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Edsay, 21st of October, 1799

Stone Defender - Research Notes 1

by Groht Arautok (Bighill)

The next morning, the others left once more. I'm not entirely sure what they were going to do, but they spoke about "some annoying lion man".
 
In any case, I'm not going to reject the opportunity to get some work done on my stone defender project. With all the things that happened since the Master's death, I have not yet had the chance to continue my research.
 
One of the many reasons I came to find the Master's knowledge was to figure out the process of developing a stone defender. The stone defender is a variant of a golem, but it is far more intelligent, almost possessing its own personality. But that is all according to the old texts that I found in the archives of the Baroklith hall. I have yet to see one in person, and I don't even know if they ever truly existed. I do not doubt the words of my forebearers, but this craft, this technology, seems so far beyond what I or any of the other craftsmen in Dogdor are capable of. Creating a reconstruction of life through the power of runes...
 
Wait...
 
The eye, I must study the eye!
 
Restoration and the creation of false life, are the domains of Necromancy! And when I analysed the eye back in Parabor, I could sense the immense Necromantic powers flowing through it. In theory, if I could figure out the arcane circuits that channel the flow of energy through the eye, I could replicate a part of it. Though I will have to be incredibly careful when I do so, as the eye itself seems to hunger for life.
 
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I traced the paths throughout the eye, slowly but surely deconstructing their applications. It was a tangled mess of shifting circuits and beads of power. It became clear to me that this wasn't a mere artifact created by some powerful cult. This was a thing of true evil. It was organic, not arcane as I had expected, but calling it natural would be... indecent. Mangled and mutated flesh lay within, and that was merely what I could gather from the outside.
 
There are few masters of the arcane back home, so I am unfamiliar with the physical processes involved in becoming a more powerful spellcaster. But this is beyond any of my expectations. Is this truly how magic is intended to work? Is this the sacrifice one has to make in order to harness its power? Or is this a gross misuse?
 
I pondered for a few hours after this, reviewing my notes from previous research.
 
The natural circuits I found in the herbs and plants in Dolor were far more refined, truly integrated into the organism, as if the entire construction was a part of the arcane flow. No, this proved to me that the eye was altered in some way, probably by its original owner, in an attempt to grow stronger. This was the effect of overwhelming evil powers on the body. Shaping it to be nothing more than a vessel.
 
And unfortunately, this was also the answer I was looking for. I need a way to infuse stronger magic into the defender if I want to channel the energy it needs to function. Something my runes are incapable of doing, at least with the techniques I'm using now.
 
I need to learn more.
 
But how? And where?

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