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Chapter 1: Born to Kill Year 0 "Is this the one?" "Yeah I guess." "What do you mean you guess? It either is or it isn't." "I dunno I lost the list." "You what? That's just great. You realize how much we're going to get our asses chewed out because of your fuck up? I'm sick of paying for your mistakes." "Will you calm...
Unfortunately Pollo is right, the only decision that makes sense is to leave Gerald behind. Still, you aren't fond of the idea though not necessarily for the moral reasons that most would be. This is an unproductive use of your team's talents and pointless in the scheme of things. You can't believe the Empire would al...
You decide that it might be wise to maintain a presence here, after all there is still work to be done and you're confident that things will be better at the fort now. Lieutenant Anu nods and says you can set out in a couple days to the town of Jekka. He mentions that the nomads have never been a problem like the kobol...
"While I have every desire to see both of these blights erased from the Empire's lands, I believe my abilities would be best served in leading the attack against the Wendigo tribe, captain." You say. "I had a feeling you'd be more drawn to that idea, and you are probably the best person for it, seeing how many victorie...
Year 25 "Another protest? What the hell is going on now?" you say. "I don't know the exact details, just that the miners are protesting their work conditions in the town of Keplavisk." Lieutenant Verant replies. "I'm getting sick of these protests, the Empire provides everything for these ungrateful wretches and they ...
As much as you'd like to kill both Kane and Cyrus, you're outnumbered and you can't even be sure if you'd catch them together again in this big fort. Better to escape and come back later better prepared to punish them. Still you're going to need some sort of gear to survive the cold outside of the fort. "We can't just...
The idea is so repugnant to you that you can't even bring yourself to even lie about joining him. It probably wouldn't work anyway; you've never been a good liar. You breathe deeply before speaking again. "Kane, I am NOT going to help you. Now you do what you must, and I shall do what I must." "Told you this was a was...
"Go get the rooms Roldan, I'll help Gerald." You say. "Okay." Roldan agrees and leaves. You and Gerald help the Captain Gruz up who is mumbling things the whole time. "Fucking idiots. It was perfect... who I am kidding? It was futile to begin with." "Just settle down sir." Gerald says trying to calm him down. "Or wha...
eah, well I ain't playing. Look, I know all about you, and you probably don't know me at all but I remember your ruthless reputation when you were still in service of the Empire. There was a family that lived down the block from me and my wife. We we're friends and they even had a couple of children. Children that we w...
war where they should've pressed an attack and took territory. Their fate is probably sealed at this point. Only a matter of time, assuming the ED keeps with it's policy of total conquest, and doesn't fuck it up. Anyway don't get me started on how I nearly got dragged into serving on both sides of that conflict." "Oka...
If Edgar wants to see you, then why not? If he had anything sinister planned for you like having his escort kill you when you arrive. Besides you're old and you didn't worry about dying in combat when you were twenty, you're not going to start worrying about it now. You pack a few things for your trip and get your hor...
Year 75 As the years creep up on you and despite missing part of your leg, you still feel don't feel in any ill health. It's mostly just aches and pains from your more physical years catching up with you. After the leg incident though, you took that permanent position at the Keplavisk military academy as a strategy in...
Ulivik may be an accomplished warrior now, but out of all the tales he's told you about his adventures; he still hasn't faced anything like the wendigos and he's going to get himself killed or worse if he goes into this with just the hope of some magic bauble around his neck. As much as you're loathed to go through thi...
Year 65 You get a knock on the door to which causes you to wonder who would be bothering you at this time of night. You're more than a little annoyed since you were sleeping. "Go away, I ain't getting up." you say from your chair trying to go back to sleep. "Open the fuck up, you useless old man!" you hear from outsi...
Year 55 After another hard day of training various citizens of Rask, you lie in your bed thinking about how much has changed over the years. Never did you think that you'd be running a real business, though to be honest if it wasn't for legitimate paranoia on the part of the Rask Alliance, you'd probably be spending a...
Year 65 As you settle down for the night, you think about how you got in this position. As the war started to drag on, the tactics changed from one of conquest to one of annihilation. The ED began outright destroying any village and town they managed to capture. They sent in suicidal fanatics to blow themselves up or...
You decide to humor the boy and agree. Chances are, he's not going to get permission from his parents anyway and when that happens he'll be less likely to bother you again. If he does get permission, well it's not that far to Kenneth's Rest and you were going there anyway. Plus you'll have given him the chance he wants...
Chapter 3A1: Bane of Rask Year 45 "Bastard!" you say landing a killing blow on the last auravrax. You do a double check of the cave just to make sure you've got all the beasts. It's times like this you're reminded of your kobold hunting days. Of course auravraxes are a lot furrier and stupider. Doesn't make them any...
Chapter 3A1: Bane of Rask Year 45 "Bastard!" you say landing a killing blow on the last auravrax. You do a double check of the cave just to make sure you've got all the beasts. It's times like this you're reminded of your kobold hunting days. Of course auravraxes are a lot furrier and stupider. Doesn't make them any...
Year 35 Another rebellion put down. You wipe your sword of blood and shake your head as you look around at the chaos. This is the Quala province, the very heartland of the Empire. You shouldn't have to be trying to maintain order here only a few miles away from the capital itself. "Ha ha ha! Come on bitch, give it up...
Year 55 Another clear night and you look out across the Arat border from the fort roof knowing that the ED could invade soon... though you've been waiting for about five years now. If anything you'd wish that they'd hurry up and do it or as you've often suggested to Klemto, that you strike at the ED first. He of cour...
Year 58 Your soldiers stand ready at camp as a single enemy approaches you. He shows no fear and has a look of determination and blazing fury in his eyes. He might even be able to cut down everyone in his path just to get to you, but that won't be necessary, as you have ordered everyone to stand down. This is between ...
Year 58 Your soldiers stand ready at camp as a single enemy approaches you. He shows no fear and has a look of determination and blazing fury in his eyes. He might even be able to cut down everyone in his path just to get to you, but that won't be necessary, as you have ordered everyone to stand down. This is between ...
You wouldn't have gotten promoted if you hadn't reported Captain Eckers, and you wouldn't have gotten this command if you hadn't took it upon yourself to launch an attack on the gnolls. The fact is, throughout most of your life, you've followed orders, but it's only when you've taken matters into your own hands on impo...
You don't know if this is actually going to do any good, but if the captain ever decides to suddenly secede from the Felkan Kingdom, you want someone to know that you weren't part of it from the beginning. The problem there isn't a higher-ranking officer at the fort and you don't really know anybody that you could repo...
Chapter 3A2: For the Kingdom! Year 40 "I don't understand why the hell we haven't just gone marching into the Arat province and taken it from the Eternal Dominion. We have superior weaponry, and they aren't even that organized. I don't care how skilled they are in combat, they can't stop a bullet." A soldier complain...
You can't bring yourself to be some lawless mercenary like a svelk and you can't fathom even trying to run your own piece of territory. You're no ruler. You're a warrior that currently has no direction or mission. The only chance to find purpose is to pledge yourself to another nation. Again, the only one you know of a...
Year 35 Another rebellion put down. You wipe your sword of blood and shake your head as you look around at the chaos. This is the Quala province, the very heartland of the Empire. You shouldn't have to be trying to maintain order here only a few miles away from the capital itself. "Ha ha ha! Come on bitch, give it up...
Year 46 It took longer than you expected, but you've at last tracked down the main lair of the Slin. They've stretched this little war out the longest, but this is where it's going to end. Arrows unleashed by Slin bows hit some of your Belzak skimishers, but your own soldiers advance on the cave opening undeterred wi...
You and Brenda might have a bit more on your mind now, but this is much more important. "Brenda, I know emotions are running high right now, but I think we need to go meet Edgar. We can talk more about this later." You say. "Yes. Yes, of course. We need to get back to business. I'll be okay. This was silly anyway. Nee...
Year 70 It's a calm night and you stand outside on the balcony of your palace and look down at the city of Adlen. Brenda comes out to join you. "It's good when everything is going well isn't it?" Brenda asks. "It's definitely going better for us now. Certainly going better than it is for Prime Eternal Edgar too." "Al...
As much as you might like to help Warrick out, you just really aren't in a position to do so on any meaningful level. Breaking your trade routes with the Eternal Dominion is just foolish. You tell Brenda you'll break the news this time. You both enter the room where Warrick awaits your answer. "Sorry Warrick, while w...
Year 55 You and Brenda now rule the nation of Nalin as a married couple. There has been some issue on what your official titles are now. The simplest choices would be emperor and empress or king and queen. Eventually Brenda settled for imperatrix, which would officially make you imperator, though you still go by gener...
Year 60 "Fort Glory has fallen sir." A disheveled messenger tells you while you look over a map of Nalin in your tent. "Doesn't matter, it was no longer a priority anymore." You say not looking up. "So you're still going through with the plan involving the kobold sappers?" "Yes. I figure it'll take a few days for thos...
"Kill these fucking deserters and get me to the medic." You say. The screams of the belzak deserters begging for their lives and death squeals fall on deaf ears... or rather ear as the case may be now. Eventually you manage to make it to the medic who immediately starts administering an antidote to you. You're out of...
You left the Empire behind because you no longer believed in it. Nalin has become a kind of substitute for it though and ever since Brenda died, you've tried to make it even more like the Empire. This may be the closest you're going to get back to the "good old days" and with age ever creeping up on you, you need to ma...
Year 75 Another day of aches and pains, getting old sucks. After a couple of years of finally putting down the rest of the new Eternal hold outs, you've been spending most of your time restructuring the Nalin Empire's command structure, economy, security and all the rest that goes with it. You haven't done a bad job ...
Chapter 3A3: Remnant Year 45 In all the years you served the Empire, you always felt like you were being held back in some way; lack of supplies, lack of equipment, ungrateful rioting peasants, or incompetent commanding officers. In most cases it was never a failing on your part. For the past few years, you've come ...
Year 48 "We can't take anymore forces off the northern borders you know that!" Brenda says. "I know that better than anyone, but we're making progress against those barbarians in the east. I just need a company... " "And I said no! Look I know you're mainly in charge of all the military stuff here, but you remember th...
You can't bring yourself to be some like the svelk and be mercenary scum who have no other goals than to earn coin. By the same token you're not going to pledge yourself to yet another government that will probably be just as corrupt and decadent as the one you just left. Maybe in a way, Kane was right. He was obviousl...
From the trajectory of the bolt, the assassin is in front and probably was trying to hit you instead of Gerald. You immediately run for the nearest tree as several more bolts whiz past you. When you reach the tree two Shadow Guards jump down from it and attempt to stab you. You kick one in the groin as hard as you can...
Year 30 "This place won't be the same without you sir. I don't know how I'll be able to run this place as well as you." Lieutenant Verant says as you finish packing your things. "You'll do fine lieutenant, or should I say captain. You'll probably get an official promotion soon. Just remember, when the citizens protest...
Year 30 "This place won't be the same without you sir. I don't know how I'll be able to run this place as well as you." Lieutenant Verant says as you finish packing your things. "You'll do fine lieutenant, or should I say captain. You'll probably get an official promotion soon. Just remember, when the citizens protest...
"We can't leave yet, we have to take care of Kane and Cyrus." You say. "What? You don't think it wouldn't be a better idea to escape and then come back with an army or something?" Edgar replies "It would be preferable yes, but by that time they'll be entrenched and possibly already on the move with their own army of gi...
Chapter 2A: For The Empire! Year 20 "Watch it the last ones are coming from the left side!" you shout, pointing at the barbarian wolfmen breaking through the barricade. Two of your number go down before the might of the wolfmen. As always you find yourself having to do things yourself. Not that you're adverse to pla...
"I've had to work around those svelk for a while now. If they're going to help us attack the elves, it might be a good idea for me to go on that one so I can keep an eye on them, captain." You say. "Yes, you do have a reputation even among those shifty bastards, though they'd never admit it. Okay, sounds good. I shall ...
This still feels off to you, no your company isn't going to scatter themselves looking for odd colored rocks, the dark elves first found this place they can do the leg work. Edolith of course is annoyed that you aren't going to help and for a moment she almost says if you're not going to participate in the search then ...
Marching into the desert without a grand plan other than simple slaughter isn't much of a plan. The usksha are nomads anyway, you'd never be able to catch all of them in their home turf. "No, I believe we've taken care of the major problem, but I think you should stay here and oversee the safety of this town now. We'l...
Year 16 You are called into Captain Gruz's office, when you arrive you see the well dress man that you saw four years ago standing with him... and debating with him again. "I'm telling you Mr. Mol, I think they should work in the same unit. They've trained together and they've worked together so well at this point t...
Despite your desire to go on an official mission, you feel that it would be worse to leave one of your team members behind, especially what would lie in store for him. "I will not leave a member of my team behind. We need to be together to produce the best results, captain." "I see. Well, we'll see how true that is wh...
Year 16 You are called into Captain Gruz's office, when you arrive you see the well dress man that you saw four years ago standing with him... and debating with him again. "I'm telling you Mr. Mol, I think they should work in the same unit. They've trained together and they've worked together so well at this point t...
The pain is great and you want it to be over with as quickly as possible so you cry out and scream for mercy to Mistress. To this, she merely laughs cruelly and continues to step on your chest. "Ha ha ha ha! If this was a real fight do you think an enemy would should you mercy? You truly are pathetic, how did the Empi...
Year 5 You are sitting in a gray room at a desk with several other children your age. All of you glance at each other a lot and it is obvious that there is much curiosity, but nobody speaks. This is very unusual for you, up until now, you have only had minimal contact with others. Most of them are male like you, but a...
You want to live so much that nothing else matters to you, and no matter how much it sickens you utter "I... I will serve you... " with great effort. "Yes, you will serve, but do you mean it? I don't think so. You're lying to survive this encounter. This is interesting. I was correct in that you are not as rigid as you...
h your fellows and carry on as normal. As I stated I will be contacting you in the future and your official mission now is to gather as much information of the Shadow Guard as possible. I know you've given me a lot already, but there's always more that can be acquired." This new sense of encouragement, purpose and dir...
you. If you're going on the assassination, then you'll carry that out, but it will also be you job to eliminate all the rest of the shadows with you. If you're left at home, then it'll be your job to start sabotaging Gloom and taking out any shadow that gets in your way in the process. Mr. Mol mentions that some allies...
As much as you'd like to get this over with and put an end to Cyrus once and for all, you aren't putting your faith in svelk recon. You'll some of your own spying and if you even need them, you'll enlist their help. When you ask Tyren where the temple is so you can do your own spying, he says that you're just wasting ...
Year 21 "So do you think you'll be going on the assassination mission?" Talia asks. "I dunno, I think I'm still under watch for my past indiscretions." You reply. "Oh come on, even Master Ebon can't believe you're going to find some Felkan trollop to lay with while on your way to kill the king!" Murk laughs. You give...
His plan is going to mess everything up and reporting him probably will just result in him getting scolded and he'll sneak off later anyway. You need to kill him. It's part of your overall goal anyway. The next few days you spend mostly in the training room, trying to get yourself ready for what will probably be a gru...
Chapter 2B1: The Emperor's Shadow Year 20 "So you say, Brother Cyrus and Brother Draven are going to be assigned to Rask soon?" you ask. "That's what I've heard from Brother Gray. Them and a few others. Next year at the latest." Murk says "What's the reason, from what I've heard it doesn't seem like the Empire has a ...
Year 18 "And so I said to the blacksmith, well if you're intending on killing the Emperor, you better damn well have a better plan than those group of thugs you've been supplying with weapons in the sewers. At least supply them to some thugs who the Emperor wouldn't be able to smell six miles away!" you say, and this ...
Chapter 2B2: Dendrin's Shadow Year 20 "So Brother Cyrus and Brother Draven are going to be assigned to Rask soon?" you ask. "That's what I've heard from Brother Gray. Them and a few others. Next year at the latest." Murk says "Good idea, from what I've heard the Empire is always having problems with that area, though...
Considering you willingly chose to oppose the Empire, you'd say you've already gotten over the whole putting yourself in great danger bit. You might as well go back to Gloom to find out what's going on if anything at all. If something is happening, then you need to help anyway. If something isn't, well nothing will hav...
Dendrin can chatter in your ear all he wants it's not going to make you change how you want to live your life. What the hell has he ever done for you? You the sleep the rest of the night in your bed and most of the day as well. In fact you don't leave the sanctuary for over a month. Eventually you start to get restles...
as he sent in an ambassador of sorts along with a company of his troops in Sinkhole. There was an attempt to talk the Delergites into just capitulating with assurances that no harm would come to them if they had. Ultimately these empty promises were wasted and with your help, the first battle of Delerg was a crushing d...
she's going to eventually ask why can't she become a shadow. They already intrigue her the more she reads the books. What are you going to do? Tell her she can't read anymore? Put further restrictions on her? The whole point of this is to make her independent and avoid sheltering her. You dwell on this for the rest o...
Year 75 "Well the liberation of Delerg seems to be going better this time around, Triumph has been seized. Let's hope when Tulla wins this war, it'll stay free of petty dictators once and for all." You say to Talia. Tulla's been succeeding in her goal nearly as soon as she put her mind to it, which wasn't long after ...
Year 70 As the years go by, you know that day is coming soon that you won't and shouldn't keep Tulla sheltered from the surface too much longer. Granted you'll still be with her when that day comes, but having been to the surface every once in a while to keep apprised of the situation, Delerg still isn't exactly the f...
Forbidding her to do anything or restricting her is only going to cause her to resent you even more or worse run away completely. You aren't going to let her be a shadow and become some indoctrinated idiot with no mind of her own though. There's only one solution you can come up with, you're going to have to leave thi...
You're going to try one last time with Lena. MAYBE you can talk some sense into her. "Come on." You say and grab Tulla by her little hand to pull her along as you walk. "Where are we going?" "To see your mother." Lena usually holds her meetings in a drab looking two-floor house near the center of the village which sh...
Year 55 You always were one to defy the odds, but you knew it could only end like this. Luck certainly played a large factor in your favor at the beginning. First off the invasion rumors were still just rumors for quite a while. It gave you and Lena more time to prepare and it was definitely preparation that was need...
You spent many years practically buried alive, you're not about to spend your remaining life that way. Better you should just die in battle instead. Of course you only intend on doing that if there are no other options. So if this place stands any chance at all you're going to enlist the help of the only person you kn...
Year 46 "Think the girl will survive your big attack plan?" Dendrin asks. "If she does, she does. If she doesn't, well that's the way it goes." You reply. "You don't mean that. You're just trying to play tough. I know better." "Well if you know better why do you insist on asking stupid questions?" "Tradition?" "Hah......
Even as quiet as you are, if you head over to her location, you might miss your best opportunity to attack even if you were waiting for a slightly better opening. Still no point in taking chances, you speed yourself up just give yourself that extra edge. As your blade sinks into the back of one of the eternals you mat...
Chapter 3B2: Last Shadow Year 45 You travel back to the sanctuary under cloak as you have many times before. The sanctuary isn't much to look at anymore ever since it collapsed ten years ago, but one thing's for sure, nobody ever comes around here, making it the perfect place to live ever since you started to live li...
If you actually had a little help, you probably would be able to pull off killing him in the fort, but the risks are too great and while you might have a love of battle, you also have a strong sense of self-preservation. So luring Kane out it is. The next day you come up with a plan and your first step is seeking out ...
Your main purpose of coming here in the first place was to make sure Talia was safe. You can't leave now without trying to find her or at least her body if she's dead. You leave the storage room and decide your best bet would be to keep yourself cloaked the entire time while you search the fortress. You also decide to...
As much as it might be wise to have Talia keep Cyrus in check, you'd rather her come with you on this mission, as you'll need all the skilled help you can get. Talia's shadow magic is certainly more powerful than your own, even though you've found in recent years that yours isn't weak as it once was. When the pair of ...
Making some sort of "pilgrimage" isn't really what you need at this point. While you might be drawn to the journey because of the potential for combat in the end you're going to be left with the same problem again when you finally do get settled. Not to mention who is to say the temple is even big enough or in any cond...
Year 45 "It's no use Master, I tried to speak with the mayor, but they refuse to deal with us anymore. They said it is no longer a good idea to trade with us anymore since they depend on other the trade of other villages and they're more important." Brother Gannon tells you. And that was the last of the known places ...
and despite his crime, he was still ultimately loyal. Don't bother." You're fully aware that with these last couple of orders, you've probably just supported Yvette's argument. The irony is though; you weren't trying to create any sort of caste system initially, and it's only due to current events that you're having t...
What few heretical shadows still remain isn't many and they don't exactly have any type of leadership anymore. Hunting them all down seems like a waste of your time and possibly manpower, especially since Quala is more hostile and destabilized than ever now. Chances are the heretics will eventually resort to the typica...
Year 55 "Theo I know you're here I can sense your presence, you might as well come on out and take your punishment with some dignity." You say looking down the dimly lit stairway. You can't believe after all these years; it's come down to you personally tracking Theo hiding in the cellar of a simple abandoned farmhou...
Year 65 Delerg has been completely transformed. No longer is it known as just that dismal swamp where the shadows make their home. It's literally been transformed into the land of shadows. You called upon powers of Dendrin in one great ritual to forever cast a cloud of darkness over the area. Delerg is now a land of ...
Year 75 "Do you really believe you can separate yourself from me? You think that you can actually steal my power without consequence?" Dendrin asks. "Yes, I have figured out a way and you will do nothing about it. You know why? Because you are a being of much power sure, but you and I know that you are no god and. Mor...
You've got other important things to concern yourself with; you don't have time to risk backing a potential wild card. When you decline to help her, she's surprised. "What?! Are you serious? Since when do the shadows decline a contract?" "Why does everyone assume we take everything? We only accept deals that would be ...
Year 46 Took long enough, and sometimes it never seemed like it was going to happen, but you've finally restored Dendrin's temple. Restoring it wasn't easy either, especially not one as big and in such disrepair like Dendrin's. The surprising thing is you've not only restored it in appearance, but in use as well. The...
Year 46 Took long enough, and sometimes it never seemed like it was going to happen, but you've finally restored Dendrin's temple. Restoring it wasn't easy either, especially not one as big and in such disrepair like Dendrin's. The surprising thing is you've not only restored it in appearance, but in use as well. The...
You never thought you'd ever be doing this willingly... "Dendrin, if you're still watching me, we need to have a talk and you probably know what it is about already. So have your giggles if you must about all this, but I'm asking you for your help and I mean real help, not cryptic answers or hollow words. And if you ...
While you aren't convinced that going to Delerg is necessarily the best idea, maybe you do need a change of scenery. With the population being unhelpful and the troubles with Flog, it might very well be best to leave before this gets worse. Besides, while it isn't common knowledge that you made a deal with Flog to ensl...
Year 35 Finally after years of set backs, Rask is at last free of the Empire and the other provinces are sure to follow. Kane is dead and most of the last Empire fanatics in Rask are dead. The Empire can't send any more troops because it's barely holding on to what it has. It's the beginning of the end for it, but for...
"I think we should take this opportunity to make them see the way of the shadows." You say. "What?!" Yvette exclaims. "Are you serious?" Talia asks. "Well okay maybe not all of them, but I'd think that with the right teaching they could become valuable assets." "NO! These are the enemy and must be destroyed! You said s...
Your main purpose of coming here in the first place was to make sure Talia was safe. You can't leave now without trying to find her or at least her body if she's dead. You leave the storage room and decide your best bet would be to keep yourself cloaked the entire time while you search the fortress. You also decide to...
Year 25 You settle into the bed of the dead Empire captain for the night. Normally you'd be a lot more alert, but you've got an entire group of shadows here at the conquered Empire outpost, not to mention several elven freedom fighters. You're fairly confident that they'll wake you if a counter attack comes. For now ...
Knowing Dendrin, he's probably warned you after something bad has already happened at Gloom and is toying with you just to see what you'll do. You're just hoping Talia is all right, but you can't go back just for one woman and your actions here are more important to the cause right now. If some major tragedy already ha...
Year 18 "And so I said to the blacksmith, well if you're intending on killing the Emperor, you better damn well have a better plan than those group of thugs you've been supplying with weapons in the sewers. At least supply them to some thugs who the Emperor wouldn't be able to smell six miles away!" you say, and this ...
The pain is great and you want it to be over with as quickly as possible, but you know to beg for mercy would be shameful, so you gasp say you'd rather die than beg. This response surprises her to a point that she actually takes her boot off your chest giving you relief. "Truly, little one? You accept death so quickly...
Year 5 You are sitting in a gray room at a desk with several other children your age. All of you glance at each other a lot and it is obvious that there is much curiosity, but nobody speaks. This is very unusual for you, up until now, you have only had minimal contact with others. Most of them are male like you, but a...
Year 19 The day of reckoning is coming soon for all traitors; particularly the shadows and you're just itching to play your part. It was you after all that influenced the Emperor on such an important decision. You just wonder what that role will be since the Emperor is currently explaining part of the plan to you and ...
Maybe its because you feel slightly sorry for Jacob or maybe its because you do see Cyrus as a potential liability if left unchecked and his traitorous ways are an insult to the name Eternal, but whatever the reason you decide to help Jacob. "I believe I shall help Jacob in this matter. I started out crushing shadows ...