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out <strong>of</strong> Sigil. Ah well. Just wait a generation gathering information in the<br />

Outlands and even the Harmonium and the Mercykillers would forget. Time<br />

and patience were <strong>of</strong>ten keener weapons than a Doomguard's blade.<br />

And how powerful a weapon <strong>do</strong> I wield, if I have all the time in the<br />

multiverse?<br />

The slow, rhythmic clank <strong>of</strong> armor echoes <strong>do</strong>wn the hall, heralding his<br />

approach.<br />

He steps through the portal, glancing this way and that with the wariness <strong>of</strong><br />

a hunter. Then his cold, piercing eyes direct their gaze at me, bloodshot with<br />

the labors <strong>of</strong> his tireless crusade. His ebony face is <strong>be</strong>decked with scars,<br />

carving puckered flesh in<strong>to</strong> a cruel scowl that terrified his prey in<strong>to</strong><br />

submission. Just watching him enter I could feel the force <strong>of</strong> his presence, as<br />

if reality were <strong>be</strong>nding <strong>to</strong> the will <strong>of</strong> his judgment.<br />

His armor gleams in the dull <strong>to</strong>rchlight, and his face is locked in fury. He has<br />

come for me.<br />

"You have found me, Vhailor. You have traveled a long way... I imagine it<br />

was <strong>not</strong> easy finding me."<br />

"Justice led me <strong>to</strong> you. Where you walk, you leave a trail <strong>of</strong> SUFFERING." The<br />

man's voice rumbles, full <strong>of</strong> anger and fury and flesh and blood... he is<br />

dangerous, but still he is only a man, and I have defeated many such men. "I<br />

will see you brought <strong>be</strong>fore the Sigilian courts and punished. If you deny it,<br />

then SAY it, and I shall judge you."<br />

I sc<strong>of</strong>fed, "I deny it. Judge me... then I shall judge you."<br />

"Judge ME?" Vhailor's eyes burn and he grips his axe tightly, the muscle<br />

cords in his neck and arm tightening as he <strong>be</strong>gins <strong>to</strong> swing it, slowly,<br />

menacingly. "You have no RIGHT <strong>to</strong> judge me."<br />

"Yes, I have, Vhailor, for I know your heart - and my power gives me the right<br />

<strong>to</strong> judge you. But I shall <strong>not</strong> judge you now: You must rest within this cage<br />

until the day I can set you free <strong>to</strong> walk the Planes once more."<br />

Vhailor turns from me, staring at the walls coldly. The wards are snapping<br />

in<strong>to</strong> place, rooting him <strong>to</strong> the spot.<br />

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