Rahon A l rat C itadel -- where a high noon day sun throws stretc hin g shadows to shrou d far- rea c hin g plans…
A re you su re, Ga jnar ? For us, Olagon has run ou t o f sec on d c han ces.
B el ieve m e, High Priestess Hagjadi. A fter wipin g ou t Capta in Targhan, Faras an d her m en have been join ed by a youn g daughter o f Ren har…
I was there. I have seen her with my own eyes.
Do you see the
We don’t know, Darfje.
Erara’s han d in this, My Lad y?
N o t yet. Rahr’s sentin els
Fou r ra ces… al l s o different!
have their own mystic logic,
What c ould possibly pul l
fol lowin g a c rystal- cl ear
them together ?
vision o f the fu tu re.
“At the star t o f al l thin gs was Maar. The tim el ess pla ce where everythin g first took shape. An d the Eternal Presen ce that was Rahr, The On e an d Only, was its suffusin g s pirit.
“ With a wil l to wi den its C reation, It entrusted the task o f gen eratin g l ife to the Esha an d the A r ha, two cel estial hosts. So they l eft the Maar…
“A las, the two powerful houses’ c harges gave rise to clashes an d quarrels, whic h in tu rn bir thed a dark Gen esis a ffl icted by war…
“The L or d’s L or ds had beg un to fool ishly c reate to feed their fruitl ess antagon ism, dis regar din g The On e an d Only’s prima cy.
“Seein g the c haos plag uin g this New World, Rahr reasser ted its presen ce an d forced the Esha an d A r ha to in ha bit the Ear th an d ma k e am en ds for their in iquities.
“Ea c h on e o f them was given a human shape an d a cl ear c omman dm ent. The a im was to lay the g roun d for what we now know as Marad hed…
“Red har, God dess o f Life an d Death, b rought for th the thoughtful Red harin…
“D rawn to the vast s pa ces, Eg rith gave shape to a prou d an d stron g ra ce. An d theirs were the m ounta ins…
“Men dor gave his attention to the C entral Territories, ma kin g them pros perous an d ric h in runn in g waters an d teem in g with human ity.
“Ren har c on ceived the beau ty o f the wildern ess, givin g bir th to my own l in eage.
“Final ly, Thrast, L or d o f the Internal Fire, took himsel f to the b owels o f the Ear th. There, he b red a m ost feared ra ce…
Forgive my bluntn ess,
Eg rith’s b on es!
b rave Haggar th… b u t I
If what you tel l is true
don’t thin k you can truly
I un derstan d now why
un derstan d.
the Erara m eant us to m eet…
The events g ui din g
So, what do you suggest, Om ir ?
ou r path sin k their roo ts
There must be a way to see ou r way
It’s true,
in the an cestral s oul o f
through this… I can’t bel ieve fate
Masd hin…
Marad hed. N o on e can ful ly
del ivered us suc h a serious trust
un derstan d what’s goin g
with no goal…
on… no t even I.
…b u t real knowl edge can be o bta in ed only by rejoin in g al l the m edal l ion’s fragm ents by a s pecial seal…
An d for this we n eed help.
B y these tra ils… three horses. Only des perate Ga jnar was
peopl e would dare c rossin g
right. They
this region, b rea kin g Valab’s
passed here.
prohibition…
N ow we have only to repor t the fastest path to ta k e them by su rprise, an d get ba c k hom e.
Ou r m essen ger wil l get to Mosath Deron before the b rea k o f dawn.