Rising Sun: Issue 5

Ruins of the Ancients

50

You quickly board the Bleeding Merchant and are reunited with Goragik and Lakaast. Goragik is in her usual bad temper, and Lakaast is glad to see you. 'Warriors shall always triumph over the weak-willed and unsturdy frames of Magic,' He says gravely when he hears your story. 'I have had countless battles where the strength of the sword outdoes the power of sorcery. Though despised as they are, the Kai have shown that countless times when faced with our magic and cunning. Still, whenever we have faced them with overwhelming numbers and greater powers of force they have always failed as shown with the massacre of their first order. Remember that, young one, and you will make a mighty warrior yet.' With that, he turns to aid the ship's crew, his reptilian form moving stockily among them. You are left, staring at his back, and looking once again at the raging form of Goragik angry once again with someone or something. Thinking about your quest, and the final words that you heard from who you suppose was the Ghoulag, you are left to ponder the true meaning behind his final speech. But not for long, for soon you are called to the sea in yet another adventure on your ongoing quest in:

The Memory of Haakon

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