The young man tried to break free from Alastair's clutches but he was unsuccessful. Alastair's grip on him was strong. He pinned him to the wall like he would do any demon."Who are you?", Alastair asked again, but his hand was gripping the young man's neck and choking him."I.... can't... speak..." The young man managed to say and Alastair released the grip on his neck. The young man took a deep breath and slowly calmed himself down as Alastair removed his grip on him."Are you Alastair?" The young man asked him and Alastair just glared. That was the only answer he could give."My name is Fristborn. I came from Merandore and I am a Friend of Cara."Alastair's eyes flared open. How could someone like him be a friend of Cara? "How do you know her? Where is she?" Alastair asked him."She is in Merandore. But that is why I came. Something has gone wrong. The fate of the world is in danger as we speak..." Fristborn said and grabbed his throat. He massaged the soreness and sighed. He also

"Ahh!"Alastair groaned as a Raven picked his flesh. He had not realized that he had a large wound on his leg. The Raven flew away as he kicked it off, groaning as he did. The sun was beginning to rise and its very first rays hit Alastair on the face. Alastair stood up from the ground and tried to clean the dirt off his body. He stopped when he heard someone coughing by his left.He looked at the person and saw Fristborn. He had a large wound on his head also and he groaned as he stood up as well. "I feel like I have been dancing with a hurricane," Fristborn said and Alastair shot him a look. Wasn't that the same thing he had thought when he woke up in that strange realm? Fristborn walked up to him and gazed at the bruises and cuts on his face. Alastair knew he looked like a punching bag, but he just needed to save Cara and he could worry about his looks later."We are in Merandore, are we not?" Alastair asked Fristborn who nodded."Seems like the tides knew exactly where to take u

The natives charged as they took up defensive positions, all chattering amongst themselves. Blaize watched in anticipation as they began to swing their magic up and down, perhaps in an attempt to scare away their foes.Blaize was more interested in knowing what kind of creature could make the natives that scared. Perhaps he even wanted the does to help him. He just needed to wait for the perfect chance to strike.There was silence, much like the time when he was waiting for the little child to come outside. Only in this case, he was not bound in vines. When he thought that perhaps the creature wouldn't come out for the natives had managed to scare it away, something large burst out from the woods and ran toward the natives.The natives charged and ran towards the creature but it easily grabbed the first native to come its way and smacked its head on the nearest tree. More of the creatures followed and a fight soon burst out. Blaize tried to get free from the shackles holding him but h

It was all a lie. Blaize chuckled as reality dawned on him. His entire life had been a lie. The life he knew in Elderien was perhaps not the life he had thought it was. Why did Orion lie to him and tell him that he was the son of a whore? Why could he not remember his former life before then? Why were there so many questions in his head?"I don't even know where to begin. I haven't been Rus excited since my wife gave me twin boys. I have so many questions..."Rufus began."You will have to save it till you have answered all of mine. Why did I not remember? What happened to me in the sea?"Blaize asked, genuinely curious to know."There are sayings about the sea making you forget things. It trades your memories for something else. I never believed in it, not until now." Rufus said to him."What did she trade my memories for, then?" Blaize wondered."Your life? Recall I told you the sea is quite impatient and unforgiving. What if she made an exception with you? What if she traded your m

"What do you mean she's a property of the gods?"Blaize asked as Rufus walked away. He followed the older man through the streets, one of the vendors almost slapping his left eye with a piece of fish it waved around. Blaize narrowly escaped the impact and almost cursed at the man."Years ago, this Kingdom experienced something dark. Everyone fell into a frenzy of lust. You might think it is fun but it is not. It was hell. People died, and properties were lost. I almost lost my wife in the entire madness..."He stopped and sighed."... then the priests came up with a solution. They revealed we were cursed by a foreign god. One that my Kingdom was not familiar with. We did not know why the god had cursed us, however, the priests did a ritual call on the god.Even at that time, about ten people were raped at the scene. After hours of trying, the god replied. We learned it was actually a goddess and she provided a way for us to end the madness. The princess must be sacrificed to her on th