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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archon Basileus" data-source="post: 7264780" data-attributes="member: 6855545">"You speak of notions beyond my comprehension, I fear..." - she finally confesses, concerned with her baby's well fare. She receives the flask with gratitude, employing it on the child. She doesn't even seem to realize it was meant for her own bruises. As soon as Lyllie casts the cantrip, her eyes grow wide with surprise. "You... Are not a regular mutant, are you?" - she studies Lyllie for a moment, bending her head as a sign of thanks. "You are generous... Too generous, in fact, considering my failures. You must forgive me. My people is not used to such acts of mercy." - she looks over her shoulder, studying the halls. "They must be far indeed, even further than the roots of the Sanctum and the Demon City that fights the Teraphim. No one has heard of your kind, and one with such a sweet temperament would never ally the creatures within those walls." - she points west. "Only filthy orcs would. Their tribes surround the city, and the city opens up to the Sanctum's basin.""I am honored to meet you, Harfik." - she lowers her head, as if moved by great respect. "Your fighting style. That's what I meant by "unheard of in ages'. Legend says that a group of monks, light as panthers, descended into the depths of the Sanctum a long time ago, seeking redemption for one of their flock. They vanished in the darkness below, but their heroic feats are still spoken of, and their names are still in our memories. We hold a part of their heritage in Vanirskeep. It is said that a member of the party remained behind to live his life with his giantess companion. This brought our clan into existence." - she halts herself for a moment. "But that's a long story, and I wouldn't like to bother you with it. Especially now." - she looks over her shoulders again."A substitute, yes. You don't know what a substitute is?" - she stops for a moment, studying Icosa. "You don't know the others, then?" - she seems surprised. "It is said that you were employed en lieu of mortal warriors in unending wars in the past. Some even say you were sent to the outside world to seek survivors after the world's end... Others say you came from the deadlands outside, bringing destruction. No one knows for sure, except for the substitutes in their Steel Cemetery." - she stops talking, considering the party and the things that have been said.After Aanzu's description, she prolongs her silence, seemingly puzzled. Suddenly, comprehension and horror fall upon her at once. She trembles as a warrior never should, recoiling in fear. "It can't be! IT CAN'T BE! YOU CAN'T HAVE COME FROM ABOVE, FROM BEYOND THIS MOUNTAIN!" - she glances once more at Aanzu, an insane kind of fear covering her face as she clutches the child. The miners rise their heads in surprise as well, shaking as they contemplate the heroes."Nothing lived through the disaster. Nothing! They told us! They told us..." - she seems to hold her fears back, avoiding shock. The same can't be said from all the miners. Some of them just move away in fear, while a couple stare at the strange creatures standing before their very eyes."Are... Are there more?" A valid question, at least. It might be said that the disaster destroyed most of the known lands, the fortresses of Wallen being an exception. Almost everything was obliterated and corrupted, and the communities outside civilized Wellington, Sethmandu and a handful of settlements and small kingdoms were still surviving from scraps and loot. The mass of refugees around the gates of Wallen were living proof of it. Similar rumors might have sprung out below, wasn't the Underworld so apart from the surface. The mountain had been isolated, then. Gods know for how long. But what of the other travelers, petitioners begging for forgiveness? What about the others that came before? Did they move on through the surface, or were they killed before reaching any other sentient life form? [MENTION=24380]Neurotic[/MENTION] [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] [MENTION=6855102]Greenmtn[/MENTION] [MENTION=8858]hafrogman[/MENTION] [MENTION=6776182]JustinCase[/MENTION] [MENTION=23298]industrygothica[/MENTION]</blockquote>

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