SAGA - Curse of the Shadow Page #3

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as the undead contagion festers in your blood.

Which it does as we speak.

- What priestesses?

Where are they?

- I serve my mistress

the Prophetess of Ari-Alia,

I am their ambassador.

What do you want with me, Ambassador?

- You have the mark!

But unwillingly. That makes

you special, maybe even unique.

I need you to infiltrate the Shadow

and bring me information.

And you'll see to it that

I'm cured of this?

Yes.

Cure me first and then I'll help you.

- The priestesses are days from here.

I need your help now.

The rat-faced human

that I killed in the prison

told me to go to the Bleeding Stone.

The Bleeding Stone?

What did he want you to do there?

I'll tell you when we get there.

That's more than a day on foot.

You said you work alone.

Unusual for an Elf.

Where are your kin?

- I have no kin.

Your fighting style is Elahrian.

- Yes.

A High Elf then. From the Garuun-Dan.

- Yes

But surely too young to have fought in the Orc wars?

You are a survivor.

You know, I read the history,

the whole clans were starving.

Forced them to your forests. There was a famine.

- Bite your tongue, Orc lover.

Hey, I am no fan of the Orcs.

But I am no fan of Elves either.

You and I have no friends,

we share that at least.

The Bleeding Stone is on that far ridge.

What?

Well met, brother of the Order.

- Not so well for you, it seems, Kullimon the Black.

You're the one they call 'Wanderer'.

You're younger than your reputation implies.

Was it not so long ago you were a

commander of a horde of Orc raiders?

I may have the lost the battle

but not yet my last breath.

What's this? Your consort?

Surely your prophetess frowns

upon her henchman befriending an elf.

Enough.

Now, you have the habit of killing prisoners before

I have a chance to question them.

What news from Warspire?

- Hard times, Human.

Good raid targets are

not easy to come by.

Rumor has it the monastery

was sacked just two days before.

Leaving many dead.

Sounds like a certain someone I know.

Cut me down and I'll tell you about it.

It was the shrine of Noc Benari.

They are monastics.

They have taken a vow of poverty.

They have nothing of value there.

Nothing of value to me or to you,

but beneath the shrine

is the tomb of Odus the Tall

and in that tomb were some artifacts.

One of which was very eagerly sought

after by an agent of the Shadow.

Which artifact?

Cut me down.

Which artifact, Kullimon?

The Bone Vessel is what they call it

- The Bone Vessel?

It's said it holds the Ashes of Amun Khan.

It's a fake, like most relics.

Fake or not, delivered into the right hands

it's worth a small fortune in gold.

Where will the exchange take place?

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