//DM, that saying is copyrighted.\\
"I was flying towards Kandarin, with my Gorvern just a little bit ahead of me. It should be most entertaining questioning that Aspye...
Due to the fact that the fog was powerless against my own Lich eyesight, I noticed a recent disturbance in the mountains. What is this...? I've seen these mounts before, but nothing important has ever happened there. It looked like a cave-in, so I flew downwards to check it out. The Gorvern continued flying towards Kandarin.
Yes, a cave-in it was, indeed. Just as I was about to discard it as a natural event, I saw something most... unusual...
There were people there. People in red robes and red hoods. They were all dead. Dead. Dead... Dead? DEAD!
I flew closer to one of these people. He did, in fact, have the robes on him, along with a staff in his hand. He died not from the initial cave-in, but rather because of the frost that has creeped inside him. It is a long-shot, and a challenge to revive one that has been frozen. But, I like challenges. Who, other than lazy ungrateful peasants, doesn't?
I slowly channeled necrotic power to the frozen heart. Slow and steady... was not enough. The heart was just too solid now to move. Sigh. Nature thinks it is better than me? Pathetic... I am one of those who has beaten the two most powerful forces of nature: life and death. Nature is nothing, compared to me.
Very well... Looks like this one needs a little jolt to revive. Not a problem.
I concentrated my mind at the one sole object in my inner eye, the heart, the very frozen heart inside that very man's chest. This one had to be revived with all the dilligence I could muster; it is not but a grunt of a miriad army. I need this one alive and concious.
The heart burst in a small explosion, resulting in a moderate hole in the man's chest. So much for having him completely alive.
The remaining power in the place of his heart was still concentrated, and could act as a sort of a mirror for the rest of the body. Opportunity!
I sent out a wide beam of my energy, and it quickly spread across the man's entire body. His eyes slowly opened.
-"Uhh... wha... where am I? What happened? Wh... Why is there a hole in my chest?"
-"What hole?", I interrupted, thinking quick. "You OK, buddy? Sure you're not seeing things?"
-"Who are you? What are you doing here? This place is supposed to be secret!" The man sounded genuinely amazed.
-"Oh, I was simply passing by, and saw you in the snow. I shook you up a bit, and here you are, nice and awake. The cold must've gotten to your head... imagining holes in your chest and all. Does it even hurt?"
Obviously, it couldn't hurt, as there was the power of life bursting all through the man's body.
-"Actually, no... In fact, I feel better than ever! It's definately a hallucination. Nothing some meditation couldn't take care of. Anyway, thanks for waking me. How can I help?"
Prior to seeing the man, among the other junk scattered around, I saw some interesting crystal orbs.
-"What are those?", I said, pointing in the general direction of the spheres.
-"Oh, um... those are... nothing... uhh... yeah." The man tried to look as innocent as possible, but I could see right through his lies. He obviously realized that something has happened.
You know what? Screw the challenge. I prefer to get my information with no delay.
I took complete control of his body, and quickly acquired the information I needed. Hmm... Gravity vortex... this one does not have all the details, but those orbs are of great power, it seems. I will have to resurrect more to find out.
Dispersing a wide beam of energy across the entire site, I revived about three hundred more or so. The other ones were not needed, as of yet. I thought this would be enough to get all the information I required.
Letting the memories from the lifeless hollow shells pour into my mind, I strolled over to the edge of the mountain. Below, a man seemed to be attempting to climb the cliff. No doubt an Aspye, attracted by the burst of power from this area. I shifted phases, and descended into the solid cliff as if it were water.
When I reached the point where the man was at now, I flew right out of the wall, through the man (no doubt surprising him) and turned around behind him.
-"Well, well, well... If it isn't another little Aspye insect just waiting to be squashed..." I then noticed the odd-looking spiral on his shoulder. "Wait. You're not an Aspye. Still, you'd better explain yourself, or else there will be blood, and trust me, it's not going to be mine."
