Maligaro Topic /28
| NPC | Name |
|---|---|
| Helena | I'm afraid that the Inquisitor's spirit has indeed returned to the Chamber of Sins, yet while you won't encounter Maligaro by wandering his halls, I do perhaps know how you can find him. Whilst investigating the Fellshrine, I learned of the existence of a map, forged by Maligaro from his own viscera. This map allowed him to transfer his spirit into another form of existence, an existential safe house to which he could retreat should death ever attempt to take him. Understanding the map's purpose, Voll tried to destroy it, to no avail, so he locked it away deep within the ruins of Phrecia Cathedral. Find that map and place it upon the Reverie Device in Maligaro's old laboratory. And when you step over that threshold, expect the very worst. |
| Helena | One less twisted intellect perverting our world. There is still much to be done, but at least we can rest easier in the knowledge that Maligaro and his foul creations will trouble Wraeclast no longer. Here. I know that you and Greust didn't see eye to eye, but I'm sure he would have wanted to recognise this deed. It's the act of a warrior, after all. |
| Sin | Our brutal construction nears completion and now only the wretched Doedre Darktongue remains. Unlike her compeers who, in undeath, have yearned for the familiar, Doedre appears drawn to the old wounds of calamity. The cataclysm took Sarn and left much that a parasite like Doedre might enjoy. I shall meet you in Sarn, where I hope you shall make swift and bloody work of that foul hag. |
| Maligaro's Virtuosity | Maligaro operated effortlessly, with great speed and terrible consequences. |
| Maligaro's Lens | "Look around you. What do you see? Corruption, perversion, sin? No. It is progress. You simply lack the means to see it." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Maligaro's Restraint | "Our genius will pave the way forward. May all who are worthy be improved!" - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Maligaro's Cruelty | "He does not love. He does not feel regret or remorse. He does not think about consequences, only possibilities. If that does not describe a monster, tell me: what does?" - Archbishop Geofri |
| Maligaro's Etcher | Maligaro considered his work an Art, and his subjects his canvas. |
| Carcass Jack | "...The discomfort shown by the others is amusing, but none can deny that my work has made quite the splash..." - Maligaro's Journal |
| Dusktoe | "A lick of shadow may ease the petty frictions of one's life." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Doedre's Tenure | While Doedre lacked Maligaro's sense of style, she surpassed her master in pure malevolence. |
| Void Battery | "The trick is to give nothingness, and to receive everything in return." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Fidelitas' Spike | Maligaro was transformed by Raulo's love. Thaumaturgy allowed Maligaro to return the favour. |
| Static Electricity | "Movement expends energy, but perhaps a little of that energy can be recaptured and... reappropriated." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Mana Sponge | "When one stares into the depth of the flavour text file, one will gain no knowledge, only an addiction to speculation." - Maligaro, Grand Trolllord |
| Growing Agony | Maligaro understood that devotion to science, Means devotion to trial and error. For Maligaro's errors, death was slow, And very painful. |
| Duskblight | "A taste of Midnight, and you may never see the dawn." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Royale Maligaro's Restraint | "Our genius will pave the way forward. May all who are worthy be improved!" - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Doedre's Tongue | Maligaro did the cutting... at her request. In the new void, a malevolent power emerged. |
| Maligaro's Spike | Maligaro loved his tools, and took great pains to keep them excruciatingly sharp. |
| Maligaro's Map | "Certain maps can only be rendered in the most vivid of viscera." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Captured Soul of Maligaro the Mutilator | There is a story held by the ancient Vaal, in which the beautiful seductress Arakaali strode through towns, stealing the hearts of men, and turning to ash their lovers' desires. - "Legends of the Vaal" by Eramir, Scholar at Theopolis |
| The Surgeon | "He might be lacking in vision, but his virtuosity is undeniable." - Malachai, on Maligaro |
| The Rabid Rhoa | "Experiment 22A: Rhoas, when deprived of water, secrete a most delightfully potent toxin." - Maligaro |
| The Garish Power | Maligaro may have valued function over form, but that did not mute his flair for the dramatic. |
| Brush, Paint and Palette | "Man may shape the world, but these? These shape the man." -Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Obsidian Key | "The cool blanket of shadows preserves our treasures." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Black Venom | "The spider is not defined by how it lives, but by how it kills." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
Maligaro FlavourText /83
| name | flavour |
|---|---|
| Maligaro's Spike BaseItemTypes | Maligaro loved his tools, and took great pains to keep them excruciatingly sharp. |
| Maligaro's Map BaseItemTypes | "Certain maps can only be rendered in the most vivid of viscera." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Obsidian Key BaseItemTypes | "The cool blanket of shadows preserves our treasures." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Black Venom BaseItemTypes | "The spider is not defined by how it lives, but by how it kills." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| The Surgeon BaseItemTypes | "He might be lacking in vision, but his virtuosity is undeniable." - Malachai, on Maligaro |
| The Rabid Rhoa BaseItemTypes | "Experiment 22A: Rhoas, when deprived of water, secrete a most delightfully potent toxin." - Maligaro |
| The Garish Power BaseItemTypes | Maligaro may have valued function over form, but that did not mute his flair for the dramatic. |
| Brush, Paint and Palette BaseItemTypes | "Man may shape the world, but these? These shape the man." -Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Captured Soul of Maligaro the Mutilator BaseItemTypes | There is a story held by the ancient Vaal, in which the beautiful seductress Arakaali strode through towns, stealing the hearts of men, and turning to ash their lovers' desires. - "Legends of the Vaal" by Eramir, Scholar at Theopolis |
| Ranger32 CharacterTextAudio | Your kind leave nothing but scars, Maligaro. |
| Duelist34 CharacterTextAudio | Take comfort, Maligaro. An artist's work is always worth more when he's dead. |
| Templar56 CharacterTextAudio | Your God-given talents were wasted, Maligaro. |
| Scion40 CharacterTextAudio | I'm sorry, Maligaro, but I can be quite critical when it comes to Art. |
| Goddess50 CharacterTextAudio | Love is not changing others, Maligaro. It is changing yourself. All who have held Me learn that sooner or later. |
| ScionPickUpMaligaroMap CharacterTextAudio | I know this strange sensation. Why is it familiar? |
| ScionEnterMaligarosSanctuary CharacterTextAudio | I'm dreaming while I'm awake. How is this possible? |
| ScionDefeatedMaligaro CharacterTextAudio | It's time you were part of a dark experiment, Maligaro. |
| ScionEnterMaps CharacterTextAudio | This place... I'm dreaming while awake, just like in Maligaro's Sanctuary... |
| RangerPickUpMaligarosMap CharacterTextAudio | Now that's a strange feeling! Best not touch it again unless I have to. |
| RangerEnterMaligarosSanctum CharacterTextAudio | The proper feel of the world... it's absent here... |
| RangerDefeatedMaligaroA7 CharacterTextAudio | This 'sanctum' is nothing but a scar on nature. |
| WitchPickUpMaligaroMap CharacterTextAudio | The energy of visions, made tangible. How curious. |
| WitchEnterMaligaroSanctuaryA7 CharacterTextAudio | This place... flows forth from a dark mind, thought by thought... |
| WitchKillMaligaroA7 CharacterTextAudio | I didn't give you enough credit, Maligaro. This place, this energy... I've learned something new! |
| Maligaro's Sanctum MapPins | The inner depths of decadent darkness. |
| EramirOnGem NPCTextAudio | Show me this gem from the Chamber of Sins. It has the aspect of a Virtue Gem, like those you carry already... yet it's clearly not made to slot into any of your standard equipment. Look at the colour. Feel the energy coming off it. Maligaro had little virtue in mind when he made this thing. |
| EramirOnSpike NPCTextAudio | Could be the nasty piece of work Silk picked up near the Chamber of Sins. Looks too much like Maligaro's dark science to me. If you can talk Silk into giving it to you, do history a favour, and sink that spike to the bottom of the river. |
| EramirOnGemSpike NPCTextAudio | The Baleful Gem and Maligaro's Spike. I'd wager these two grotesqueries were made for each other. A marriage born in darkness. My advice? Send them to their wedding bed: the river bed. |
| EramirOnChamber NPCTextAudio | The Chamber of Sins? Apparently the late Archbishop Geofri of Phrecia gave it that title. It was built by Emperor Chitus for one Inquisitor Maligaro. How do I know this? To my shame, I did Dominus' dirty work in the selfish hopes of scholarly advancement. I scoured fragments of documents brought back by Fairgraves - and Daresso, before his disgrace. I unearthed all I could on the Eternal Empire's masters and mistresses of thaumaturgy, a subject of keen interest to our supposedly devout High Templar. If I were you, I'd avoid Maligaro's old laboratory. A place of illness infected by a diseased mind. |
| HelenaPiety2 NPCTextAudio | Piety was after a creation of Maligaro's called the 'Baleful Gem'. It's nearby, and it's something that heartless bitch must never get her hands on. Please, find it and meet me at that Azmeri village by the river. My days with the Ebony Legion are done! |
| HelenaPiety1 NPCTextAudio | Piety was after a creation of Maligaro's called the 'Baleful Gem'. It's nearby, and it's something that heartless bitch must never get her hands on. You have it already? Thank Innocence. Alright, take it to the Azmeri village by the river. I'll meet you there, for my days with the Ebony Legion are done! |
| HelenaSpikeQuest NPCTextAudio | Piety led us into that wretched place in the hopes of finding a device named simply 'The Spike'. Fashioned by Inquisitor Maligaro, it was said to enable the injection of 'Calibric Extantia' into living flesh. Calibric Extantia being the corrupt energies locked within virtue gems. We couldn't find the Spike, yet we met its most successful application. |
| HelenaOnFidelitas NPCTextAudio | Maligaro had an assistant, a man named Raulo. If Maligaro's records spoke truly, Raulo offered himself freely as a test subject. With the Spike, Maligaro injected Raulo with a high dose of calibric extantia, thus gifting the poor man with both endless life and horrific deformity. In honour of his sacrifice to Maligaro's work, the Inquisitor gave Raulo a new name. Fidelitas. |
| HelenaOnBalefulGem NPCTextAudio | According to his notes, the Baleful Gem was a byproduct of Maligaro's attempts to enhance the already formidable qualities of virtue gems. It was an abject failure yet Maligaro wasn't one to waste his atrocities. By combining the Baleful Gem with the venom extracted from one of his arachnid subjects, he brewed something called 'Black Elixir'. He proudly proclaimed it to be 'the most potent poison in existence' until it was stolen by a man named Victario. It was rather entertaining to read Maligaro's intentions for Victario once he caught the man. Twisted... yet I can't fault the Inquisitor's creativity. |
| MalachaiGlyphMapDeviceOld NPCTextAudio | Inquisitor, If you attempt to transmogrify a virtue gem without the proper mental preparation, you will be a puppet master working strings made of vipers. Remember, these gems are phantasms in crystalline form, alive, with volitions inscrutable. Master conscious dreaming, as I instructed you. Your death would mean little to me, Maligaro. It's what your demise could unleash that concerns me. Malachai |
| MalachaiGemCartNote NPCTextAudio | I bequeath this Transmutia Device to you, Inquisitor Maligaro, in recognition of your devotion to our sublime Art. May it be the chariot that conveys your dreams into reality. Malachai, Thaumaturge Laureate to the Empire |
| PietyGetOrgans NPCTextAudio | The Black Core is near. If the Beast were in any way human, we could think of the Black Core as the Beast's heart. I'm not even going to try to explain to you what it really is. Naturally, the Black Core is an 'invites only' party and we're not on the list. Yet I believe I have a way to correct that little oversight. Malachai gave up much of himself when he became the Beast's prime servant. Both in spirit and in flesh. Yet, in a moment of rare sentimentality, he kept a few pieces. Three vital organs, placed in the safe-keeping of his godless three; Inquisitor Maligaro, Shavronne of Umbra and Doedre Darktongue. No doubt you've heard of them on your travels. Bring me those organs and, I promise, I shall get us into the Black Core. |
| PietyOnGodlessThree NPCTextAudio | Malachai chose his three most loyal servants to guard those precious innards. His Godless Three. Inquisitor Maligaro, Shavronne of Umbra, and Doedre Darktongue. If the history books are accurate, High Templar Voll burned Maligaro and Doedre at the stake on his way to lay siege to Sarn. He didn't have to worry himself with Shavronne. Brutus had already sorted her out. Yet slaves of nightmare seem to be shackled just as tightly to life as they are to the Beast. I, of course, am living proof of that. Don't worry yourself with that little detail, though. Shackles are made to be unlocked. |
| PietyDelivered2Organ NPCTextAudio | Good! Two down, one to go. You know, prior to meeting Maligaro, Shavronne and Doedre, I rather admired them. Their work, their accomplishments... sheer genius! As it turns out, genius is something better appreciated from afar. So let's remove this one, last genius from the vicinity, shall we? |
| TasuniOnGodlessThree NPCTextAudio | Malachai's apprentices. Shavronne of Umbra, Doedre Darktongue and Inquisitor Maligaro. You'll find no more devoted servants in all of Nightmare. In life, they were the three finest forgers of corruption in the Empire. I'm inclined to agree with Malachai on this one. It would have been such a waste to let them languish in death. Poor Deshret. Each had their wicked way with her, you see, their turn at trying to subsume Deshret into the collective corruption. Ingenious, they are. True artists. Had Deshret been in possession of an imagination, they might well have succeeded in creating a Ghast of her. Fortunately for us, Deshret never had such a faculty. |
| MalachaiGlyphSkinscrawl NPCTextAudio | On this day, the eve of this Rapture's completion, I honour those who have passed and whose passion and knowledge have brought us to the brink of salvation. Inquisitor Maligaro, a creative force without equal. Shavronne of Umbra, an aesthete of transcendent sensibility. Doedre Darktongue, an idol of fervor and dedication. You taught me far more than I ever taught you, my students... my friends. We strove to make a greater world together and, in your memory, I shall make that world a reality. Malachai |
| MaligaroFightIntroRandom NPCTextAudio | Exquisite! |
| MaligaroFightIntro2 NPCTextAudio | Dissection time! |
| MaligaroFightIntro3 NPCTextAudio | A body... to kill for! |
| MaligaroDeathRandom NPCTextAudio | You have murdered... an artist... |
| MaligaroDeath2 NPCTextAudio | I could have made you... into a wonder... |
| MaligaroDeath3 NPCTextAudio | You are the greatest form... I never sculpted... |
| NavaliOnAncientRivalries NPCTextAudio | Wraeclast teems with the memories of a violent past. Although the flesh and minds of its original inhabitants are long-gone, their emotions - anger, fear, envy - remain in the artefacts they have left behind. Doedre Darktongue, Marceus Lioneye, Shavronne of Umbra, Maligaro, Victario. If these names mean nothing to you now, they will soon. Keep an eye out for their long-lost possessions. Each holds the memory of failure, sadness and a desire for revenge. |
| SinShavronneQuest NPCTextAudio | Despite your best efforts, Beast Slayer, a splinter of hope remains. The very seed that brought my Beast into existence. The Dark Ember. Never again shall it birth a life so magnificent as the Beast, yet a residue of that power still lingers. Enough to give us a fighting chance against the ravenous Kitava. How do we obtain this Dark Ember? Three hearts were silenced, three hearts must sing again, one last time. In that final flickering of life, our saviour seed shall be born. All I need are three fine souls with which to stoke the flames. Shavronne of Umbra. Inquisitor Maligaro. Doedre the Darktongue. Three spirits of near unfathomable resilience and vigour, freed with the Beast's final exhalation. So let us begin the harvest! Shavronne has come home, to Axiom. We shall give her the warm welcome she sincerely deserves. |
| SinShavronneReward NPCTextAudio | And so it begins. My aetherial veins now run with dark ambition. Let's turn that trickle into a torrent. Let's harvest ourselves a Grand Inquisitor. Just as Shavronne's spirit chose to return to comfortable climes, Maligaro's essence once again dwells in his very own Chamber of Sins. Though I hasten to add that Maligaro's sins are not my sins. I prefer transgressions of a more natural order than does he. I'd carry you to Phrecia if I could, yet I expended too much of myself when I snatched you from the jaws of Kitava. You will need to find your own path, as will I. Make the journey, and please survive it. We two have much work left to do. |
| HelenaOnMaligaroA7 NPCTextAudio | I'm afraid that the Inquisitor's spirit has indeed returned to the Chamber of Sins, yet while you won't encounter Maligaro by wandering his halls, I do perhaps know how you can find him. Whilst investigating the Fellshrine, I learned of the existence of a map, forged by Maligaro from his own viscera. This map allowed him to transfer his spirit into another form of existence, an existential safe house to which he could retreat should death ever attempt to take him. Understanding the map's purpose, Voll tried to destroy it, to no avail, so he locked it away deep within the ruins of Phrecia Cathedral. Find that map and place it upon the Reverie Device in Maligaro's old laboratory. And when you step over that threshold, expect the very worst. |
| HelenaOnMaligaroMap NPCTextAudio | I imagine it was no easy feat, removing that abomination from its tomb. The horrors that must still lurk beneath the Fellshrine... Well, I suppose you'll be meeting abominations aplenty where you're going next. Place that map upon Maligaro's Reverie Device and remember... hope for the worst. At least then you'll be partially prepared for what's to come. |
| HelenaOnMaligaroDead NPCTextAudio | One less twisted intellect perverting our world. There is still much to be done, but at least we can rest easier in the knowledge that Maligaro and his foul creations will trouble Wraeclast no longer. Here. I know that you and Greust didn't see eye to eye, but I'm sure he would have wanted to recognise this deed. It's the act of a warrior, after all. |
| SinMaligaroQuest NPCTextAudio | Judging by that rather curious ship and its aberrant captain, I imagine you had rather an interesting voyage here. Now, Inquisitor Maligaro... we must have his soul. He has most certainly returned to his old haunt, yet his manifestations are like wisps on the wind: there one moment, gone the next. While I am familiar with the phantasmal trails and tributaries that filigree this reality, Maligaro's exact whereabouts eludes me. You should speak with these desperates who cling to this broken bridge, that young Templar scholar in particular. Their mundane knowledge must provide where my enlightened sapience cannot. |
| SinMaligaroReward NPCTextAudio | Our brutal construction nears completion and now only the wretched Doedre Darktongue remains. Unlike her compeers who, in undeath, have yearned for the familiar, Doedre appears drawn to the old wounds of calamity. The cataclysm took Sarn and left much that a parasite like Doedre might enjoy. I shall meet you in Sarn, where I hope you shall make swift and bloody work of that foul hag. |
| MaligaroManifesto NPCTextAudio | My interest in this world is dwindling. Most children begin their lives wide-eyed, amazed at what this world has to offer. I have always been different. Since the day I was born I've been searching for the new, the surprising, that which disturbs both senses and mind. Oh to be an artist! What a lamentable task. Not seeing the world as it is, but as it should be. Peace is the worst of it! A disgusting state of stagnation, fit only for the weak and vapid. War, confusion, terror. Love and passion, these things are closest the world gets to being interesting and alas, I have felt them all. Yet all these pale in comparison to the delightful chaos I have envisioned for this poor, dull world. |
| HelenaTransmutiaDevice NPCTextAudio | Malachai himself gave this Transmutia Device to Maligaro. It makes me incredibly uncomfortable to think about the horrors that it helped bring into being. But I must remind myself that science is not responsible for what happened in the Chamber of Sins. Science provides tools for mankind to manipulate the world. It is up to each of us to choose to do good or evil with the power so provided. Maligaro was the evil responsible, and Malachai before him. Together, you and I are going to start using this Device to undo the damage they did. |
| ZanaSynthMemoryFissureB NPCTextAudio | The sky grows red. I hear screaming from the village by the Crossroads, but I will not abandon my post. Master will return, and I will await him. No matter how long, I will wait for Maligaro's return... |
| VenariusSynthMemoryFissureB NPCTextAudio | The sky grows red. I hear screaming from the village by the Crossroads, but I will not abandon my post. Master will return, and I will await him. No matter how long, I will wait for Maligaro's return. |
| VenariusSynthMemoryFissureC NPCTextAudio | Maligaro... that name rings a bell... was it mine? No... this memory feels too old. |
| HelenaOnTheMapDevice NPCTextAudio | History, as I was taught it in Oriath, seems very skewed now. There were a great many events that were hidden from the public eye, and the use of map devices throughout the ages was one of those secrets. We know Maligaro experimented with one. There was also a map device in the possession of the Templars, though they did not know what they had. As far as we know, map devices can open portals to almost anywhere, even locations not of this world. We generally use it to enter the Atlas, although some of the exiles we worked with traveled to the domains of the Breach Lords. Those exiles were never heard from again, of course, but the portals worked. |
| CadiroOnVoidBattery NPCTextAudio | Void Battery – a hideous instrument used for a variety of unpleasant ends. It was a favourite tool of Inquisitor Maligaro. He was a very nasty man. |
| CadiroOnGeofrisSanctuary NPCTextAudio | Ah, I see you've got Geofri's ringmail. That man was one of Voll's lackeys, forever plotting and scheming alongside him. I do commend him for having a hand in Inquisitor Maligaro's downfall, though. |
| CadiroOnMaligarosCruelty NPCTextAudio | Maligaro was cruel, indeed. To never feel love, or remorse, or think of the consequences... This was Maligaro through and through. I would hesitate to think of what atrocities he would commit if he were still alive. |
| CadiroOnMaligarosVirtuosity NPCTextAudio | Maligaro's Virtuosity? He wasn't the most virtuous of individuals, though I suppose the gloves are named after his penchant for virtue gems. He was a masterful thaumaturgist, there's no doubt about it. |
| CadiroOnDoedresMalevolence NPCTextAudio | Doedre's Malevolence... An aptly named pair of gloves, for her malevolence knew no bounds. Even when her tongue was removed by Maligaro, she still managed to find new methods of spellcasting to continue torturing her subjects. |
| DiviniaOnFellshrineRuinsWhileFollowingPlayer NPCTextAudio | This place is truly something to behold. History took place here, in these very wetlands. Archbishop Geofri, Maligaro the Inquisitor... They were real people, accomplishing real things that stood the test of time. It's like history is coming to life, and we are witnessing it firsthand. |
| Carcass Jack UniqueItems | "...The discomfort shown by the others is amusing, but none can deny that my work has made quite the splash..." - Maligaro's Journal |
| Dusktoe UniqueItems | "A lick of shadow may ease the petty frictions of one's life." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Doedre's Tenure UniqueItems | While Doedre lacked Maligaro's sense of style, she surpassed her master in pure malevolence. |
| Maligaro's Virtuosity UniqueItems | Maligaro operated effortlessly, with great speed and terrible consequences. |
| Void Battery UniqueItems | "The trick is to give nothingness, and to receive everything in return." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Maligaro's Lens UniqueItems | "Look around you. What do you see? Corruption, perversion, sin? No. It is progress. You simply lack the means to see it." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Maligaro's Restraint UniqueItems | "Our genius will pave the way forward. May all who are worthy be improved!" - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Fidelitas' Spike UniqueItems | Maligaro was transformed by Raulo's love. Thaumaturgy allowed Maligaro to return the favour. |
| Static Electricity UniqueItems | "Movement expends energy, but perhaps a little of that energy can be recaptured and... reappropriated." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Mana Sponge UniqueItems | "When one stares into the depth of the flavour text file, one will gain no knowledge, only an addiction to speculation." - Maligaro, Grand Trolllord |
| Growing Agony UniqueItems | Maligaro understood that devotion to science, Means devotion to trial and error. For Maligaro's errors, death was slow, And very painful. |
| Maligaro's Cruelty UniqueItems | "He does not love. He does not feel regret or remorse. He does not think about consequences, only possibilities. If that does not describe a monster, tell me: what does?" - Archbishop Geofri |
| Duskblight UniqueItems | "A taste of Midnight, and you may never see the dawn." - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Royale Maligaro's Restraint UniqueItems | "Our genius will pave the way forward. May all who are worthy be improved!" - Inquisitor Maligaro |
| Maligaro's Etcher UniqueItems | Maligaro considered his work an Art, and his subjects his canvas. |
| Doedre's Tongue UniqueItems | Maligaro did the cutting... at her request. In the new void, a malevolent power emerged. |