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I felt the <strong>be</strong>ginnings <strong>of</strong> a memory stirring....<br />

"Vhailor...?"<br />

The name spilled from my lips in a shock. It was the barest whisper, but it<br />

echoed strangely in the cham<strong>be</strong>r. I had no idea where the name came from,<br />

but I knew it <strong>be</strong>longed <strong>to</strong> the armor. The air stirred, just enough <strong>to</strong> send a<br />

crawling sensation swimming through my skull and a k<strong>not</strong> <strong>to</strong> tighten in my<br />

heart.<br />

I opened myself <strong>to</strong> the memories and they rose like a miasma bubbling up<br />

from the bot<strong>to</strong>m <strong>of</strong> a swamp. As I stared upon the suit <strong>of</strong> armor the<br />

sha<strong>do</strong>ws <strong>be</strong>neath the visor <strong>to</strong>ok shape... coalescing in<strong>to</strong> the features <strong>of</strong> a<br />

powerful, ebony-skinned man. His eyes were like fires, and he bore<br />

numerous scars... was this 'Vhailor,' when he wore flesh? He seemed<br />

hauntingly familiar... both as a suit <strong>of</strong> armor AND as a flesh and blood<br />

human.<br />

"Chief- may<strong>be</strong> this isn't-"<br />

Morte started <strong>to</strong> interject, but I needed <strong>to</strong> know-<br />

"Vhailor..." I murmured, placing a hand on the chest plate, "Awaken."<br />

A flare <strong>of</strong> brilliant red light from <strong>be</strong>neath the helm burst like a sickly crimson<br />

dawn, lancing out <strong>to</strong> almost blinding intensity; I shielded my eyes from the<br />

glare - when I uncovered them, two em<strong>be</strong>rs burned within the sha<strong>do</strong>ws <strong>of</strong><br />

the helm.<br />

"I have AWAKENED."<br />

The voice was spectral, hollow, and echoed within the suit <strong>of</strong> armor. It was<br />

<strong>not</strong> a human voice... more like a presence, force. It didn't sound like<br />

anything alive... or like anything that ever lived.<br />

"Who are you?" I murmured.<br />

“I am VHAILOR.”<br />

"What are you?"<br />

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