{"id":583,"date":"2020-08-28T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogizdat.faintingincoils.org\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2020-08-28T21:03:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T02:03:31","slug":"the-blightwalkers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogizdat.faintingincoils.org\/?page_id=583","title":{"rendered":"The Blightwalkers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not long after the last block of Pataphor\u2019s tower flattened its last victim, a group of survivors crawled out of the immediate wreckage of the cataclysm and decided it would be a bloody good idea if THAT<\/em> never happened again!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus was formed a society dedicated to stamping out sorcery and the dangerous \u2018patalogical artifacts they created. They called themselves The Blightwalkers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(It seems a natural enough name. There was blight. They walked through it. Bob\u2019s your uncle.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization began humbly as a small mob with just a few ropes and torches marching toward what was left of Antimony\u2019s tower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long after, with the few remaining acolytes dangling from trees, they decided the whole enterprise had gone exceedingly well, and so they took to the road in search of any other sorcerers straggling around the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, the Blightwalkers became organized, established branches in all the major cities, and rapidly ran out of sorcerers to hang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their mission then pivoted to the location and disposal of dangerous \u2018patalogical artifacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, with that pivot, the mindset of the Blightwalkers shifted a bit from wrath to scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, many adventuring parties are accompanied by Blightwalkers. The adventurers get the benefit of the Blightwalkers\u2019 experience dealing with the \u2018patalogical and the Blightwalkers get the protection of the party. It\u2019s mutually understood that things will go south, and rapidly, should the party come across any dangerous \u2018patalogical artifact. However, why worry about something that hasn\u2019t happened yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From time to time a Blightwalker will come across a sorcerer, rare as they may be. These events are generally described by the surviving witnesses to range from \u201cARGHHHHHH!\u201d to \u201cARGHHHHHH!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The headquarters of the Blightwalkers is located in Freedonia (we think). At least, it was there before the fog set in. The head of the Blightwalker HQ is (was?) Severity Knucklerapper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The office of the Bligthwalkers in any given city is easy to find, as each is adorned with the Blightwalker Service Creed carved in stone and featuring very large letters in many different languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot jape nor jest nor limerick blue will take us from our purpose true, for sorcery is and all the while that sorcery does we shall not smile.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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