![]() The venom spread fast and within minutes he passed away. The serpent sank its fangs into Renzo’s leg and disappeared as quickly as it appeared. Vittorio, believing the stone held the key to finding the Observers or their perfect world, called the stone ‘Lapis Paradisus.’Īs they exited the vault, Renzo stepped on a black serpent. The message on the wall also spoke of a stone from an ancient school that held the secrets of traveling between planes of existence. But before being imprisoned, the Observers had hidden artifacts around the world with secret knowledge about this dark force and how to stop it from destroying the world. They had hunted down the Observers and imprisoned them. The message warned of a cult that sought to corrupt humanity with knowledge it wasn’t ready for. Renzo and Vittorio entered and found a white marble wall inscribed with what seemed to be a form of Sanskrit. A stone wall slid open, revealing a hidden vault. Engravings on the altar showed a map of Crete and a star over the Palace of Minos.ĭeep in the labyrinth below the ruins of the palace, Vittorio discovered a place to put the key created by the three relics. In Delphi, under the Temple of Apollo, Vittorio discovered the third piece on a black marble altar. Another clue led them to Isle of Rhodes where a hidden cave held a second part of that same relic. The most precious was a piece of that mysterious artifact. They told the tale of a mysterious artifact split into three and scattered across the world.Ī clue led them to the ruins of Troy where a secret chamber revealed a treasure trove of antiquities. ![]() In Asia minor, they uncovered a hidden tunnel beneath the Obelisk of Theodosius where they discovered stone tablets engraved in Akkadian cuneiform. In Hungary, they discovered a bronze dodecahedron that dated back to Roman times. His hope was that the lost knowledge of these gatekeepers might bring peace, harmony, and order to a violent world.Īt Vittorio’s urging, Renzo mounted an expedition to find lost relics and artifacts from the ruins of antiquity. Vittorio adopted his Uncle Renzo’s view that greed for money and power was the source of all conflict. Slowly, these Observers found ways to inspire humanity with knowledge that would stimulate growth, understanding and collective wisdom. He theorized the Observers waited for humanity to acquire wisdom before releasing knowledge that otherwise would lead to their self-destruction. Vittorio’s research revealed these guardians acted as gatekeepers of advanced and arcane knowledge that would gradually help humanity transcend to a higher plane of existence. He collected anything on Watchers, Keepers, Guides, Masters, Observers. Guardians that went by manifold names depending on the time and region and were said to be from another dimension-a perfect world. Guardians present in almost every century and culture. He researched forgotten tomes and became an expert on the philosophy and wisdom of ancient secret societies and obscure guardians of knowledge. Under Renzo’s tutelage, Vittorio focused his studies on lost civilizations and ancient history. Besides being the Duke of Portoscuro, Renzo was also a scholar and collector of rare artefacts. Since Vittorio demonstrated an aptitude for scholarship, his frustrated father sent him to study with his Uncle Renzo. ![]() He bled out in less than a minute and Vittorio threw down his sword, swearing never to pick it up again. ![]() His attacker tripped, falling on his own dagger. When his enraged opponent lunged, Vittorio parried. Vittorio dodged and blocked the blows, but refused to fight back. Infuriated by Vittorio’s pacifism, Fabrizio ordered one of his pages to attack him. As a student of philosophy, he believed physical violence to be the last refuge of the incompetent. But Vittorio didn’t take to combat training the way his brothers did. At age fifteen, his father sent him to train with Ettore Fabrizio, the same knight who trained his older brothers in the military arts. Additional Lore can be found in Tome 14 - Betrayal: Journey of the Lostīorn to Alberto and Caterina Toscano in 1343, Vittorio Toscano was the youngest of three and third in line to inherit his family’s land.
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