It is in the midle of the day when I reach the cabin that I called home once. When I was a little girl I used to play in those woods and enjoy the spring air. I helped my mother to gather herbs for making potions and studied magic and rituals with my father.
I know what I shall need for the ritual to call on the Lady of Bargins, the circle is still in the basement of the cabin. Now all I need to do is to get everything together so that I can preform the ritual and become a warlock on top of being a paladin. Also make sure that the chruch never finds out that I am doing this or that I did this. Ow who am I kidding they will find out eventually so I just need to become untouchable before then or get out of town.
Now I shall need nightshade and some other posionus plants and the blood of a animal sacerfice. The whole summoning thing wont be all that hard. What will be that hard part is not letting on where the power comes from as warlocks are by their very nature not trusted. Now that I have gathered up all the required plants and caught a few animals I can get ready to preform the ritual in the basement before heading off to the town. I can not let the church know that I do not follow blindly and being an adventurer will let me help the less fortunate.
If I do this and I am doing this it will require me to go all in. There will be no half measures that result in my being weak. I shall study the witchcraft of my mother and all that I can about being a warlock from my father. I shall use what the Church of the Broken Chain taught me about being a paladin along with what ever else that I can come up with. I shall be stronger then I am now and after this day nobody will ever dictate my fate for me. It will live with me and die with me.
Now that I am making my brew I need to add a little more mushrooms, some nightshade, and maybe just a pinch of nutmeg. Never know when a little nutmeg will mean the difference between life and death.
What was the symbol I needed to draw in the animal blood again, right right it went something like this. I got it now just to pore on the potion and there. Now just to wait.
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"What is it that you desire my child that I have not seen in so very long? I hope you know that you have my sincerest regrets for the passing of your late father." Said the Lady of Bargins.
"You have my humble thanks for that and I would like to make bargins with you on my own behalf. I would like to enter into your service and work jobs on this plane for you. In exchange I want enough power to be free from all that would seek to bind me. Power to hold back the darkness and fight for what I myself believe is right, not what a bunch of old men that have never known hardships in their entire lives claim is right" said Sasha.
"Well now, I do like a girl that knows what she wants. I will make you an offer of becoming more then you are know and the only price is that when you die your soul is mine to do with as I please. If you so chose to work in your gods name or any name it does not matter to me. In the end your soul shall go to me or all that you do and acomplish will be rendured to dust. I say to you that if you want this to be your own then kiss me and 'do as thou will.' To do so shall become what drives you onward." Said the Lady of Bargins!
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"Your life is your own to do with as you will but beware that danger lurks around ever corner and foes will come for you soon. Head to the city and become an adventure no matter what happens. Make a group of those that can be useful and take on strong quests. Your foes shall be coming sooner then you would like and you must make yourself ready to slay armies if you want to survive."
"Your mother hid her spell book in a nearby hollow of a tree, I think you know the one. Take it and learn all that you can. Your mind is your best weapon so make sure to keep is sharp. Never forget to stack the deck in your favor and always play the odds to your advantage child, it will save your life" said The Lady of Bargins.
"Why are you telling me all of this? It is not in our agreed apon exchange." Questioned Sasha.
"Because I owed you father for excellent services rendered and you mother for some poison she made for me. I pay my debts and now so shall you for ever more. Serve whatever god you choose but remember that you now owe me a debt to be paid on your death! Now quick as you can make some poison for your sword and be about your business. Destiny will find you whether it is on the open road or hiding in your homes all day so why make it easy on her, she needs a good workout." Laughed The Lady of Bargins.
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One Quick Kiss With A Succubus Later!
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I feel the skills that will help me in the future now just to settle up some more things and arange a meeting in my dreams for further discussion with the Lady. After going and finding my mothers spellbook I am now brewing some poisons for my journey onward as well as planing on how to make the most of the companions that I will come across. I am thinking that a thief or assassin will be nessecary. A wizard would be preferable for mass damage. A ranger to set the stage for our hunts and either a dedicated healer or an artificer to make the stage for our hunts into a killing field. But the most important thing is to find a good necromancer, we will need one if we wish to break the very tide of our foes.
Infernal Fire-I think that this will allow me to creat and manipulate Infernal flames which burn both body and soul. It will give me an edge over foes with regeneration like trolls and the like. If used right could act as a great suprise for enemies not expecting it.
Minor Luck Manipulation-The real powerhouse of this deal and argubly the entire reason that I made it. Simply put the odds will always be in my favor, I shall never be caught compleatly unarmed or the like. I will find better stuff then otherwise and this is before cranking it up to eleven.
Charm-I am going to be honest with myself and just say that this is going to come in handy for some of my plans. Nothing like controlling people to get what you want.
Discuise Self-this one is just useful if I want to be inconspicous or go with the oppisite and be a distraction.
Time to head into the nearby town and get started on making enough money to buy reletive safety, why must everything be so hard. Once I do that I will need to start building a power base so that when the church comes for me they will have to fight through the entire city to have a chance of taking me. To do that I will need to bribe a few pockets and grease a few palms. The road forwards is difficult but well traveled, the only problem will be finding trustworthy companions to walk with me. Those that fear no one and are willing to face dragons together.
I will need more poison for killing my foes so I will need to find a way to return here without raising awarness of where I am going or what I am doing. I will need to think on that more later, for now the city is coming into sight.