{"id":11098,"date":"2017-09-30T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T01:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/?p=11098"},"modified":"2017-09-30T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T01:07:35","slug":"hungry-eyes-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/hungry-eyes-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungry Eyes in the Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5856\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11098-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hungry-Eyes-in-the-Darkness-full-version.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hungry-Eyes-in-the-Darkness-full-version.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hungry-Eyes-in-the-Darkness-full-version.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hungry-Eyes-in-the-Darkness-full-version.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=11098-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hungry-Eyes-in-the-Darkness-full-version.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Hungry-Eyes-in-the-Darkness-full-version.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 2:17:02 &#8212; 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\u201cHorror Game Menu\u201d by Eric Matyas)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Due to mature subject matter, parental discretion is advised\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The New Britannia Theater Troupe<br \/>\nPresents<br \/>\nHungry Eyes in the Darkness<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Directed and produced by Asclepius<br \/>\nWritten by Gabriel Nightshadow with additional writing by Amber Raine and Jakdaw Foxlauden<br \/>\nDirector of Public Relations and Music Supervisor: Amber Raine<br \/>\nSound Effects Supervisors: Asclepius and Gabriel Nightshadow<br \/>\nTechnical Consultant: Stile Teckel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">VOICE CAST<br \/>\nAmber Raine as Lady Constance Dane<br \/>\nLady Addy as Miranda Zul and Darla<br \/>\nAsclepius as Parsniferous Dar, Malakir, Captain Klump, and Himself<br \/>\nApollox Evanheart as Colonel Jeremiah Dane<br \/>\nDinsoo as Prince Tomar Ren and Kaitoth # 1<br \/>\nStryker Sparhawk as Lieutenant William Long and Thurlo Mak<br \/>\nJakdaw Foxlauden as King Targon Ren and Okimaru<br \/>\nElgarion De\u2019Kahli as General Elias Thorne, Joran Tyrell, and Fight Announcer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Margaritte McLean as Anna, Peri, and Adria<br \/>\nSolstar as Boson Trelor, Lieutenant Burke, and Kaitoth Guard<br \/>\nCordelayne Valkyris as Councilor Dar, Major Kincaid, and Time Traveler<br \/>\nSelene Noctua as Lily and Councilor Hurad<br \/>\nAudacity as Marla and Kaitoth # 2<br \/>\nBrazzen as Amara and Chariya<br \/>\nWomby as Councilor Angelus Corvus<br \/>\nWoftam as Ser Dragonwolf and General Ruko<br \/>\nBrian Manown as Council Leader Tremaine and Nystal Timelord<br \/>\nWith<br \/>\nLord Baldrith as the Narrator, Captain Cantrell, Max, and Himself<br \/>\nGabriel Nightshadow as Bearcub<br \/>\nAnd<br \/>\nSPECIAL GUEST<br \/>\nRichard Garriott as the Prisoner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***********************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 2 &#8211; \u201cDeath Is Just Another Path\u201d by Otto Halmen)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\n\u201cAs the shards rained down from the skies and decimated the land, the people quickly grabbed what few precious belongings they could and fled into the underground caverns. With both Lord British and the Avatar missing and presumed dead, it was up to the remaining members of the Great Council to lead the survivors through this dark time.<br \/>\nThree months into their underground exile, the situation had grown desperate, as the survivors had nearly exhausted their small supply of food and fresh water. The Great Council sent several hunting expeditions deeper into the caverns to replenish their depleted stock, but none of them returned. All that was heard were distant screams\u2026and then silence\u2026\u201d<br \/>\nThe great historian Theodric, from The History of New Britannia, Vol. 1<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPART I: DESPERATE TIMES<br \/>\nIt is evening in the sprawling, underground tent city of Brittany. Most families are sitting down to dinner, but not so for the less fortunate\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MARLA (pleading)<br \/>\nPlease, Duke Corvus, all I ask for is a bit of bread and water for my starving children\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe young woman stands before the rather corpulent, middle aged, gray haired noble who was reclining on some red velvet pillows in his opulent tent. On a nearby table is a wide assortment of freshly prepared meats, cheeses, breads, fruits and wines. A young, buxom, scantily clad blond woman is feeding the Duke pieces of smoked bacon. The young mother\u2019s gaunt young son and daughter cling to her with what little strength they still have.<br \/>\nDuke Corvus looks at the pleading, young woman with disdain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nYou should have been better prepared for these hard times\u2026 I only have enough food and water to provide for myself and my servants. I have nothing to give you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 3 \u2013 \u201cKnowing Tree\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nSurely, a kind and generous person such as yourself can afford to spare a bit of food and water\u2026for this unfortunate young woman and her children, Angelus\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nDuke Corvus turns towards a beautiful, raven haired young noblewoman who has walked over with her manservant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nAh\u2026Lady Constance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nDuke Corvus quickly stands up and bows to her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nHow good to see you today! Er\u2026perhaps I could spare a bit\u2026in this particular instance. Darla, please prepare a sack of food and a wineskin of water for this young woman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DARLA<br \/>\nYes, master\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nDuke Corvus nods to the voluptuous servant girl, who proceeds to put a generous amount of meat, cheese, fruit, and bread in a sack and filled a wineskin full of water. She hands the items to the young mother, who slings the wineskin across her shoulder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MARLA<br \/>\nThank you, Duke Corvus, and to you as well, Lady Constance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANNA<br \/>\nMomma, I don\u2019t feel so well\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe woman\u2019s daughter faints.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MARLA<br \/>\nAnna!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMarla drops the sack and manages to catch her daughter before she hits the ground.<br \/>\nLady Constance immediately rushes over and feels Anna\u2019s forehead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nThis poor girl is feverish! Marcus, please bring her to my tent immediately!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nHer manservant, Marcus, picks up the girl and cradles her in his muscular arms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nWhat is your name?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MARLA<br \/>\nMy name is Marla\u2026<br \/>\nWill my beloved Anna be OK?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI will know better once I have had a chance to examine her more closely. My knowledge of healing herbs and potions passed on to me by my late mother should prove useful here\u2026 Follow me\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMarla picks up the sack of food. She and her young son, Thomas, follow Lady Dane and Marcus towards her tent, as a curious Duke Corvus looks on. Once they are out of hearing range, he mutters to himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (whispering to himself)<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know why Lady Constance bothers helping these commoners, but I dare not oppose her. Even though I sit on the Great Council, I don\u2019t want her husband, Colonel Jeremiah Dane, as a foe\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(loudly)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">More wine, woman!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DARLA<br \/>\nAt once, master\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nDarla leans over and quickly pours some red wine into the raised golden goblet, which Angelus quickly consumes. Eyeing her curvaceous figure, he suddenly has a devilish grin on his face as he becomes visibly aroused!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DARLA (nervous)<br \/>\nMaster, why are you looking at me like that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (whispering)<br \/>\nI hunger for something more than bacon right now\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(DARLA sighs.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nDarla barely manages a half-hearted smile as Angelus suddenly grabs her by the waist, pulls her close to him and licks her right cheek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (whispering)<br \/>\nOoh\u2026baby\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAngelus proceeds to shut the entrance to the tent\u2026<br \/>\nA short distance above and behind them, a hulking figure watches, hidden behind a tall stalagmite. Gazing lustfully at Lady Constance as she departs, he breathes heavily before silently disappearing into the shadows\u2026<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 4 \u2013 \u201cHall of the Ancients\u201d by Eliot Corley)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe Great Council Chamber \u2013 one hour later\u2026<br \/>\nCouncil Leader Tremaine, an elderly, white bearded fellow, addresses his fellow council members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nMy fellow Council members, the situation is very grave indeed\u2026 The Quartermaster has informed me that even with the strict rationing we have imposed, there is only enough food and water to sustain our people for another two or three weeks at most\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCouncilor Hurad, a silver haired woman who wore eyeglasses, chimes in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR HURAD (worried)<br \/>\nWhat are we to do? None of our previous three hunting expeditions have returned. The distant screams that have been heard by some of our citizens living on the outermost edge of our encampment suggest that they may have fallen victim to ferocious beasts inhabiting these underground caverns\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCouncilor Corvus suddenly stands up and pounds his fist down on the granite table!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR ANGELUS CORVUS (shouting)<br \/>\nDesperate times call for decisive action! I will personally lead a military expedition into the depths of the caverns to rid ourselves of these foul beasts!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCouncilor Dar, a ginger haired middle-aged fellow, interrupts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR DAR<br \/>\nUm\u2026no disrespect, General, but it is been many years since you have been in the field. Perhaps it would be wiser for General Thorne to lead this expedition. He is our military commander, after all\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nI will have both General Thorne and Col. Dane accompany me. I believe a small force of foot soldiers, archers, mages, and healers should provide sufficient cover for the gatherers. I call for a vote!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR HURAD<br \/>\nI second the motion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nVery well then. All those in favor of Councilor Corvus\u2019 proposal, raise your hands!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nFive of the Council members raise their hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nOpposed?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nFour Council members raise their hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nBy a vote of five to four, the motion passes! Begin making your preparations, Councilor Corvus. Your party will depart in the morning. This session is adjoined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe Council Leader pounds his gavel on the granite table.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cJudge\u2019s Gavel\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As the Councilors rise and depart the chamber, Angelus Corvus smiles. He knows that returning with food and water for the desperate populace will assure his victory over Councilor Dar and that old fool Tremaine in next month\u2019s Council election\u2026<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 5 \u2013 \u201cSoliloquy\u201d \u2013 by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs Colonel Jeremiah Dane is making his way back to his tent, he decides to stop by the Cave of Knowledge to see how his good friend, the noted scholar Joran Tyrell, is doing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nJoran, I see you have gathered quite a bit of written material for the Cave of Knowledge in the past month!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nYes, and I was very busy this week transcribing all of the oral material I gathered from the city elders! A most exhausting task for one person, to be sure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nIndeed\u2026Sadly, most of the scribes perished when the Temple was destroyed during the first wave of the shardfall. This is important work you are doing on behalf of the Great Council\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe balding man pauses to stroke his long, white beard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nAye&#8230; We must preserve our past if we hope to lay the foundation for a better future. I think I am going to have to ask young Henry Congreve to build me some more bookcases. These unsorted stacks of books are getting pretty high\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nYes, they are! We wouldn\u2019t want you to be accidentally crushed by them\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL (chuckling)<br \/>\nThat would be\u2026 most unfortunate! How is Constance doing these days?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nShe\u2019s been very busy tending to the sick. I was actually on my way home. Today is our third wedding anniversary!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nCongratulations! Do you have anything special planned for tonight?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nPerhaps\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL (admonishing)<br \/>\nThen quit wasting time talking to an old man and get back to you lovely, young wife! That was the problem with your late father, General Marcus Dane. He spent way too much time on the battlefield and not enough time with his family!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI really wish I had known him better\u2026Good thing I can always turn to you for stories about his military exploits! Good evening to you, Joran!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nMay your evening prove to be\u2026fruitful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah bows, then turns and exits the cave.<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 6 \u2013 \u201cA New Thing\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nNow, remember to give Anna this medicine twice a day \u2013 once at breakfast and again at dinner. She should fully recover from this illness in about four or five days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAnna runs over and gives Constance Dane a big hug. Lady Constance smiles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MARLA<br \/>\nI will do as you have instructed. Thank you so much, Lady Constance! Come along now, children!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs Lady Constance glances over at her husband\u2019s suit of fluted plate armor in the corner of their tent, she receives another visitor, her best friend, the beautiful, ginger-haired mage, Miranda Zul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DAR<br \/>\nMiranda, how are feeling today? Any signs of morning sickness yet?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nNo, Constance. I find that rather surprising considering I am about five months along\u2026although I feel the baby kicking in there every now and then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda suddenly has a sad and distant look in her eyes as she sighs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nHow I wish that Xander was around to share in this\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance pats Miranda\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nYes, I know how much it still hurts after these past three months\u2026Xander died a hero \u2013 saving all those citizens by pushing them aside during that rock cave-in\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda smiles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nHave you given any thought to the baby\u2019s name?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nWell, if it is a boy, I am torn between Mathias and Amin\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nBoth are lovely names! I would go with Mathias. You can always name your grandson, Amin\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nThat is an excellent idea, Constance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda hands Constance a bright blue robe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nA little something I made for you in my spare time. Happy anniversary!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nIt\u2019s lovely, Miranda! Thank you very much!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(CONSTANCE sighs.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nAt this point, I wonder if Jeremiah and I will ever have children\u2026We\u2019ve been trying for three years now without success, and with all our respective duties\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nI know\u2026But I am sure it will happen\u2026when the time is right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI hope so\u2026I\u2019ve already been thinking of possible names for a son \u2013 Gideon, Christopher, Michael, Gabriel\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 7 \u2013 \u201cWind of Stories\u201d by HorrorPen)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nHello, ladies!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA short, prematurely balding, rotund, raven haired young man with a beak-like nose, enters the tent. His jet black mage robe instantly sets him apart from his brethren, who tend to favor bright colors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE AND MIRANDA ZUL (less than enthusiastic, in unison)<br \/>\nHello\u2026Pars\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nParsniferous Dar flashes a toothy grin, as he gazes lustfully at Constance.<br \/>\nBoth Constance and Miranda had known Parsniferous (who insisted that everyone call him \u201cPars\u201d, which sounded slightly better\u2026) since they were children and had always disliked him, for he had always been an arrogant fellow, relying on his family\u2019s great wealth and power to bully others into submission. Even as a child, Parsniferous had been obsessed with Constance, threatening any other boys who showed any interest in her. Needless to say, he was more than a little upset the day that she chose to marry the dashing Jeremiah Dane. Still, Parsniferous seemed to get over his disappointment and had been cordial to the couple since their wedding day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nWill you two be accompanying the rest of us on our little hunting expedition tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nI will!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE (worried)<br \/>\nAre you sure that is wise, Miranda, in your condition?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nThe fact is we don\u2019t have many highly skilled mages left. Most perished when the magic school was destroyed during the Shardfall. Pars and I are probably the two most powerful mages remaining, and Gen. Thorne expects to encounter heavy resistance from whatever vicious creatures wiped out the previous expeditions. Clearly, conventional weapons did them little good\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DAR<br \/>\nMaia, Lexie, Bronwyn, and I should accompany the expedition as well. Very few clerics survived the destruction of the church. Our herbs and potions may not be as effective as healing spells, but they should prove quite useful in tending to the wounded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (concerned)<br \/>\nNo, I think you should remain here, my darling\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe incredibly handsome, blond haired, blue eyed Col. Jeremiah Dane enters the tent. Pars frowns for a moment, but quickly fakes a smile before anyone notices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nGen. Thorne is only leaving a few clerics behind, clearly not a sufficient number to tend to all of the sick people here\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI have been busy training Marcus, Sarah, and Jason in the healing arts. They will be able to act in my stead until I return. I know how important this hunting expedition is. With each day, I have seen more of our people fall prey to illness as their bodies become weak due to dehydration and starvation. We certainly don\u2019t want to suffer the same fate as Duke Nakamura\u2019s \u201cGrand Experiment\u201d \u2013 the first underground city ever built. The metropolis known as Zimbala\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (somber)<br \/>\nNo\u2026we don\u2019t. After their connection to the surface world was severed due to that massive cave-in, the city ran low on food and water. Eventually most of their citizens contracted that deadly plague carried by the rats and died. I was part of the rescue team assigned to remove the rubble. We only found 500 survivors out of a total population of 25,000. I was there the day Lord British gave his tearful eulogy as the cave entrance was permanently sealed and returned to the site one year later for the dedication ceremony of the engraved bronze plaque honoring them. I believe the survivors moved east and settled somewhere along the southern coast\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (somber)<br \/>\nYes, that was a very sad chapter in our history\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (somber)<br \/>\nIndeed\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nOk, my darling Constance, you and your healers may accompany the hunting expedition. But you must promise me that you will stick close to Miranda\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nDon\u2019t worry, Jeremiah! I\u2019ll make sure that no harm comes to either of these lovely ladies. You have my word!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah can\u2019t help but notice the smirk on Pars\u2019 face as he says that. Pars quickly changes to a concerned look before either Constance or Miranda can notice. Jeremiah forces himself to smile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI\u2019m sure you will. That makes me feel so much better\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nPars and I should be going now\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda give Pars a stern look. Pars takes the hint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nYes\u2026See you both in the morning!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars bows to Constance before turning around and exiting the tent with Miranda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 8 \u2013 \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Here\u201d by Dinsoo )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI know that this is not exactly the way we were planning on celebrating our anniversary, my darling\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(JEREMIAH sighs.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI know, dear\u2026but given the circumstances\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI made this for you, my darling. I\u2019m not a master craftsman, so it took me a bit longer than I expected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah hands Constance a small black lacquered box. She opens it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(CONSTANCE DANE gasps.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nInside is an exquisitely crafted, silver brooch in the shape of a dragon. The tiny red rubies in his eyes sparkle. The dragon\u2019s heart is composed of half an emerald fused to half a sapphire in a gold setting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nOh, it\u2019s lovely! I will wear it proudly on the new robe which Miranda made me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance hugs Jeremiah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI\u2019m glad that you like it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah gives Constance an amorous glance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nNow, why don\u2019t we get started on that family of ours?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nYou just read my mind\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah and Constance begin passionately kissing and remove each other\u2019s clothes as they slowly make their way back towards their bed\u2026<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 9 &#8211; \u201cConquerors\u201d by Alexandr Zhelanov )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PART II: HUNGRY EYES<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Early the next morning, as the large, heavily armed group proceeds through a dimly lit passageway\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSoldiers Marching\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nGeneral Thorne, are you sure we should be making so much noise as we make our way through these tunnels? Perhaps stealth would be a better option\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nNonsense, Col. Dane! I wholeheartedly agree with Councilor Corvus\u2019 suggestion that we make as much noise as possible to frighten off any would be predators!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah thought that General Thorne was a brilliant tactician, but he also knew that his blind loyalty to Councilor Corvus sometimes clouded his judgment. As a younger man, then Col. Thorne had served under Gen. Corvus for fifteen years.<br \/>\nTwenty five years ago, they had led the legendary campaign to drive off the nomadic Kaitoth who had suddenly returned to reclaim their ancestral homeland (subsequently occupied by the metropolis of PaxLair) after abandoning it 100 years before.<br \/>\nAfter hearing Gen. Thorne\u2019s response, Jeremiah thinks it is best not to pursue the matter any further\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nAye, General\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 10 \u2013 \u201cHeroes Theme\u201d by Alexandr Zhelanov )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSuddenly, everyone can hear loud shouting and shrieks of pain coming from up ahead!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (shouting)<br \/>\nThe advance scouting party must be under attack!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCol. Jeremiah Dane draws his flaming two-handed sword.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI\u2019ll lead a team to investigate! Black Bear, Red Dragon, and White Phoenix Platoons, follow me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah and his men charge forward in the direction of the screams and eventually find themselves in a gigantic cave facing a horrific sight. Hundreds of large spider eggs are bathed in the light of the strange, pink algae growing on the cave walls. Dozens of giant, pink fluorescent ferocious spiders are tearing the advance scouting party to shreds!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cTermites and ants\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Several men are already encased in spider webbing and are screaming as they are being devoured alive. A few are swinging their swords around blindly, as they try to wipe the deadly spider venom from their faces. The soldiers\u2019 leather armor provides very little protection from the spiders\u2019 razor sharp pincers and many are coughing up blood as they are gored to death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nMen, you know what to do! Light them up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cLarge Fireball\u201d and \u201cFlame Arrow\u201d sound effects. Repeat 3x each)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars, Miranda, and the other mages immediately start casting Fireball and Ring of Fire at both the eggs and the attacking spiders. The archers then let loose with Fire Arrows and finally, Jeremiah and the foot soldiers wade in with their flaming swords.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSquirting\u201d sound effect. Repeat 5x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After a short, but fierce battle, all of the spiders and the eggs are destroyed. Constance and the other healers and clerics rush to attend to the wounded. As the rest of the party finally catches up to them, Councilor Corvus, Gen. Thorne, and Major Jurgensen approach Jeremiah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nSo I guess we now know what happened to the three previous hunting expeditions\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nIndeed! Now that we have dealt with these ferocious spiders, the hunters and gatherers should be able to carry on their work without fear of being attacked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI am not so sure about that, General. There may be other predators lurking in these caves that we are unaware of\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nTo Jeremiah\u2019s astonishment, for once, Councilor Corvus actually agrees with him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nCol. Dane has a point\u2026Perhaps we should remain on our guard as we proceed further down\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nAye, Councilor\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA short time later, Constance, who was wearing her new blue robe and dragon brooch, approached them with a grim look on her face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nLady Constance, what do you have to report?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nFifty casualties consisting mostly of members from the advance scouting party, and forty seriously injured, Councilor. Due to the limited number of clerics at our disposal, Maia, Lexie, Bronwyn, and I had to rely on our healing skills to stabilize sixteen of the most seriously injured. I recommend that all of the injured be transported back to our city immediately for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nAgreed\u2026See to it, General\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nGen. Thorne turns to Major Jurgensen and orders his men bring to the stretchers forward to carry the wounded back to Brittany. He also directs the Silver Fox platoon to provide protection as well! The Major salutes, then turns around and heads off to get his men.<br \/>\nAs soon as he departs, Boson Trelor, leader of the hunters and gathers approach the group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nAh\u2026Boson! Any luck finding edible plants, creatures or fresh water in this cavern?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BOSON TRELOR<br \/>\nI\u2019m afraid not, Councilor Corvus. The plants growing here are highly poisonous. However, my men did find quite a few veins that could be mined for iron, copper, and silver\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nI see\u2026Our ore supplies are running low. Have your mining teams remain behind while we continue on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BOSON TRELOR<br \/>\nBy your command, Councilor!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nI\u2019ll have Jade Tiger platoon remain behind to provide protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBoson turns to the nearby miners and nods his head.<br \/>\nThe miners immediately begin swinging their pickaxes at the ore nodes on the cave walls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cPickaxe\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track #11 \u2013 \u201cSeeking Loot\u201d by Aaron Spencer)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA couple of hours later, the weary group continue their trek through the cavern tunnels\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nCouncilor, it is nearly midday\u2026The men seem pretty exhausted. Perhaps we should break now for lunch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nHmm\u2026perhaps in a short while, General\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nThis is the furthest down in the caverns that any of our people have been. We have been rather fortunate that, other than those nasty slimes and some bats we encountered a short while ago, we have not run into any other hostile creatures\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nYes, quite fortunate indeed, Colonel. We can ill forward to lose many more of our men\u2026right, General?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nNo, we can\u2019t, sir. We have already lost one quarter of our expedition force due to death and injury. If we don\u2019t find any food or water soon, we will have to turn back. We don\u2019t enough rations to supply the men with dinner\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nDon\u2019t worry, General! I have a feeling that we will come across something soon\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs if on cue, the group hear some excited shouting coming from up ahead. They rush forward and soon find themselves in a very large cavern. Blue, green, and orange crystals jut out from the walls and provide illumination. An immense, underground lake fills up most of the area. The water is surprisingly clear and several types of previously unknown fluorescent fishes of various colors can be seen swimming about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFish splashing\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many bamboo reeds jut out from the water. Boson Trelor and his men are scattered across the many stalagmite bridges which crisscross the lake, examining the water, fish, and surrounding vegetation.<br \/>\nIt looks so tranquil, and yet Col. Dane can\u2019t shake this sudden feeling that there is something seriously wrong about this place\u2026<br \/>\nBoson suddenly turns in their direction, smiles, and gives them two thumbs up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BOSON TRELOR (yelling)<br \/>\nThe fish, water, and vegetation is all suitable for human consumption and in plentiful supply!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nThis is the answer to our prayers! Our people are saved!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nSee, General Thorne, I told you there was nothing to worry about\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BOSON TRELOR<br \/>\nHmm\u2026I could have sworn I just saw something move underneath the sand\u2026URK!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 12 \u2013 \u201cBattle Theme A\u201d by The Cynic Project)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSuddenly Boson and all his men are pulled into the water by mysterious figures which leap up from the lake bottom! The strangers immediately slit the throats of Boson and his men with their knives, flinging their dead bodies aside, and jump ashore. As soon as Councilor Corvus and General Thorne see the burly, bald warriors with tattooed faces and fur trimmed black leather armor, they immediately know who their foes are\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE (shouting)<br \/>\nKaitoth warriors! It\u2019s a trap!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs General Throne draws his lightning sword, fifteen Kaitoth warriors suddenly drop down from the ceiling on bungee cords, grab a very surprised Councilor Corvus and several of their mages, clerics, and healers and then rebound back up into the darkness above! They hear some screaming and then the dead bodies of the male mages rain down on the expedition force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect. Repeat 6x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE (yelling)<br \/>\nI can\u2019t see a bloody thing up there! Somebody cast a light spell! They still have Councilor Corvus and some of our clerics and healers! Archers, ready your weapons!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\n\u201cOn it, sir!\u201d, yells a young mage, as he begins to cast to a Light spell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFire Bow Sound\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The mage falls back on the ground, dead, a poison tipped arrow lodged in his heart!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\n\u201cThat came from over there!\u201d, yells a soldier, pointing to one of the other passageways to their upper left.<br \/>\nCol. Dane draws his flaming two-handed sword.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (yelling)<br \/>\nShield wall!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe men quickly raise their shields just before they are hit a barrage of poison tipped arrows from the various passageways to their upper left, forward, and to the right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cArrows Flying\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE (yelling)<br \/>\nArchers, use fire arrows!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFlame Arrow\u201d sound effect. Repeat 6X)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe archers cast fire arrows in the direction of the attacks. Screams can be heard as several Kaitoth archers erupt into flames and fall into the lake below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 13 \u2013 \u201cBlackmoor Colossus\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (yelling)<br \/>\nThorne!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nGeneral Thorne turns to see their gray haired, one eyed, battle scarred king, Targon, standing there on the other side of the largest stalagmite bridge with a large army of men behind him. Targon points his massive red battleaxe at General Thorne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (yelling)<br \/>\nAboveground, we were known as the finest hunters in all the land! But down here there is no prey to hunt\u2026except for all of you. Once we slay you and your men, we will march on your tent city and burn it to the ground! We will mate with your women and feast on your children! At last we shall have our revenge for being driven from our homeland!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE (yelling)]<br \/>\nThat will never happen, Targon Ren! Men, engage the enemy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBoth armies surge forward across the various stalagmite bridges and begin engaging in melee combat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSwords Clashing\u201d sound effect. Repeat 3X)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 14 \u2013 \u201cThe Dark Amulet\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCol. Dane soon finds himself facing the Kaitoth\u2019s strongest warrior, a massive brute by the name of Thurlo Mak. Despite his size, the Kaitoth is very quick on his feet, and Jeremiah is forced to try and get in a few strikes with this flaming, two handed sword while dodging Thurlo\u2019s twin short swords, which are forged from some sort of black meteoric ore. Jeremiah\u2019s bulky full plate armor seriously hampers his movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (growling)<br \/>\nI look forward to feasting on your meaty flesh tonight!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (defiant)<br \/>\nI wouldn\u2019t count on that! I\u2019m a lot tougher than I look!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah suddenly disarms Thurlo Mak, much to his foe\u2019s surprise!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cDrop Sword\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK<br \/>\nA most worthy foe! The mighty Thurlo Mak has never been disarmed in combat! I will add your skull to my collection and consume your heart to make me even stronger!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI think not!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah succeeds in slicing through Thurlo\u2019s left side with his flaming sword!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (in pain)<br \/>\nArgh! You will pay for that\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe fire immediately cauterizes the wound, but the pain is excruciating. A normal man would have passed out immediately, but Thurlo is no ordinary man. The pain only seems to enrage him!<br \/>\nThurlo growls, then immediately headbutts Jeremiah, causing him to stagger back. Thurlo then barrels straight into Jeremiah, sending the both of them into the lake!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track #15 \u2013 \u201cOlympos\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Meanwhile, on the edge of the battlefield, Lady Constance is tending to a seriously injured, unconscious soldier while her friend Miranda provides cover fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nHow much longer before Willie regains consciousness? There are just too many Kaitoth cannibals in this area and I am running low on reagents for my fireball and ring of fire spells!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance finishes wrapping the bandage over the ointment covered wound in the soldier\u2019s left side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nShouldn\u2019t be much longer!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG (groggy)<br \/>\nMmm\u2026Miranda\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA few feet away, two hulking Kaitoth cannibals decapitate two of Gen. Thorne\u2019s men with their doubled bladed sabers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201dDecapitation Head Fall Off\u201d sound effect twice)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They spot Constance and Miranda and turn to each and grin. Sheathing their weapons, they start walking over towards Constance and Miranda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (muttering under her breath)<br \/>\nOh darn, I\u2019m out!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda points her wooden staff at the two Kaitoth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (shouting)<br \/>\nStay away you two!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nHeh\u2026heh\u2026now why would we do that? You two are so\u2026beautiful\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBoth Constance and Miranda can see the lustful look in their eyes. Suddenly, Pars appears behind the two women and the prone soldier!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (relieved)<br \/>\nGreat timing, Pars! You know what to do!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nYes, indeed I do\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Quick, evil laugh from Pars)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cDischarge Spell\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars suddenly casts Discharge, rendering Constance, Miranda, and Lt. William Long unconscious!<br \/>\nThe short, chubby Kaitoth picks up Miranda and cradles her in arms. He gazes at her face and then at her bulging tummy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEAR CUB<br \/>\nMmm\u2026this one is so beautiful and yet looks so yummy. I can\u2019t decide if I should eat her or mate with her \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe larger of the two Kaitoth picks up Constance and slings her over his right shoulder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nExcellent work, Pars!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nAlways glad to be of service, Prince Tomar! I have honored my part of the agreement\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nIndeed you have\u2026By informing us of this attack and helping us plan this ambush, you have earned your place among my people! I look forward to my wedding night with my beautiful new bride! She will make a fine addition to my harem\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (surprised)<br \/>\nNew bride? Um\u2026I was hoping to take Lady Constance as my own\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (angry)<br \/>\nYou dare to defy me?! Long have I lusted for this female and I will not be denied!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar reaches out with his left hand, grabs Pars by the throat, and lifts him several feet into the air. He begins choking Pars. Pars\u2019 face starts to turn blue as he struggles to breathe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (choking)<br \/>\nNo\u2026Prince Tomar\u2026I meant no disrespect. Please forgive me! You will find me to be a valuable ally in the days to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar sets Pars down and releases his hold on his neck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nPerhaps\u2026you have proven yourself to be a most clever fellow\u2026<br \/>\nDo not worry about the woman! We have many other attractive female captives from which you can choose to mate with. Let us be off!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe three figures disappear down one of the nearby passageways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 16 \u2013 \u201cHeroic Demise\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Jeremiah and Thurlo Mak continue to wrestle each other in the water, where Thurlo\u2019s greater strength and lighter armor give him a significant advantage. Thurlo suddenly performs a bodyslam on poor Jeremiah! Momentarily stunned, Jeremiah tries to get up from the lake floor, but Thurlo has him pinned down. He begins choking Jeremiah with both hands. Jeremiah struggles to breathe underwater and starts to lose consciousness\u2026<br \/>\nNearby, on the largest stalagmite bridge, King Targon and General Thorne continue to trade blows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSwords Clashing\u201d sound effect. Repeat 3x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Both are badly wounded and blood flows from the numerous cuts on their armored bodies\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (growling)<br \/>\nLast time we fought, you cost me my right eye! Today I will take great pleasure in ripping your beating heart from your chest and consuming it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nI wouldn\u2019t count on that!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nGeneral Thorne\u2019s two handed lightning sword slices deep into Targon\u2019s right thigh.<br \/>\nTargon grunts in pain as he drops his massive red battleaxe and falls to his knees. Targon looks up at General Thorne and utters a Kaitoth curse. Suddenly, Targon has a very strange expression on his face, as if his attention is focused elsewhere\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE (puzzled)<br \/>\nWhy are you smiling?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (happy)<br \/>\nI just had a vision\u2026Sometime in the distant future, one of my descendants, a great bard and warrior known as Dinsoo, shall lead my people into battle and reclaim our ancestral land from those who have dared to settle there! In the end, the Kaitoth shall be victorious!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ELIAS THORNE<br \/>\nThat will never happen! I will wipe out all the Kaitoth today \u2013 starting with you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nGeneral Thorne raises his sword\u2026<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Thurlo Mak feels Jeremiah\u2019s body go limp, so he releases his hold on Jeremiah\u2019s throat and stands up. This proves to be costly mistake on Thurlo\u2019s part, for Jeremiah was only pretending to be dead.<br \/>\nJeremiah immediately gets up, kicks Thurlo in the groin, and then hits Thurlo in the jaw with a powerful uppercut!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cUppercut\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A very surprised Thurlo is sent flying backwards and knocked unconscious after crashing into the far cavern wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cHitting Wall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jeremiah turns to see General Thorne bring down his sword in an arc in an attempt to decapitate the prone King Targon. At the last moment, Targon rolls out of the way, grabs his battleaxe and swings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cBattle Axe Swing\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">General Thorne turns in Targon\u2019s direction and is immediately decapitated!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cDecapitation Head Fall Off\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (screaming)<br \/>\nNo!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon struggles to his feet and holds General Thorne\u2019s decapitated head up high for all to see!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (shouting)<br \/>\nBehold the severed head of our hated foe, General Thorne! Fight on men! Victory is within our grasp!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon\u2019s men cheer and attack with renewed ferocity! Col. Dane can see the disheartened look on his men\u2019s faces as they fall before the onslaught. They needed to regroup and come up with a new attack strategy. He raises his flaming sword.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nRetreat! Fall back to base camp!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe soldiers follow Jeremiah back out the cavern entrance. Their first battle with the Kaitoth cannibals had ended in utter defeat\u2026<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 17 \u2013 \u201cOh Honey\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PART III: PLEASURE AND PAIN<br \/>\nPrince Tomar leads Pars Dar down a dimly lit tunnel to the fur covered entrance of a cave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nI think you will enjoy your new accommodations\u2026I left you a welcome gift I am sure you will enjoy! I will see you at the victory feast this evening\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nYes, Prince Tomar\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar smiles as he turns and walks back down the passageway.<br \/>\nA puzzled Pars pushes aside the fur door and enters the cave.<br \/>\nThe crystals lining the walls and circular braziers on the floor provide ample illumination in the relatively well-furnished cave. Pars\u2019 attention is immediately drawn to the Wheel of Pain at the far end of the chamber. A blindfolded, raven haired, naked woman who bears a striking resemblance to Constance is bound to the standing manacle station on the Wheel of Pain. Pars begins breathing heavily as he approaches the woman from behind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI (frightened)<br \/>\nWho\u2019s there?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (demanding)<br \/>\nWhat is your name?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI (stammering)<br \/>\nMy\u2026name is Peri\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (barking)<br \/>\nFrom now on, your name is Constance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPeri\u2019s body begins to quiver as Pars runs his right hand down her bare back and buttocks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nSuch soft, tender, flesh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI (frightened)<br \/>\nYou\u2019re not going to hurt me\u2026are you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars quickly removes his robe. He picks up the wooden spanking paddle on the nearby shelf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (whispering)<br \/>\nThere can be no pleasure without pain\u2026<br \/>\nYou have been a very bad girl, Constance, and must be punished!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWood Whack\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Peri cries out in pain!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Repeat \u201cWood Whack\u201d sound effect followed by Peri crying out in pain 3X.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nWith each stroke, Pars becomes more aroused and begins breathing heavily! After several minutes, Pars suddenly pauses, looks down at the growing bulge in his underwear and smiles. Just a little bit longer\u2026he thinks to himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (whispering)<br \/>\nIn time, you will learn to enjoy this and to call me\u2026master!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Pars laughs evilly.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Peri whimpers.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWood Whack\u201d sound effect followed by Peri crying out in pain.)<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 18 \u2013 \u201cRifts End featuring Sharm\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance slowly regains consciousness and opens her eyes. She finds herself lying on some straw in some sort of cell. Her dear friend, Miranda, is cradling her head in her lap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nOw\u2026my head is throbbing! What happened?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (angry)<br \/>\nPars betrayed us, and now we and our fellow female clerics and healers are prisoners of the Kaitoth cannibals! Apparently they have dire need of our talents\u2026and wish to mate with us as well\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs Constance\u2019s eyes adjust to the dimly lit cell, she can see the other five frightened women huddled together in the far corner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE (shocked)<br \/>\nWhy would Pars do such a thing? It makes no sense\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nYou are too kind-hearted, Constance \u2013 always looking for the best in people. Pars betrayed all of us in order to save his worthless hide! Apparently, he helped the Kaitoth cannibals set up the whole ambush\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance looks around to see if there are any guards present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE (whispering)<br \/>\nWe must come up with an escape plan! We can\u2019t rely on General Thorne to send a rescue party for us\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nGeneral Thorne was killed by the king of the Kaitoth, Targon. Councilor Corvus was also taken prisoner and is being interrogated right now. I do hope that Willie is ok\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nAh yes, you, Xander, and Willie were always very close, if I recall\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nIndeed\u2026All during our teenage years, we were inseparable. That\u2019s why Willie was Xander\u2019s best man at our wedding\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance pats Miranda on the left shoulder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI am sure Willie is fine\u2026I don\u2019t think the Kaitoth would bother with an unconscious soldier\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t know how much Willie has been a comfort to me ever since Xander died! Why, just the other day, he dropped off a crib which had made for the baby\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nThat was very sweet of him\u2026Now about that escape plan\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nThat may prove to be difficult!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda raises her handcuffed wrists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nThere\u2019s something about this black meteoric metal which prevents the use of magic\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nOh dear\u2026<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 19 \u2013 \u201cCloister of Redemption\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWhip\u201d sound effect, followed by Angelus Corvus grunting. Repeat 4x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nIn another chamber on the other side of the Kaitoth\u2019s camp, Councilor Corvus is bound by restraints to a Wheel of Pain. He is clad only in his underwear and his arms and torso are covered with numerous lacerations and bruises inflicted by a cat o\u2019 nine tails. The burly Kaitoth interrogator drops his whip and begins punching Angelus Corvus in the face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cStrong punch\u201d sound effect, followed by Angelus Corvus grunting. Repeat 4x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSer Dragonwolf pauses for a moment to shake his sore right hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SER DRAGONWOLF (demanding)<br \/>\nGive us the information we seek!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe badly bruised and cut Councilor Corvus spits blood in his interrogator\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (defiant)<br \/>\nNever, you filthy cannibal!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SER DRAGONWOLF (sneering)<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll see about that!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe interrogator puts on a protective glove and picks up the red hot Kaitoth symbol brand out of the fire pit and presses it against Corvus\u2019 exposed chest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cHot sizzling\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SER DRAGONWOLF (mocking)<br \/>\nHeh&#8230;heh\u2026 Feel the burn\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe stench of burning flesh fills the room. The Councilor grimaces in pain, but refuses to cry out. The interrogator waits fifteen seconds before removing the brand and placing it back in the fire.<br \/>\nKing Targon enters the chamber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nHow goes the interrogation?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SER DRAGONWOLF<br \/>\nNot as well as I would like, King Targon. It has never taken me this long to break a prisoner\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nI am not surprised. Councilor Corvus is a most stubborn fellow. Leave us now. I will deal with him personally\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SER DRAGONWOLF<br \/>\nBy your command, King Targon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSer Dragonwolf bows, turns and exits the chamber.<br \/>\nCouncilor Corvus glares at King Targon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (defiant)<br \/>\nI have nothing to say to you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nI did not expect that you would\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon draws a dagger from its sheath and shows it to Councilor Corvus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nDo you recognize this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCorvus gazes at the ruby embedded in the intricately carved ivory handle and the serrated ebony blade and recognizes it immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS (surprised)<br \/>\nThat\u2019s one of the twelve Blood Daggers\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nThat\u2019s right\u2026One was given to each of the twelve tribe leaders when all of the Kaitoth were united under my ancestor, the great King Dinsaru, long ago\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ANGELUS CORVUS<br \/>\nI thought they were considered sacred and kept under lock and key. They are only brought out for special occasions\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nIndeed\u2026and today is one of them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWhistle Get Attention\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nEleven other Kaitoth enter the chamber with their Blood Daggers drawn. Councilor Corvus instantly realizes that his time has come to an end and gives them a contemptuous look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KIING TARGON (shouting)<br \/>\nToday, we shall have our revenge!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cStab\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon suddenly stabs Councilor Corvus in the chest! The Councilor spits blood in King Targon\u2019s face. King Targon wipes it away with his left hand, glares at the Councilor, and then steps back.<br \/>\nThe other eleven Kaitoth immediately rush forward and begin stabbing Councilor Corvus\u2019 torso as well. There is much blood splattered everywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cStab\u201d sound effect another 11x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Councilor remains defiant to the end and refuses to cry out in pain.<br \/>\nWhen the Councilor\u2019s body finally goes limp, the eleven other Kaitoth immediately leave the chamber and a guard enters. King Targon wipes his bloody dagger on Corvus\u2019 loincloth and places it back in its sheath.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nTake down the body and bring it to Okimaru! Our dead foe will be served at tonight\u2019s feast! Make sure he sets aside the heart and testicles for me\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon licks his lips in anticipation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nBy your command, King Targon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe guard begins unfastening the restraints as a smiling King Targon turns and leaves the chamber\u2026<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 20 \u2013 \u201cOmens\u201d by Eliot Corley)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA short time later\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nI hear someone coming\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cfootsteps\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub enters the holding area, accompanied by two Kaitoth guards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nLady Constance Dane, Prince Tomar wishes to see you\u2026<br \/>\nGuard, open the cell door\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nYes, sir!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs soon as the guard unlocks the cell door, one of the female clerics huddled in the far corner suddenly stands up, yells, and lunges at the guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nDelilah, no!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nDelilah tries to claw at the guard\u2019s eyes, but he simply places both his hands around her head and twists it 180 degrees!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cNeck Breaking\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The others gasp in horror at the sight of Delilah\u2019s lifeless body on the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nThat was a very foolish move on her part! I trust no one else will make the same mistake\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe other women huddled in the corner lower their heads and stare at the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nGuard, remove the body and bring it to Okimaru! It seems we will have more tender meat for tonight\u2019s victory feast!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nBy your command!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe guard picks up Delilah\u2019s body and slings it over his right shoulder. He departs while the other guard remains vigilant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nLady Constance Dane, please exit the cell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance Dane does as she is instructed. The guard locks the cell door behind her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nGuard, stand watch here until you are relieved of duty! I will personally escort the prisoner to Prince Tomar\u2019s quarters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nYes, mighty Bearcub!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub leers at Miranda Zul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nAs for you, Miranda Zul, I do so look forward to dining on your child after it is born and then making you part of my harem\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda Zul suddenly has a horrified look on her face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (shocked)<br \/>\nWhat?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nMy other two wives are getting too old. You are young, beautiful\u2026and oh\u2026so fertile. You will bear me many sons\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (defiant)<br \/>\nThat will never happen!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nMy\u2026you are a feisty one! I shall enjoy breaking you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Bearcub laughs.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nNow, if you will follow me this way, Lady Dane\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub leads Lady Constance Dane out of the holding area. The Kaitoth guard leers at the frightened women huddled together in the corner of the cell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nAfter King Targon , Thurlo Mak, and Ser Dragonwolf have made their selections, I will be able to claim one of you as my first wife, as a reward for the number of kills I achieved during the battle. I am so looking forward to that! Heh\u2026heh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe guard licks his lips in anticipation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 21 \u2013 \u201cThe Way I Feel\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBear Cub leads Lady Constance Dane to Prince Tomar\u2019s quarters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nPlease make yourself comfortable and help yourself to the refreshments. The Prince will be in to see you shortly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub departs. Constance cannot help but notice that the rather large cave is decorated very lavishly. Most of the space is taken up by a massive, intricately carved oak bed which could easily hold three people at the far end of the chamber. It is covered with red silk sheets, something a Kaitoth would not normally use.<br \/>\nA giant bearskin rug lies in front of the great hearth which is located to the right of the bed, and a Wheel of Pain lies to the left. On the shelves to the left of the Wheel of Pain are various whips, chains, blindfolds, and scented candles. Of particular note is a single black leather collar with several metal D-rings attached to it. A name is engraved on the collar in runic: CONSTANCE. Constance shudders\u2026<br \/>\nNear the far right wall is a long, oval shaped trophy case which holds several dozen skulls, each of which has a small bronze plate in front of it bearing the details of the defeated foe. A well-crafted, rectangular maple dining table in the center of the chamber has seating for six people. Several plates of exotic looking fruits and vegetables, as well as several varieties of unidentified smoked meats, are laid out on the table.<br \/>\nSuddenly, Constance hears a seductive song playing on the ornate metal phonograph behind her and hears someone breathing heavily on her neck\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 22 \u2013 \u201cBaby\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She turns around and sees a smiling Prince Tomar standing there. He is clad in a black leather doublet and tight leather pants, definitely not an outfit that a Kaitoth would normally wear!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nAt last we meet in person, Lady Constance Dane\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nExcuse me, but do I know you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nI am Prince Tomar, and I have admired you from afar for a very long time\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE (shocked)<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve been spying on me?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (breathing heavily)<br \/>\nI\u2026couldn\u2019t help myself. You are so beautiful\u2026 You have haunted my dreams since the first time I laid eyes on you three months ago. . I composed this poem to better express my feelings for you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Love poem composed by Amber Raine)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When darkness descends upon your skin<br \/>\nDon\u2019t let it fill you, don\u2019t let it in<br \/>\nDon\u2019t turn to look or let it know<br \/>\nThat you\u2019re willing to let the light go<br \/>\nWhen the light is gone, darkness will embrace<br \/>\nThose who wish it to take light\u2019s place<br \/>\nWhen you find a passion in the dark of night<br \/>\nBe watchful of a love that blinds your sight<br \/>\nFor darkness has a beauty that hides all lies<br \/>\nTricks you to think love is before your eyes<br \/>\nThere is something that lurks in the dark<br \/>\nLonging to drink in your spark<br \/>\nBe careful of what you see or feel<br \/>\nFor you may be its very next meal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE (very flustered)<br \/>\nUm&#8230;that was a lovely poem, Prince Tomar, but I am a happily married woman\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\n\u2026whose husband has abandoned her! I have so much more to offer you\u2026I can make you first among my four wives and treat you like a queen\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar suddenly pulls Constance Dar into a tight embrace and it is immediately apparent \u2026just how aroused the prince is!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (whispering)<br \/>\n\u2026and teach you the pleasures of the flesh&#8230;<br \/>\nOoh\u2026baby&#8230;baby\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar licks her left cheek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nNO! I love my husband! I know he will come for me\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (whispering)<br \/>\n\u2026.then he will die and I will take great delight in feasting on his remains! I must have you\u2026now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar pulls off Constance Dane\u2019s robe and gazes at her curvaceous figure. He quickly rips off her blouse and skirt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nNO!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar starts French kissing Constance Dane as he slowly advances towards the bed. Constance struggles to break free of his grasp, but he is far too strong for her. He forces her down on the bed, and then straddles her prone form as he binds her wrists and ankles to the bedposts with padded leather restraints.<br \/>\nHe places a black silk blindfold over her eyes and lights a red beeswax candle. Prince Tomar slowly begins dripping the molten candle wax on Constance\u2019s breasts and belly. Constance\u2018s body quivers with each drop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Constance begins moaning.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (breathing heavily)<br \/>\nYes\u2026I can see how much pleasure this brings you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Dinsoo\u2019s music track abruptly ends mid-sentence!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nSorry to interrupt, Prince Tomar\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (angry)<br \/>\nCan\u2019t you see that I am busy right now, Bearcub!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nI\u2019m sorry, sir, but this can\u2019t wait! Your father demands your immediate presence in the throne room! Someone has challenged your claim to this woman\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar puts the candle down on the side table and turns to face Bearcub.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (angry)<br \/>\nWho has brought this challenge?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nIt\u2019s Thurlo Mak\u2026sir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (angry)<br \/>\nThurlo Mak has trying to gain favor with the King ever since he and I were young! I know that his deceased parents were good friends of my father, but he treats Thurlo Mak like a second son! I have long suspected that he covets the Bone Throne. It\u2019s about time I deal with him\u2026once and for all!<br \/>\nPlease untie Lady Constance, provide her with suitable clothing, and escort her back to the holding area, Bearcub\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nBy your command, Prince Tomar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar storms out of the chamber.<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar enters the throne room to find his father sitting on the Bone Throne and Thurlo Mak standing before him. A Kaitoth guard stands off to the side. Thurlo Mak snickers upon seeing Tomar\u2019s outfit. King Targon raises an eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nThank for coming so promptly, my son. As I am sure that Bearcub explained to you, Thurlo Mak has challenged your claim to the woman, Constance Dane\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nOn what grounds, sire?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nThurlo claims that he is entitled to first pick based on the fact that he scored more kills during the battle than you\u2026Unfortunately, it seems that our most accurate count suggests a tie. Tomar, are you willing to give up your claim to the woman and select another instead?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nNo, I am not, sire! I assert my right for the claim to be settled by Mo Kai!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (surprised)<br \/>\nAre you sure about that, son? Mo Kai is normally reserved for disputes of the highest nature. Is this woman really worth dying for?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nYes, she is, sire\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nThurlo Mak, do you accept Tomar\u2019s challenge or do you wish to withdraw your claim?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK<br \/>\nI accept Prince Tomar\u2019s challenge, sire!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nVery well, then! We will all assemble in the arena in one hour for the Mo Kai. Guard, inform the others\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nYes, my liege!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe Kaitoth guard bows and then turns around and walks towards the rear exit. After bowing before their king, Prince Tomar and Thurlo Mak turn and glare at each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 23 \u2013 \u201cExigence\u201d by Aaron Spencer)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nOne hour later, the Kaitoth are all assembled in the granite bleachers overlooking the giant circular pit known as the Arena. All of the recently captured female prisoners are forced to attend as well. The fight announcer stands in the center of the arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nWelcome one and all to the Arena! Today, two brave combatants will face off in Mo Kai \u2013 a deadly duel to the death &#8211; with this beautiful woman, Lady Constance Dane, as the prize! Now entering the arena from the far tunnel is the challenger, Prince Tomar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cCrowd Cheer\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now entering from the near tunnel is our undefeated champion, with a 12-0 record! Let\u2019s have a round of applause for our greatest warrior \u2013 the mighty THURLO MAK!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The crowd starts chanting \u201cThurlo Mak! Thurlo Mak!\u201d loudly.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThurlo Mak waves to the crowd and then blows a kiss to his first wife, Galindris. He loves his wife dearly, but she is unable to bear him any children as a result of internal injuries suffered during an \u201caccidental\u201d fall from a second story balcony at King Tomar\u2019s home during a party two years ago. Thurlo Mak has long suspected that Prince Tomar arranged for someone (most likely his loyal henchman, Bearcub) to push Galindris off the balcony in order to end the Mak bloodline. (Galindris was about five months pregnant at the time of the \u201caccident\u201d. Had the baby survived, it would have been a boy\u2026) Taking this woman that Prince Tomar is interested in would be the perfect revenge \u2013 and allow Thurlo Mak to give his beloved Galindris a son to raise as her own flesh and blood.<br \/>\nPrince Tomar is extremely jealous about how much the crowd adores Thurlo Mak, but does his best to hide his true feelings by faking a smile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nCombatants, turn and bow before your King!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now turn and bow to each other!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (whispering)<br \/>\nI am so looking forward to this\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (whispering)<br \/>\nAs am I, \u201cbrother\u201d! You will find that my combat skills have improved considerably since the last time we sparred against each other\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (taunting)<br \/>\nI certainly hope so! I would hate to disappoint the crowd with a quick kill\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (hissing)<br \/>\nIt is you who will die a quick death!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nCombatants, go to your respective corners and await my signal!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar goes to the far end of the arena and stands underneath the red banner bearing his personal crest (a black wolf spider). Thurlo Mak goes to the opposite end of the arena and stands underneath the blue banner bearing his personal crest (a brown wild dog \u2013 i.e., what we would refer to on earth as a dingo).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nCombatants, ready?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBoth combatants nod their heads and draw their weapons. Prince Tomar wields his doubled bladed saber, which is secretly coated with a clear version of spider venom! Thurlo Mak wields twin long swords rather than his usual short swords in order to negate the reach advantage of the double-bladed saber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 24 &#8211; \u201cMortal Combat\u201d by Zach Sheppard)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\n3\u20262\u20261\u2026FIGHT!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe fight announcer retreats to his position near the edge of the arena as Prince Tomar and Thurlo Mak charge at one another!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSwords Clashing\u201d sound effect. Repeat 3x.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nBoth combatants are trading blows in the middle of the arena! Neither one seems to be able to penetrate the other\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSpin Kick\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ow! Prince Tomar has managed to land a spin kick to Thurlo Mak\u2019s face! Thurlo Mak staggers back, but recovers quickly. Prince Tomar tries to slash him with his double-bladed saber but Thurlo Mak dodges the attack with his lightning reflexes!<br \/>\nPrince Tomar legsweeps Thurlo Mak! Thurlo Mak is down! Prince Tomar tries to strike the prone Thurlo Mak, but he manages to block the blow with this twin long swords! Prince Tomar continues to press his attack, but Thurlo Mak blocks all of the attacks as he continues to slide across the arena floor on his back! A most amazing sight!<br \/>\nOh my! Thurlo Mak manages to kick Prince Tomar in the groin! That had to hurt! While Prince Tomar is doubled over in pain, Thurlo Mak is able to get back up!<br \/>\nThurlo Mak does a backflip, catching Prince Tomar in the jaw! Prince Tomar is momentarily stunned! Thurlo Mak follows up with a spinning blades attack!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cRage of Blades\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nArgh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar looks down at the two deep cuts to his belly. Blood drips onto the sand covered floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (gloating)<br \/>\nHa! I draw first blood! Clearly you have not yet reached grandmaster level in your sword skill! You should have spent more time focused on your sword training instead of hatching nefarious schemes with your toady, Bearcub!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (whispering)<br \/>\nYou got lucky!<br \/>\nOh, I suppose Galindris never told you what happened to her when you were away leading that hunting party in search of that great white dragon one year ago\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK<br \/>\nWhat are you talking about?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (whispering)<br \/>\nBearcub and I took great delight in having our way with her for many hours on both your bed and on the Wheel of Pain! She put up a pretty good struggle the entire time. I am surprised that she didn\u2019t become catatonic like she did when she lost the baby the year before. Ha! She never did see Bearcub come up behind her when she was gazing up at the stars that evening\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (enraged)<br \/>\nWhat?! You have caused my beloved Galindris so much pain and sorrow! I am going to kill both you and Bearcub!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (taunting)<br \/>\nYes\u2026give in to your anger\u2026for it will make you strong! Try and strike me down\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 25 \u2013 \u201cFire Within\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (yelling)<br \/>\nDIE!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nI am not sure what has happened to Thurlo Mak! He suddenly seems unfocused and seems to be slashing wildly at Prince Tomar! It\u2019s as if he has forgotten all of years of training he received from the old blind sword master, Zenir.<br \/>\nDespite his serious injury, the Prince seems to be holding his own, easily blocking and dodging Thurlo Mak\u2019s attacks.<br \/>\nAh, Prince Tomar has managed to knock the long sword out of Thurlo Mak\u2019s offhand! Can the mighty Thurlo Mak defeat Prince Tomar with only a single long sword?<br \/>\nOh my! Thurlo Mak has managed to slice into Prince Tomar\u2019s right thigh! The Prince is limping a bit now.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s another deep cut to Prince Tomar\u2019s right shoulder! The Prince seems to be having trouble wielding his double-bladed saber effectively now. Thurlo Mak is pressing his attack\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cDrop Sword\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thurlo Mak has managed to disarm the Prince! Prince Tomar has fallen to his knees. I think that this might be the end\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK<br \/>\nPrepare to die, \u201cbrother\u201d!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nI think not\u2026\u201dbrother\u201d!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar throws a handful of sand in Thurlo Mak\u2019s face, momentarily blinding him! He rolls away to avoid the incoming decapitation blow and grabs the fallen doubled bladed saber, which he proceeds to shove into Thurlo Mak\u2019s chest!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201dGutting Someone\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The deadly spider venom\u2019s effect is immediate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 26 \u2013 \u201cYou Were My Brother\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thurlo Mak coughs up blood as Prince Tomar withdraws the blade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (disgusted)<br \/>\nYou fight without honor!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (snarling)<br \/>\nI fight to win!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThurlo Mak falls on his back and looks up into the stands. He manages to turns his head in the direction of his horrified wife, who is now standing up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THURLO MAK (whispering)<br \/>\nGalindris\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThurlo Mak breathes his last and dies. A hush falls over the stunned crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FIGHT ANNOUNCER<br \/>\nI don\u2019t believe what just happened! Prince Tomar cheated and killed Thurlo Mak!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe crowd begins to murmur as they glare at Prince Tomar. Then, one by one, they turn their backs on him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nWhat is this?! I just defeated the mighty Thurlo Mak! You should all be cheering for me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nYou may have won the duel, Tomar, but in doing so, you broke the rules of Mo Kai! You have brought great dishonor to our house! At tonight\u2019s victory feast, we will pay tribute to our fallen warrior, Thurlo Mak, and I will name a new heir to the throne!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (stunned)<br \/>\nWhat?! No\u2026 father\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nYou brought this upon yourself, Tomar! I hereby strip you of your title! However, since you are my only surviving son, I will not expel you from our house. In time, I hope you will able to atone for this\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe crowd turns around as two guards enter the arena and place Thurlo Mak\u2019s body on a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The crowd starts chanting \u201cThurlo Mak! Thurlo Mak!\u201d loudly.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tomar bows his head down low. Even in death, Thurlo Mak had managed to defeat him\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No one notices the hooded figure clad in black studded leather armor lurking in the shadows of the tunnel which Thurlo Mak had originally entered from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nA most unexpected turn of events\u2026I must report this to Col. Dane at once!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nLt. William Long casts Silent Movement and vanishes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 27 &#8211; \u201cDream Raid\u201d \u2013 Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPART IV: BLOOD FEAST<br \/>\nA short while later\u2026Col. Dane and his council of war are sitting around a large round table in his tent at base camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nLt. Long should be returning shortly from his reconnaissance mission with the information we need to plan our attack strategy. Ah, I see he has just arrived\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nEh? I don\u2019t see him\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nHe\u2019s sitting to your right, Major\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN CANTRELL<br \/>\nUm&#8230;are you sure about that, Colonel? I don\u2019t see anybody sitting next to Major Kincaid either\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LIEUTENANT BURKE<br \/>\nNeither do I\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nAh\u2026I see. Lieutenant Long, please reveal yourself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nLt. William Long shimmers into view, much to the surprise of the other officers!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID (surprised)<br \/>\nHow did you do that?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nLt. Long and I both possess a particular set of skills which we acquired during a very long career. Skills which should prove quite useful in this situation\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah Dane rolls up his left sleeve to reveal a tattoo on his inner wrist\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN CANTRELL (shocked)<br \/>\nYou two were members of the Shadowguard? I have heard rumors of its existence, but\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LIEUTENANT BURKE (confused)<br \/>\nWhat is this Shadowguard you speak of?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nLord British\u2019s covert operations team, I believe&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nThat is correct, Major. I commanded the unit until I got married\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LIEUTENANT BURKE (skeptical)<br \/>\nA covert operations team doesn\u2019t sound very virtuous\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nLord British may extol the virtues, but he is also a very practical person, Lieutenant\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LIEUTENANT BURKE<br \/>\nYes sir. Hmm\u2026you sound like you expect our liege to return someday?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nOf course I do, Lieutenant. You have to have faith! So what information do you have for us, Lt. Long?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nLt. William Long gets up and unfurls a hand drawn map on the table.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nThis is the layout of the Kaitoth camp. As you can see, they have sentries posted at these locations. The prisoners are being held in this area\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nHmm\u2026It seems that stealth would be best approach in this situation. A direct assault would be suicidal, as they could easily surround us here at the main entrance to the camp\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nI uncovered a series of tunnels underneath the camp which should allow us to sneak into the camp undetected. The tunnels lead up to three areas: the kitchen adjacent to the main banquet hall, the armory next to the main barracks, and a storage cave near the holding area.<br \/>\nTonight, King Targon is having a celebratory feast in the main banquet hall at which they will pay tribute to their greatest warrior, Thurlo Mak. He was slain by Prince Tomar in a duel to determine who would lay claim to your wife, Colonel\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI see\u2026 Were you able to ascertain the condition of the female captives?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nYes, sir. All of them were required to attend the duel and appeared to be unharmed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nWell, that is a relief!<br \/>\nOK, based on the intelligence which Lt. Long has provided us, I believe that we should launch our attack during their celebratory feast. We will have the element of surprise and the combination of food and alcohol will slow down the Kaitoths\u2019 response time.<br \/>\nWe will divide up our troops into three groups. Major Kincaid and I will lead the main force, which will attack those gathered in the main banquet hall. Captain Cantrell and Lieutenant Burke will lead the second group and eliminate any opposition in the barracks area. Captain Cantrell, have Lt. Logan take point. He\u2019s another one of my former operatives and will be able to clear any traps or sentries in your path. Lieutenant Long will lead the rescue team which will take the holding area.<br \/>\nEveryone is to be outfitted with studded leather armor in order to maximize mobility and stealth, including all officers. We will coordinate our attacks using the communication globes. Do any of you have questions?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nSounds like a sound battle plan, sir, even if it is not the type of strategy that the men are used to\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nTrust me, Major, this type of attack can be highly effective! Isn\u2019t that right, Lt. Long?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nYes, sir. We\u2019ve used this approach in the past to take down enemy forces which outnumbered us 5 to 1\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN CANTRELL<br \/>\nThose are mighty impressive results\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nIf there are no additional questions, begin making your preparations. We will depart in two hours!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID, CAPTAIN CANTRELL, LT. BURKE, and WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nAye, aye, sir!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe other officers salute and leave the tent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 28 \u2013 \u201cTakeover\u201d by Horrorpen)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMeanwhile, in Prince Tomar\u2019s quarters at the Kaitoth camp\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nI must seize the Bone Throne before my father names a new successor at the victory feast!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nYes, Prince Tomar! You know what that entails\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(whispers)<br \/>\nYou must kill your father\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (regretful)<br \/>\nIt is not something I relish\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nI know, my prince, but it is a matter of survival! Whoever King Targon names as his successor will seek to have you eliminated in order to prevent a future challenge to the Bone Throne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(whispers)<br \/>\nFurthermore, you know that Thurlo Mak was always your father\u2019s favorite\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (bitter)<br \/>\nYes\u2026how many times did I hear father boast about Thurlo Mak\u2019s prowess in battle and how he wished I were more like him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(thankful)<br \/>\nYou are right, of course. I have no choice. Father must die! I don\u2019t know what I would do without your wise counsel, old friend\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nThank you, Prince Tomar. Rest assured, I am always looking out for your best interests\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nSo how can I kill my father without arousing any suspicion?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nI believe I may able to help you with that, Prince Tomar\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars Dar hands the Prince a small vial of a clear, odorless liquid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nWhat is this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nIt is a very deadly poison. A few drops of this in the King\u2019s food or drink will induce a fatal heart attack in about 10 minutes. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless, thus making it completely untraceable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nI see\u2026How is it that you are so familiar with poisons?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nMy mother was descended from a long line of powerful witches who were well-versed in the dark arts. She used her extensive knowledge of poisons to help my father gain great wealth and power by eliminating all his foes. My mother passed her knowledge onto me before she died.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nVery interesting\u2026I recall hearing fairy tales about powerful witches who worshipped a powerful dark god they referred to as \u201cShadowreign\u201d when I was but a child. Supposedly this dark god and his followers tried conquering Britannia in ancient times during the great Barbarian Tribe Wars, but were destroyed by a mysterious stranger from another time and place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nYes, I also remember my mother telling me such fairy tales when I was a child. She said that this dark god \u201cShadowreign\u201d was not destroyed by the stranger, but merely defeated. She told me that this \u201cShadowreign\u201d will return someday and succeed in his second attempt to conquer Britannia, ushering in \u201cThe Age of Shadows\u201d. I don\u2019t believe that prophecy, of course\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nYes, I am sure those were simply fairy tales designed to frighten young children. But it makes you wonder. All fairy tales tend to have some element of truth to them\u2026<br \/>\nPrince Tomar, it would be relatively easy to have the King\u2019s favorite serving wench, Adria, slip some of this poison on Councilor Corvus\u2019 heart and testicles. Since King Tomar will be the only one consuming them, there will be no risk of others accidentally being poisoned\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nYes\u2026.that would work. Make it so, Bearcub!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nYes, Prince Tomar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar gives the vial to Bearcub, who bows and then leaves the room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*********************************************************************************<br \/>\nNARRATOR<br \/>\nTwo hours later\u2026<br \/>\nChef Okimaru is busy preparing the last of the dishes of the banquet in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cBubbling caldron\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFrying chicken\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 29 \u2013 \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor\u201d by Todd Reed Music)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">OKIMARU (singing merrily)<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a beautiful day in this neighborhood<br \/>\nA beautiful meal of a neighbor<br \/>\nWould you be mine?<br \/>\nCould you be mine?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a neighborly day in this beautywood<br \/>\nA neighborly day for a beauty<br \/>\nWould you be mine?<br \/>\nThis cut is so fine<br \/>\nI have always wanted to carve up a neighbor just like you<br \/>\nI\u2019ve always wanted to cook in a neighborhood with you<br \/>\nSo, let\u2019s make the most of this beautiful day<br \/>\nSince we\u2019re together, I might as well say<br \/>\nWould you be mine?<br \/>\nFor me to dine?<br \/>\nWon\u2019t you be my neighbor?<br \/>\nWon\u2019t you please<br \/>\nCease your pleas<br \/>\nPlease won\u2019t you be my neighbor?<br \/>\nMmm\u2026nom\u2026nom\u2026nom\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA<br \/>\nAre the last couple of dishes almost done, Okimaru?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">OKIMARU<br \/>\nI just sent out General Thorne\u2019s fried liver and onions. Let me check on the dishes for King Targon\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nOkimaru removes the entrees from the wood-fired clay oven and places them on a large plate on a serving tray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA<br \/>\nBoth of the entrees smell so delicious, Okimaru! What\u2019s your secret?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">OKIMARU<br \/>\nI simply boiled them to a slight undercook and then popped them in the oven to finish baking them in a candy coat made of sugar glaze. I hope the King likes them\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA<br \/>\nI am sure that he will\u2026<br \/>\nI know you have been working so hard preparing this feast today, my darling, but do save a bit of energy for later on tonight\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAdria kisses Okimaru on the left cheek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">OKIMARU<br \/>\nYou know I always have plenty of energy for you, dear\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nOkimaru leers at Adria\u2019s voluptuous form as she picks up the tray and turns to leave. Okimaru starts preparing the dessert and fails to notice Adria pour the vial of poison on both the heart and testicles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 30 \u2013 \u201cEnchanted Festival\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the banquet hall, the Kaitoth are busy devouring the well-prepared remains of the soldiers who they had slain earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Kaitoth # 1 makes eating sounds)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH # 1<br \/>\nMmm\u2026this thigh is so tender and juicy! Chef Okimaru\u2019s special blend of herbs and spices add a bit of kick to it. Tastes like fried chicken\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Kaitoth # 2 makes eating sounds)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH # 2<br \/>\nThis shoulder roast is heavenly! It\u2019s a nice thick cut. Love this wonderful mushroom gravy\u2026<br \/>\nI\u2019m really looking forward to the chilled brains for dessert!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA<br \/>\nKing Targon, here is that special dish which you requested\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nAh\u2026Councilor Corvus\u2019 heart and testicles! This will enhance my strength and virility!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(King Targon makes eating sounds)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon eagerly begins devouring the testicles and heart with his bare hands, as Tomar and Bearcub, who are seated at the far end of the long, rectangular main dining table look on with interest\u2026<br \/>\nAbout thirteen minutes later\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 31 &#8211; \u201cViracocha\u2019s Demise\u201d by Eliot Corley)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nChef Okimaru has really outdone himself this time!<br \/>\nEveryone raise your goblet of blood wine to toast our fallen comrade, our greatest warrior, Thurlo Mak!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH # 1, # 2, PRINCE TOMAR, AND BEARCUB<br \/>\nTo Thurlo Mak!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON<br \/>\nI\u2026.unh\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon suddenly clutches his chest and drops his goblet of blood wine on the table. He falls back in his chair\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nFATHER!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPrince Tomar rushes to his father\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nSomeone fetch one of the clerics right away! The King seems to be having a heart attack!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nYes sir!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe Kaitoth guard exits the banquet hall and returns shortly with the female cleric known as Lily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nDo what you must to save the King!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LILY<br \/>\nI will try my best\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cHealing Ray\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LILY<br \/>\nThis healing spell does not appear to be having any effect! Let me try a Purify spell\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cPurify\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s not helping either!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon\u2019s breathing becomes shallow. With the last of his strength, he grabs Tomar\u2019s tunic with his right hand and pulls him close to him. He looks at Tomar with accusatory eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TARGON (whispering)<br \/>\nTomar\u2026I know I have been poisoned by\u2026unh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Targon breathes his last and dies before he can finish the sentence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LILY<br \/>\nI am sorry for your loss, Prince Tomar\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nGuard, escort the cleric back to the holding cell!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nYes sir!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAfter the guard and Lily exit the banquet hall\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nThe King is dead, most likely poisoned by someone here at this very table!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(KAITOTH # 1, # 2, AND BEARCUB gasp.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nWho would do such a thing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR<br \/>\nClearly someone who did not want the King to name his new successor!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MALAKIR (accusatory)<br \/>\nWell, Tomar, that would make you the prime suspect! By our laws, you are still first in the line of succession until a new prince is actually crowned\u2026Of course, if the King were to die by your hands, you would be executed for treason instead!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThose assembled in the main banquet hall begin to murmur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRINCE TOMAR (accusatory)<br \/>\nHmm\u2026I think it is more likely that you are trying to frame me for this heinous crime, Malakir, so you can seize the throne for yourself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MALAKIR (shocked)<br \/>\nI would never do such a thing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nOh really? Guard, search him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nThere appears to be a half empty vial of some clear liquid here in his left pocket\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR (accusatory)<br \/>\nNo doubt the poison he used on my father!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MALAKIR (stammering)<br \/>\nI have no idea how that got in my pocket\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nNo one notices Bearcub quickly glance over at Adria and smile. Everything was proceeding exactly as he had planned\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nYou still refuse to admit to your crime?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MALAKIR<br \/>\nOf course I do!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nGuard, pour the vial of liquid into Malakir\u2019s wine goblet!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nYes sir!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nIf you are innocent, then you won\u2019t mind drinking your blood wine right now, Malakir\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMalakir turns white as he stares at the wine goblet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MALAKIR<br \/>\nOf course not!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMalakir quickly gulps down the remaining blood wine in his goblet. Fifteen minutes later, he suffers the same fate as King Targon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nNow that the traitor has been revealed, I lay claim to all of his assets as well as the Bone Throne. Does anyone else here challenge my claim?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe banquet hall falls silent. Bearcub suddenly stands up and offers a toast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nLong live King Tomar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nOthers in the banquet hall follow Bearcub\u2019s lead and begin chanting it as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH # 1<br \/>\nLong live\u2026urk\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cThrown Shuriken\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 32 \u2013 \u201cBattle of Kings\u201d by Per Kiilstofte )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe Kaitoth suddenly keels over, a poison-tipped shuriken thrown by Col. Jeremiah Dane lodged in his back. Jeremiah casts Blink. The second Kaitoth turns around and is slashed in the chest by a katana wielding Jeremiah, who looks rather impressive in his black studded leather Shadowguard armor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cNinja Samurai Sword\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH # 2<br \/>\nArgh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (yelling)<br \/>\nDeath to the Kaitoth!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR<br \/>\nWe\u2019re under attack! Everyone defend yourselves!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSwords Clashing\u201d sound effect. Repeat 3x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nTomar immediately starts slashing away at his foes with his doubled-bladed saber, but many of the Kaitoth are sluggish from all of the food and alcohol they have consumed and are slain by Col. Dane\u2019s men before they even have a chance to react!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR<br \/>\nBearcub, take some men and check on the prisoners!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nYes, King Tomar! You two come with me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub and the two guards slash a path through Col. Dane\u2019s men and exit the banquet hall.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Adria rushes to the kitchen, where Col. Dane and his men emerged from. She finds her husband, Okimaru, regaining consciousness on the kitchen floor near an open sewer grate, and rubbing the back of his head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">OKIMARU (groggy)<br \/>\nWhat happened? I was putting the finishing touches on the chilled brain platters when someone hit me over the head with something heavy\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA<br \/>\nWe\u2019re under attack by Col. Dane and his men! We must escape to the secondary camp site\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN KLUMP<br \/>\nYou two aren\u2019t going anywhere, Kaitoth scum!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAdria turns around and sees one of Col. Dane\u2019s men standing there with his sword drawn. He leers at Adria\u2019s voluptuous form.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN KLUMP<br \/>\nMy\u2026 you\u2019re pretty attractive for a Kaitoth! Nothing at all like the scrawny, malnourished women we have back in Brittany. Maybe I should have my way with you before I kill you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(CAPTAIN KLUMP laughs evilly.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe Captain fails to notice Adria reaching behind her back for the meat cleaver on the counter. Captain Klump sheathes his sword and slowly advances toward Adria\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN KLUMP<br \/>\nCome on baby, give me some sugar\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA (yelling)<br \/>\nDie, you lecherous scum!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAdria hurls the meat cleaver at a startled Captain Klump!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cThrown Shuriken\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It imbeds itself in the middle of his exposed face!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CAPTAIN KLUMP<br \/>\nUrk\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAdria helps Okimaru to his feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">OKIMARU<br \/>\nNice bit of throwing there, dear\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ADRIA<br \/>\nI learned from the best!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAdria provides support for Okimaru as they head over to the bookcase on the opposite wall. She pulls on a giant leather bound tome entitled \u201cAmber\u2019s Big Book of Recipes for Cannibals\u201d. This causes the bookcase to slide to the right, revealing a hidden staircase leading to a dimly lit tunnel below. The bookcase slides back into position behind them\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Meanwhile, back in the banquet hall\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR<br \/>\nSo, at least we meet in person, Col. Jeremiah Dane\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nWho are you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR (taunting)<br \/>\nI am King Tomar, the one who abducted your beautiful wife, Constance. Once I kill you and show her your severed head, she will finally give up hope and submit to me willingly\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (ANGRY)<br \/>\nLike hell that is going to happen! I am going to kill you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR (amused)<br \/>\nYou plan on killing me with that katana? I think not\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nTomar starts twirling his doubled bladed saber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nPerhaps you\u2019re right. A different weapon might prove more useful in this particular situation\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nCol. Dane sheathes his katana and presses concealed palm buttons on both of his long black metal gauntlets, causing three one foot long, razor sharp, steel claws to pop out of each one. Jeremiah assumes a battle stance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR (impressed)<br \/>\nHmm\u2026now this is much more interesting!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nYes, a little something from my days as a member of Lord British\u2019s Shadowguard\u2026<br \/>\nI may be a bit older now, but I\u2019m still the best at what I do!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah lunges at King Tomar and takes a swipe at him with his claws!<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 33 &#8211; \u201cAssassin\u2019s Assault\u201d by HorrorPen )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nIn the holding cell area, one Kaitoth guard is standing guard in the hallway and the other is standing directly in front of the cell observing the prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSwords Clashing\u201d sound effect. Repeat 3x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nThat sounds really close\u2026 I guess your husband is launching an attack on the camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI knew he would come for us\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe guard in the hallway suddenly looks around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nI thought I heard something\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cThrown Shuriken\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nBorgoth!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe second guard draws his sword and looks around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nWhoever you are, show yourself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSuddenly, a masked figure clad in black studded leather armor materializes behind the guard as his Silent Movement spells wears off. The figure slits the guard\u2019s throat with a knife! Blood sprays out of his carotid artery\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KAITOTH GUARD<br \/>\nUrk\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 34 \u2013 \u201cFinal Epic Battle\u201d by Telaron)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe figure removes both the jail cell key and handcuff key from the guard\u2019s body. As he unlocks the cell door, he speaks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t have long! My men are busy engaging the other Kaitoth guards nearby\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nWho are you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe figure removes his mask\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nWillie?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nJeremiah had me lead the rescue squad while he and his men engage King Targon and his men in the banquet hall\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nWillie proceeds to unlock all of the prisoner\u2019s handcuffs. As the prisoners exit the cell, Constance runs over to a cabinet at the far end of the holding area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI saw the guard put all the reagents in here\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance hands out the pouches of the reagents to everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nWe must hurry before\u2026urk!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nWillie glances down and sees Bearcub\u2019s double-bladed saber protruding out of his chest!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (screaming)<br \/>\nWILLIE!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub withdraws the blade and Willie falls to the ground\u2026dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB (snarling)<br \/>\nNo one steals my woman!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (yelling)<br \/>\nI AM NOT YOUR WOMAN!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cLarge Fireball\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nBearcub screams in pain as he bursts into flames and drops his double-bladed saber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 35 \u2013 \u201cRise of Spirit\u201d by Alexandr Zhelanov)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nHurry, Lily, cast Resurrection on Willie!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LILY<br \/>\nI am not very proficient in that skill, but I will try\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cResurrection spell\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s not working! I am so sorry, Miranda, but Willie is dead\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (sobbing)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t leave me, Willie! I need you now more than ever\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA single teardrop falls on Willie\u2019s right cheek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Willie suddenly gasps for air!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda hugs Willie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nOh Willie, I thought that I had lost you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t get rid of me that easily\u2026<br \/>\nMiranda, there is something I have to tell you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nOh\u2026what?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nI\u2019ve been in love with you from the first moment we met 15 years ago\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (shocked)<br \/>\nWhy didn\u2019t you say something sooner?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nBecause Xander was my best friend, and you were always Xander\u2019s girl\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nI love you too\u2026Willie!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda and Willie kiss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 36 \u2013 \u201cEscape from the Temple\u201d by Per Kiilstofte.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI hate to interrupt this tender moment, but I think we really should get out of here before more Kaitoth reinforcements arrive\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nQuite right, Constance\u2026<br \/>\nAgh\u2026something\u2019s grabbed my ankle!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nWillie looks down and sees that Bearcub\u2019s flaming skeleton has a tight grip on his left ankle. All of the flesh has already been burnt off and only bits of muscle and sinew remain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nYou&#8230;aren\u2019t\u2026going\u2026anywhere!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda uses her enchanted staff to shatter Bearcub\u2019s skeletal hand!<br \/>\nBearcub turns his flaming skull and looks up at her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nI\u2019ll\u2026be\u2026back!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL (yelling)<br \/>\nNO, YOU WON\u2019T!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSmashing\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda smashes Bearcub\u2019s flaming skull into tiny fragments with a mighty blow from her staff!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nNow we can go!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 37 \u2013 \u201cWaltz of the Undertaker\u201d by Aaron Spencer)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAfter everyone departs, a small, talking brown mouse named George approaches Bearcub\u2019s remains. George was an adventurous child who was always getting into trouble because of his curiosity. His parents said that he was very much like his ancestor Sherry, who served Lord British long ago.<br \/>\nThick black smoke suddenly rises up from Bearcub\u2019s remains and enters the startled mouse\u2019s mouth and nostrils. The mouse\u2019s eyes turn pitch black for a moment. George smiles and then laughs evilly before scurrying off into the shadows\u2026<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Repeat music track # 36 \u2013 \u201cEscape from the Temple\u201d by Per Kiilstofte.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs Willie and the freed prisoners make their way down the hallway, Constance hears someone crying out\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nSomeone, please help me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nIn here!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nEveryone enters Pars Dar\u2019s chambers to find a blindfolded, raven haired, naked woman bound to the standing manacle station on the Wheel of Pain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nWho\u2019s there?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nI recognize that voice! Peri, is that you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nYes, it\u2019s me, Miranda!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda rushes over to the manacle station and removes Peri\u2019s blindfold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nThank heavens you found me! I\u2019ve been a prisoner here ever since our hunting party was ambushed by the Kaitoth! How long has it been?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nAbout a month\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nI found the key to unlock the manacle station!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\n\u2026and I found a robe and shoes for Peri to wear!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPeri winces in pain as she puts on the robe and shoes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nYou poor thing\u2026<br \/>\nWho tortured you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nIt was Pars Dar! I was given to him as a reward by Prince Tomar for helping the Kaitoth plan some sort of ambush. He kept calling me Constance and said that I would learn to enjoy serving him. I was afraid he was going to rape me\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE (regretful)<br \/>\nI am so sorry for what he put you through, Peri\u2026<br \/>\nI never realized what a sick and twisted person Pars truly is\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nNone of us knew, Constance. I was very fortunate that he got overexcited a bit\u2026prematurely\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL and CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nOh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nAre you able to walk? We must leave now! It\u2019s not safe here\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PERI<br \/>\nYes, but with great difficulty\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nDon\u2019t worry, Peri! Miranda and I will provide support for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPeri puts her arms on Constance and Miranda\u2019s shoulders as she slowly limps forward.<br \/>\n*********************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 38 \u2013 \u201cWasteland Showdown\u201d by Matthew Pablo )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cSwords Clashing\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR<br \/>\nNo one has ever lasted this long against me\u2026You truly are a formidable opponent!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nYeah\u2026 you\u2019ll find I am full of surprises!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah manages to slash Tomar\u2019s right check with his left claw. Tomar roars in pain!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR (angry)<br \/>\nYou are going to play for ruining my handsome face!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nTomar slashes at Jeremiah with his doubled-bladed saber. Jeremiah blocks the attack with his left claw and plunges the right one deep into Tomar\u2019s belly. A startled Tomar coughs up blood and drops his doubled-bladed saber, so Jeremiah plunges his left claw into Tomar\u2019s belly as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cGutting Someone\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jeremiah pulls both of them out, and Tomar staggers back. Blood gushes out of Tomar\u2019s stomach wounds! Jeremiah then proceeds to slash Tomar\u2019s chest with both of his claws! Tomar staggers back several paces and then falls to his knees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH<br \/>\nPrepare to die!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars Dar suddenly materializes in front of King Tomar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nI afraid that I can\u2019t allow that to happen, Jeremiah\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cThunder Sound FX \u201csound effect. Repeat 4x)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah falls to his knees after being struck by the five powerful lightning bolts cast by Pars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR (sneering)<br \/>\nI\u2019ve wanted to do that for so long\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (cursing)<br \/>\nPars, you traitorous scum\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJeremiah loses consciousness. Pars helps Tomar to his feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nLook! Col. Dane is in trouble! Follow me men!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nPars Dar turns to see Major Kincaid and four other soldiers charging towards him with their swords drawn! Despite his serious injuries, King Tomar still insists on fighting\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR (defiant)<br \/>\nIt is a good day to die!<br \/>\nHand me my double-bladed saber!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PARS DAR<br \/>\nNo, my liege, we must flee!<br \/>\nThink of your people!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KING TOMAR<br \/>\nYes, my people\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cTeleport\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nWhere did they go? It must sorcery of some sort! You two, get a stretcher over here for the Colonel!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nTwo of the soldiers turn around and run off to get a stretcher, while the others stand guard with Major Kincaid over Jeremiah\u2019s unconscious form.<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 39 \u2013 \u201cChanges\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSeveral hours later at base camp\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nUh\u2026I have a splitting headache\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nI am not surprised, my darling. Those were pretty powerful lightning bolts which Pars hit you with\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nOh, Constance, am I relieved to see that you are unharmed! What about Miranda and the others?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nWe lost one cleric, but everyone else is safe and sound thanks to Willie\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nJust doing my job\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs Jeremiah sits up in his bed, he notices that Miranda and Willie are holding hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nWell, it\u2019s about time! I had a feeling about you two\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MIRANDA ZUL<br \/>\nYes, there\u2019s nothing like being in love with your best friend\u2026right, honey?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WILLIAM LONG<br \/>\nYes, dear. I shouldn\u2019t have waited all these years to say something\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMiranda and Willie stare deep into each other\u2019s eyes as they embrace each other.<br \/>\nMiranda and Willie kiss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nConstance winks at Jeremiah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONSTANCE DANE<br \/>\nAh\u2026young love!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nSorry to interrupt, Colonel\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nWhat do you have to report, Major Kincaid?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nWe suffered minimal casualties due to the element of surprise. We slew most of the Kaitoth but King Tomar, Pars Dar, and about three dozen others managed to escape. I wasn\u2019t sure if you wanted me to organize search teams\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nNo\u2026our number one priority right now is to gather as much fish, water, and edible vegetation from the underground lake area as possible and bring it back to Brittany. Organize the men into gathering teams. Our people are depending on us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAJOR KINCAID<br \/>\nYes sir!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nMajor Kincaid salutes the Colonel, then turns around and exits the tent.<br \/>\n*************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 40 \u2013 \u201cSalvation\u201d by Trevor Lentz)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs our heroes approach the tent city of Brittany, they see black clouds of smoke from the Cave of Knowledge and the odor of burnt paper. The members of the Great Council approach the group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nAt last you have returned! Where are Councilor Corvus and General Thorne?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nI regret to inform you that both of them are dead, Council Leader Tremaine. The mage Parsniferous Dar betrayed us to the Kaitoth, who have apparently resorted to cannibalism. They were the ones responsible for the demise of our previous hunting expeditions. Parsniferous Dar helped the Kaitoth plan an ambush that cost us many lives and resulted in the capture of most of our clerics and healers. We were able to mount a successful rescue mission and neutralize the threat\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR DAR (enraged)<br \/>\nI don\u2019t believe any of this nonsense! My son would never betray us like that!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nThere are numerous eyewitnesses to his betrayal, Councilor Dar. Furthermore, just as I was about to slay the Kaitoth king, your son attacked me and teleported Tomar away to safety! I recommend to the Great Council that Councilor Dar be held for questioning in this matter\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nAgreed, Colonel. Guards, take Councilor Dar to the holding area for questioning!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR DAR<br \/>\nNo, you can\u2019t do this to me! I had no knowledge of my son\u2019s plans\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe two Council guards lead Councilor Dar away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR HURAD<br \/>\nSo, this expedition was a total failure, Colonel?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nOn the contrary, Councilor Hurad. It turned out to be a great success! Near the Kaitoth camp, we discovered an underground lake teeming with fish, fresh water, and edible vegetation. I had my men gather as much as they could for the return trip!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nCol. Dane, you and your men have saved our people! Tonight we will have a great feast in your honor!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nA feast would certainly lift the people\u2019s spirits, but we were merely doing our jobs, Council Leader Tremaine\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCIL LEADER TREMAINE<br \/>\nI admire your humility, Col. Dane, but now more than ever, the people need heroes like you that they can look up to \u2013 to remind them of the Eight Virtues by which we live our lives\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nThank you, Council Leader Tremaine. What transpired here while we were gone?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 41 \u2013 \u201cKarelia\u2019s Song\u201d by David R. Watson)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA bruised and bloodied Joran Tyrell approaches the group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nI can answer that question, Jeremiah. A group of starving citizens heard rumors that food was being hidden in the cave by the wealthy for their own personal consumption. They ransacked the place and upon discovering the rumors to be false, set fire to the books and manuscripts. I tried to stop them, but I am just one frail old man\u2026 I was only able to save a handful of the books. Most of our knowledge is now lost to us\u2026forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COUNCILOR HURAD<br \/>\nYou must not be so hard on yourself, Joran\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nDespite this terrible loss of knowledge, all is not lost! I have a very special treat for everyone after the feast tonight\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE<br \/>\nHmm\u2026you have piqued my interest, my old friend. Care to give us a little hint?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nAll of you will just have to wait.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nJoran Tyrell smiles, then turns around and walks towards the Cave of Knowledge.<br \/>\n***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert \u201cFireplace\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 42 \u2013 \u201cThe King\u2019s Crowning\u201d by Telaron)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nLater that evening, after everyone in Brittany has filled their empty bellies, they sit in a circle around the Great Hearth in the city center. Joran Tyrell sits down next to Jeremiah Dane. He is holding a massive leather bound tome with intertwined white and black dragons embossed on the cover. Jeremiah gasps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JEREMIAH DANE (whispering)<br \/>\nJoran, how did you come into possession of the Great Book?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL (whispering)<br \/>\nThe last great Storyweaver was mortally wounded during the shardfall and entrusted it to me with his dying breath. He told me that I would know the right time to use it. Now, more than ever, our people need to be reminded of our past to give them hope for a brighter future\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nThank you for coming everyone! Tonight, I am presenting what I hope to be the first of many weekly story hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nEveryone listens with rapt attention as Joran opens the massive tome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cPage Turn\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">JORAN TYRELL<br \/>\nTonight, I will begin the tale of a young Outlander who came to Britannia long, long ago through a lunar rift from a distant planet known as Earth. When he first stepped foot in our land, no one knew his true name, but in time he became known as \u2026LORD BRITISH\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\n\u2026AND SO IT BEGINS!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 43 \u2013 \u201cThe End of Mankind\u201d by Per Kiilstofte)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">EPILOGUE<br \/>\nDeep within the bowels of the underground caves at the Kaitoth cannibals\u2019 secondary camp, lies a certain chamber which only a handful of people within the tribe are aware of and have access to. Behind the heavy wooden door, red crystals on the cave walls illuminate the lone, unconscious figure within. Forced to stand upright with his arms raised above his head by the black meteoric metal manacles and chains which dangle down from the cave ceiling, the unkempt figure has long, stringy, shoulder length hair and a full beard. The prisoner is clad only in leather armor leggings and boots.<br \/>\nA tall, redheaded, female Kaitoth peers through the window slot, and then opens the door and enters.<br \/>\nShe lifts the prisoner\u2019s head up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AMARA (yelling)<br \/>\nWake up! Time for your morning workout!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The Prisoner moans.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAn evil grin spreads across her face as the prisoner\u2019s eyes flutter open. He glares at her and spits blood in her face! Amara wipes the blood away with her left hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AMARA (hissing)<br \/>\nYou will pay for that!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(INSERT \u201cSlap\u201d SOUND EFFECT.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs the Kaitoth woman slaps him, the prisoner can clearly see the Chaos symbol tattooed on her inner left wrist. Walking behind the prisoner, the woman glances at the many scars on his back, as she draws her cat o\u2019 nine tails.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWhip Crack\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWhip\u201d sound effect.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The Prisoner grunts.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Repeat \u201cWhip\u201d and grunt sequence 3x.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AMARA (whispering)<br \/>\nYou still refuse to cry out in pain, even after all these months? I will not let up until I break you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THE PRISONER (defiant)<br \/>\nThat will never happen, Chaos witch!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AMARA<br \/>\nWe shall see\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cWhip\u201d sound effect, followed by Prisoner grunting. Repeat 4X.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe woman continues whipping the prisoner for another fifteen minutes. When that does not produce the desired result, she begins using a green crystal powered cattle prod on various locations on his exposed chest and abdomen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cElectric Shock Zap\u201d sound effect, followed by Prisoner grunting. Repeat 4X.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The repeated electric shocks causes the prisoner\u2019s body to tense up, but he still refuses to cry out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The Prisoner moans.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After another ten minutes, the prisoner finally passes out from the pain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nGood morning, Amara!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe woman turns and bows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AMARA<br \/>\nKing Tomar! What brings you down here at this hour?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nI just wanted to see how our guest is doing. Wake him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAmara picks up a nearby bucket of cold water and splashes it in the prisoner\u2019s face.<br \/>\nThe prisoner moans and coughes up some of the water. He glares at Tomar, who is wearing a very familiar crown\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR<br \/>\nStill defiant? A futile gesture, I assure you. One day you will bow before me and call me your king!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THE PRISONER<br \/>\nNever! One day I will make sure that your entire tribe of cannibals is wiped from existence!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR (snarling)<br \/>\nYou already tried out before, but we survived\u2026and became even stronger!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(taunting)<br \/>\nI am sure that you are VERY hungry. How fortunate for you that it is feeding time\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nKing Tomar nods to the male servant to his right, who places a mug of human blood and a bowl of boiled baby flesh in front of the prisoner. Amara uses a crank to lower the chains enough so that the prisoner can sit on the floor.<br \/>\nThe prisoner looks at the meal and hesitates, but then his stomach begins to growl. Since his capture three months ago, the prisoner had been fed only bread and water. Now he desperately craved meat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The prisoner makes eating noises.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The prisoner quickly devours the tender, baby flesh with his bare hands and then washes it all down with the mug of human blood. Afterwards, he bows his head down in despair as he stares at his blood drenched hands\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THE PRISONER (wailing)<br \/>\nWhat have I done?! I have forsaken the virtues and succumbed to\u2026the hunger!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TOMAR (gleefully)<br \/>\nYes\u2026human flesh tastes SO good, doesn\u2019t it? Once you have the hunger, it never goes away! You have become one of us, LORD BRITISH! I can think of no better revenge!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(TOMAR laughs evilly.)<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 46 \u2013 \u201cThe Last Encounter\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MUSIC CREDITS<br \/>\nAll music used in this production are licensed under either Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 or 4.0 Unported<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 1 &#8211; \u201cHorror Game Menu\u201d by Eric Matyas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 2 &#8211; \u201cDeath Is Just Another Path\u201d by Otto Halmen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 3 \u2013 \u201cKnowing Tree\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 4 &#8211; \u201cHall of the Ancients\u201d by Eliot Corley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 5 &#8211; \u201cSoliloquy\u201d \u2013 by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 6 \u2013 \u201cA New Thing\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 7 &#8211; \u201cWind of Stories\u201d by HorrorPen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 8 &#8211; \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Here\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 9 &#8211; \u201cConquerors\u201d by Alexandr Zhelanov<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 10 &#8211; \u201cHeroes Theme\u201d by Alexandr Zhelanov<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 11 \u2013 \u201cSeeking Loot\u201d by Aaron Spencer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 12 \u2013 \u201cBattle Theme A\u201d by The Cynic Project<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 13 \u2013 \u201cBlackmoor Colossus\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 14\u2013 \u201cThe Dark Amulet\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 15 \u2013 \u201cOlympos\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 16 &#8211; \u201cHeroic Demise\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 17 &#8211; \u201cOh Honey\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 18 &#8211; \u201cRifts End featuring Sharm\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 19 &#8211; \u201cCloister of Redemption\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 20 \u2013 \u201cOmens\u201d by Eliot Corley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 21 \u2013 \u201cThe Way I Feel\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 22 &#8211; \u201cBaby\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 23 &#8211; \u201cExigence\u201d by Aaron Spencer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 24 \u2013 \u201cMortal Combat\u201d by Zach Sheppard<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 25 &#8211; \u201cFire Within\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 26 &#8211; \u201cYou Were My Brother\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 27 &#8211; \u201cDream Raid\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 28 &#8211; \u201cTakeover\u201d by Horrorpen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 29 \u2013 \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor\u201d by Todd Reed Music<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 30 \u2013 \u201cEnchanted Festival\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 31 &#8211; \u201cViracocha\u2019s Demise\u201d by Eliot Corley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 32 &#8211; \u201cBattle of Kings\u201d by Per Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 33 \u2013 \u201cAssassin\u2019s Assault\u201d by HorrorPen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 34 &#8211; \u201cFinal Epic Battle\u201d by Telaron<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 35 &#8211; \u201cRise of Spirit\u201d by Alexandr Zhelanov<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 36 \u2013 \u201cEscape from the Temple\u201d by Per Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 37 \u2013 \u201cWaltz of the Undertaker\u201d by Aaron Spencer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 38 &#8211; \u201cWasteland Showdown\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 39 \u2013 \u201cChanges\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 40 &#8211; \u201cSalvation\u201d by Trevor Lentz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 41 &#8211; \u201cKarelia\u2019s Song\u201d by David R. Watson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 42\u2013 \u201cKing\u2019s Crowning\u201d by Telaron<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 43- \u201cThe End of Mankind\u201d by Per Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 44 \u2013 \u201cEngulfing Shadows\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 45 &#8211; \u201cWizards Rest \u2013 featuring Sharm\u201d by Dinsoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music track # 46 \u2013 \u201cThe Last Encounter\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music Track # 47 \u2013 \u201cBeyond the Clouds\u201d by Matthew Pablo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 44 \u2013 \u201cEngulfing Shadows\u201d by Jens Kiilstofte)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MID CREDITS SCENE<br \/>\nSer Dragonwolf is fast asleep in his massive oak bed with his two beautiful wives &#8211; a buxom blonde and a petite redhead &#8211; on either side of him. Suddenly, he wakes up and is startled to see a small brown mouse sitting on his stomach. The mouse stares at him and smiles wickedly. Its eyes turn pitch black for a moment and Ser Dragonwolf finds himself momentarily paralyzed with his mouth wide open. The mouse opens its mouth and thick black smoke emanates from it as the mouse\u2019s body quickly turns to ash. The black smoke enters Ser Dragonwolf\u2019s mouth and nostrils. Ser Dragonwolf hears a voice in his mind as it is engulfed in darkness\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cI See You\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A few seconds later, Ser Dragonwolf\u2019s eyes turn pitch black for a moment. He gets up and gazes at his handsome, muscular, naked form in the nearby oval mirror.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nA most definite improvement\u2026and with some definite fringe benefits!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSer Dragonwolf gazes lustfully at his two sleeping wives as he grows visibly aroused!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BEARCUB<br \/>\nThat was a bit too close for comfort. I almost burned out that mouse\u2019s body before I was able to acquire this new human host. Foolish woman, she thought she could destroy me! Evil is eternal! I was here when Britannia was born and I will be here when it dies. For now I must bide my time until the day my hated foe returns to Britannia \u2013 he who destroyed my original form and cursed me to this shadowy existence. One day, I shall have my revenge upon you \u2013 NYSTAL TIMELORD! So swears SHADOWREIGN!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(BEARCUB laughs maniacally.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert music track # 47 \u2013 \u2018\u2019Beyond the Clouds\u201d by Matthew Pablo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SOUND EFFECTS CREDITS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All sound effects used in this production are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<br \/>\n(https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The following sound effects can be found at:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/soundbible.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cArrows Flying\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cArrow\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cBackwards Souls\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cBattle Axe Swing\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cBow Fire Arrow\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Stephan Schutze<br \/>\n\u201cBubbling Cauldron\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cDecapitation Head Fall Off\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cDrop Sword\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Caroline Ford<br \/>\n\u201cElectric Shock Zap\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cFireplace\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Ezwa<br \/>\n\u201cFish Splashing\u201d \u2013 Recorded by BlastwaveFx.com<br \/>\n\u201cFlame Arrow\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cFrying Chicken\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cHot Sizzling Sound\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cIntruder Alert\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cJudges Gavel\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Minuteman<br \/>\n\u201cLarge Fireball\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cNeck Breaking\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cNinja Samurai Sword\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cPage Turn\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mark DiAngelo<br \/>\n\u201cPickaxe\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Benboncan<br \/>\n\u201cSlap\u201d \u2013 Recorded by SoundMaster 13<br \/>\n\u201cSmashing\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Yuri Santana<br \/>\n\u201cSoldiers Marching\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cSpin Kick\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cSquishing\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cStab\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cStrong Punch\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cSwords Clashing\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cTermites and Ants\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cThrown Shuriken\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Cody Mahan<br \/>\n\u201cThunder Sound FX\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Grant Evans<br \/>\n\u201cTime Warp\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cUpper Cut\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cWhip Crack\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Snottyboi<br \/>\n\u201cWhip\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cWhistle Get Attention\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cWood Whack\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cGutting Someone\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Mike Koenig<br \/>\n\u201cRage of Blades\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Blaga Saun<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The following sound effects can be found at:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/opengameart.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cCyborg Hurt\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Vinrax<br \/>\n\u201cFall\u201d \u2013 Recorded by remaxim<br \/>\n\u201cHitting Wall\u201d \u2013 Recorded by spookymodem<br \/>\n\u201cI See You Voice\u201d \u2013 Recorded by Vinrax<br \/>\n\u201cTeleport\u201d \u2013 Recorded by OgreBane<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***************************************************************************************<br \/>\n(Insert music track # 45 \u2013 \u201cWizards Rest \u2013 featuring Sharm\u201d by Dinsoo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">POST CREDITS SCENE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WIZARDS REST<br \/>\nONE YEAR AGO\u2026<br \/>\nNYSTAL TIMELORD\u2019S HOME IN THE UNDERGROUND PLAYER OWNED TOWN KNOWN AS THE TIME TUNNEL\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lord Baldrith and Asclepius descend the long staircase to the fifth level of the stone basement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ASCLEPIUS<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a pity that Nystal\u2019s time ship, the Tanken-ka, will never fly again\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LORD BALDRITH<br \/>\nYes, but thankfully he was able to salvage the quantum temporal drive to create the time tunnel down here! Too bad it only allows for travel to the past and not to the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ASCLEPIUS<br \/>\nHmm\u2026I wonder why Nystal did not wait until suitable replacement parts were available to repair his time ship instead\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LORD BALDRITH<br \/>\nWell, it appears that Nystal has finally discovered the identity of his archenemy and has to accelerate his efforts to thwart his foe\u2019s nefarious plan before it is too late\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe two men find themselves in front of a mystically enchanted heavy obsidian door. They hear a disembodied voice speak to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAX<br \/>\nHalt! Please identify yourselves\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ASCLEPIUS<br \/>\nAsclepius, Director of the New Britannia Theater Troupe\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LORD BALDRITH<br \/>\nLord Baldrith, Assistant Director of Field Operations\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nA hologram of Max, the former A.I. for the Tanken-ka, suddenly appears!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAX<br \/>\nIdentities confirmed through voice analysis.<br \/>\nWelcome back, Lord Baldrith and Asclepius! Please enter!<br \/>\nNystal TimeLord should be returning momentarily from his latest mission\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe door suddenly swings open and the two men enter.<br \/>\nThey witness the time tunnel portal hum to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cBackwards Souls\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAX<br \/>\nIncoming traveler!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSuddenly, the time tunnel changes color and tone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cTime Warp\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nystal TimeLord steps through. He smiles upon seeing his two friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ASCLEPIUS<br \/>\nWelcome back from your trip back to the distant past, Nystal! I assume the mission was a success?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nIndeed! I managed to save the very young Lord British from those brigands and made sure that he made contact with the right person\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nTimeLord\u2019s holographic wife, Chariya, suddenly shimmers into existence next to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CHARIYA<br \/>\nHmm\u2026and it was very clever of you to disguise yourself as a bald, middle-aged Asian monk with incredible martial arts skills, although I am not sure if our good friend Theodric would appreciate you \u201cborrowing\u201d his name. You never know the possible ramifications\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nWell dear, that shouldn\u2019t be much of a problem\u2026After all, it was hundreds of years before Theodric was even born. I doubt our liege will even remember the name when he commissions Theodric to write \u201cThe History of New Britannia, Vol. 1\u201d in the present\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nNystal grins slyly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nThat reminds me\u2026I need to \u201csuggest\u201d to young Theodric that he conduct his research on the Obsidians at Desolis. Otherwise, he will not end up meeting his one true love\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nSo what do you have to report, my dear friends?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LORD BALDRITH<br \/>\nI made contact with Col. Jeremiah Dane\u2019s descendant, Gabriel Dane\u2026er\u2026Nightshadow\u2026in Greymark Forest and saved him from the Elves who attacked him upon his arrival from Earth. I properly outfitted him and led him to Owls Head\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nExcellent! I should hurry there for our \u201cfirst\u201d encounter\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nNystal TimeLord rests his arms on Asclepius and Lord Baldrith\u2019s shoulders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nMy friends, we must be more careful than ever now! My archenemy, Shadowreign, is secretly manipulating both the unsuspecting Oracle and the Obsidians to do his bidding. The fate of New Britannia lies in our hands! We must not let \u201cThe Age of Shadows\u201d come to pass\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cIntruder Alert\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MAX<br \/>\nWarning! Multiple unauthorized travelers incoming! Unable to shut down time tunnel\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nNystal Timelord, Asclepius, and Lord Baldrith assume battle stances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cTime Warp\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Seven cybernetically enhanced figures clad in black armor step through and immediately draw their swords, bows, and bisentos. Four of them are ninja and three of them are samurai. Their leader, one of the samurai, steps forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GENERAL RUKO (angry)<br \/>\nAfter countless years of wandering this strange world, we have finally found you, Nystal Timelord! We may be all that remains of the mighty Jinrazi Empire, but we will make you pay for assassinating the Emperor and destroying our mighty battle fleet!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nYour empire enslaved thousands of worlds and slaughtered billions of innocent people who did not bend to your will! More importantly to me, the Emperor killed my beloved wife, Chariya! If it hadn\u2019t been for the hologram mind cube my cousin Mingo gave me as a wedding gift, I would have no hope of restoring her! I have no regrets about my actions! Justice was served and I was able to restore the proper timeline of the 30th century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The United Empire of Earth (UEE) rules once more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GENERAL RUKO (angry)<br \/>\nKill the three of them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cLaser Machine Gun\u201c sound effect twice)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nSuddenly, all seven of the intruders are struck from behind in quick succession by electromagnetic pulses!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cCyborg Hurt\u201d sound effect)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Insert \u201cFall\u201d sound effect seven times)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GENERAL RUKO<br \/>\nNo! We were so close\u2026uhhh\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nAs General Ruko dies, a hooded figure clad in black and gold colored steampunk armor clearly inspired by the artwork of Denis Loubet emerges from the time tunnel carrying a massive EMP rifle!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELER<br \/>\nWell, that was a bit too close for comfort! I really need to make some adjustments to my chronotracker\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe mysterious time traveler glances down at the computer-like device strapped to his right gauntlet. Hmm\u2026this EMP rifle which Todd \u201cDoc\u201d Brown invented is even more effective than I thought\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD<br \/>\nThank you for the helping hand, stranger!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELER<br \/>\nMy pleasure, Nystal! I\u2019ve been looking forward to meeting you for quite some time\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NYSTAL TIMELORD (curious)<br \/>\nOh? Do I know you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELER<br \/>\nNo, not yet\u2026I\u2019m from the future. I got stuck in the past when my time gauntlet was damaged by one of these Jinrazi survivors after tracking them to the battlecruiser crash site in the mountains of West Novia 200 years ago. I never expected them to stumble across your time tunnel\u2026<br \/>\nHmm\u2026is Chariya around?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nHolographic Chariya suddenly materializes beside Nystal Timelord.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CHARIYA<br \/>\nYes, I am here\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELER<br \/>\nHmm\u2026I see Nystal hasn\u2019t gotten you a new body yet. Don\u2019t worry \u2013 that will happen very soon\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CHARIYA (curious)<br \/>\nHow could you know that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NARRATOR<br \/>\nThe stranger removes his hood. The dark-haired, young man, who appears to be in his mid-twenties, flashes a very familiar grin. Chariya gasps as both Asclepius and Lord Baldrith turn towards Nystal TimeLord with surprised looks on their faces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MYSTERIOUS TIME TRAVELER<br \/>\nAllow me to introduce myself. My name is Tahru. 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