To the west of Farragut Keep can be found the ruins of Fanacas, once a mining hold for the human slaves of the Ayleid empire, and according to scholars, perhaps the birthplace of the Tharn dynasty when one of their Nedic ancestors rose to the rank of slave overseer. Visitors have of late reported feeling a heavy aura about the ruins, as if dark and evil deeds of the past linger in the ancient stones.

All I was to find at Fanacas was a Breton enchantress and her soulbound servants preparing to perform a ritual she hopes will grant her great power. Mabrel Pierel speculates that countless offerings of blood and souls must have been made here for such an aura of evil to linger still. Her mad purpose is to open a pathway back to the days of the ancient Ayleids and use their power for her own insane ambitions.

Why is so often that evil endures the corrosion of history, when good does not? The mark of a kiss quickly vanishes, but the wound always leaves a scar. Perhaps evil is only remembered because history is dyed by the colours of our wants and desires. Even today people have a most annoying habit of only remembering the things they shouldn’t. Perhaps my blade will help this deranged enchantress to forget.

S.K