ghostdog
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THEY CALLED HIM ARKHAM. HE WAS A GUARDIAN OF FIRE.
ONE OF THE BEST.
NEVER DISOBEYED AN ORDER. NEVER FAILED A MISSION.
HE WAS GIVEN A TASK : PROTECT THE SUNSEERS. AND THAT HE DID.
THAT FATEFUL DAY, WHEN EVIL INVADED THE STALLITE, HE SAVED THE SUNSEER.
WHEN DARKNESS -IN LIQUID FORM- ATTACKED THE PRIESTESS, HE THREW HIMSELF IN FRONT OF HER.
BUT ALAS, THE DARKNESS INFECTED HIM. IT DEFORMED HIM. IT BURNED HIM.
SET-UP, DOUBLE-CROSSED AND LEFT FOR DEAD...
BUT HE SURVIVED.
NOW HE MUST HURRY AND FIND A CURE, OR HE WILL BE CONSUMED.
BUT WHO CAN HE TRUST TO HELP HIM ? FANATIC PRIESTS SAY THAT HE IS NOW A CREATURE OF EVIL.
TRIGGER HAPPY GUARDIANS ATTACK HIM WITHOUT WARNING.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEE AT THE SIGHT OF HIS ROTTING FIGURE.
CAN HE TRUST THE PROVOST ? A MAN THAT DECLARED MARTIAL LAW AND OVERTHREW THE SUNSEERS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ATTACK ?
CAN HE TURN TO THE MASTER HEALER? A MAD SCIENTIST WHO WANTS TO MAKE CORPSES WALK AGAIN ?
CAN HE EVEN TRUST HIMSELF, WHEN DARKNESS SLOWLY -BUT STEADILY- CORRUPTS HIM ?
ONLY HIS FATHER MAY KNOW OF A CURE THAT LIES IN A SECRET CRYPT, BUT HE HAS DISAPPEARED !
HIS FRIENDS CAN'T HELP HIM, THEY TELL HIM TO FLEE TO THE DARKLANDS BEFORE SOMEONE PENS HIM TO THE DEAD BOOK.
EVEN HIS LOVER, KALHI --POSSIBLY THE ONLY FEMALE THAT CAN LOOK AT HIM WITHOUT DISGUST-- HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND SENT TO PRISON !
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IT'S ANOTHER CHAPTER OF DARK EARTH
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Chapter 7 :
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It's time to get our beloved Kalhi out of prison.
Sadly, the guard doesn't hear reason... there will be blood.
The fight is brutal... and short.
The other prisoners beg for their freedom, but to no avail. The key we find on the guard works only for one of the doors here...
...The only door we really need to open.
Of course it's Arkham, who did you expect ? A horrible monster ? (hurdur)
Yes, but we've got Bogdaran's old uniform, don't we ?
Then Kalhi proves that she's obviously the brains in this relationship.
He is easily fooled.
We trust. As we approach the elevator, Kalhi takes once more the initiative.
You're the boss, darling.
Ah, the old "mumble" trick.
No wonder these idiots let the murderers enter the Council room in the first place. But let's not forget Kalhi's excellent performance...
Lower City, here we come !