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<p>Created page with &quot;{{EventStoryHeader |EventType = Raid |EventName = Scars of the Syndicate |SectionName = Episode 1 |QuestViewName = Testament to Sin |PreviousQuest = Pursuing the Shapeshifter...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{EventStoryHeader<br /> |EventType = Raid<br /> |EventName = Scars of the Syndicate<br /> |SectionName = Episode 1<br /> |QuestViewName = Testament to Sin<br /> |PreviousQuest = Pursuing the Shapeshifter<br /> |NextQuest = Hour of Retribution<br /> |ThumbnailImage = 20408_02<br /> |Summary = Aldred mistook the prince and his friends for members of a criminal organization called the Syndicate. After clearing that up, a top member of the Syndicate known as the Doctor appears and hints at a wicked plan. Hoping to stop his ambitions, the prince and friends give chase.<br /> |Dialogue =<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Unnngh... Wh-where...am I...? And why won't my body...move?<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Heh... Looks like the dragon's power swallowed me whole.<br /> {{ST|Notte}} Guys, look! It's Mr. Dragon Guy, and he's back in human form!<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} Aldred!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Ah, Andromeda. I see you... brought our new friends...<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Very good... Now come at me... Let me...kill you for real...!<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} I don't think you're in the shape to kill much of anything, much less a large party of armed fighters like us.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Shut up! So long as I can move a single finger, I WILL have my revenge!<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} Aldred, stop it! These people aren't with the Syndicate!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} But this guy can shapeshift! You saw it!<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} If you'll just calm down and give me a second, I can explain...<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} ...So you can shapeshift because you're part of the Alberian royal family?!<br /> {{ST|Ranzal}} Bingo. Now it's yer turn to make with the confession, rage boy. What's the deal?<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} Please forgive us if you can; the blame for all of this begins with the Syndicate.<br /> {{ST|Luca}} What's the Syndicate?<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} A shadowy organization that operates behind the scenes. They attack towns, kidnap the residents, and use them to perform terrible human experiments.<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} They also conduct research into magic so deadly it has the potential to wipe entire cities off the map.<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} How have I never heard of such a frightful organization?!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} 'Cause they're clever. Decent-society types like you wouldn't have a clue that the Syndicate even exists.<br /> {{ST|Cleo}} Then how do the two of you know so much?<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} They made me—or my current body, at least.<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} What does THAT mean?!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} I'm part of a Syndicate experiment called the Synthetic Shapeshifting Project.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} They wanted to find a way for ordinary folk to gain the power of shapeshifting— not just Alberian royalty.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} And I was one of the guinea pigs in their little experiment.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} They fused my body with a dragon's, and the result is the warped nightmare that stands before you now.<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} But shapeshifting is about making a pact with a dragon—it requires a solemn bond! The very idea of bypassing that goes against everything in nature!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} You and the Syndicate disagree there. Anyway, they eventually decided that I was a failure of an experiment, so I took the chance to make my escape.<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} He saved me from them as well.<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} So when I shapeshifted, you assumed I was associated with the Syndicate.<br /> {{ST|Notte}} Guess you weren't expecting to find an Alberian prince wandering around the wilderness like this, huh?<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} Be that as it may, your actions caused harm, and we are owed recompense.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Hmph.<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} Aldred! Don't be a jerk about this! ...Look, I'm sorry. WE'RE sorry. We made a terrible mistake.<br /> {{ST|Ranzal}} Yeah, well, I s'pose we can let it slide. Ain't exactly the first time some crazy cat attacked us outta nowhere.<br /> {{ST|Cleo}} I am glad we have one mystery solved, but we still are no closer to understanding why myriad fiends attacked the village.<br /> {{ST|???}} Ah. That would be my doing.<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} Who are you?!<br /> {{ST|???}} A pleasure to meet you, my friends. You may call me the Doctor.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} YOU!<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} You know this man?<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} He's a leader of the Syndicate—AND the man who gave me this twisted body!<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} What?!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Greetings, seventh scion. I am honored that you accepted my invitation.<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} Wait, what invitation?<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} I speak of those fiends I manipulated. I knew you would come if I but had them gather in sufficient numbers.<br /> {{ST|Ranzal}} If this egghead don't start makin' sense soon, I'm gonna start breakin' stuff!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Allow me to explain, my troglodyte friend! I seek nothing less than the creation of an Aeonian Record.<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} A what?!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} A person's death is akin to the burning of a book. When they pass from this world, their accumulated knowledge passes also.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Would it not be wonderful to have a body of such knowledge from which humanity could glean new things? A body that did not rot; that refused to decay and die?<br /> {{ST|Cleo}} I can see the possibilities, but have my doubts as to the practicality of the plan.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Ah, then let me enlighten you as to the existence of a certain fiend—a titan that travels about swallowing up all life in its path.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} You may be asking, what good is life if it has been consumed? Ah, but this fiend is special, for those it consumes live on inside it. Ageless. Undecaying. Immortal.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Thus, this great fiend is filled with the knowledge of all life.<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} If such a creature actually existed, we surely would know of it.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Ah, but not if it exists in the space between worlds.<br /> {{ST|Cleo}} That foul place of black mana and hideous fiends?!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} The very same! Although while most fiends find their movements somewhat limited there, this grand titan is able to travel about at will.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} This fiend is called Aspidochelone, and it is my design to summon it into our world!<br /> {{ST|Luca}} WOW. That sounds like a GREAT plan. ...If you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} There would be sacrifice, of course. Villages, towns, and perhaps even entire kingdoms would be laid to waste.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} But I believe that Aspidochelone can serve as an Aeonian Record, which balances the scales of such sacrifice.<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} Only a monster would be willing to lay low so many in service to their own selfish theories. You do not even know if this plan will work!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Such thoughts do not concern me. If my actions prove to be unjust, let history judge me as it sees fit.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Well? What say you, dear Prince? Will you assist with my experiment? Will you take this chance to change the course of history for the better?<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} I will not. Even if this theory of yours might be correct, the cost of putting it into action is far too great.<br /> {{ST|Luca}} Aldred said you Syndicate types were evil, but I think he undersold it.<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Evil is a moniker I wear proudly, my tympanic friend!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Ah, but what IS evil? Or what is good? Who among us even has the authority to attempt such definitions?<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} The mere act of living forces humans to rob others of their lives; it forces them to impel sacrifice upon all things that happen across their path!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} To be human is to sin. And yet, we hold up those who fear that sin—or those who hold themselves in purposeful ignorance of it—as &quot;virtuous.&quot;<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} The Syndicate is different. We know there can be no life without sin, and we are the only ones with the resolve to make the necessary sacrifices for progress!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} THAT is why I say we are evil!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} DAMN YOU!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} You gave me this arm! This body! And I won't let you forget it!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} Ah, the failed experiment. I thought I disposed of you, yet here you are, back from the rubbish. Do you need something?<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} I want to give you a taste of the power you people cursed me with!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} I've no interest in you—I long since finished assessing your abilities.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} SHUT THE HELL UP!<br /> {{ST|The Doctor}} *sigh* So much for civil discourse. Ah, well. We will meet again, Prince.<br /> {{ST|Ranzal}} C'mon, boss! Let's get that creep!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} No! He's mine!<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} That man seeks to bring calamity to the world—it matters not who stops him!<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} I don't care about the world.<br /> {{ST|Elisanne}} How can you say such a thing?!<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} Our goals are the same, Aldred. We should work together.<br /> {{ST|Andromeda}} He's got a point there. Plus, your body is still something of a mess, so you might end up needing the help.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Fine. If you think you can handle this arm of mine, you're welcome to tag along.<br /> {{ST|The Prince}} You will be a welcome ally— you AND your arm.<br /> {{ST|Aldred}} Tch! What a sweet-talker you are. Just stay outta my way, all right?!<br /> }}</div>

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