Avitus Maecilius
Avitus Maecilius was a Human battlemage from the Archaean Empire who fought in the Archaean Civil War on the side of the Old Faith. He and several other soldiers took refuge beneath a fortified watchtower in the Marcellan Plains, hoping to make a last stand, only to become trapped. When his comrades committed suicide rather than face starvation, Avitus went mad and constructed a Flesh Golem from their corpses, which was discovered centuries later by Anja, Iskender, Petra, and Vadim. When he finally expired, his fear and madness caused his soul to be trapped in the watchtower as a Wraith and he remained there until he was eventually destroyed by Eagrym, Ma'ago, Petra, and Walter.
Much information regarding Avitus' last days was found in his journal, which was recovered by the Party who slew him and reads as follows: “The Apostates think to starve us out, but we’ve enough supplies to last a year or more. These are brave and honorable men. The enemy’s resolve will break before ours.” “Lucius came to me today, asking if my magic could dislodge the way out. T’would be impossible, I told him. Any blast powerful enough would bring the whole tower down on our heads and I must see what lies above to use a more precise method. The men yearn for an honorable death in battle. I can hardly blame them, but we must wait for the apostates to come to us.” “Hope has begun to dwindle. It is hardly surprising under the circumstances. The others are convinced that the apostates have left, but I know better. I can hear them out there just above our heads, their blasphemous chanting in the very walls! They wish us to let down our guard, but we must stand strong. When we die, it must be with honor.” “I am alone now. I might have dissuaded them from this reckless end but, fool that I was, I shut them out. I confess, I had tired of their defeatist talk, but I hardly knew morale had sunk so low. It is my fault, but I must not despair. If I join the others in death, then the apostates’ victory will be complete.” “I pray my comrades might forgive me this sacrilege. It is necessary, horrible though it may be. I cannot let their deaths be in vain.” “Food is running short. I hardly eat anymore at any rate. There is too much work to do and I am alone to do it. When the apostates come, I must be ready.”
“I hear them. They are coming.”
Much information regarding Avitus' last days was found in his journal, which was recovered by the Party who slew him and reads as follows: “The Apostates think to starve us out, but we’ve enough supplies to last a year or more. These are brave and honorable men. The enemy’s resolve will break before ours.” “Lucius came to me today, asking if my magic could dislodge the way out. T’would be impossible, I told him. Any blast powerful enough would bring the whole tower down on our heads and I must see what lies above to use a more precise method. The men yearn for an honorable death in battle. I can hardly blame them, but we must wait for the apostates to come to us.” “Hope has begun to dwindle. It is hardly surprising under the circumstances. The others are convinced that the apostates have left, but I know better. I can hear them out there just above our heads, their blasphemous chanting in the very walls! They wish us to let down our guard, but we must stand strong. When we die, it must be with honor.” “I am alone now. I might have dissuaded them from this reckless end but, fool that I was, I shut them out. I confess, I had tired of their defeatist talk, but I hardly knew morale had sunk so low. It is my fault, but I must not despair. If I join the others in death, then the apostates’ victory will be complete.” “I pray my comrades might forgive me this sacrilege. It is necessary, horrible though it may be. I cannot let their deaths be in vain.” “Food is running short. I hardly eat anymore at any rate. There is too much work to do and I am alone to do it. When the apostates come, I must be ready.”
“I hear them. They are coming.”
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