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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wrahn" data-source="post: 2421281" data-attributes="member: 9191">Harkuf closed the ancient tome, while the archives Vorasin had given him access to had some works that he didn’t, it appeared the answers to the defeat of the abominations was not contained within them.He sat down, not from weariness, he was beyond such concerns, but to change his point of view.  He contemplated his situations.  Vorasin had gathered his forces under the banner of “Evil” which had struck him as amusing.  He had always believed such concepts were the realms of demons and  other creatures of simple morality.  That he had amassed such a force under such a banner demonstrated the desperate nature of the times.It was interesting to him that he had received an invitation to join such a force.  He certainly didn’t think of himself as evil, but while he cared very little what others thought of him, it was puzzling that others thought of him as such.Revenge, he had wondered if it had taken him too far from time to time.  The people of Chandhar had cruelly murdered his love, Nekbet, they had reaped what they had sown and the sand had claimed the great city and now nothing lived there, in his home.  Though the undead still walked through the streets, undead like him.  In his pact with the Council of Dust, he had shed his mortality for the power of the desert and with that power he had secured his revenge.Perhaps an outsider could see his actions as evil rather than just, an undead creature destroying a city, but it was only the simplistic morals, those that can only see black and white that would make such judgment.  Still, the invitation came.  It was intriguing and offered opportunities that were otherwise denied him.  The Council of Dust had scoured all the ancient records available to them, looking for the golden arrow to the defeat of these abominations that posed a danger to the great desert.He informed the council of his decision to seek more information from Vorasin and perhaps allies.  Some of the more traditional member balked at the idea, but even they realized that even together the council had no chance against the abominations.So he answered Vorasin's call and had just now exhausted the archives.  Vorasin had hinted there were other more obscure texts that he might be given access too, if he proved himself “worthy.”  He had almost tested his might against Vorasin’s at that moment, but the desert is patient So he accepted the orders, go to Maleign, conquer it with the mightiest of his minions.  It was a distraction from his true purpose, but perhaps the libraries of Maleign might have the key to defeating the abominations.</blockquote>

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