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Chapter 5: The Black Death
The spring brought with it more than just color and warmth to the land of Albion. With it came a plague of which none had ever witnessed. It began in a small town outside of Lyonness. A local villager came out of the woods terrified and barely able to speak. His ramblings were so dillusional that people took him as a mad man who had too much to drink. A wealthy man took him to the local inn and paid to his stay for the night. By morning the man covered in black welts, his fingers had turned black in color and he lacked the strength to even move. By nightfall three of his fingers had fallen off at the knuckle, and the welts on his body began to burst, leaking a white substance. By the next morning he was nothing more than a mutilated piece of flesh. That day five more people became ill. By the end of the week, hundreds of Albion men, women, and children were ill as well.
The Albion king set up a stockade preventing anyone from entering or exiting the east side of Albion. In this great state of turmoil he ordered all of his troops to withdrawal from Hibernia, as he would need them to contain the illness that the locals began calling "The Black Death". The troops immediately pulled out of Hibernia leaving the fight up to their neighboring island.
Within a month many of the Albion soldiers had fallen victim to this illness. The king ordered his best Alchemist to study this illness and find a cause and a cure. He traveled to Lyonness to begin his research. His research led him to the woods to the south of Lyonness where he found a necklace that had Ogham script written on it. This concerned him as the nations relations with the Tuatha and the Hibernian people had been peaceful for many centuries.
The alchemist traveled back to Lyonness to speak with the innkeeper who might have heard something of the ill mans ramblings. When he arrived the innkeeper had also fallen prey to the illness. His journal was taken back to the alchemist' workshop where he read about the sick man collapsing to the floor speaking of a tall dark skinned beast, with an amulet around his neck. The man said he swung his dagger at the beast cutting its necklace off. Before he could escape the beast cast a spell on him and then vanished.
He looked at the amulet in his hand, which possessed Ogham script on it and began making notes. He wrote in his journal that the man was rambling of a curse put on him by a tall dark skinned creature that wore and amulet with the divine language of the Hibernian Gods on it. He went on to note that this was most likely a Firbolg or Fomorian and could possibly have been one of the Tuatha.
He sent this journal back to the King and this cause great unrest between the two nations. He asked himself, how could the Tuatha de bring this death to the people who had been helping them. The betrayal was too much to overlook. He ordered his troops to attack Hibernia. The following months led to the largest wave bloodshed Hibernia had ever seen.
Albion and Midgard raiding parties ravaged the hillside of Emain Macha. Folk of the land began referring to Emain Macha as land of blood as blood had stained so much of the land it glowed red in color.
Meanwhile, back in Lyonness, the Alchemist went back to the area where he found the amulet. On a nearby tree he saw what appeared to be a dark greenish fluid. He drew he dagger and scrapped a small amount off the bark and placed it into a small satchel. He took it back to the lab to compare notes. After weeks of research he found that it was not the blood of a Firbolg or Fomorian, but that of a Troll. The amulet was sent to a master of cultural arts and he determined that the amulet was one that was give to each Hibernian chieftain to protect their village from harm. It was also noted that the amulet came from the village of Darag where the Midgards had ravaged the small Firbolg village.
This news did not set well with alchemist. He realize by assuming something so bold he cause a war between two peaceful nations. In the night, the alchemist slipped into the Lyonness bell tower and jumped from its edge. His body crumbled as it smashed into the hard rock below. In the weeks following the kings men packed their things and returned home.
One season had passed and not much hope remained in Hibernia. People began fleeing south of the great walls of Druim Cain and Druim Ligen. Every day several more cities were destroyed. It was only a mater of time before the Midgards and Albion would march into capitol city of Tir na nOg.
Seeing the unrest in the nation and the latest turn of events, Anu called upon the Tuatha de Anu to meet with her once again. She had decided it was time to use the 10 Seeds of Anu. The last hope of Hibernia.
» Next Week: Chapter 6: The 10 Seeds of Anu
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