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-When I was young I never understood why we hid from them, from mortals. Even the weakest warlock or witch had enough power to summon a storm that could destroy a whole city, we could defy death, our lifespan was of centuries if not more, we were all powerful, beautiful and to the mortal eternal.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTCFo5p4a4
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Myself and many others back then though that we were at the very least better if not wholly superior to the mortals. A not to small number of our generation openly considered them to be an inferior race that we should rule over, as a master rules a slave.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESkSz6NH23
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Then came that terrifying night in the Forests of Calliope.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq5f4eovz8
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There and then I knew why we feared mortals.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6wdGAiqNe
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- Arch Bishop Philippe 'The Wise' of the Church of Hecate.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7D8tZqhGw
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Taken from the Documentary 'The Anarchy and the Peace.'500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S1OPX1DLU
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Book 1-Ch 3-Nevermore beyond my pane500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRWh1nu9Vs
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He heard it, smelled it, felt the rotten feeling that warned of its danger before he actually saw the wall of Blue flames.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX2BtS0PWy
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Ross did not have a deep knowledge of physics or chemistry but he knew that the more blue-ish a flame was the hotter it burned, this seemed to be Hellfire itself, this was fire so powerful that it felt like it could burn Ross's very soul.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAitaesiUlw
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But no matter the universe A is still A.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOr2mtvAuL
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And fire is still fire.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LR4J5nb6Y
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And the blue flames was still fire and any fire needs oxygen, so when Ross pulled out a canister filled with Co2 the flames diminished enough for Ross to jump pass the wall of Hellfire.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaA4fwAGr9
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Then came the beasts of the forest, more savage versions of wolves and bears, built to hunt across realms and nightmares, built to track their prey to the worlds on the other side of the mirror.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5lcB1Da2X
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Creatures that even those with magic, light or dark, would fear.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rCVT3mimD
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But they are still beasts, so Ross pulls out a bag of dog treats throws at them and the dire wolves and fell bats all swarm around it, this is not the first time Ross had brought food with him in the forest.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYnkgpiD5F
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After the demonic hound affair he always came prepared and had to use his treats a few times to escape the demonic animals in the forest, and these ones where laced with sedatives.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYpHIl4mUH
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Ross was not innocent, but he drew the line at killing animal needlessly.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkUSK0q12w
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Then came the fell bats, their screeches on the wind and shapes that flew in an out of the little light that Ross had on his person to see through the darkens surrounded him, forming a twister of fang and claw, wing and teeth.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFNOlI91Xo
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These where the locust of the Demon Realm, a wave of devouring mouth that could swallow all flesh that they swept over.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OOngIf9cC
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But they were still bats, still animals, and they had sensitive noses and ears.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MmCFPNJj7
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So Ross took out a canister that was filled with a substance that had one of the most foulest stenches known to man.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAbTrCsUdX
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The twister of flying dark creatures immediately increased the distance between itself and the scarred mortal.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92vugbYEMB
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Then came the subsonic flute that was connected to a small hand cranked pump, with that it was too much for the ears and noses of the fell bats as they flew away.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRmtJq0xiz
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Ross fell to his knees there and then as the terror momentarily overwhelmed him to such a degree that he had to stop and recover, this temporary pause in the horrors ahead gave him the necessary time to recover.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gU64NH0iK
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Temptation whispered in his ear there and then. Temptation to give up, go back.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb4bW1FN6Y
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Ross looked back to the path he had walked upon and he knew that all that was behind him was darkness and beasts, in front of him lie the unknown that send shivers down his spine.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUN5oUIxSx
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So he continued on, despite every muscle in his body, every brain cell in his head, every fragment of his soul shouted for him to go back as the whispers continued to say the same.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhW1C1ua6z
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"I'm not stupid enough to listen to the reasoning of a crazy man, especially my own." Ross said to himself as he treated forward.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5RWsZucR3
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His feet like they weighted a ton, his lungs like concrete, his vision blurry as his body reacted trying to protect him.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWo4yxLgR4
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Yet still Ross trudged on, this was the crazy things about mortals. They would march forward in the darkness, and why? Why did they marched into what seemed to be the Belly of the Beast?500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVg0LU85fX
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They did it because it was the unknown, where untold horrors lay, but also wonders.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLghcLskAS
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It could be the biggest mistake of his life, but also the best decision he ever made.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSItCZlTERC
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And as long as that small threat of hope remained. That single weak ember of a better tomorrow burned, then that ember could light a fire and even the weakest fire could banish the dark.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM94tL0KsZ
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Some say you'd have to be mad to live like that. Fortunately Ross was.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXnMZdtK22
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So he took his heart in his teeth and marched forward.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuI6OJkvYgd
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So he marched forward, with each step his feet became lighter, his lungs softer, his vision cleared.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjSE6Dz6oM
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He conquered his fear and used it to fuel his resolve.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OsnowvldU
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Ross walked past the beasts and now before him stood a golem made of earth and rock, with a skin so thick that no blade or bullet could pierce it.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNx8NOkTTWL
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Yet unlike the curse of before, or looking at the deep dark woods, or the hellfire and beast that he faced, it's not fear that grips him500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqUXrwR1FR
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"Turn back now or suffer my wr-" The Golems words where cut of as Ross, used not a blade or bullet, but threw a small bag of salt into the Golem's opened mouth.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy9sju2AEY
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The Golem collapsed to its feet as Ros moved to run past the now coughing construction of rock, soil and magic, but a great caught his leg and hoisted Ross upside down.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgNDP33eIl
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The Golem growled at him, but like before when it wasted time with words or deeds it was struck by Ross's quick counter.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqYbIxgwwi
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This time Ross threw the bell from his belt right at the Golem's face.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b9sZ9mDxE
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BANG.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpwuYkwnEl
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The golem let go of Ross as it cradle it's head both from the force of the blow but also from the bell's holy sound.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfLhyfssIE
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Ross fell to the ground and quickly grabbed the bell and attached to it a rope that he had for climbing and then swung the bell around and over his head once to gain momentum before striking the Golem once more with the bell.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XbCBebdFA
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The Golem now shielded it's face and crouched down against Ross who was half the Golem's size, yet was now Ross was the one on the offensive.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yHiY3KJZ1
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Another blow from the whip like weapon as this time Ross aimed at the Golem's right leg, making the creatures topple down, then Ross struck again.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBizTgrZB3a
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The Golem disintegrated into a flash of energy as Ross took a breather to regain his strength and vigor. His leg ached like it had been a slightly stronger squeeze away from being broken, Ross was certain it would swell like crazy and be as purple as an eggplant tomorrow.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9FXJC17yi
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Only the painkillers he took in advance before entering the woods helped. For not he managed to avoid using the stronger ones like opioids and he hoped that the worse was behind.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4zMasgFqX
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A man can dream can't he?500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcTcucA0Y4
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"Needs something sturdier, perhaps a chain and something on the handle if they get into close range." Ross said out loud as he studied the whip like bell tipped weapon and it's surprising effectiveness.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXj1fMNmFG
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When the flash dissipated in the Golem's place was a great red orb, one that Ross looked at in disbelief.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzjaUGTQGr
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"Well now, here's hoping that brute strength is the answer here." Ross said as he instinctly whipped the red orb, smashing it.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpgMEg474o
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Immediately in front of him a curtain of energy flashed and reformed itself like the image of waves crashing into white foam on a beach.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTQ0ubmcIi
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It seemed like the forest, reality itself, was distorted in front of him as an illusion was broken.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jacQ8e28Y
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And in front of him was Hexen surrounded by other witches and warlocks and standing over a bound and gagged woman, with a knife at her throat.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8f1FRMb1x
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There, Ross's closest friend, a flawed yet kind and caring person who had come to his aide many times before despite danger, stood over another ready to kill her in cold blood.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiy0rWeu91
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Yes, truly an illusion had been broken tonight.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjXH1x2xTl
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Ross froze at that, he was tired, scared, lost in the woods, exhausted and from the brief touch of the Golem his leg was close to making him limp, only the shock of the sight before him was what made his brain ignore all of that and focus on the image of Hexen.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDySouY6po3
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Kind Hexen, sweet Hexen, always there for him Hexen, who called him so many wonderful things and made him laugh so often, brave and noble Hexen who always rushed to protect him when this mortal was in mortal danger.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU4ehFOCwP
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That Hexen was a step away from committing a murder most foul.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zfzwfOdoC
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"Ross, there's something I have to tell you. I'm a witch." Hexen said awkwardly and gave a smile belonged on the cat that caught the canary. Which in Hexen's case was the poor struggling girl at her feet that was the same age as Hexen.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V4d3xG6ul
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Ross still speechless then and there realized why the Myr had affected Hexen for that Hexen was not just a witch, but a dark witch.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9coAxMjrp
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A very, very dark witch. Dark enough to be affected by the Myr like full blown demons and Ross had just interrupted a human sacrifice.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pTseyxgNc
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Yes, an illusion was broken tonight indeed500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NOqk8m5E6
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"I always thought you to be an elf." Was his reply as a confused Hexen and the other witches and warlocks presented looked at him in surprise.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9X0qBKQcT
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"What?" She said, the knife still at her sacrifice's throat who also looked surprise by the events.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdOIh5kzIm
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And with that the clock struck 3.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIuJJTMrQ0
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The witching hour, a bell whip, two illusions shattered and confusion reigned supreme now.500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlu8KcjWZl
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Just another night in the town of Calliope.
and then Add to home screen.