Unknown Draugr Warrior

> Little brother, I am sorry about the secrecy, but some things cannot simply be said out loud. I will explain why I gave you those odd instructions, and I hope that you can create a miracle.
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> During my travels two hundred years ago, I fell through a spatial crack while I explored a Mystic Realm. I was sure I would perish in the vacuum of space, but instead, I found myself in a tomb with a body encased in Eternal Ice. A Draugr warrior. Just digging him out took me three years.
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> In his possessions was a journal, and I realized that this man had been entombed in this odd space for billions of years. According to the archaic scripts, I quickly realized that this man came from a time even before the Undying Empire was founded. Can you believe it, an ancestor from the dark era?
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> He was a lone warrior and had no children or other next of kin, and he had met his demise while traveling to find a way to break through, just like I did. I quickly put the body inside my pouch, and after twenty-four years, I managed to escape through the very same tear that finally reappeared for a brief window.
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> At first, I was planning to provide the body to the Kavriel Clan in hopes of attaining their favour and perhaps some resources. After all, returning an ancestor of their kin should count for something, right?
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> But then I had an idea. In my possession, I had a Draugr specimen in prime condition, and more importantly, the body seemed to have no connection to the current lineages. You know how they can crack down on unsanctioned descendants through bloodline arrays, but there shouldn’t be any link between this man and the current clans, no?
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> That’s when I got the idea for my experiments. Imagine gaining the superior miasmic aptitude of the Draugr race while still having the outward appearance of Corpselords? The moment the thought entered my mind, I couldn’t let it go.
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> Unfortunately, it’s hard for me to perform such experiments in my current position. There are too many eyes watching my moves since I became patriarch. If I start procuring large numbers of the living and the unevolved to experiment on, I fear I might be exposed.
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> That’s why I spent so much money to give you this chance. Certainly, the chance to bask in the resources of a virgin world is a great opportunity. But the experiments are more important. You are young, but you have always had a clever mind with your manipulation and augmentation of the lower undead. I ask you to use that insight now.
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> Enclosed are 1,000 small samples from the Draugr body. I hope you can use them to push the research further. I honestly haven’t made much progress thus far, and this all might just be a pipe dream. Every subject thus far has failed due to their bodies not being able to withstand rebuilding the core composition.
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> Get strong test subjects; the longer they survive, the more data you will be able to collect. I wish you the best of luck, little brother, and I hope you will come back with news that can push the two of us to new heights.
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> And most importantly, remember to never tell anyone about what we’re doing. None of us will survive if it gets out.
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- *Excerpt from a note penned to Mhal by his elder brother* **Bk 3 Ch 60**

> Forced to use three stored essence seeds as a weapon in the fight against a particularly strong native to guarantee death. Unfortunately unable to retrieve the body for study. Over three hundred samples have been used already. I need to portion out my trials from this point forward.
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- *data entry by Mhal in his research notes following his first encounter with Zac* **Bk 3 Ch 60**