Darkest Dungeon

STATUS UPDATE: DAY 55
Here Comes a New Challenger!

It has been far, far too long since I explored these confessions. A muddied mental state, exhaustion in my lifestyle.

Well, not anymore. I found out there's a newcomer at the crossroads. He looked a lot like the Abominations I saw back in the Hamlet. I took him along with a Poet Leper, Venomdrop Grave Robber, and Alchemist Plague Doctor.

To my shock, the Abomination does not automatically have the ability to transform! Just a couple tricks with the chains he bears. I've chosen to focus entirely on shrines this time, and to have him be the focus of all of them. I also intend to focus my candles on him until he is caught up to two hero paths with everyone else.

So let's discuss the story I know of him so far:
  • He was a scholar seeking rare plants and fungi, but he foolishly went into a moor without a guide and got bit on the shoulder by some cursed beast. When recalling this story, he started puking up some sort of green bile. To my surprise, he can do that on command - a good way of inflicting widespread Blight.
  • After the biting incident, he went back to his laboratory in an attempt to find a cure. Herbs, mushrooms, extracts... and some sort of "alkahest" that boosted the concoctions. Nothing he mixed warmed him, or did much to actually cure his affliction. In a solemn moment, he looked to the sky and kneeled. Apparently he was praying for some miracle... I think he can also use that to calm himself during heated battle, so that will work.
  • Some time later, he was shackled in a tower. Some inquisitors had apparently caught him with the blood of a mutilated cow all over his body. Without giving him a chance to speak, they declared he was possessed and they were going to attempt to drive the beast out. He began puking again when he told this - but he was spewing a bit more of a directed ichor. Somehow he can do this on command as well.
I was so anxious to hear the next part where he'd transform... unfortunately, the expedition got cut short by an ill-timed attempt to fight the Librarian. This team is too easy to shuffle and move around, and way too vulnerable if it's out of perfect position.

No matter. With the 16 candles I got out of this attempt, I'll boost up the Abomination and try to learn the rest of the story next time.

I really want to know how he tears up those inquisitors.
 

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