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Sess'sth enters the portal after Moden. Together they enter the realms of the dead.

What was he doing? Why was he following Moden? Sess'sth can barely control his mind.... Was Moden going to help him? Was Moden going to be his friend? Or was Moden going to do something evil? Sess'sth did not really care.

Into great halls, they walked, slowly. They travelled to the end of the hall and endless stairs stood in front of them. There were no rails, and the stairs were steep. Sess'sth looked off to the side and saw a great abyss. Neverending darkness waited below them. Moans and cries of those who were parted from their bodies, were heard. What used to be a loud roar of his consience and sanity telling him to turn back, was now a whisper in Sess'sth's mind. He continued to follow Moden down the steep steps.

In the distance a great river of some red liquid-either blood or lava, lead into a gigantic waterfall that fell into the abyss. Perhaps the dark hole did have an end.

The two moved deeper and deeper down the stairs. Sess'sth stopped and looked back to the waterfall. He saw objects floating in the water, being carried by the current over the falls. But they were not just objects.... they were the souls of those once living. Sess'sth watched as some of them were carried by the current, over the sharp rocks at the edge of the cliff that the river became a waterfall, and watched them fall deeper and deeper into the darkness below, to their fates.
That is where Moden and Sess'sth were heading.... to the bottom of the abyss. Through shadow and death.

For hours the two walked the steps deeper and deeper.... perhaps days. Finally the end of the waterfall could be seen. The almost endless stairs finally stopped, and the two walked down a path of mud.

The waterfall crashed upon tens of sharp rocks, and became a river once again. In the distance the river parted.

The two walked down the path that lasted for miles.


They came to the end of the path, where more stairs began. The river was still parted. Sess'sth looked to the far left part of the river, and somehow, at a certain point, the river reached up into the sky, and the liquid that made up the river became water that was completely clean, and shined brightly against the rock. It must have been the path to the heavens, where those worthy would get their rewards.

On the other side, the liqiud became more black than coal, and it stank like millions of corpses burning. It was the entrance to the Hells. The stairs, that the two were taking, followed the black waterfall.....
The stairs ended. It looked like the rest had collapsed. Moden stopped at the very edge and he looked down into the darkness that awaited him. Forward he leaned, until he fell from the steps and into the darkness.
Sess'sth followed him.

The fall took days. Finally the end of the waterfall could be seen. The two plunged into the discusting filthy liquid, deeper and deeper, until they fell out from the bottom, somehow, into a dark room.

They had entered the Hall of Skulls.

A bridge awaited them, made of dark stone. The walls of this room were made of something strange..... They were made of skulls!!!!

Sess'sth wimpered as he saw the endless piles of skulls on top of skulls. He wanted to stop now!.... but something did not let him.

"Finally we shall enter Hell."
Moden cried. Sess'sth opened his dry mouth and tried to speak.

"W...We have nots entereds yet?! Buts... we have travelled so fars!!" Sess'sth cried. Moden chuckled evilly, and Sess'sth fell to his knees. They had not entered yet!? All this terrible way, and they had not entered. The path to get there was to terrifying, and the destination must be far worse.
Sess'sth stood up, and tried to run.
"Fool! You can not escape, now! We have gone too far!" Moden laughed. Sess'sth stopped, and knew now that Moden would kill him down here. But wait!! Moden no longer had the stone which kept him alive! If he dies once again, he can not come back to the world above!!
Sess'sth drew his halberd, and prepared for battle.
"FOOL!! You think you can defeat me in my own realm? I would have given you the chance for eternal life... and you want to kill me?!" Moden draws the giant sword.
"Now you must die, die down here, where no one or nothing can revive you!"

The two prepared for battle. Sess'sth walked onto the bridge, Moden waiting at the other side. Sess'sth stopped, and saw them.....
He saw the piles of souls trying to escape from the endless pits below. Those were the souls of those who fought against the unknown force pushing them into the gates of Hell.

Moden raised his sword high, and yelled "Come to me fool! Bring your face to my sword!!"
Sess'sth charged towards Moden, and jumped almost on top of him.
The weapons met. They took turns swinging at eachother. Blades met blades.
Moden swung hard and fast.... but was blocked.
Sess'sth swung to Moden's head..... but was blocked.


Hours passed, and the two continued to fight. The souls below groaned.
Moden swung his sword above Sess'sth's head, stopped, and swung to Sess'sth's side, hitting him hard. Sess'sth almost fell from the bridge, but stuck his halberd on the other side of the bridge, stopping his fall. Sess'sth jumped up, and swung the blunt side of his halberd to Moden's feet, making him fall. Sess'sth raised his halberd, and stabbed. He stabbed again. He stabbed again. He stabbed again.
Moden raised his sword and stabbed Sess'sth as he raised his halberd to stab again. Sess'sth fell to his knees, and with the last of his strength, he pushed Moden off the bridge.

Moden fell into the pit of souls, and his body was ripped to shreads. His soul is now trapped in the deepest chamber of Hell.



Sess'sth lost conciousness, and his bleeding body fell to the ground.

Sess'sth awoke. He realized that Moden's sword was still inside him, and he pulled it out. The sword melted after it came out of his body, and the liquid disappeared.

Sess'sth died there. His spirit travelled to the light, and he saw great gates. A voice said to him,
"Welcome, Sess'sth. Welcome to the Heavens. Your reward is great, for you have trapped Moden from ever returning to the world below!"
Sess'sth did not want to die yet..... but he was dead. He will miss much of what will happen in Trollsbane now.

The gates opened, and Sess'sth began to walk inside.... but he stopped. There, right in front of him, he saw his family. The family he never knew, was waiting for him. And beside them, Xelzishna, the fair lizard lady stood! Sess'sth cried tears of happiness as he saw them. He ran to their arms, and they all hugged. Finally, he was re-united with his friends and family!
But was this what he really wanted? To just leave his Trollsbane friends back there? He had to decide now........

Sess'sth made up his mind.....

"Excuse me.... I would like to return backs to the world of the living.... I do nots deserve to be heres yet."
"So be it." the voice said, "But it is up to you to find your way back to the world of men, for your body is still in the under realms. Good luck Sess'sth..."

Sess'sth gave his goodbyes to his family, and told them he would be back.

And Sess'sth was revived. He picked up his halberd and looked for a way out.

Near the gates of Hell, Sess'sth found portals to the world of the living.
"Thats is how Moden travelled to our world so fasts...." Sess'sth said.

He entered the portal and appeared on top of the library. Sess'sth is back. He had travelled through shadow and death.