Chapter 26
Epilogue
Overview
Carl and Donut blow up the magistrate's quarters with dynamite, gaining levels and several achievement rewards, but discover the quest remains incomplete. Exploring the destroyed building, they find a horrific chamber filled with corpses of women being kept as krasue by a dark ritual, and encounter a dying woman named Burgundy who reveals the true mastermind is Miss Quill and her undead husband Remex, who is casting a spell to return to life and controlling the town through glamour and transformation magic.
Summary
After detonating explosives at the magistrate's quarters, Carl and Donut gain experience and receive notifications about killing NPC officials, though the main quest remains active, suggesting they killed the wrong target. Investigating the blast site on the rooftop, they descend into the magistrate's living quarters and find it largely empty and looted. Upon opening a heavy door, they discover a nightmare chamber containing dozens of hanging female corpses—some headless and infused with purple magical energy (krasue), others with detached heads still barely attached. The corpse of Magistrate Featherfall hangs in the center, bound to a bone dreamcatcher, long dead and mummified. Mongo destroys several corpses, awakening the krasue, and Carl uses a fireball spell to escape and protect Donut. In the aftermath, they find Burgundy, a charred former prostitute who was being kept as a krasue—human during day, monster at night. Before the building collapses, Burgundy reveals that Miss Quill, not Featherfall, is the true magistrate running the city. Featherfall's corpse was used as a dark fetish to protect the krasue bodies at night. The real threat is Miss Quill's husband, Remex, an undead entity in a guarded building across the street, casting a spell to fully resurrect himself. He controls the krasue, glamours city elves, and has them collect feathers from visiting skyfowl for unknown purposes. The women in the alleys are failed krasue transformations that become food. Remex also controls avatars that dispose of bodies but cannot travel far from his lair yet. As the building collapses, Burgundy begs for death, and Donut kills her with a Magic Missile.
Characters
- CarlExplorer and combatant who discovers the horrific chamber, uses explosives and spells to fight the awakened krasue, and interrogates Burgundy about the true nature of the threat.
- DonutCarl's companion who assists in combat, casts light spells to repel krasue, and shows compassion for the dying Burgundy before ending her suffering.
- MongoFeathered dinosaur pet who bites and destroys krasue corpses, triggering their awakening, then assists in fighting and escaping the chamber.
- Magistrate FeatherfallDead skyfowl whose corpse is discovered mummified and bound to a bone dreamcatcher at the center of the chamber, used as a dark ritual focus.
- Miss QuillRevealed as the true magistrate and mastermind behind the krasue operation, killed in the initial explosion.
- BurgundyDying krasue woman who was transformed after being lured to work at the Desperado Club, reveals crucial information about Miss Quill and her husband Remex before succumbing to her injuries.
- RemexMiss Quill's undead husband, revealed to be the primary antagonist casting a resurrection spell in a guarded building across the street, controlling krasue and enslaved city elves to collect feathers.
- Skyfowl NPCsTwo town guards who encounter Carl and Donut on the rooftop, warn them about the unstable building, and flee when they feel unwell.