HoMM: Olden Era – Diary of an Inquisitor found in Kelarr’s study (Lore)
Day 310 of Suncrown Expedition
We spotted a smaller group of these hellish insects roaming a few miles east of the nearby ruined village — Castellatus, I think — and collecting timber and stone whilst guarded by bulkier variants of the foraging bugs.
Captain Fairwind suggested a direct attack, while they were low in numbers and not accompanied by anything larger, I rejected the idea: if I had to guess, these monsters were trying to build something.
But what? Need to investigate. Gave orders to track their moves.
Day 322 of Suncrown Expedition
I was right! This blasted vermin is trying to build a nest to the northeast of Castellatus, close to Chimera Falls.
I would have given an order to destroy them before it could be completed, but one of the scouts reported there were humanoids among them?
Could they be under someone’s control? I must know more. Will join the next scouting party myself.
Day 325 of Suncrown Expedition
We arrived at the construction site of the new hive. The reports were true — there is indeed a humanoid presence among these bugs. I looked through the spyglass to monitor the figure ordering them around: they looked like an elf with a dark complexion and fleshy, hair-like growths.
Then, a sudden burst of fire caused another unfamiliar being to appear. At first, I couldn’t make out words, but when it spoke, its voice echoed across the area.
My gaze was fixated upon them. They beckoned me forth with each word, like a fly drawn to the flame. I heard the elf say she “will enact the devil’s will”, yet these scouting oafs didn’t hear anything from either of those creatures.
Who, in the name of Chalice, is that person who commands them both? I’ve never heard of a kingdom nor any rulers with such a title.
Could they be some invaders from the East? Hard to tell. We’re heading back to the main camp, but I can’t help but feel some sort of… thrill? I’m getting too old for this.
Day ???
I can’t stop thinking about that creature. It invades my dreams, asks me to embrace it. I see myself smoldering in the flames and enjoying them, asking for them to boil my soul like a nest of growing larvae waiting to burst from within me.
I no longer see the Chalice as the path to redemption — it’s a lie meant to lure us away from our Master!
I’ve already poisoned the supplies of these fools who didn’t listen to the Song. I… I need to be closer. I must return to the hive. I… We… We shall bring glory to this land… the writing is no longer eligible and smeared with a mixture of blood and goo.
Introducing Tavi, one of the two mysterious figures from diary log — learn why she became one with the Hive!
Taviola was once just another denizen of Murmurwoods — a light elf with a large progeny who craved more for her sons and daughters than what the forest was willing to provide.
She believed her offspring to be stronger, more deserving of life’s rewards, yet the Mycelium denied her ambitions. In secret, she began to plot. She learned to mask her thoughts from the Mycelium and whispered with spiders, ants and other insects yearning to multiply beyond their bounds and claim greater bounties.
Her defiance birthed the first ever betrayal from within the Woods, discovered only after irreparable harm was done.
For her crimes, Taviola was exiled, banished alongside those who shared her vision. As she departed the forest, she remained unrepentant, lamenting only the children who had rejected her cause, leaving her reliant on lesser beings.
It was then that the Dragonfly King found her, revealing the Hive’s boundless potential. In its embrace, Tavi’s purpose crystallized, and she became something more — she became a mother to the Hive.
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