Buried deep within mountain side mines are a bunch of tombstones designed for dwarves, and rests near them is their gold and materialistic goods that they once held in their lifetime. Thieves or unfortunate souls that happen to stumble upon the burial hole of these dwarves will encounter a stone that looks at their general direction all the time, even behind hidden cover. The stone has carvings that are written in dwarvish and the words simply spell out "Here rest Al-Darmiir and their legacy, Do not disturb the dead." and where the words are carved is a leakage of cold, clear crystal water that drips down constantly as long as the hole is not sealed.
Touching anything in the hole -including the stone- makes the stone to duplicate itself and curse the person who came in contact with anything inside the burial hole, the victim will suddenly be barraged by a flash of random memories and info that the victim will not be able to make sense of, and they will automatically learn dwarvish if they couldn't understand that language already, and they will faint.
After two days from being cursed, the victim will constantly find the duplicated stone teleporting in any type of containers near him (such as a pocket, backpack or a chest) that the victim owns, and they will be haunted by a ghostly figure that will constantly stalk them from a far before randomly attacking them unless they move away from the location of where the figure was first sighted or felt.
The ghostly figure always comes in different forms, Some humanoid, some beast-like. But a common thing between all of them is that they're only seen by those who have a connection with the other side or are haunted like the victim and killing them does not stop the victim from being haunted, as every 2-6 days they will appear again to stalk the victim again before striking at random if they stay in one location for too long.
When the ghostly figure attacks, It materializes and everyone else can see it and interact with it. The ghost primarily focuses its efforts on attacking the victim and will ignore all other characters as long as they don't get in its way, If any humanoid or sentient creature besides the victim dies at the hand of the ghost it vanishes alongside the thing it killed and takes the form, voice and memories of the person they had killed and use that form and knowledge obtained from the memories against the victim in their next encounter. The ghost can even trick their victims into believing that the ones they have killed are still alive and lure them into a trap or guilt trip them into letting the ghost end their life.
A side effect of being cursed by this stone for too long is the ability to communicate with other spirits (friendly or hostile) that others cannot see after being haunted for more than two weeks. The method of communication may appear random at first, but after a while the victim might form his own way of taping into the other side whenever they want or before a long rest.
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