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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3789214" data-attributes="member: 3448">The herald blasted a fanfare and then proclaimed, “The Chaos Champion Delorian of Tamara of the Quenching Flame!”The Champion smiled.  “Isn’t it funny when he does things like that?  Doesn’t it make me sound like a pretentious jackass instead of a goat?”We all paused, unsure of how to respond.  I had heard of Champion Delorian; like all of the chaos champions, he was a great threat and a powerful servant of Shadow, but he also was known for having a sense of humor.  I laughed nervously, hoping that he had intended that as a joke.  As we forced light laughter, the Champion began guffawing.  He clearly thought that it was uproariously funny.“I saw you marching forward, and I thought to myself, ‘self, those trueborn march to their destruction.’  And I considered letting you go past, or perhaps even watching your end, but I decided that I would ask you:  why do you follow a path that can only end in your deaths?”“What do you mean?” asked the sergeant.“You head into the path of the Lord of the Host of Dust.”I do not know if any of my companions knew who that was, but I did not.  The Sergeant continued as if he did.  “The Lord of the Host of Dust?  What is he doing in these parts?”The Champion explained that the baron, though an idiot, has called for the Lord, asking him to scour his lands for elves that had been seen.  I took the references to the baron to refer to Lord Bastion, but for obvious reasons we could not confirm that.  If we asked questions that made us seem out of place, the Champion might realize that we were loyal to the true Caldefor.  The Champion went on to explain that references to elves are the best way to manipulate the Lord of the Host of Dust, and that the baron is concerned, but does not want his master to be concerned.  The Champion cautioned us that the Lord of the Host of Dust would destroy us if we continued forward.  He also asked why we were on this route.The sergeant thanked him and explained that we had been sent to infiltrate on the other side of the Shadowline.The Champion looked over the trueborn with us.  His skepticism was obvious.  “Ah, then you have been sent to throw your lives away.  I know, I know.  Who are we to question the commands of whatever member of the Council had this brilliant idea?  Still, I hope that some of you survive, and that you can have your revenge upon them when you return.”We agreed that that was the way of things, but what choice did we have?</blockquote>

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