Editing The Story of Lancquasso the Playwright (section)

==Lancquasso Falls==
Screaming in agony and frustration, Lancquasso stormed out of the theater and locked himself in his manor. For months he isolated himself from the outside world to wallow in his despair. Even his most trusted servants were forbidden from seeing him, and soon rumors began to make rounds about how the famous playwright had completely lost his mind. Some of his servants said they had seen Lancquasso talking to his reflection in mirrors. He only left his private quarters at night to wander around his garden as if desperately looking for something.

When he finally emerged from his self-imposed exile, he seemed a changed man. Outwardly he was still the same, with his long flowing hair and immaculately sculpted features, but there was a new burn inside him. He was convinced that the only way to win over the woman he loved was to write a new play, one that would be greater than anything ever written before. No, the next play Lancquasso would write, he boasted, would be comparable to the eternal dance of the cosmos itself.

But how could a mortal man write such a play? To find the inspiration he believed he needed, Lancquasso became convinced he would have travel far away, into the north of the world-that-was called the Chaos Wastes. Lancquasso revealed his plans to the object of his love in a letter, vowing he’d return only after he had found the inspiration he required.

And so Lancquasso set off with his troupe. For weeks they traveled, staging small performances of Lancquasso’s old plays along the way. They were as well received as always, but some noticed that new, more sinister tones had been worked into them.