[h3]---FORT DAELANTINE---[/h3]

Jarde listened as to what the stolen object could be. One of the knights theorized that it might be a shard of a dark weapon wielded by a great evil in the distant past but it was not certain.

He was certain of one thing however. "Captain's right though that we should find it. Whatever this black shard is, I don't think we want it in the hands of someone who can do this." He motioned to the bodies with one hand on his nose in an attempt to keep out the smell.

Staring at the orderly slaughter, Jarde sighed. He wondered if there was a way to have prevented such a massacre. He thought that there might have been but the opportunity was clearly lost, never to show again. "Come on, let's not leave these poor souls in such undignified positions any further."