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Re: Shadowed Path - Into the Shadows
Lanric merely nodded in agreement, and followed.
Once back in the entry hall, the woman from before dismisses the servant, then leads the group into an ornately decorated study. Sitting in a high-backed leather chair is an older man with the bearing of a powerful mage, clad in a black robe with icy blue highlights. He smiles as the group enters, and the woman takes up a place behind and to the side of the man's chair.
"Ah, thank you, Amalyn... Welcome! I believe that you are the first ever to escape Ironscar Prison. Well done! Of course, you did have some outside help," The man's initially words seem bright with praise, although a wicked smile creeps in at the last part.
His tone turns to a more business-like one next. "But enough with the pleasantries. I'm sure you're curious as to why I chose to help you. Rest assured, it was no act of random altruism. Although there are additions to my initial plan, I brought you here for a reason. I am Nathandar Drakenhof, last of the great necromancers left in all of Tamberlyn.
For the insipid pride of those arrogant 'justice'-worshipping fools, I would see the same people who would imprison and condemn you suffer. For I understand what it is that you've been through." At this, Nathandar raises his left arm, allowing the sleeve of his robe to fall and reveal his own brand. "I intend to see Tamberlyn burnt to the ground, and from its ashes forge a new kingdom that understands there is more to the world that blind zealotry towards a single deity's ideal. But I can not do this alone. I require assistants capable of mighty deeds and delicate tasks. Have I found them in you?"
Without waiting for a response, he rises from his chair, eyes flashing with fire and fury. "Join me! Serve well, and I shall raise you high in the eyes of gods and men. I will make you lords in the new realm. Put aside forgiveness and I shall give you vengeance. Put aside mercy and be made powerful. Put aside peace and become my harbingers of war. What say you? Will you swear your allegiance or will you burn with the rest of the blind fools?”
Lanric merely nodded in agreement, and followed.
Once back in the entry hall, the woman from before dismisses the servant, then leads the group into an ornately decorated study. Sitting in a high-backed leather chair is an older man with the bearing of a powerful mage, clad in a black robe with icy blue highlights. He smiles as the group enters, and the woman takes up a place behind and to the side of the man's chair.
"Ah, thank you, Amalyn... Welcome! I believe that you are the first ever to escape Ironscar Prison. Well done! Of course, you did have some outside help," The man's initially words seem bright with praise, although a wicked smile creeps in at the last part.
His tone turns to a more business-like one next. "But enough with the pleasantries. I'm sure you're curious as to why I chose to help you. Rest assured, it was no act of random altruism. Although there are additions to my initial plan, I brought you here for a reason. I am Nathandar Drakenhof, last of the great necromancers left in all of Tamberlyn.
For the insipid pride of those arrogant 'justice'-worshipping fools, I would see the same people who would imprison and condemn you suffer. For I understand what it is that you've been through." At this, Nathandar raises his left arm, allowing the sleeve of his robe to fall and reveal his own brand. "I intend to see Tamberlyn burnt to the ground, and from its ashes forge a new kingdom that understands there is more to the world that blind zealotry towards a single deity's ideal. But I can not do this alone. I require assistants capable of mighty deeds and delicate tasks. Have I found them in you?"
Without waiting for a response, he rises from his chair, eyes flashing with fire and fury. "Join me! Serve well, and I shall raise you high in the eyes of gods and men. I will make you lords in the new realm. Put aside forgiveness and I shall give you vengeance. Put aside mercy and be made powerful. Put aside peace and become my harbingers of war. What say you? Will you swear your allegiance or will you burn with the rest of the blind fools?”