For days, the Human King let his library staff search The Archives. All written text, all books that contained the word magic, were taken towards the table in the center of the library. Some beings using magic were being described, but none of them were any use to the Human King. All else though, was removed from the table, when the library staff examined one text. The text had the title.. The Cave Of Magic.

As soon as the King read the title, he felt the text was what he needed. The text was written by ancient Humans. The text described the experimenting of magic. Out of curiosity, Humans of ancient times tried out magical spells, tricks. Out of safety reasons, the magical experiments were carried out in a cave, far far away from any Human settlement. 

There is hope! The Human King said as he approached his wife.

On his Throne, accompanied by his wife, the King studied the text.

Following the road leading from Citern's second gate, going all the way up along a high mountain pass.. there is The Cave of Magic. Read the King's wife.

There you have it. The way towards the cave. She added.

The King and his wife, looked at each other filled with dispair.. yet feeling a tiny sparkle of hope.

On some old maps, the staff of the library found the location of the town Citern. A group of Horsemen was sent out towards the town. From the town, the group followed the road as described in the text..

Forgon, the leader of the Horsemen, stopped his men where the mountain pass was too narrow for the horses. The horses were left behind and the Men continued on foot. Higher and higher the pass went, narrower and narrower it became. At one point the path was just wide enough, for one person at the time. Eventually, the group ended up at what they recognised, as the entrance of a cave. With burning torches, the group entered. The cave consisted of one short tunnel and one square chamber. It was a carved out cave, carved out by the ancient Humans. In the middle of the chamber was a flat rock that functioned as a table. On the table, Forgon saw scrolls. Dusty, damaged by time and everything, these had to be the Magic Scrolls.

What the.. look at this! One of the Men said with horror in his voice.

In the light of the Man's torch, Forgon saw a pile of bones, skeletons, remains of apparently ancient Humans.

There are more of them over here. Another of Forgon's Men said.

Here too. Added another.

What has happened in this place? Forgon thought out loud.

Standing there for a while, the group, including Forgon, tried to make up their mind. What were they actually looking at.. they themselves weren't so sure. A chamber in a cave, high in the mountains, a floor filled with skeleton bones and a book in the middle.. what does it all mean?

So this book, is going to save us? One of the Men said, clearly having some doubts.

The other Men sort of went along with that sceptic point of view.

How is this book going to save us from the Orcish Hordes? The Man asked Forgon.

I don't know. Forgon answered. All I know is, that we got the order to get this book.

So, magic.. This magic.. how does it actually work? I'm kinda curious. One of the Men thought out loud.

Yes. It would be fun to magically raise some pretty ladies. Wouldn't it? Another one added laughing.

That point got all of the group excited about magic. Standing around the scrolls on the rocky table, the Men studied the text.

Arise!

There, I said it. And nothing happens. One of the Men said laughing, joking around about the old dusty scrolls.

No, no. You're doing it wrong. Forgon said. It says.. Hold a bone in your hand, hold it above your head and say: Arise!

Well, alright. Let's do it. Just to see what happens. Another Man suggested.

Something, something in Forgon's head made him shake his head.

I.. I don't think we should do that.

Why not. You will see that nothing happens. All those magic rumours are just bedtime stories for children, fairy tales. You don't really believe in that stuff do you?

Forgon stepped away from the table, not responding to the tempting words.

See. Do you see anything happening yet?

The group leader saw how the man speaking the words, was holding up some random bone. Shaking his head, having bad feelings about what's happening in front of him, he stared at what was going on. Though, he himself had no idea why he had the bad feelings, or why he was shaking his head.. he himself was very sceptic about the magic rumours.

No, no.. you doing it wrong, like Forgon said. You need to say arise. One Man added laughing along with the rest.

Arise.

As sceptic as he was, Forgon got shivers all over his body, as the man with the bone in his hand, spoke the word.

See! Nothing happens! Nothing! Arise. Arise. Arise. Arise. Arise! 

As the Man with the bone in his hand shouted the magic word, laughing.. death frightening sounds filled the chamber. All of a sudden, the piles of skeletons in the room, arose. In that short moment, Forgon understood more than he wished to. His bad feelings, were grounded.

The risen Skeletons didn't waste any time to attack the stunned, shocked, horrified, totally surprised group of Men. Most of the group fell, before their mind had even caught up. Just two of all of the Men, had their swords out in-time. They fought against a chamber filled with Skeletons. Bones were shattered. Three Skeletons met their end at the hands of the fighting Men. Though the remaining Skeletons overwhelmed the two Men. The group of Men, the group of Horsemen, had learned a lesson about magic in the World of Nocrone. Though they learned it, too late.. The Skeletons sounded through the chamber, through the cave and way into the distance. It made the horses of the Horsemen, flee out of fear.