Fiction:Everlands/Stories/A Study of Dark Glass

Entry 1
''Oh I wished this task had not fallen upon my head but as a loyal subject of the Shah and dedicated scholar of the imperia I must fulfill this task that has been handed down to me. I have been asked by the Shah to study the properties of this substance known as Dark Glass that has brought of plague upon our lands in hopes of finding a way to prevent its further spread and maybe push it back. I shall start with some history: The first recorded instance of Dark Glass came not but five years ago when a new star manifested in the sky brighter then all the others. Not long after a strange geometric comet was witnessed over head which then exploded violently shattering into the three parts. It is known that two of the sections burned before they could strike the ground but the largest landed in the forest region. As of yet know one has been able to locate it.''

''After this event a shard of the Dark Glass was found by a tribe known as the Serker, a brutish people who enslave others and only mate with their wives to breed themselves like animals while their old men prefer cavort with young boys for their pleasure. These Serker then choose convince some of our own Satraps to rebel against the Shah! These rebellions of course were crushed and the an invasion to subjugate the Serker was launched only to be crushed by the weapons of Dark Glass the Serker hoplites wielded. The men wounded by the weapons of the Dark Glass died quickly and those who tended to their wounds became maddened by the dark glass inside their dead bodies. Now vicious cults have begun to spread across the Imperia and monsters the likes of which we have never seen have begun to stalk the night snatching our children away.''

''On a side one of my colleagues is attempting a venture of utter insanity. He has purposed to create a flying ship to go to the new star and collect samples from its for study in hopes of finding a cure. He is quiet made and I do not believe that the Shah would ever have approved of such a venture if the situation were not so desperate.''