Velentham did not know how much time had passed - his mind was locked in a state of perpetual rage and lethargy. The glow in his eyes blinded him to everything but the darkness of evil which seemed to be everywhere. His mind cleared only at his father's touch, "Velentham, come. We must prepare to leave at once."
"Will we battle them?" he asked, staring out at the dragons in the sky.
"Let us hope not this time..." Gilean said.
"Long ago," Telfenham began, "a celestial name Asmodeus was born and thrown from the realm of Elysium. He was ejected so far, so fast, he shot through the plains and made that crevasse you see. This citadel... is not the true citidel. It is in that hole... along with his body."
At the mere mention of the name, Velentham grabbed his father by the shoulders. "Why? Why did you do that?!" Velentham knew about the legend. He knew the consequence for speaking the name aloud. None had ever survived longer than a day after speaking it.
"We will fly hard, fly fast... once we leave this tower, they will see us and they will follow. There will be no time for hesitation. You will have to follow me to the portal and question nothing."
Why his father did what he did, Velentham did not understand. It upset him greatly, but perhaps the myth was nothing more than a childhood tale meant to make new Celestials behave. "Are you ready?" his father asked.
"Remember, question nothing, and move with haste. Your life depends on it."
"All of ours do," Gilean replied.
At the last moment, in horror, Velentham watched his father take off his own amulet. With nimble fingers, his father placed it upon Velentham's neck, and with a look of pain filled regret, the elder Celestial lept from the spire and into the sky.
"NO!" Velentham lept from the spire but no matter how hard he strained, he could not keep pace with his father. Far behind them a black dragon caught wind of the excitement, it's undulating body coiling through the air to close the gap. Still, Velentham sped after his father. "FATHER! NO!" He knew then what the elder meant to do, and he had to do everything in his power to stop him.
