Led by a Light - Part 3

Brought back to the room by her voice, "I can not read these runess.. There iss another in the Order.."  Their eyes met, and her mandibles were moving excitedly at the discovery of these texts, "He performss most of his studiess within our Order's most holy and hidden city.."

She paused, her face growing hesitant, "But none may know itss location outsside of the Order.." Wrack could see the line of questioning unfurling before him..

The chance to learn about his past, his present, and his future..

Wrack looked to the pages of his father's book, the inks written in a strong hand, a hand that may have belonged to the man he thought he knew..

This Order could be his only chance to know the truth, to repay a debt to the forces that strike fear into the hearts of the innocent..  This could be the answer he sought.

"I wish to join the Order.  I wish to fight for justice against evil, and to gain the knowledge needed to protect the realms."

She smiled as she rose form her seat, closing the book and sliding it into the leather satchel.  Extending her forelimb, she offered it back to Wrack.

He slid the familiar strap over his shoulder, but it had a different feeling now that he knew what lay within it..  It felt heavier.

"zoriadimm.. halasss.."

The shimmer he had seen before in the alley of New Thalos rippled before her, and the fabric of space and time opened like a curtain.. revealing a vast port city larger than any he had ever seen before..

"Come, let usss learn more together.."