Scenario:Lich - The Corpse King

The Corpse King

While on a mission to defeat a certain primal beast, (Captain) and company encounter a girl who intends to defeat the target she calls "Boneby" herself. After it escapes, the girl—whose name is Lich—reveals that the primal is actually an incarnation of her dark power, and the crew ends up escorting her to the ship in order to learn more.

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Primal Beast: Gwoooah!

Vyrn: Look out, (Captain)! It's headin' your way!

Primal Beast: Bwoooah!

Lyria: Now's our chance! I'll cover you while you finish it off!

Lyria: Haah!

Primal Beast: Bwoooah!

Vyrn: Nice one! Looks like it's on its last legs!

Primal Beast: Bwoah... Bwoah...

Lyria: Huh? What's this feeling in the air? It's almost like mist...

Primal Beast: Gwoooah!

It all began a few hours prior.

While in town on a supply run, the crew had accepted a monster-hunting request.

Their objective was to defeat a certain mysterious primal beast.

Vyrn: Lich, the corpse king, huh? So you're sayin' it's been showin' up around here lately?

Client: Yes, it's holed up in some ruins near town. I'd like to get rid of it before it causes any serious damage.

Lyria: I don't blame you. But what makes it so mysterious?

Client: Well, this particular primal's become something of an urban legend among merchants that broker requests.

Client: According to records, the corpse king is supposed to be long dead.

Vyrn: Huh? But primal beasts are immortal. What's so weird about this one comin' back?

Client: The fact that it's reviving isn't what's strange. You see, its first recorded defeat was around a century ago.

Client: Half a year later, it appeared on another island. Then somewhere else ten years later, and again a few months after that. It's popped up dozens of times since, albeit irregularly.

Lyria: That many times in a hundred years?

Client: Judging purely by existing records, it's clear this primal beast is unusual.

Client: If you include the possibility of unrecorded defeats, it's reviving with unbelievable frequency.

Vyrn: Are you sure? What if there are just a bunch of other ones that look like it?

Client: I can't deny that possibility, but all the evidence I've gathered points to it being one singular primal beast.

Client: All I know for sure is that if it's defeated, any damage should be contained for the time being.

Client: Anyway, I'll leave you all to it. Good luck.

Lyria: Hmm... It sounds like we're up against an awfully strange primal beast.

Vyrn: Yeah, I've never heard of anything like it. Pretty creepy if you ask me.

Vyrn: But it's all good. The fact that there are so many records of it goin' down just proves it ain't that strong of an enemy in the first place.

Lyria: Oh, that's true! That just means it's been defeated time and time again.

Vyrn: You bet! This'll be a piece of cake for us.

Vyrn: For now, let's go back to the ship and rest until it shows itself tonight.

???: Excuse me...

Lyria: Oh, (Captain)! Do you mind if we stop by a shop on the way? I saw a really cute one nearby.

Vyrn: That place, huh? I'd be up for swinging by the fruit stand afterward.

???: Hello...

Lyria: Um, let's see... I think it was this way.

Vyrn: Pretty sure it's that way. Around the corner from the flower shop.

???: ...

???: Yo!

Lyria: Eep!
Ah, y-yo!

Vyrn: Huh? Are you talkin' to us?

???: Ah, hi there... Do you have a second?

???: I heard you mention a request earlier. Related to a primal beast that recently appeared in some nearby ruins.

???: And, well... I was wondering if I could talk to you about that.

???: Could I ask you to... give up on defeating it?

Lyria: Give up?

Vyrn: Huh? Why would we do that? Can't you at least give us a reason?

???: Well, the thing is... that "Boneby" is my target.

Vyrn & Lyria: Boneby?

???: So would you mind bowing out?

Vyrn: I'm still not followin'... Does that mean you're plannin' to defeat it all by yourself?

???: Kind of, yeah.

Lyria: Do you have any friends to help you? I think it would be pretty dangerous alone.

???: Well, I play solo, see...

Lyria: Play solo?

Lyria: So... Um... Does that mean we can't help you fight it?

???: Huh? I mean, it's not like you couldn't, I guess...

???: Hmm... Now that you mention it, fighting co-op never really crossed my mind.

Vyrn: It'd be a lot easier to take down together. We're experienced skyfarers, y'know.

???: That might work... As long as I could get in the finishing blow—

???: Wait. Skyfarers?

Lyria: Yeah, we're part of a crew. The rest of our friends are back on the ship.

???: Huh...

Vyrn: What's up? Somethin' wrong with that?

???: Not really...

???: But a crew's, uh, you know...

???: It's a bunch of men and women living together in a floating private hideout called an airship, right?

Vyrn: Uh, I guess...

???: That's basically a paradise... A labyrinth where fates intertwine...

???: Eheh. Ahh... youth.

???: But yeah... I'm not sure I can team up with a bunch of extros.

Lyria: O-oh...

???: So could I ask you to give up after all?

Vyrn: Hey... Somethin' about this gal feels off.

Lyria: Hmm... I wonder if she has a problem with skyfarers?

Vyrn: What'd she mean by "livin' the life" anyway? Sounds like she's got a real bone to pick. This is gettin' ridiculous.

Lyria: I can't believe she even turned us down... But I'm sure if we talk it through we can reach an understand—

???: Hey.

Vyrn: Whoa!

Vyrn: Run, you two! This gal's bad news. We gotta get to the Grandcypher!

Lyria: Oh no! Sorry, please excuse us!

???: Oh... There they go...

???: Hm? Did they say the Grandcypher?

???: ...

And so (Captain) and the crew now find themselves facing off against the mysterious primal beast.

Primal Beast: Bwoooah!

Vyrn: Huff... Puff...
Did we get it this time?

Lyria: Not yet! I can still sense it!

Primal Beast: Gwoooah!

Vyrn: Argh! This thing's sure got a lot of life in it for a skeleton!

Lyria: But it feels like we're almost there...

Lyria: Haah!

Vyrn: Hang on, Lyria! It's lookin' for a chance to attack!

Primal Beast: Gwoooah!

Lyria: Eeeek!

???: Yo. I said I'd finish it off, so...

???: Time to end this once and for all.

???: Boneby! Stop this and return to my core—now!

Primal Beast: Bwoooooah...

???: ...

Lyria: Th-thanks for that...

Vyrn: Phew... You really saved our bacon. Did you follow us here?

???: It disappeared again...

Vyrn: Huh? Again?

Lyria: Um... The primal beast hasn't gone down yet. I can still sense it faintly.

Lyria: It's like it flew off somewhere in an instant...

???: About that. See, Boneby hasn't been reviving this whole time—it's actually never been defeated.

???: Sigh... Where'd it scurry off to this time?

Vyrn: Sheesh, what's up with that thing? Actually... what's up with you? Who are you anyway?

Lich: Oh... My name's Lich. You can call me Lichi.

Lyria: Huh? Lich? But that's the name of that primal beast...

Lich: Bombie's an incarnation of my dark power.

Lich: It stole my power a century ago and has been roaming around ever since.

Vyrn: Your power? Does that mean you're a primal beast?

Lich: Mhm.

Lyria: What exactly happened those hundred years ago? If you defeat that primal beast, will you get your power back?

Lich: Well... Honestly, I'm not sure.

Lich: But I'll explain more back on the ship. The Grandcypher, I mean.

Vyrn: Wait, huh? Why the Grandcypher?
I just don't get that gal...

Lyria: She's getting ahead of us. We'd better go after her.

After exchanging confused glances, (Captain) and the crew end up escorting the mysterious Lich to the ship.

Why is she so interested in the Grandcypher? What could she be planning? Only time will tell.