"Hah!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk scoffed. "These Death Knights really do get worse with every generation!" He bent down, picked up the book, and opened it again. "Still, their Death Grip is pretty handy. I wonder if it can grab things from a distance? Where was it? I just saw it a moment ago. Let me find it and see if I can learn it. Huh? What kind of writing is this? Why does it look so strange? And stranger still, how come I can read it?"
Yu Lin Bloodhawk stopped flipping rapidly through the pages and carefully read the explanation written in ordinary script. It recorded the origins of necromantic runes and their tremendous uses.
"Necromantic runes?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk marveled. "So this mysterious script was invented by one of the First Ones of Maldraxxus! This guy actually invented an entire writing system of necromantic runes! One of the First Ones? Hmm... that's fucking incredible... I take my hat off to him. If this guy were on Earth, he'd be a great sage at the very least, if not a saint. I wonder what kind of standing he has in Maldraxxus?"
Yu Lin Bloodhawk rested his chin on his hand, lightly scratching it with his index finger as he read the explanation aloud. "Death runes are necromantic magic sigils inscribed on a personal Runesword. During your novice training, an instructor teaches you to forge and activate them. Once the sword is bound to your soul, it becomes the source of power for a Death Knight's rune skills."
"A Death Knight separated from their Runesword will be severely weakened in battle and may even be unable to wield runes power properly. This is because a Death Runesword is a Vampiric Runeblade. It recharges by wounding enemies in battle, drawing life energy