Editing Midnight RPG - Chapter 10.61 (section)

==Eranon / Steve==

*Eranon seems a little uncomfortable after Zal'Kazzir speaks*

'''Eranon''' "I would ask you to save your flattery, but I am beginning to beleive you can't quite help it.  I agree that we should attempt to avoid Vrolk and make for the place on the spire where we beleive Walden to be.  However, I also agree with Zal'Kazzir that we will probably not be able to avoid an encounter with the lord of the spire.  If it were my choice, I would rather not speak with such a vile betrayer, but perhaps my personal prejudices should come after the rescue of Sir Walden, or at least preventing Vrolk from carrying out his plan."

"The curse of which I am speaking I know very little.  What I do know is that we were allowed passage through the deep marshes on the hope that we could break the Vile's curse on this swamp.  I was hoping Kuyad might know more about it.  It is my suspicsion that Vrolk's legendary aquisition of this "sunder shard" is responsible for the growth of this spike from this splended old tree as well as the resulting curse on the swamp that has so blighted it and earned it a name such as 'dead marshes'."

"As for your question of where Vrolk's loyalties lie, I think I can help.  I have recently realized that an old Elven tale is actually the story of Vrolk.  Originally a fable conceived as a warning, there may be a lot of truth to it.  I do in fact beleive this legend is a story of Vrolk."

"In this story, an Elf is duped with false promises of knowledge under the study of Sunulael to follow the voice of a false god, who turns out to be the Shadow himself.  By the time the true nature of the voices became known to Vrolk, it was far to late, his mind had been warped by years of service as a priest of the shadow."

"In order to earn his prize of special, forgotten knowledge from the shadow, he was set the task of bolstering the position of the Priest of Shadow.  He set out to the Spine of the World and found the Cadaverous Eye and the Sunder Shard, which I beleive responsible for the spire.  I think you will find that his loyalties lie steadfastly with the Shadow and with Sunulael.  However, you may find that the legates may be somewhat resentful that an outsider such as Vrolk has risen above them with such ease.  They of course wouldnt' overtly stand against him, but are likely looking for opportunities to take credit, praise or honors in the course of their duty.  I have no idea if we can or how to exploit that.  This is your area, Zal'Kazzir."