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Sess'sth returns to the under realms once again. He had a vision of a dark figure releasing Moden from the chamber which he had been locked inside.

After hours, perhaps days of wandering the endless paths, and dodging the entrances to the torture chambers of Hell, Sess'sth finally finds his way to the place he has been searching for. Finally Sess'sth has escaped from the endless tunnels. He enters a dark 'room', where everything but a stone path is endless darkness. Sess'sth walks a few steps and suddenly he is in earshot of a loud cry. His slow pace fastens to a sprint down the endless path, deeper and deeper into the darkness.

Every step he takes, the path is darker and the screams are louder. In the distance, a red light glows. Sess'sth runs faster.




The dark figure from Sess'sth's vision walks to the end of the path and in front of him is a bright, yet dark red light. He moves closer and sees a creature chained to the wall. The thing seems to be human, but it is hard to tell. From its neck, both arms, and both legs, chains emerge from its skin and are stuck inside a giant stone covered in runic writing. It screams in pain as it tries to reach the dark figure. The figure holds out a black diamond shaped stone covered with the same runic writing. He cautously steps toward the creature.

"Lord Moden, it is I, Jahusam, your faithful servent! I have come to rescue you!" The man shouts, and the creature tries harder to reach for the man.

Behind the creature is a hole, where the diamond shaped stone will fit. The man sees the hole and says, "Lord, let me insert the key and free you! Please!"

The figure holds his hand out slowly and the creature moves around crazilly. The man reaches closer and closer to the hole.....


.....Before the figure can reach close enough, Sess'sth finally arrives and grabs him.

"Stop!! He shall not be released, not even by you, Jahusam!" Sess'sth shouts as he tries to grab the rock from the figure's hand. The two fight and struggle. They move close to the edge of the platform, and fight for the rock. The figure kicks Sess'sth and runs towards the creature. He thrusts the rock forward, but Sess'sth grabs his leg and pulls him down before he can shove it in the hole. The two fight again for the rock, and it slides from the figure's hand, to the edge. Sess'sth kicks the figure, and crawls to the rock. He takes it just before it falls off of the edge. The figure leaps at Sess'sth and Sess'sth whips him with his tail. The figure slides back, and Sess'sth jumps on his neck. Sess'sth kicks the figure, and he slides off the edge, but before his whole body slides off, one of his arms grabs the edge. As he tries to pull himself up, Sess'sth walks over to his hand. Sess'sth raises a foot, and drops it hard onto the figure's hand. The figure falls from the ledge into the abyss.

Sess'sth sighs with relief and holds the stone tight. He looks over to Moden, chained to the wall, one last time, and laughs. He begins travelling up the path from where he came from, and Moden screams louder and louder.

All that could be heard from the screams were, "H'kinh fel'nish!", some unknown words from the ancient tongues.

A few days later, late at night, Sess'sth walks into the wilderness away from town. He carries many things in a bag.

Sess'sth stops far away from town and everything else. Sess'sth opens the bag and takes out many logs. After all the logs are on the ground, he grabs some axes and goes to chop more.

A while later he comes back with plenty of wood for what he is going to do. Sess'sth lays his old rusty sword onto a pile of wood. He takes out some smaragd stones and puts them at it's handle. Then Sess'sth takes the 5 life roots he found a while back, and puts them all around the old sword. Sess'sth takes a cup from his bag and walks over to the shore. He wanders until he finds a fast moving stream with nice pure water. Sess'sth takes some of the water in the cup and brings it back to the sword.

Sess'sth returns and slowly pours the water over the old sword. He drops the cup onto the pile and reaches deep into his bag. Sess'sth takes the black stone with the runic writing out and looks at it. After a while of looking at the writings on the rock ''key'' Sess'sth drops it right at the end of the handle of the sword. He then covers the items with the remaining wood.

After all the wood is piled up, Sess'sth throws on some cloth, dead leaves, some coal he found, and other dry, flamible items.

Sess'sth concentrates on the fire. He slowly reaches towards the wood and once his finger touches, it lights on fire. Sess'sth continues to concentrate on the wood while the fire grows.

Sess'sth concentrates on the fire for hours.

A sudden light appears, and nothing but the light can be seen. Sess'sth loses conciousness.




Sess'sth appears in a light area. All around him is white, but a figure robed in red in front of him. Sess'sth walks toward the figure slowly.
All is silent.
The figure looks at Sess'sth and holds out his arms, which are holding something in a dark red cloth. The figure nods to Sess'sth to take cloth, so Sess'sth does.

Sess'sth opens the cloth slowly. A sword is revealed. Sess'sth picks it up, but almost throws it up in the air, since it is so light. He admires the sword, it's blue blade with red in the middle. The designs of fire. The handle, so easy to grip, with many smaragd stones decarating it. And at the very end of the handle, the black stone is locked inside, for no evil to take.

Sess'sth looks up to the man, and smiles. The man opens his mouth....

"Use it well, Sess'sth....." the man says, and he walks away slowly. Sess'sth watches the man leave. Sess'sth sees something on the man's hand....... the symbol only the Fire Seers have......
Sess'sth smiles.




Sess'sth awakens in the wilderness. The fire has died, and the same beautiful sword is there. Sess'sth takes it, and thinks of the man cloaked in red. He sheaths his new sword and walks towards town.