voice called him. "You are Mad Biker, aren't you?". The old man turned around, looking in a face he knew too well. It was KugelBlitz, his oldest friend. Nervously Mad Biker tried to get rid of him, and accidentally he dropped the arm of Blackfoot. KugelBlitz raised an eyebrow. "What was that?". Mad biker tried to hide his face behind the rim of his hat. With a sinister look he eyed his old friend.

But the sharp eyes of his friend couldn't be betrayed. The interrogation continued, and finally it broke out of the old man:
"Thou knowest nothing about the ancient art of magery!" he snarled. "For this kind of magery thou needest more than just reagents." He fought with himself, finally shouted, throwing the remains of Blackfoot on the ground: "This is what I'm talking about! Necromancy!"
A deadly silence covered this horrible scene.

Then Mad Biker finally seemed to gain control again. KugelBlitz looked in disbelieve at the dead body, as his old friend told him:
"Don't let this know my son! He must not get in contact with this art under any circumstance! I will ask thee, as my friend, for one last favor: Bring me back to the place, where once I came back to life!"

This is where Mad Biker died, and this time he would not return to the living, leaving behind a sad friend and a young son.

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