"Oh Master, behold all these lives for the taking!"
In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles,
plotting his escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known
as N'aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its
life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible.
Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity; N'aix
retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape.
Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of
Infestation and cast his life-force into N'aix's body, intending to
compel N'aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage
returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Instead, the wizard found
his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away
his plans and shattered his will. Jarred to consciousness by the sudden
infusion of fresh life, N'aix woke from its nightmare of madness and
obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the
one thought: To escape. In that moment Lifestealer was born. The
creature cast its mind into dungeon guards and soldiers, compelling them
to open locks and cut down their companions, opening an unobstructed
path to freedom while feeding on their lives. Lifestealer still wears
the broken shackles as a warning that none may hold him, but on the
inside remains a prisoner. Two minds inhabit the single form--a nameless
creature of malevolent cunning, and the Master whose voice he pretends
to obey.
there are no download links, pls fix it! :(
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