Curse of the Crypt

The Curse of the Crypt was a 1000 year old curse accidentally released by Toronto Dougwald on January 25th, 2021, when he accidentally fell into a mysterious crypt in the Paletta Desert in Zoquiyo while out on a Zoquiyo Excavation Company Mission.
This eerie Sandstone Crypt was raised, above sea level, and was found in the side of a cliff. The cliff looked like, at one point, to have been a part of the ancient wall that protected the ancient Hiarllii city of Bradecblight.
Toronto was taking a stroll throughout the Paletta Desert region of Zoquiyo just for a routine checkup, when he noticed something weird about the cliff face that was in front of him. He thought he saw terracotta, and immediately called ZEC to begin excavation. It was discovered that this was an ancient tomb that was constructed into of the walls of the ancient city of Bradecblight. After uncovering the top part of the crypt, which turned out to be one of the many entrances into the ancient city, Toronto accidently stepped on a crack in the desert sand and slid into the interior of the tomb.
Inside the tomb was a bunch of coffins and riches, like gold, and emerald. Toronto assumed this old tomb must have been where some of the Upper-class Hiarllii of Bradecblight were buried. Toronto went to go investigate the coffins, and decided to take a diamond from the top of one of the coffins to study. Immediately after touching it, the sky across Zoquiyo turned dark, and thunder rumbled across the land. Toronto looked in both fear and amazement as the coffins of the dead began to slowly open up revealing a mob of husks and skeletons, ready to punish him for trying to take his treasure.
Before Toronto could get eaten alive, GLI'MA, a robot, and The CEO of the Zoquiyo Excavation Company, threw Toronto a rope to grab onto. He hoisted himself up, but the mobs below still climbed their way to the surface. Toronto and GLI'MA were forced to fight against 6 Skeletons, 4 Husks, and 2 Spider Jockey's.
Toronto's sword and axe broke during the fight. Despite this, with the help of his pickaxe, he eventually pushed the hoard back into the tomb, where he lit some TNT which caused a cave-in, locking the corpses of the undead in the tomb forever... hopefully. He and GLI'MA managed to escape just in time.
Toronto still has the Diamond he stole, which he has called "The Cryptic Gem". He believes these mobs were raised by the Southern Fruit of Mercy, which is the Hiarllii version of Xoalcoatl, the Cardinalist God of Death, as a punishment for tampering with the dead.
Toronto has also been cursed. Xoalocoatl has cursed him with a new disease that Toronto dubbed as "Essayitis", which makes it so that he can only type in complete essays. While it is a minor inconvenience, the disease is highly contagious and the full effects are not yet known.
Toronto has spent hours in the Holy Cave of Farafin, where he believes he has been forgiven by the Gods. Despite this, they refused to cure him of his Essayitis as a punishment for what he has done. Toronto, and the ZEC have decided to peruse excavation efforts away from cursed tombs.
Category:Lore
Category:Hiarlliia
Category:Traveler's Era