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22: Third Eye, Earth Book I

from .​.​.​And to Speak the Truth or Die by Zeffon

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i. 22: Third Eye, Earth Book I

When I came down to the stairs, Lydia was waiting. She had had a horrible time with the plan to destroy Dränsilane, and I was tired as well. Dränsilane was able to predict a lot of the plots against him and plan accordingly. After he joined sides with Muagara, he employed an army of undead soldiers to march alongside the God of Darkness. We decided after that day it was best to abandon our efforts and go underground. Eresymcaion had been dead for some time, eliminating any possibility of the Unknown Beast reforming. From that point on, the decision was made to evacuate the surface and live in the Temple of Faces. Unfortunately, the only people who managed to follow us were some people from the small town of Rowta, up north. The entrance beneath the Fifth Temple of Meredith had collapsed due to the chaos between the warring gods. I suppose that the light was meant to die. It makes me wonder what the forces of evil have in mind beyond world domination. It makes me wonder if they do in fact have a way to reach worlds beyond ours. -- E.

Though this is going to be my only entry in this book (as far as I can tell), I hope to the Greater Power that I may live long enough for a period of peace within this distraught world of Zeffon. Graghgorra was conquered many years before by the Sorrow. I've done battle with the Sorrow before I released that it could destroy the Overmind, and thus me as well. Why does it leave us to suffer? Perhaps it feeds off of our anxiety, causing it to flourish at our expense. The enemy itself cannot be fought by any means, and thus gives me a feeling of lethargy, exeräise, malaise, and most of all, uselessness. I would protect these people if I could, despite the awful things they've done to my homeland. This is to the people of the world. -- Adelais

Lydia left with Adelais. She said that she was going to try to stop Muagara and Dränsilane with her sister. I begged them not to do it, but they felt it was the correct choice to undertake. I told them if that was to be their decision, to at least try to find Reve. She had come down with the same thing that her brother did. I'm sure of it. -- Emeroch

Most of the people that evacuated into the Great Limb Forest did it a while back now. It's been five years now, and still no sign of the two Unkardian women who left the temple. I wish the man Emeroch would stop checking. He just seems to scribble in that book of his, trying to keep a record of the various things that occur in this dank environment. It's too bad - we could use his help finding food. Our supplies that have been stored in this area since our ancestors inhabited this area will run out soon. He keeps talking to the air, and I wonder what that indicates about his sanity. If he keeps this up, I'll take control of the people of Rowta. The blood of Vagard runs within my veins. -- Kin

It's funny how that man seems to cover the palm of his right hand with a glove. Surely it limits his dexterity, yes? Heh.

It became very rainy that following autumn. So rainy in fact, that many of the people of Rowta became ill and died. When Emeroch woke up, the villagers had abandoned him and moved to the surface again. Emeroch ran to the town of Rowta, only to find it in ruin. Frogs croaked around the once-proud town, but there was no sign of the villagers. Emeroch then spotted a sign that displayed the following:

We have run for the hills to the North. Perhaps the man there can help us. She is coming.

Emeroch turned around. The ghost he had been talking to was still there.

"Still tailing me?"

The ghost was as silent as ever.

"You will never drive me mad, never. I am not like my brother. It would be impossible for me to join Muagara."

The ghost remained there.

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from .​.​.​And to Speak the Truth or Die, released January 4, 2014

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