The Cursed King/Queen

The Cursed King/Queen is a quest in .

Synopsis
"Our daring ruler has never met such a danger! An Eldest named the Lantern King has taken the entire kingdom into the First World, and left it to the mercy of the shadows that that escaped the broken Apology! What's worse, {name} is now cursed, and this curse affects all his/her loyal followers. The King/Queen is bonded with the kingdom, and will die along with it! What should we do? It's not that easy to face a demigod!"

Reach a safe place

 * ''Our first task is to escape, and then find out what afflicts the King/Queen, and the fate of our friends and allies!

Gather your forces

 * ''The King/Queen's allies, advisors and loyal servants are scattered, almost all of them under assault by ominous shadows that appeared from the broken cup. Saving them means saving the kingdom!
 * ''What remains of the capital guard is fighting off bandit shadows near Oleg's Trading Post. We must defeat the enemy and return our soldiers to the King/Queen's banners!
 * ''In Varnhold, Maegar Varn is fighting Vordakai's shadow, which appeared from the broken cup! We must help him!
 * ''Vordakai is fighting the shadow of Maegar Varn, who has come to take revenge on the frightening cyclops near the walls of Varnhold. We must help our undead ally!
 * ''There is a battle being waged between Brevoy's army and the shadows of fallen barbarians on the Flintrock Grassland.
 * ''Oh, that King Irovetti! You just can't have too many limericks about him! His shadow escaped the cup and decided to take up reign in Pitax again. We must stop him and protect our governor!
 * ''Bartholomew has been abducted by troll shadows, but he might still be alive! We must search the former troll lair!
 * ''Tsanna, the priestess of Lamashtu, went to the Shrine of her goddess, to seek help and perform her bloody rituals. She might need help in the insanity that's ensued!
 * ''From the three Eldest, Nyrissa and the King/Queen learned that the curses put on them by the Lantern King can be reversed to target him. Nyrissa is preparing the curse, but first we'll need to defeat the Eldest in battle!

Defeat the Lantern King

 * ''The Eldest has settled in our capital — right in the royal residence! To watch the performance, as he put it. Hell no! We'll get him sooner or later!

Gather Apology fragments for the Storyteller

 * ''Our invaluable colleague, the blind Storyteller, has discovered a way to weaken the malicious Lantern King! First, we need to find the fragments of Nyrissa's cup, the Apology, and deliver them to the Storyteller. They must be somewhere in the city...
 * ''We found the first fragment and brought it to the Storyteller
 * ''The second fragment was found and delivered to the Storyteller
 * ''It's all done — we found the third fragment and gave it to the Storyteller!

We must hurry!

 * ''The kingdom is crumbling, and its King/Queen is dying along with it. We don't have much time left!

Outcome
"It's over! We won, of course. The curse has been lifted, and the kingdom has returned home. In a few more moments, and I'll be writing the words \The End\. How exciting! Incredible! Of course, I've often imagined incredible adventures and battles against the gods and true feats of legend... but imagining it is one thing, and seeing it really happen right in front of you is quite another."