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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paka" data-source="post: 1007540" data-attributes="member: 100">Story Post #21Epilogue #4 - The ChimeraOne could tell the age of the halls in the Dwafholdt by the amount of gore strewn on the floor.  This room was venerable, sealed for decades.  Gore had long since turned to brown stains on the floors and wall.  Now all that remained were the brittle bones that crunched under the Chimera’s feet.  The monster paced the chamber, once the meeting hall for Dwarven Kings.  The Chimera was three heads joined:  The Goat thought about eating, the death of his brother made him want to feed.  The Lion thought about revenge, the death of his brother made him want to kill.  The Dragon thought about treasure, something shined on the floor under some bones and he wondered if he could coerce the others to pace in that direction.A nervous Orc entered the chamber, careful not to crunch on any bones, not to make any noise that might upset the Chimera.  The beast was the factor that tipped the stalemate this siege had become over to the Shadow.  But still the Orcs were wary of the beast.  If two heads ate insurgents, it was generally known that one would chew on an Orc.“Master, do you need anything?” the Orc grunted.Goat:  “No.”Lion:  “We’re fine.”Dragon:  “Yes.”The Dragon’s head half-heartedly bit at the Orc on its way out.  The Lion’s head looked over at the Dragon reproachfully.Dragon:  Don’t preach to me.  I’m the mythic one and I hunger.  Lion:  How dare you hold your status over us!  Little good your breath did us in the battle.Goat:  I’m hungry.Each head sighed, each one for entirely different reasons.Lion:  Our brother is dead, Chimera.Dragon:  He was always the foolish one.Goat:  Brother’s dead?The Lion and Dragon roared in frustration, the Goat bleated loudly in response.Goat:  How do you know brother’s dead?Lion:  One knows if one pays attention.Dragon:  True, the Shadow has linked us in the womb, He has.The Goat sniffed, feeling left out, the only one not to have known.  The Lion surveyed the room, looking over the brittle graveyard underfoot and thinking about death.  The Dragon wondered who had killed his brother and what treasure they had.Dragon:  We should get revenge, Chimera.Lion:  Our work is done here.Goat:  I miss Brother Manticore.  He used to fly over the Pellurian with us, back when we served in the Erethore.The Chimera agreed, all heads roaring at once, “Revenge.”</blockquote>

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