A steely determination, an objective outlook and a desire to realise one’s ambition regardless of anything is necessary if one is to realise his dreams. But to become a pillar of iron, a wall of bronze, has its cost. At times, to realise one’s ambition, or the greater cause, some would sacrifice their very self to achieve that.
- An Earth Elementalist, vowing to sweep clean the land occupied by foreign powers, has used a long-lost rite to replace his heart with one that of enchanted runic stone. His magical powers increase hundredfold, his determination is sharpened like the edge of sword. Yet his crusade is emotionless, having no regard for the lives of others, even for his loved ones or his own race.
- A warrior-king, in search of purging his emotions, which he regarded as a weakness, has sought out an Earth Elementalist to replace his heart with one of stone. The Elementalist had warned of the unforeseen consequences but the warrior-king is adamant. The rite was performed and a radical change comes over the former warrior. He became indomitable, impervious to all form of mind magic and felt no pain. But all ambition died with him and he languished within his castle. Till this day, there is the tale of a king with a heart of stone hidden away in a remote castle, waiting for something, anything, to move him to action.
- Once there lived a sorcerer, who by some twist of fate during a mis-casting of a spell, has his lifespan extended but become hideously deformed. His adventuring friends died off one by one, and lonely, the sorcerer began to create automatons. Finding them to be just soulless servants who only follow instructions, he turned his attention to that of golems crafting. After several less-than-satisfactory results, he created a golem in which via a Amulet of Soul Trapping, imbued a part of himself into the golem. The golem thus become sentinel but however the sorcerer, losing a part of his soul, beaome diminished in spirit and in mind, losing the need for bonding and friendship which drove him to craft the golem in the first place. Hence if one does visit the Fellhorn Tower, he may come across a strange sight – a golem waiting on and taking care of an emotionless, expressionless old man. However, as the golem has parts of his master’s soul, the two of them essentially function as one…
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