And All Things Will End

Your breath quickens, as does your pace. Your composure falls, and you break into a panic. At this Aela takes a sharp turn into an alleyway, her attitude mirroring your own. Together you quickly speed through alleys and streets that you have almost certainly been through multiple times before.

An orange light emerges from the black depths in front of you. It flickers, and is near to the ground.

You have come back to the entrance of the mines.

In the dim light Hunter's corpse lies twisted and mangled. His face is contorted beyond recognition, and his eyes have been torn from their sockets with a hand that was not gentle. One of legs is bent the wrong direction,and the bones have jutted out of the skin in protest.

On his upper arm, tattoos grasp against the skin. A faint blue glow emanates from them. These are the tattoos that indicate a mage.

Then, you recognize the word that Hunter had said before you parted ways.

It was a spell from the ancient language, and it roughly translates its purpose to "guide". It leads individuals to where they were meant to go, by force if necessary.

Aela starts to twitch, and you explain to her what you have remembered. She does not mourn at Hunter's death, spitting on his corpse as she walks by.

A wide jaw opens past its hinges with a sickening popping noise from somewhere in the night. You can do nothing but enter the mines. Aela follows behind.

You have 1 choice: