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Letter from Uncle Deebs

Personal

Dear Kingswell, 

I know you may not fully understand why I would disappear on you like this, and perhaps you never will. All I can say is that I’m a solitary traveler, and the time has come for us to go our separate ways. I am glad I was given the chance to see you again and to guide you to your destination. 

With your father’s departure from our world, I thought there’s something you might want to know about your heritage. No, I’m not talking about money nor a hidden treasure. I’ve already taken that for myself a long time ago. This is something else. Something I hope you can take pride in. You may not like it, but we’re very alike, you and I. Your father never wanted me to tell you, but now that he’s gone, I think it wouldn’t be right to hide it from you any longer. You may, like me, have discovered you had some strange powers since you were young, strange powers that developed throughout your life. And like myself, you may have thought these powers were given to you by some powerful entity, perhaps even by Umberlee herself - I can see you seem quite dedicated to her - but you would be mistaken. It took me some time to discover this myself, and I believe you have the right to know. Your great great grandfather -  Umberlee bless his soul - was quite the charming man. At some point during his travels, he met and seduced an angel, who had been turned into a mortal to serve her god here among us. He took her for his wife and she had his children. I like to tell myself she was, or later became, a servant of Umberlee. In truth, I do not know which god she served. What I do know is that both you and I have inherited some form of innate magic from her. I can sense it in you. Your father’s soul hadn’t been blessed in such a way and I’m afraid that is partly why he resented me so much. That and our differences of opinion on… many matters.

 

Farewell, Kingswell. And remember, if you do take the Hand of Umberlee aboard your ship, be sure to give your daily respects and proper worship to Umberlee, else you may pay the ultimate price. Do not be as foolish as those worshippers of Valkur who dared challenge her within her domain. Not even he could protect them from their terrible fate.

 - Daniel B. Cooper