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He shook his head quietly in response. "The evil I deal with most often is that which lives in the hearts of men." Hell-beasts and corruption were not matters of the every day in the northern reaches. Forbidden magic - which was most of it - was a problem, but it did not carry the same stink as...

"...inveitable," he finished for her in the privacy of his own head. Bleakness had been a staple of his daily diet since he had been cast aside. In the war against darkness it was only proper to keep things in persepctive. Stepping into the darkness was like stepping from one world into...

"Caution," he replied as she advocated for crossing through the cursed ground. He could feel the power of darkness writhe like some loathsome creature at the bottom of a pond, and it made his skin itch. The Lady's gift protected him from most ill-meaning sorcery, as evidenced by taking lightning...

He held her eyes a moment, then nodded. It was not pride that made him agree with her simple statement, but pragmatism. Strength took many different forms, and he was strong in many different ways. There was no point in adding that those that lacked strength could not serve as Seekers. In the...

Erin gave the draconian a cold grin and a nod in response to the comment. The common was difficult to parse in comparison to most, but he was gifted in many regards. Communication was important in his line of work, after all. The passage took them to a door set in the floor that led into the...

Her hand was a fiery brand where it rest upon his chest. "It shines brighter in some than in others," he managed to rasp out. As she edged closer, he couldn't help but get caught in the crystalline blue of her eyes. Some aspect of the crystal pillar in the room seemed to... Well, she had said...

He said nothing for a long time, looking upon the crystalline edifice. He could feel the comfort she spoke of, the familiarity of the divine a radiant light coming from within. After a moment, he bowed his head. It seemed an appropriate gesture if they veil between the realm of the divine and...

"We are tainted by the sins of the past," he said simply as they walked. "The Seekers were used by men who did not follow Her ways, once. The...stain of it yet remains." He was not entirely sure it was undeserved, either. There were aspects of the Order that even he was uncomfortable about. In...

"You could say that," Erin replied in a gravelly voice. He was acutely aware of the attention he had attracted, and equally did not care. The Goddess would protect him if it was Her will, and as he was here to do Her work he did not feel that there would be any more trouble than what he himself...

Trouble enough dealing with the man in front of him without worrying about the beast at the table. If the man had been pale before, he looked deathly so now. His eyes skipped back and forth between Szesh and Erin as if he were caught between a rock and a hard place. The fellow did some quick...

"I am blessed to be in the presence of such places," he said by way of reply. "Even if the words do not drift down the ages, their impression remains." Windows into eras long since past. The great Sanctuary was one such place, far to the north. He nodded to her and fell in step beside her...

The song took him to another place and a time far gone. He closed his eyes and remembered that which had been. Sunlight cascading through stained glass in blue and violet and silver, carrying the quality of winter with it as was always the case in the Motherland. The choral box was filled to...

The door to the common room opened, and the inquisitor entered. He had shed the great two-hander in favor of his one-handed blades, leaving his preferred weapon at his lodgings. The crossbow he had mentioned hung on his back in its place, a handful of bolts strapped to the side and one set on...

The building stank of blood and worse, silent as the grave itself. Well, except for the buzz of flies that had crowded in from the marshes of Allir. The only discordant note was the laughter of children, muffled but near to hand. The inquisitor knelt on the earthen floor hands clasped in front...

He watched her depart in silence, the door closing behind her with a gentle click. After a few moments, the sound of her footsteps faded in the mausoleum-like silence of this grand place. A great sense of longing filled him as he thought of the aetherial beauty of that kindred spirit that had...