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  1. Map
  2. Prologue
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When she'd come across this place and seen the vats, her intuition told her there was something here that wasn't right. She had explored the facility using the near-perfect invisibility of her enchantress's dress, and spoken to some of the prisoners as well as interrogating two guards. She had deciphered the runes on the bubbling vats, as well as she was able to given the strange lore she had never encountered before.

And she had heard the screams.

She told the prisoners to have heart, for she would be back, and soon Ella knew everything there was to know about what went on at the facility. She knew there were two of these places: the one below her, and another not far away, also in Tingara. There had been a third, in Halaran, but it had been liberated at the same time as Ralanast.

Ella wondered whether Miro knew about the facility in Ralanast, and what he made of what the Primate was doing. There would be no peace, not with a man who could perpetrate such evil. She hoped the allied commanders realised this war wouldn't be over until the Primate was dead and allied soldiers walked the streets of Seranthia.

A constant flow of essence was being carted out from the facility, stored in conspicuous canisters of black glass, piled atop drudge-pulled carts. Ella knew that the essence was going to the Akari, and that without the constant supply they wouldn't be able to field so many revenants.

She had found her enemy's weakness, although even if she hadn't, Ella wouldn't have been able to pass this place by. Filled with rage, Ella knew she had to free the prisoners and destroy this evil place.

Ella was glad she had enchanted the wand, even though it had been against Prince Ilathor's wishes. Without it, her difficult task would have been made impossible.

She would wait until the middle of the night.

Then she would strike.

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KILLIAN spent his last hours thinking.

His thoughts twisted and turned as he dwelled on what he could have done differently. He pondered the secrets the old man had promised to reveal but never did. He wondered if he was ready to die.

He thought about Ella.

She would never know what had happened to him. Did she even care? A girl like her, she would probably have found herself a strong lover by now, someone to see her through this terrible war. Killian wished he could see her one last time.