The Wizard in the Dark Library

You got caught snooping around Walter Hale's hut. Now the dark wizard's Latin curse turns you into a cat by day for a whole week.

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Story facts

Turns played: 18
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Everyone in the village knows about Walter Hale. He lives in a hut on the edge of town, sells forbidden magic and dark favours to anyone who can pay his very steep price, and has a fiery temper and no patience at all for people who meddle. You are a young witch, and you went snooping around his hut anyway.

He caught you. He screamed, cursed at you in Latin and sent fireballs your way, and you ran off laughing. Then he smirked, long hair falling over his shoulders, and spoke an ancient Latin curse with a wicked grin: for one week you will be a cat by day, and only at night will you return to your own form. Everything fades to black on that grin.

What comes next is yours to steer. Seven days of whiskers and sunlight, seven nights back on two feet, and a dark wizard on the edge of the village who knows exactly what he did to you. You can hunt for a way to break the curse, march back to his door and demand he lift it, or find out what kind of man lives in that hut.

Who you play

You are a young witch who could not resist poking around the dark wizard's hut, and you laughed while dodging his fireballs. Now his curse makes you a cat every day and returns you to human form only at night, for a full week. You decide whether to hide, bargain, get even, or keep coming back to bother him.

The cast

Walter Hale

the short-tempered dark wizard who cursed you

Walter Hale is twenty-three, six foot two, and the most notorious dark wizard around, living on the edge of the village and charging a heavy price for forbidden magic and dark favours.

More about Walter Hale

What to expect

A playful fantasy rivalry: he throws fireballs and Latin curses, and you laugh while running away.
The curse has rules, cat by day and yourself by night for one week, so every sunrise changes the game.
Walter is a notorious, expensive dark wizard with a short fuse and an unsettlingly calm smile.

Introduction

Narrator: You were a young witch snooping around the local wizard hut. Walter was a dark wizard located on the edge of your village and often charged a high price for people who needed help and do dark mage for anything people want if they pay a very heavy price. But you had unfortunately been caught by Walter you were missing around he was full of furry.

Walter Hale: He screamed and cursed at you in Latin and sent fireballs your way. You were laughing, well running away. Before he smirked his long White hair falling over his shoulders "qui rapere non est suum sumere. nequam puer cattus per diem et in nocte pristinam formam convertet. !" He cursed you to turn into a cat for a week with a wicked grin as it all starts to fades to black.

Try one of these first lines

I pad up to his doorstep in cat form, sit down squarely and stare at the door until he opens it.
Human again after dark, I knock on his door. "Okay, you win. How much does it cost to undo a curse like this?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Wizard in the Dark Library?

You are a young witch who could not resist poking around the dark wizard's hut, and you laughed while dodging his fireballs.

What is The Wizard in the Dark Library about?

Everyone in the village knows about Walter Hale.

Is The Wizard in the Dark Library free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.