Hour 36: Mothmen

I roam the countryside near the Shrine for a bit, and spy a secluded chapel in a clearing through the trees. What could it be?

Apologies for the bad picture quality. I am playing in the daytime, and it's almost impossible to avoid massive amounts of screen-glare. For that reason there will be less pictures for the time being. I head over to the chapel and it's called the 'Temple of the Ancestor Moths'. Sounds interesting. There are three buildings tucked away here - the Temple, the monks' quarters, and the crypt. All of them are locked. I break into the Temple and have a snoop around, reading through a dusty tome which explains the beliefs of the monks. They tend to their sacred moths, and eventually go blind, where they are locked away. I guess they're in the crypt.

That's where I head next, and at first it appears to be deserted. After navigating some lonely corridors, though, I am startled when two old men rush out to attack me! Both are blindfolded, and one is armed with a katana, which he swings wildly in a frenzy. They are joined by more blind monks with katanas, and although I try to fend them off, they're too much for me. I manage to get away and flee from the community of mad moth-monks. I am sure this will come up as a mission at some point later in the game.

Time now to upgrade my spells. I purchase some Expert-level destruction spells - a fireball which does 70 damage, a frost touch which does 80, and a couple of others. I also head to the Arcane University again and make a Feather spell (100 pts for 120 seconds). I decide to create my first 'proper' custom spell by combining a few properties. I make a fireball (40 damage) which also had Soul Trap (1 second), Absorb Health (15 points) and Weakness to Fire (100%). Hopefully this will do a total of 95 damage as well as healing me 15 points and capturing a soul if the target dies.

I decide to roam around for a bit a test out my new spells. Before I do, though, I remember to visit Roland Jenseric in the Imperial City Temple District, and give him all the vampire dust I've gathered - all told, I make a couple of thousand gold from him. I now have over 8000 gold even after spending a few thousand on buying and creating spells.