La Shik' Va's Notes

La Shik' Va's notes are a series of entries believed to be written by La Shik' Va himself and obtained after he was slain in battle on 11th June 2021. Together with the writings of his scribes in Oasis, the notes reveal much more about the life of La Shik' Va himself as well as how he has been misunderstood to be evil. The entries of his notes are as below (the year seems to have been left out in his entries):

• Today, strange shimmering lights streaked across the sky. Neither me nor my advisors can confirm what they are but fear has begun to spread throughout Oasis. Among the populace, elders speak of a prophecy about to come true. It is indeed unsettling, and I have sent out a group to investigate. Let's hope they bring back more information in the next few hours.

• A full day has passed but the investigating group has yet to return. The lights in the sky have yet to stop and rumors of an old prophecy has spread to all corners of the city. A second group has been sent out to investigate and I hope they will return this time around. Looks like this will be another sleepless night.

• We have been scrambling around all morning. It appears that a war has broken out near the southern gate of the city where the investigating group departed from previously. Bizzare rumours of the invaders being the investigators themselves have surfaced as I wait for some information to be sent from the frontlines. What has been confirmed however is that the invading group is small. I wonder if this has anything to do with the lights we have been seeing recently.

• The entire southern gate has fallen and the invaders have multiplied significantly in numbers. It appears that the investigating group was indeed responsible for the invasion and that more of the populace has begun to join their cause in what appears to be a revolt. Almost the entire army has been deployed to resist the invasion as the battle rages on nearer and nearer to my throne.

• This is no revolt. First-hand accounts from frontline soldiers report mysterious purple particles mysteriously entering the bodies of soldiers and civilians alike. Said people then convulse for a few minutes before they mindlessly start hunting down others. Come to think of it, the particles described do bear some resemblance to what we have been seeing in the skies. I can hear the sounds of screams and cries of soldiers getting nearer now. It seems the World Items that last saw the light of battle centuries ago will have to be used now. I hope we are not too late.

• These purple particles… They are formless intelligent entities that takeover the physical bodies of those they devour. It appears that they fear the World Items but there is simply too many of them for us to fend off. I can hear them right outside my throne room now. If only we learned their weakness earlier… Perhaps the old prophecy was true and the simul ritual could have actually saved us.

• To whoever finds this in the future, we were too late. The entity broke into my throne room and in a moment of carelessness, I allowed one to enter me. I have stabbed myself with the Downfall of Castles & Dragons to keep the entity devouring me at bay but this is a battle we have already lost. If you are reading this from the future, the entities are extremely afraid of the World Items and I have ordered for them to be scattered and hidden throughout the world so that the entities may not find and destroy them. You need to gather all the World Items and perform the simul ritual - it is the only way. I can feel myself growing weaker now. If you do find my body, do not remove the sword stabbed into it or I will fall prey to the entities. The prophecy was-

The notes appear to have missing pages as the staff team contemplates their next decision. That said, it appears that La Shik' Va's innocence has been verified.