Stepping through the portal he looks down into his journal and smiles to himself as if he had just won a game of cards. It had worked, he had passed.
Closing the journal with one hand the heavily armoured figure makes his way into the town leaving deep footprints in the sand.
Coming to Tarkuul is one of the steps to gain the knowledge he seeks. It is just a matter of unlocking them...
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Life should be prolonged only when it serves the greater cause of the death of the world.