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When Clover and him were out in the medow he stated to tell her about the different things she could do with fire, like make her arrows extreamly explosive and use her cutting tecnique to create the vortex thatt she already had.

The first exercize was simple, shoot a fire ball in the air and have it cause an explosion. If this were to work she would have to have an extreamly high amount of wind circling around it. Epotheros waited for her to get ready and then threw a fire ball into the air.

The next step was to learn how to divert attacks with her powers. He would send a flame attack along the ground from his sword and see if she could block it. To prevent injury on her part, he didn't put a lot of power in the attacks.

Ty, through various shadow portals, had been wathcing the Skeleton thing in the desert steadily travel south, but was interupted when asked to join the group to help defeat some giant flaming rock ogre. It would take the group 2 days or so to reach their destination, so Ty volunteered to go ahead of the group and scout the region. Also he didn't say, but he wanted to get a feel of this Zant guy's powers by witnessing the beast before they got there to destroy it.
He silently left in the middle of the night...

As she hugged me I didn’t know what to do it had been along time sense I had felling like this for someone memories of trena flashed through my head “she’s gone” I thought as I held larien closer she then pulled away from me and looked down at her hands “I have lost everyone I have ever cared about” I said looking down in a sad tone I then looked up into her eyes “I vow on my very life I will protect u to my last breath” I said as reach forward and put my hands over hers “I can not protect u from this evil that is upon u” I said as I looked at the collar “but together we can defeat it” I said looking back up into her eyes

Just then empotheros entered the room and told us about a creature in the hiati fuergo providence he then quickly left the room

I looked back to larien “we better get some rest so we will be prepared for tomorrow” I said as I stood up and started to leave the room I then left the castle and headed into the surrounding forest I walked for about an hour before finding a small clearing I sat in the middle of the clearing and looking up at the moon “y did u have to leave me” I said quietly I then sat in the lotus position and closed my eyes “vasorin comay” I whispered I then open my eyes “torin I need ur help” I said as I looked up into the sky as I did a bright light flashed in front of me then a image of an old man appeared in front of me he was in robes with a long beard holding a staff “I have not heard from u sense u disappeared after the incident with rachel” the old man said as he stared into my eyes “the university has missed u how can this old man be of assistance” he said “someone important to me has been cursed with an enchantment….I am not strong enough to brake it” I said quietly “I see” the old man said he then presided to rub his chin “show me the enchantment” he said I then formed an image of larien in my head the man reach over and then in his hand he held a mirror when he looked into the mirror his facial expression changed suddenly a fire fleered in his eyes I had never seen in all the years I had attended the university “this is the work of ZANT” he yelled angrily he then seemed to set the mirror down in the air as it left his hands it vanished “there r few that r strong enough to brake such an enchantment” he said as he was trying to regain his composure “if u can get her to the university it can be done” he said in a low tone “but we r over ten days ride from the university” I yelled angrily “I understand ur feelings but that changes nothing I would send some mages to assist u but now hearing of zants reappearance I cannot spare anyone I must speak with the elder counsel they will know what to do” he posed for a secant “as for now all u can do is try to help her though her pain the collar he wears will poison her mind and fell her mind with images of her worst fears it will drain her straight and her will to live she will need ur support to survive until u can get her here” he said “thank u for u assistance head master” I said making a bowing motion with my head “one more thing is there Rachel has reappeared she is searving zant” I said to him in a foul voice a “so zant was the one that turned her to the dark arts” he posed for a second “this is disturbing news u tell me I will contact the counsel and tell them what u told me when I get there response I will contact u” he said as soon as he was finished talking he vanished I then stod up and started walking back toward the castle

I entered the castle quietly and headed to my room as soon as I was there I went to bed but sleep would not come soon I found it was morning I got up and gathered my supplies with didn’t consist of much I just my small pack with my belongings I then headed out of the castle and to the stable I grabed my horse as I then soon found epotheros and clover I approached them “ok im ready as soon as larien and ty gets here” I said as I got to them

Early in the after-noon a ploom of smoke was visible in the distance. When Epotheros saw it rising from the trees he spured his horse and charged towards the cloud. When he had made his way through the maze of trees and into a small open clearing his eyes met a very disturbing site. It was a scene of a massacre, not of humans, but of Zant's minions the orcs. The tents and buildings were nothing but smoldering ashes and there were piles of scorched bodies. Over 50 bodys lay scattered about the clearing, all of them were a dark black as they were killed by some sort of flame attack. There were traces of blood splatter around the bodies aswell.

When Epotheros raised his eyes, he saw a creature he wish he had never seen. It was somthing from out of a night terror. The creature was humanoid like and stood over seven feet tall. It wore a black robe that flowed the length of his body. He wore a mask which was white and flat, the only facial fetures were two thin and narrow holes for the eyes. The Roman Numeral VII was painted and entched on his mask in red. He carried a red, decorated, but he had no visible hands, or at least none that Epotheros could see.

A more disturbing aspect of this creature was that he seemed to glide over the ground. His cloak almost touched the ground, but it did not seem he moved his legs to move. Epotheros could also feel the creature's power. It seemed to be on par with his own, but its aura was simular to Zant's. It was an evil being, but not under Zant's control. Perhaps it was hunting Zant as well.

Epotheros soon realized that the creature had eluded his vison only to find out that it was standing right behind his right shoulder. Epotheros was frozen, and his heart felt like it had stopped beating. The hairs on the back of his neck also stood on end and possible outcomes begain to flash through Epotheros' mind.

The masked being then spoke in a chilling, otherwordly voice, releasing a jet of cold air from behind the mask as it said "Innocent..." before it faded away into the shadows of the forrest.

When it disappeared, Epotheros slumped forward breathing heavily. His heart was beating fast and he had broken out in a cold sweat. The only other time Epotheros had even felt close to that was when he had met Zant. Epotheros' vision soon refocused and he was able to see a piece of parchment pinned to a tree with a dagger, near the scene of the massacre. On it, written in what looked like blood were the words "Guilty."