Editing Midnight RPG - Chapter 18.65 (section)

== Shadaar ==

''*Shadaar seems to be more at ease. He nods and turns more conversational*''

"I do agree that Vrolk is a menace. He stole my very life away from me. And gave me... this in return."

''*Shadaar gestures to his own dead body*''

"I can only imagine what he has done to the elves. No, I don't want to imagine. I am glad this business will be taken care of soon. How ironic that we cannot kill him."

"So yes, I agree that Vrolk's sustained captivity and eventual delivery to the elves is more important than saving 10 Freeborn. However, I am glad an alternative was eventually accepted."

''*Shadaar nods again*''

"And, of coarse, I cannot help but feel that my own advice was ignored. If not for Kyuad, those prisoners would still be in chains."

"But in order to defeat Izrador we must band together. And show the people of this land that it is possible for an elf, an orc, two Erenlanders, and a Sarcosen to form an alliance against The Shadow. We must lead by example if we expect others to do what is necessary. Because what we will ask of others is no less dangerous for them. We will ask them to lay down their lives, and the loss of everything they hold dear. All for a fleeting chance of regaining freedom."

"But that small chance for freedom is, I believe, worth it. Someday the elves will fall. How can they sustain the fierce defense of their homeland with such overwhelming hatred directed at them? The dwarves face this same challenge. And many others have already succumbed or were beaten down. And only by joining the Freeborn of Eredane together can these things be avoided."

"So you ask me if I, alone, would have taken an entire army on for a chance to liberate some Freeborn. I will not lie. I would have at the very least pondered it. In the end, if I could not come up with a coarse of action that I felt had a chance of succeeding, '''however small''', then I would answer no. I would have to let the prisoners remain in chains. And I would have felt all the pain of making that decision."

''*Shadaar grins*''

"Indeed it is for that, and so many more reasons, that I choose to join the Resistance. For that opportunity to fight back, with a chance of winning. However small that chance is. Together all of us who live under the Shadow could have that same chance to throw off the shackles we all are placed in upon birth, because of the Enemy."

"I believe that this fellowship we find ourselves in to be something special. Our differences bring both hardship and strength. And we are an example of how a diverse group can join together and accomplish great things. And that example, I hope, will resonate with the people of Eredane. And be a light for them to follow in dark times."

"I hope I did not dance around your question, Eranon. I think your refusal hurt me, in some ways. To see an Elf, raised knowing these things, would let Freeborn remain prisoners. But I do not wish to go into that again. You acted, and that is all that truly matters".

"I hope someday I will be able to call all of you friend".