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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hippocrachus" data-source="post: 3622542" data-attributes="member: 14148">~ Reincarnation: Two Years Ago ~Calenthang's eyes widened in elation when at first they laid on Ayden returned, revered, and all thoughts of Andreas were forgotten; the wizard had chosen his fate. But Ayden was different. It seemed there was no fire in his eyes as he played his beloved violin. No passion to beget the fury in which he laid the bow down on shrieking strings. Calenthang ignored those observations at first, too caught-up in the moment to consider their worth.In the short days to come, the elven warrior forgot his hatred for the tome Broddy grasped so tightly; Ayden had returned afterall. But Ayden was different.Calenthang paid no mind to the mental health of Chastity because his revered friend was paying no mind to him. Calenthang was willing to die for the priest, to mete revenge on whatever power had taken him away, but Finder's standard-bearer devoted all his efforts to the soul-scarred paladin. Efforts that, in the end, couldn't save her.So Ayden turned his friends aside, turned away from Calenthang, and the elven warrior understood. In his blackening heart, Calenthang imagined Ayden was not Ayden at all. The compassionate friend he once knew was lost to him. The book had taken him utterly and with it's sinister magic crafted some being of Evil. Using Ayden's lifeless shell, the abomination incarnated at a time when it knew the group would be vulnerable. Vulnerable to believing the unbelievable.With Chastity dead, a doppelganger Ayden, and Broddy allowed to worship the very text that killed him, unabated, Calenthang separated himself from the others. He no longer had a reason to be amongst "friends."~ The Orator ~Calenthang grinned at Laurent. They at least had parted on better terms. The bard had proved his mettle and Calenthang couldn't help but accept Laurent de Laurentis' benevolent intentions. Of the half of the group Calenthang didn't mind seeing again, Laurent ranked highest.The dark hunter had a few questions to ask the bard who often had access to knowledge few others did."You have had many dealings with drow legions, Teleri?" Calenthang asked the priestess, bemused. Laurent's question was wisely asked and she didn't need to belittle him. That was his job.</blockquote>

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