The Lens of Truth

As the final maiden put on the mantle, the room got silent. All the women were shocked when the outfit fit the girl. When the messenger left the castle, the court went to celebrate. When the messenger returned to the elf woman he looked very nervous. The woman greeted him and asked if King Arthur followed her demands. The messenger replied and said that the king did follow his orders but was distraught to see all of the women in his court humiliated. She then gave the messenger a small mirror and told him to take it to King Arthur. This mirror, known as the lens of truth, was an artifact that revealed the nature of someone's heart. The lens looked to be in the shape of an eye with spikes sticking out from the top. It was purple and red and covered in strange messages. The messenger went back to King Arthur and gave him the mirror. When the messenger left weird things began to happen at the castle. The events started small like the flickering of lights and odd noises in the halls. After about six months of a series of strange and unfortunate events, the king decided to investigate the artifact. His court found that the lens was cursed by the elf woman. One of the messages on the lens was Valar morghulis, which translates to "All men must die." A few days later a Plague hit the kingdom, killing at least a third of the men in the country. Arthur believed that it was the work of evil spirits that came upon the land and the lens was where they were coming from. Arthur and his court took the lens into the forest to hide it in the one place they believed no one could find it, at the bottom of a well. As time passed, the knowledge of the lens faded into legend, The area surrounding the well eventually became a village. No one knows why but the village is still haunted to this day. Hopefully, someone will find and destroy the lens of truth.