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-.-{ The Scrolls of Serenia : issue #4 : $1.25 }-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
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`SS$$$SS$' $SSSS$ $SSSSSS$ $SSSS$ LFiNúw!cked
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-An ongoing Anthology-
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-number four | June-
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-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-[ Editorial ]-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
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Well, I'm happy to announce that we've acutally made it to issue
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number 4, and I'm even happier to announce that alderAAn (Blade
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WHQ, and a whole lotta others) is now an official sOs distro
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site. I am also more than ecstatic to announce the arrival
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(finally) of sOs' creator and my mentor, Belial, to the world
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which is Serenia. He will be editing and hopefully writing,
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though we haven't gone over all complete details.
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Oh, also included with this issue of scrolls is Legends #1. This
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is the continuing story of the world of Serenia in the 2nd Age.
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These stories, (the main scrolls) are of the 1st Age (the
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creation, Serenia's first encounters with monumental evil, etc.)
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and there are a lot more things that are revealed about the
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world and, of course, what happened to the characters during the
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passing of the 1st Age to the coming of the 2nd Age.
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As of lately, I haven't been getting much of a reply as to what
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people think of sOs, and I've decided that if I don't get much
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of a reply soon, that I'll stop releasing scrolls, or I'll just
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let somebody else pick it up.
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Well, read and enjoy...
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-+- Lord Finesse -+-
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-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-[ Reyhan ù:ù iv ]-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
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___ ___ --+> FouR è part I <+--
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|___|\___|ow, my dear Reyhan, I offer you a deal..." At this I
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looked back upon Danno with wicked eyes. "...and this deal is
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that I shall give the pentagram to you, <ahem> that is, given you
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defeat me in a swords-duel. Not a hard task for a `professional'
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such as yourself, now is it?" Danno said, holding back intense
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laughter with his wide grin.
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"Not at all, Danno." I said in return, holding my wicked thoughts
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back and drawing my sword.
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"Ha! Then let's be at it then!" Danno came charging forward
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drawing his sword. I backed up and almost tripped over T‰lk, who
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had pretty much planted himself at that spot since Danno had
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arrived.
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"MOVE!" I yelled at T‰lk as I tumbled out of Danno's sword-
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swing. T‰lk crawled slowly out of harm's way and began to watch
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the fight in what appeared to be pure disbelief.
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As of late, I hadn't been really paying attention the matter at
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hand, and when I did, and Danno had me down, I looked into his
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eyes and I saw, though as distant as it was, his fear. I tried
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to dig deeper, but all was pure fear buried. And so, as my
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current position called for, I went for his weakness...
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___ ___ --+> FouR è part II <+--
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"/ /_\ \
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( )
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\__/\___/ hen I spoke, I seemed to be in a trance. I wasn't sure
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if I was actually speaking for myself, or if someone else was
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speaking for me. But when I did, I had no idea what I was saying
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until I heard it.
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"Danno, tell me about..." and Danno looked down at me, "Father."
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Danno looked down on me with frightful eyes. He was dumbfounded.
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"What? No! He couldn't know. Could he? How would he know?" These
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thoughts and many more flowed through his mind as he slowly
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backed away, I could see them in his eyes.
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I stood. I had control, yet I didn't. I knew what I was doing,
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but at the same time, I didn't. As I stood and walked towards
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Danno, he tripped over and scrambled frantically in place, there
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on the ground.
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In the background, Danno's men themselves slowly disappeared
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from the scene.
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I now stood over Danno, the image of power in this
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confronatation. I looked once more into Danno's eyes and saw his
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fright, and I said, "Danno, they say the eyes are the window of
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the soul. And since you have shown me yours, I open myself to
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you and show you mine..."
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And Danno looked up into my eyes, and became frozen. He went
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white with fear as all of my life, my horrid childhood, the
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death, the destruction, the terror, it all went, and he saw.
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______ --+> FouR è part III <+--
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|__ __|
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|______| remember little of what happened after this new, eh,
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happening with Danno. I know I pocketed the pentagram and when I
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had turned around T‰lk was there, and he was quiet. We hadn't
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run into nor had we confronted any of Danno's brigands for the
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rest of the journey.
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For the first few hours after we left the clearing, T‰lk and I
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said nothing to each other. To tell you the truth, my mind was
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elsewhere. I had been wondering why all of these wierd things
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were happening to me.
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My life was simple, I hunted. Be it people or animal it didn't
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matter, but I was good at it. Then, all of a sudden, somebody
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sends me after some sorcerer, and I get a full-body tan that
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looks like I got a little too close to a volcano. I meet an
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angel, who saves my life, and gives me a gift of some sort, and
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then T‰lk almost dies and is saved by an angel, which completely
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changes him.
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My head hurt, and I had to rest. All of this, <ehem> magic or
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whatever was just too disturbing...
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-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-[ Natural Wonders ù:ù iv ]-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
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A short recap of events...
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After my brief meeting with Geldrion in which much had been
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explained, I found myself back in the alley behind the bar
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(which I had previously been booted out of), surrounded by the
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Dark Sovereigns.
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The Dark Sovereigns are those followers of Neim, some evil guy
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that I am, no doubt, against. They are made of the shadows and
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dark sides of everything in this world, real pals of mine.
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yeah, really.
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They hunted me down, which wasn't that much of a hunt (well,
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cause I'm a drunk), because of some book that I got from an
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old guy in a dream?@#!
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Hmph. If yer not confused yet, you will be.
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<Damn sure know _I_ am.>
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Now...
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I am surrounded by shadows which are, by short contemplation,
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some of the Dark Sovereigns. Before I was zipped out to wherever
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by Geldrion and talked to, their "leader" (as if I could tell
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which one was the leader?) asked for the book.
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Out of the darkness, I could strain to hear them speak, "Do NoT
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pHeRe. gIVe uS tHE bOoK anD We SHalL spaRE YouR lIfE."
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I looked up, and then around, and said, "Would you take it the
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wrong way if I said, oh, I don-no, go to hell?"
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At this the shadows which stood, er, drifted, before me sat
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silent and I could hear low murmurs coming from their general
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direction.
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"wE fINd y0U NoTt aMmUSInG. WE wIlL dIspOsE 0f y0r LiFE n0W."
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"oh shit." Was about all I could say. I was surrounded by the
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shadows, and all I could think of was the book. Then, without
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thinking, I pointed my finger into the sky above and the most
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divine flare of light filled the alleyway, almost blinding
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myself and temporarily dispersing of the shadows.
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I ran out and from the alley, needless to say, as fast as I
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could, which, because of my drunken state wasn't very fast. I
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had to find somewhere to stay atleast for the remainder of the
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night.
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I was scared shitless and I had nowhere to go, cause, well, I
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was drunk and I wasn't from around here...
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...
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...find out who this guy is and everything else next issue...
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-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-[ any last wordz? ]-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
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Whelp, that almost does it for this issue of Scrolls. Uhm,
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thanks to Belial for his editing and help, and sorry this issue
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is so damn late, it's just that we were real busy mailing stuff
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and writing Legends #1. Uhm, that's about all, thank ya'll for
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comin' out, godbless, goodnight...
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...e0f?!$...
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