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4/16/2019 – At the Rangers Guild Hall, Shamino reported that he had recently been feeling an odd sense of discomfort which he believed was associated with the shrines of the Eight Virtues. Though even he did not fully understand the true nature of the shrines themselves, he had meditated at them for many years and, as a result, had become uniquely attuned to their state. Though he had experienced these sensations much earlier, it had come to a point that there was unmistakably a problem. As such, he wished to investigate a nearby shrine, in this case the Shrine of Honor.

Upon arriving at the shrine, several rangers immediately noticed that cracks had developed along the structure of the shrine itself. Shamino was about to enter into a meditation when Sir Dupre arrived, also noticing unusual sensations himself and wishing to perform his own investigation. When Shamino did begin to meditate, however, he immediately seized up and entered a state of shock. Barely able to speak, in short breaths that the Shrine of Valor was under assault, and ordered the rangers to hurry there. Entrusting the injured Shamino to a healer, Sir Dupre and the rangers dashed through a moongate to the nearby island, where they then confronted the rogue mage Rankin and Hook’s pirate crew. With the Rune of Valor in hand that had been stolen from Keith’s mysterious client, Rankin intended to use it to perform an unknown spell behind a magical barrier on the shrine, however when Sir Dupre accused him of being behind the corruption of the shrines, Rankin denied knowing anything about it.

A massive battle erupted between the pirates and the rangers while Rankin safely conducted his spell, however that would soon change when, in the heat of the battle Sir Dupre began to focus his attention on destroying the barrier. For a reason that remains yet unclear, the Rune of Valor suddenly became unstable, along with Rankin’s spell, resulting in a great burst of energy which left the rune shattered and the shrine in an irreversibly ruined state. Aghast at what transpired, Rankin angrily summoned a demon with strikingly Pagan-like magic and used the ensuing chaos to escape.

When the battle was over, Sir Dupre and the rangers were able to investigate the shrine for themselves, finding it in a corrupt state. Without the Rune of Valor, it was unclear how, it could be restored again.. if it could be restored.


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