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Let's try this again.

Where's Ngalas?

You think you can come into my bar and

make demands?

Darling, you're adorable.

Not enough gold in the world for this.

Barrick, now

meet Bianca. She'd like you to stay a

while.

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Nev Gallas Dumat Plaza. The Venator

cultists took her to Dumat Plaza.

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Thanks.

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Your friend Ngalas

is at Dumar Plaza. I heard. That's why

you're my second in command. Although,

for the record, there was probably an

easier way to do that than fighting an

entire bar.

All right, break's over.

I hope Nev's as good at finding people

as you claim. She's the best damn

detective I've ever met. If she says

she's got a lead on Soloulless, I

believe her.

Wait, but I didn't do anything.

Get down.

Are they after us? Is it because of the

bar? Word travels fast in Minrathus.

We've got to help her.

We don't have time to get arrested,

especially if we

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Oh crap, we're too late. The ritual

started, but if we hurry, we can still

stop Solless before it finishes. Let's

go. And the whole world is going to look

a lot like this.

You're safe now. Get inside and bar the

door as quick as you can. Okay. Thank

you, Miss

Marley. You all right? I've been doing

what I can to help. The ritual must be

weakening the veil. There are a lot of

scared people out here. And a lot of

demons. Haven't seen this many come

through the fade in years.

And what about you two? Are you okay?

That was a lot of demons. The archon's

palace was taking shots at us, too. Gets

the blood pumping. Have you got my gear?

Right over there.

Where's Nev Gallas? Wasn't she at the

meeting point? The Venator got to her

first. They grabbed her before we

arrived and paid off the bar owner to

keep it quiet. I'm not surprised our

detective did something to piss off a

cult of murderous blood mages, but their

timing stinks. The bar owner said the

Venator took Nev to Dumont Plaza. Can

you get us there, Harding?

Not a problem. I saw Dumont Plaza while

I was scouting the area, and it was

crawling with Venator.

Follow me.

Eyes up. We've got company.

Eric Harding. Not the worst timing.

Nev, it's so good to see you. We thought

the Venator had kidnapped you. They

thought the same thing.

A lot of Venator in this city have

reason to hate me. Figured I'd play

along. Find out who wanted to settle the

score this time. Then the sky started

raining demons. So, I'm back on the job.

Appreciate it. Rook, this is Nev Gallas,

our local expert. She's going to help us

find Solless. Nev, meet Rook. Harding

and I found her a while back. Thought we

could use an expert on trouble. Rook

like the chess piece. One of the

strongest pieces on the board, but she

tends to think in straight lines. We

haven't got a lot of time. Barrack said

you had a lead on Solless. You get right

to the point.

I haven't seen Solless in person, but I

did find hints of old magic similar to

what you get in elven ruins.

I traced it to a building beneath Our

Lady of Victory.

That's where your man is hiding. Then

let's go before this ritual he's doing

gets any worse. Worse? This ritual is

already drawing more power than I'd

expect from a dozen mages. You told me

he was working alone. I also told you he

was an ancient elven god. An elven god?

Well,

whatever he is, he's causing trouble in

my city.

Let's go.

All citizens in the canal district must

remain in their homes.

Well, we're not in Menrathus anymore. I

know these trees. This is Arlethan

Forest.

And there's your ritual. The power

involved. I've never seen anything like

it.

The tremors are getting worse.

And we've got demons.

Everyone all right? Good enough. Let's

get to solos.

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All right, I'll take it from here.

Are you sure? Positive. You three just

keep the demons off me while I talk to

him. Veric. Solless isn't going to stop

just because an old friend asks nicely.

Solless needs someone to sell him

another option to help him justify

changing his mind.

The veil is a wound inflicted upon this

world. It must be healed by drowning the

world in demons.

I have taken precautions to minimize the

damage. Varic, minimize the

People are dying right now. You need to

listen.

Please.

People are always dying.

It is what they do.

We need a better plan. Do you want

me to take the shot? Won't work. He's

too powerful.

What if we disrupt the ritual? How? See

those statues? If we break the

scaffolding holding that one up, the

whole thing will come down on Solus.

It's risky. Interrupting a ritual of

this scale will have consequences. And

what about the demons? Veric needs us to

hold them off. Right. You two stay here.

I'll bring down the statue. What? No.

Stepping into all that raw magic is

suicide. The storm could tear you apart.

Anyone got a better idea?

Fine, but you'll need backup. I'm with

you. I'm a mage. I'll go. Either way,

someone needs to stay back and deal with

the demons.

Let's go, Harding. Nev, keep the demons

off us. You got it.

Why? Why tear down the veil knowing all

the lives it'll cost? We shared a

journey years ago. Do you believe that I

would do this if there was some other

better option?

The pillar's weak, but it isn't falling.

We need to push it. I'm with you

together. Now,

you came a long way and made a valiant

effort, Vic. But this story does not end

with my downfall.

No,

that's

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Baric

Baric. Baric.

Oh, no. No. No.

Harding.

Let's go this way. This way.

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Soulless,

I know what I did. I stopped you from

destroying the world. I was not

destroying the world.

When you disrupted my ritual, the

magical energies pulled me here into the

fade. Okay, so that's why you're here.

But why am I here? Your physical body is

unconscious, but you shed a few drops of

blood at the ritual site. Enough for a

tenuous connection. Blood magic?

Firstly, I abhore the use of blood

magic. Secondly, had I the power to

control you, I would already have used

it.

Get out of my head. As I said, I do not

want to be here anymore than you do, but

your actions have set events in motion,

and I would not have your ignorance on

my conscience. What are you talking

about? the Evanurus, or as you would

call them, the elven gods, the creatures

that escaped. In ancient times, they

ruled the elves, but that was not

enough. They sought not just to be

obeyed, but to be woripped. When I

rebelled, they drew on the horrific

magic of the blight, corrupting all they

saw until I trapped them. Thanks to you,

though, I am now trapped, and the

blighted elven gods walk free.

Right. You were innocently doing nothing

when we came along. The prison in which

I had trapped them had begun to crumble.

I was moving them to another. So you

weren't tearing down the veil and

drowning the world in demons and wild

magic.

I had a plan. Veric always said you'd

have a big explanation for why none of

this was your fault. Varic. Yeah. He

said that's your style. Never quite

lies. clever halftruth that let you

convince yourself you're doing the right

thing. He tried to talk to you anyway

and now he's hurt. Varic is

quite practiced at shading the truth

himself. So those things that got out,

you said they were gods,

they said they were gods. Blighted,

tyrannical, sadistic gods.

It took all my power to imprison them

millennia ago, but I am certain you will

be fine.

Your ritual let the gods loose. You

don't get to sit back and look smug.

What else could I possibly do? I do not

have my ritual dagger. I do not have the

network of mirrors that took me from the

lighthouse across the world. I have

nothing as the gods threatened this

world again. All because you disrupted

my ritual. You mean when I stopped you

from covering the world with demons?

You will soon see what I was trying to

prevent. Elgenan and Gillanade are your

problem to solve. This is your

responsibility now.

Why? Why tear down the rail? Listen. You

want me to take the shot? No.

No idea what you have done. This is your

responsibility now. Well,

look who's still with us.

Vic, you're okay. But I saw Solless stab

you. You fell. Trust me, kid. I've had

worse. And it take more than a flesh

wound to stop me.

Don't think I'll be making it out to the

field anytime soon, though.

What happened? I did my best to talk

sense into Solless, but of course, he

wasn't listening. He never does. The

plan did go a little wrong. Yeah, Nev

got everyone out by the skin of her

teeth, mostly. Before you start

worrying, Harding will be fine. She's

made of sterner stuff than either one of

us. more. At least she's a lot tougher

than me.

You've got to get better. We need you

leading the charge. You stopped Zolas

from flooding the world with demons.

Rook, not me. Besides,

I can't do much leading from bed. But

something else escaped, Vic. Something.

Rook, you've got this. I've seen your

work.

Like your impulsive rescue of those

captives from the Anton slavers.

There's a reason I dragged you into this

whole soulless mess. You're clever,

adaptable, and you don't know when to

quit. Rook,

you're awake.

Sorry, I didn't mean to barge in. I was

just looking for Alfred. No, it's it's

fine. I was just going to stretch my

legs.

Oh, Rook, watch your step out there. If

you put a foot wrong, you'll fall

forever. Yeah. On top of everything

else, the Olivian took us to the Fade,

the place where dreams come from. So

that Yeah.

Then I really need to look around. Yeah,

you should. And we should talk about

things. Maybe find Nev. She's outside

looking around. There's a room with a

table down the stairs. I'll meet you

there. Go ahead, Rook. Me?

I need to sleep.

See you later, kid.

Whoa.

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Look who's with us. We're uh we're

really in the fade.

Land of raw magic, nightmares, and this.

Apparently,

it's a lot to take in.

Harding thought we should talk about

what comes next. She's not wrong. But if

you need a breather, can't hurt to look

around first.

For all we know, there's a dozen demons

waiting on the other side of that

Alvian. If it even takes us back to

Arlofan.

Hoding, you sure you're up for this?

I'm fine.

Well, then,

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shall we?

Let's do this.

It's quiet. Well, isn't that a surprise?

There's the ritual site.

But if the gods really did get out,

they're not here anymore.

Right. Let's take a look around and see

if we can find it.

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Shut it down. I'm trying.

It's not working. I can't contain it.

Strife Erlin, it's me, Lee Harding.

Harding? What are you doing back in

Arthlean? It's complicated.

I can see that. Rook, Nev, this is

Strife and Irin. Veric and I met them

when we first started hunting down

Solless. They're veil jumpers. Experts

in ancient elven magic. Hardly experts.

I should have been able to shut that

artifact down. I'm sorry, Tarth.

It's not your fault. Since the sky

ripped open, the magic's been surging.

Bunch of artifacts that had been dormant

for centuries started coming alive. This

is because of Finn Herel's sorry.

Solless's ritual, isn't it? You all were

supposed to stop him.

Didn't see you volunteering.

We put our lives on the line to stop

Solless, and we stopped him. And we've

got the scars to prove it. Sky is not

ripping itself apart anymore, is it? All

right, you stopped Solless. So why is

Arlet the neck deep in wild magic? Solus

was dragged into the fade when we

interrupted his ritual, but something

else got out. Someone else supposedly

Elgenan and Gillin Methanist.

Two of the elven gods of old, the

Evanuris.

If they're back in the world, that

explains a lot.

So, Elganar and Gillin are loose, which

means what? You thought Solless was bad.

He's a bit of a bastard. True. But next

to them, let's just say they weren't

known for their kindness. There's a

reason Solace led a rebellion against

the

reason he imprisoned them. But now

they've escaped.

Terth is in bad shape. We need to get

him back to the camp. We've still got

dozens of veil jumpers unaccounted for.

How can we help? We need to find Belar

Lut.

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Gotcha.

Oh, people.

Where'd you come from? Bora

Luter

Strife and Eland sent us to find you.

Who are you exactly? Call me Rook

Nevgalas.

Wait, I know that name, but protocol is

to wait a full week before they send

anyone out to look for me. I've only

been gone 3 days. Well, the situation's

changed for the worse. Unfortunately,

our gods, Elgenan and Gillin, they've

escaped from Fenhurel's prison. And by

all accounts, they want to destroy the

world. Oh, yes. That is very much for

the worse. Okay, wait. I need a second.

I've had a couple of days and I'm still

trying to wrap me head around it. It

does sort of explain a few things

though. Like what exactly? The surge of

raw magic in the area. These artifacts

started waking up a while ago, but in

fits and starts. One here, a couple

there. Then a couple of days ago, the

sky split open. And now, raw magic,

thick as fog. Only a god or gods could

have done that. There's something kind

of exciting about it and dangerous.

Really dangerous. Dangerous enough that

I was going to head back to the veil

jumper camp. But But what? See that

shimmer?

That's a veil bubble. It's separating us

from the rest of the real world, so to

speak. You can only pass through it one

way. Once you're in, you can't get out.

Strife. And said you're their best veil

jumper. Hope that means you've got an

idea. Maybe

a bubble like that. There has to be

something at the center that's

generating it. Something powerful. If we

can find it and remove it safely. I

mean, the bubble itself should collapse.

And then we're back in reality. I sure

hope so. Well, then let's get going.

Okay, here it is. The Nautisthalen.

So, we take it and we're good, right? We

can head back. Oh, I wish. No, it it's a

lot trickier than that. As if dark spawn

demons and animated suits of armor

aren't tricky enough.

Nothing's ever easy, is it? So, what

makes this tricky? If I remove the

artifact the way I'd usually do it,

it'll explode and take out half of

Arlethan with it. Good news is I think I

can shunt the energy somewhere else.

Okay, here we go.

The way the magic is pulsing, I've never

seen this before.

It's almost like it's breathing.

Ogre. That's an ogre.

Well, wasn't expecting to fight an ogre

today. Then again, I also didn't expect

to learn that my gods are rampaging

around and trying to end the world.

Just one of those days.

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Okay,

let's

see.

Okay. Okay,

there we go.

No, no, no. That's good. I think. Oh.

Uh, what does that crystal do? Keeps the

artifact powered. Focuses the ambient

magical energy. That's why these things

still work thousands of years later. Oh,

no you don't.

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Sulinan vulvanal

deara.

Well then I am the nadas dara.

Right. Um I have questions. I am the

nadar.

What do you

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where'd the spirit go? The nautis

dethal. I mean, it went back into the

crystal, but the crystal's broken until

I fix it.

It's kind of my thing, fixing magical

stuff.

Strife and Irilin will want to know

about this and the blight and the dark

spawn.

Let me know when you're ready to head to

the veil jumper camp.

Harding, you sure you're up for it? I'm

fine. I need to get back in the fight.

Then let's go.

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I've never seen fog this thick in

Demeta's crossing.

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This isn't right. The dock usually has

people bringing goods to market,

bartering and shouting. It's always

busy.

Something happened here.

Stay sharp.

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Melva,

that's one of your fellow veil jumpers.

Jelle, he's alive.

Bela, we're we're going to help you.

We'll get you down. Jel,

no. Listen, the gods the gods have

returned.

I saw them.

I heard their voices.

The gods did this.

A blood ritual to release the blight.

And the villagers,

they said they needed power.

Valara,

be careful.

Help me anyone.

Help me. Hurry.

the dragon here.

Don't

please.

Hey

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Fresh blood, a hungry heart creature.

Come to me.

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I know you. You're the mayor of this

town. The village, the people, are they

uh blighted? Dead. All of them. You gave

them to the gods, didn't you?

Didn't you? They were in my head

infecting my thoughts. They made me do

it. Please help me.

You're not going anywhere until I get

the full story. I tried to protect

people. You have to believe me. The gods

told me to lure the veil jumpers to the

center of town. The others were to be

rounded up and kept safe. They would be

the first to witness the glory of

Gillin's new creation. She showed me

gold.

So much gold.

Right. We walked right through that new

creation. A lot of dead people. Also,

the gods could gain power from the

blight. I never meant for that. I swear.

You must believe me. The gods exploited

his greed and fear. I'm supposed to feel

sorry for him. I say we leave him right

here. But I'll die. The blights

everywhere. What if the dragon comes

back? If we let you go, you'll run

straight back to the gods. They were in

his head. Their influence might linger.

I understand what they do now. I won't

be tempted again. I swear.

Rook,

let's get him out of there. What? This

entire village is dead because of him. I

know. Then why spare him?

Because our fight is with Elgenan and

Gillin, not people like him. Thank you.

I didn't ask for your gratitude. Then if

I may offer some advice, steal yourself.

I felt their power. The promises they

make, it's it's irresistible. Then try

harder next time. Don't make me regret

saving you. Yes, of course. But you

should be worried about the rest of the

world,

or this will be our future.

I dare say it was a show of force.

They will not rest until you are on your

knees, fearful, cowering, helpless in

the face of such power.

Lady Morgan. It is simply Morgan to you,

Scout Harding. Don't dream. And somehow

I'm here. Yeah, it's unreal.

Nev thought we should talk about what to

do next. We should, but maybe look

around a little. We might be here a

while.

So, we stopped the ritual and Veric paid

the price. Hey, Barry made his choice to

go talk with Solless. He knew the risks.

We all did. And now Solless is gone and

we're here wherever here is besides in

the fade. Solus called it the

lighthouse. He did when?

While I was out cold, he showed up in my

dream. And he's really mad that we

stopped his ritual. Good. He's also

trapped in some kind of prison in the

Fade. Not happy about that either.

You're sure that wasn't just a dream?

It's a reasonable reaction. Solless can

speak with people in their dreams, even

kill them. I'm safe on that front. I

bled a little when I got knocked out.

Enough that he can gripe at me, but not

enough that he can make my head explode.

So, Solus is using blood magic like any

normal mage would to play with your

mind. But he's not a normal mage. Like I

told you, he's an elven god. Putting

together a nice ritual doesn't make him

a god.

I don't care about the philosophy. In

terms of his power against ours, he's a

god. All right. Well, we've stopped the

ritual, and there doesn't seem to be an

immediate danger for now. You're certain

Solus can't use blood magic to affect

your mind? I'm not certain of anything,

but we're not out of danger. What do you

mean? Solus had two of the other elven

gods imprisoned.

When he got trapped, they escaped. So

those things we saw come out of the fade

when the ritual went wild, those are

Elan and Gillanine. Two of the ancient

elven gods that Solus rebelled against.

They're our next target. So we set our

sights on a pair of elven gods like it's

easy. Who else is going to do it? If

they're loose, they need killing. They

were evil tyrants who enslaved their

people. We need to stop them. Solless

says Elgen and Gillin drew on the blight

for power and became corrupted. That was

when he imprisoned them. So instead of

one god running around, we have two. And

they're not just powerful, they're

blighted. We need to get out there and

stop them. Just like that. We're down a

man without Varic. We can't just rush

in. I know you're hurt, Nev, but the

rest of us need to do something. I'll be

ready to fight when it's time. But we

need to investigate, then figure out

what we're dealing with. And how many

more people will get hurt? Get killed

while we spend time investigating.

If Elan and Gillan are worse than

Solless, we can't go in blind. We need

to know what they can do and what they

want. But we only have Solless's word

about all of this. Let's go investigate

for ourselves.

We find out what we're dealing with and

then we take our shot. Fine. The Aluvian

led us here instead of back to Minrath.

Let's hope it goes back to the ritual

site. Maybe we can find some clues at

the scene of the crime. Nev, are you

okay to go? It's a headache. I've worked

with worse. All right, then.

Let's get back to the ritual site. The

Alvian has its own special room. It's

just down the stairs.

For all we know, there's a dozen demons

waiting on the other side of that

Aluvian.

If it even takes us back to Arlofan.

Now, you sure you're up for this?

Don't worry about me,

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shall we? Let's do this.

It's quiet. Well, isn't that a surprise?

There's the ritual site.

But if the gods really did get out,

they're not here anymore.

Right. Let's take a look around and see

if we can find

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Cut it down. I'm trying.

It's not working. I can't contain it.

Here

we go.

Strife. Erlin, it's me, Lace Harding.

Harding? What are you doing back in

Arthan?

It's complicated. I can see that. Rook,

Nev, this is Strife and Irin. Veric and

I met them when we first started hunting

down Solless. They're veil jumpers,

experts in ancient elven magic. Hardly

experts. I should have been able to shut

that artifact down. I'm sorry, Tariff.

It's not your fault. Since the sky

ripped open, the magic's been surging.

Bunch of artifacts that had been dormant

for centuries started coming alive. This

is because of Finn Herel's Sorry.

Solless's ritual, isn't it? You all were

supposed to stop him. We did stop him.

The sky is not pulling itself apart

anymore, is it? But but it didn't go as

cleanly as we hoped. Solus got pulled

into the fade, and two, some things got

pulled out. or someone's. I mean, two of

the evil elven gods, Elgen and Gillin,

Mthalinast, the elven gods of old, the

Evan Uuras. If they truly have returned,

then things just got a whole lot worse.

So, Elgenan and Gillin are loose. Which

means what? You thought Solless was bad.

He's a bit of a bastard. True. But next

to them, let's just say they weren't

known for their kindness. There's a

reason Solace led a rebellion against

the Evanas and a reason he imprisoned

them. But now they've escaped.

Tarth is in bad shape. We need to get

him back to the camp. We've still got

dozens of veil jumpers unaccounted for.

How can we help? We need to find Belar

Lut. She's the best there is at working

with our ancient artifacts.

Nand also at blowing them up. She was

off looking for another artifact before

this ritual shook everything loose. If

anyone can get a handle on all this wild

magic and the artifact it's setting off,

it'll be her. Right. You get your friend

back to your camp and

we'll find Balara.

Nev, you're injured. Stay here with the

veil jumpers. It's a headache. I'll be

fine. I know you want to help, but we

don't know what we'll face out there,

and you're in no condition to fight. All

right, just watch your backs. We'll meet

you back at the Veil Jumper camp. It's

just south of here. Balar is out near

some elven ruins to the west. At least

she was 3 days ago. I'd start your

search there. Good luck, Rook. And thank

you,

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

Tell me why we shouldn't kill you now.

The conclave is destroyed.

Everyone who attended is dead except for

you.

Explain this.

I

can't. What do you mean you can't? I

don't know what that is or how it got

there. You're lying.

We need her, Cassandra.

[Music]

I can't believe it.

All those people

dead. Do you remember what happened? How

this began? I remember running.

Things were chasing me and then

a woman.

A woman. She reached out to me. But then

go to the forward camp, Liliana.

I will take her to the rift.

What did happen?

It

will be easier to show you.

[Music]

We call it the breach.

It's a massive rift into the world of

demons that grows larger with each

passing hour. It's not the only such

rift, just the largest. All were caused

by the explosion at the conclave. An

explosion can do that. This one did.

Unless we act, the breach may grow until

it swallows the world.

Each time the breach expands, your mark

spreads and it is killing you. It may be

the key to stopping this, but there

isn't much time.

So, I don't really have a choice about

this. None of us has a choice.

[Music]

[Music]

They have decided your guilt. They need

it.

The people of Haven mourn our most holy

divine Justinia, head of the chantry.

The conclave was hers. It was a chance

for peace between mages and templars.

She brought their leaders together. Now

they are dead.

We lash out like the sky. But we must

think beyond ourselves as she did

until the breach is sealed.

There will be a trial. I can promise no

more.

Come. It is not far. Where are you

taking me?

Your mark must be tested on something

smaller than the brereech.

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

or make her hear my cry. Seek me by your

side.

Open the gate. We are heading into the

valley.

Baker, it's the end of the world.

The pulses are coming faster now.

[Music]

The larger the breach grows, the more

rifts appear, the more demons we face.

How did I survive the blast? They said

you stepped out of a rift, then fell

unconscious. They say a woman was in the

rift behind you. No one knows who she

stay behind me.

[Applause]

One.

It's over.

Drop your weapon now.

All right. Have it your way. Wait.

I cannot protect you. And I cannot

expect you to be defenseless.

I should remember you did not attempt to

run.

Take these quickly before more come

through.

What did you do?

I did nothing. The credit is yours.

You mean this? Whatever magic opened the

breach in the sky also placed that mark

upon your hand. I theorized the mark

might be able to close the rifts that

have opened in the breach's wake. And it

seems I was correct. Meaning it could

also close the breach itself. Possibly.

It seems you hold the key to our

salvation.

Good to know. Here. I thought we'd be

ass deep in demons forever.

Baric Tethus, rogue, storyteller, and

occasionally unwelcome tag along.

That's a nice crossbow you have there.

Ah, isn't she? Bianca and I have been

through a lot together. You named your

crossbow Bianca, of course. And she'll

be great company in the valley.

Absolutely not. Your help is

appreciated, Veric. But have you been in

the valley lately? Seeker. Your soldiers

aren't in control anymore. You need me.

My name is Solless. If there are to be

introductions, I am pleased to see you

still live. He means I kept that mark

from killing you while you slept.

Then I owe you my thanks. Thank me if we

manage to close the breach without

killing you in the process. Cassandra,

you should know the magic involved here

is unlike any I have seen. Your prisoner

is no mage. Indeed, I find it difficult

to imagine any mage having such power.

Understood.

We must get to the forward camp quickly.

Well,

Bianca's excited.