ID: 404

Outcome: Great Victory

Open After Story: Yes

Manual Prompt: Yes

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Witcher's Codex - Entry B-134

Name: [player.name]

Titles: The Golden Desolation, Demon Count, Patron of Miners

Rank: Archdemon

Common Bestowals: Claws, Bestial Metamorphosis, Transmutation, Metal Dominion, Pactcraft

Activity: Actively lures mortals

As an Archdemo susceptible to summoning, [player.name] peddles his Pact of Desolation to humanity—exchanging vitality and torment for gold. (See Appendix I: Victims exhibit widespread auric ossification, with kin often extracting the tainted gold through grotesque, visceral means.)

Crucially, the scale of these pacts is boundless and exhibits contagious perniciousness. (See Appendix II: National desertification assessments; Appendix I: Early-stage auric corruption detected in victims.) Researches (Appendices I-III), routine evaluations must assess regional rulers and cabinets for susceptibility to the Desolation Pact, including annual monitoring of gold trade, vegetation decay, and medical data. Notably, such pacts remain reversible only while local economies retain capacity to offset their "profits." In such cases, prioritize diplomatic intervention over violence to mitigate fallout. (See Appendix IV: XXXX Desert Reclamation Project.)

All auric byproducts of the Pact bear minor contagious taint and require surveillance and retrieval under radioactive waste disposal protocols, though operatives must enforce strict confidentiality. Collaboration with medical institutions proves critical for early symptom detection and source tracing.

WARNING: Storing over one cubic meter of Desolation Gold in proximity risks coalescence into a [player.name]] avatar - a significant threat.

For witchers maimed (e.g., limb loss), a pact with the Golden Desolation may grant a potent prosthetic. Such bargains are permissible only if the contractor's longevity is not prioritized and must be witnessed and reviewed by at least one Witcher Master. Any profit-driven pact incurs execution.

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