Legend
"Come to ussssss. We have the ansssswersss you ssssseek
" you hear.
You turn around and look, but there isn't anyone around. You somehow know where to go though. You travel through the city on instinct, until you find a sewer grating slightly off in an alley. You push the grate aside and go down the ladder. You don't have to walk far until you're met by some Priests in blood red robes.
"Welcome. We've been expecting you. Follow me" One says and they all begin to lead you to their secret temple.
Normally you'd feel like you'd be in danger, but oddly you don't. Indeed you almost immediately feel a kinship with these people. When you reach the temple it is little more than a few rooms, with an altar of bones and traces of blood on the floor. Evil pervades this place and you feel at home. The head priest finally turns to you.
"A new age is coming, and when it does, the Brethren of the Dark One will overcome all. He has lead us to you, for he sees that you will be instrumental in his plans. You cannot refuse, to do so would be denying your glorious destiny."
You explain you have no such plans to avoid it, and your current situation. The priest looks a little surprised at your former faith, but then smiles.
"Yes, you do have the potential. You already know how the weak are starting to flock more this so called One True God. You have obviously seen the idiocy and weakness of this faith and left it. The weak are meant to be exploited and stepped on. And even though you have been brought to us, you must still prove that you have left all traces of your previous faith behind! The Dark One demands no less!"
You are put through a series of tests, most of which are very immoral. You are forced to commit outright murder of a few hapless Holgard citizens a couple of times by sacrificing them and drinking their blood. Except you don't consider it murder, you don't really feel bad about it; actually you start to enjoy it. There's also some papers you have to sign for some reason.
After your "testing" your responsibilities are made clear to you.
First, any other "priestly items" you may have, must be discarded, this means your Holy symbol that you started with. (You defile it personally) All former prayers by whatever God you followed before are also discarded.
Your recent actions have caused you to descend into further evil, -10 to your alignment.
You have been shown how powerful evil really can be, if you were cursed by Dwarven Gods, you may cross this off AND restore you Initial LUCK by 3 points.
If you have a Black Book, you may keep it and add 2 to your Initial MIND value while its in your possession. You'll also discover that its true name is Liber Demonicus and that you'll have an easier time with dealing with such beings, but just because you're carrying the thing and following the Dark One, doesn't mean they won't attack you. Evil isn't a "club" after all.
The Dark One doesn't coddle its followers so don't expect it to answer your prayers too often; it expects you to rely on yourself. However you do get one and you may use it to replenish ALL your stats back to their initial value.
Alignment IS a factor to the Dark One. You're expected to serve his will, which means being an evil bastard for life. But don't worry about becoming faithless, because if your alignment ever goes positive, you'll be dead! The Dark One doesn't just let his followers leave; he strikes down those that disobey his commands and then torments their souls for the rest of eternity.
You've chosen this path and now you're in it for life, and probably afterwards as well
Ready to conquer the world with your superior faith, you leave.
You turn around and look, but there isn't anyone around. You somehow know where to go though. You travel through the city on instinct, until you find a sewer grating slightly off in an alley. You push the grate aside and go down the ladder. You don't have to walk far until you're met by some Priests in blood red robes.
"Welcome. We've been expecting you. Follow me" One says and they all begin to lead you to their secret temple.
Normally you'd feel like you'd be in danger, but oddly you don't. Indeed you almost immediately feel a kinship with these people. When you reach the temple it is little more than a few rooms, with an altar of bones and traces of blood on the floor. Evil pervades this place and you feel at home. The head priest finally turns to you.
"A new age is coming, and when it does, the Brethren of the Dark One will overcome all. He has lead us to you, for he sees that you will be instrumental in his plans. You cannot refuse, to do so would be denying your glorious destiny."
You explain you have no such plans to avoid it, and your current situation. The priest looks a little surprised at your former faith, but then smiles.
"Yes, you do have the potential. You already know how the weak are starting to flock more this so called One True God. You have obviously seen the idiocy and weakness of this faith and left it. The weak are meant to be exploited and stepped on. And even though you have been brought to us, you must still prove that you have left all traces of your previous faith behind! The Dark One demands no less!"
You are put through a series of tests, most of which are very immoral. You are forced to commit outright murder of a few hapless Holgard citizens a couple of times by sacrificing them and drinking their blood. Except you don't consider it murder, you don't really feel bad about it; actually you start to enjoy it. There's also some papers you have to sign for some reason.
After your "testing" your responsibilities are made clear to you.
First, any other "priestly items" you may have, must be discarded, this means your Holy symbol that you started with. (You defile it personally) All former prayers by whatever God you followed before are also discarded.
Your recent actions have caused you to descend into further evil, -10 to your alignment.
You have been shown how powerful evil really can be, if you were cursed by Dwarven Gods, you may cross this off AND restore you Initial LUCK by 3 points.
If you have a Black Book, you may keep it and add 2 to your Initial MIND value while its in your possession. You'll also discover that its true name is Liber Demonicus and that you'll have an easier time with dealing with such beings, but just because you're carrying the thing and following the Dark One, doesn't mean they won't attack you. Evil isn't a "club" after all.
The Dark One doesn't coddle its followers so don't expect it to answer your prayers too often; it expects you to rely on yourself. However you do get one and you may use it to replenish ALL your stats back to their initial value.
Alignment IS a factor to the Dark One. You're expected to serve his will, which means being an evil bastard for life. But don't worry about becoming faithless, because if your alignment ever goes positive, you'll be dead! The Dark One doesn't just let his followers leave; he strikes down those that disobey his commands and then torments their souls for the rest of eternity.
You've chosen this path and now you're in it for life, and probably afterwards as well
Ready to conquer the world with your superior faith, you leave.