"However, the role was most dangerous
when fellow citizens fell behind
and into the night.
The Twilight Knights had to brave that darkness
to retrieve the lost -
alive if they could, or their bodies if not."
"It is brief, but beautiful, and should be protected."
"On one such trek into the night,
Hebe herself was accosted by a skolex
- nocturnal sea creatures
that latched onto an icyene soul
and made it something other.
Victims of a skolex could sometimes be recovered,
if their exposure was short enough."
"It is brief, but beautiful, and should be protected."
"Hebe's cohorts were able to get her
to a healer quickly enough, but even then,
most icyene who undergo an unwinding procedure
with a rod of Asclepius still end up dying,
or worse, within a living death
- an unresponsive blank slate requiring constant care,
and useful only for simple, repetitive tasks. "
"It is brief, but beautiful, and should be protected."
"Hebe was one of the lucky few, however,
to return to her true self after her unwinding.
From henceforth, she was known as the Unwound,
freed of the Twilight Knight punishment
and allowed to return to her old life."
"It is brief, but beautiful, and should be protected."
"It seems, however,
her experiences had still changed her,
and filled her with a sense
of wanderlust and adventure.
She volunteered to travel to Gielinor
on our Lord Saradomin's latest campaign
the moment it was announced."
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Excerpt from
'The Epic of Hebe'
"It is brief, but beautiful, and should be protected."