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"Trias, even if you were in your full glory, you'd <strong>be</strong> no match for me. Now<br />

tell me what I need <strong>to</strong> know."<br />

"Stay your hand, mortal. You came <strong>to</strong> me in search <strong>of</strong> knowledge that is<br />

known <strong>to</strong> me alone. No one else in the Planes may speak <strong>of</strong> what I am <strong>to</strong> tell<br />

you. If you truly wish this knowledge, you must promise <strong>to</strong> spare my life."<br />

Dak'kon's eyes narrowed and he kept his blade at Trias' neck, an executioner<br />

readying himself.<br />

"T'chah! 'e's lied ta us a-fore, how <strong>do</strong> we know 'e won't again?" Annah<br />

snarled. Her hair was a mess an s<strong>to</strong>od on end from the blast <strong>of</strong> lightning she<br />

<strong>to</strong>ok. With that tail whipping back and forth she looked like an angry alley<br />

cat.<br />

"It would <strong>be</strong> prudent <strong>to</strong> hold," Grace said, resting a hand on my shoulder,<br />

"We know Trias for what he is now. If his answers <strong>do</strong>n't set us on the path<br />

you seek, we know who <strong>to</strong> return <strong>to</strong> for the truth once more." She directed<br />

a calm but piercing gaze at the deva.<br />

I nodded, and pressed the tip <strong>of</strong> my dagger once more in<strong>to</strong> his chin <strong>to</strong><br />

accentuate my point, "All right. I vow <strong>to</strong> spare your life if you give me the<br />

knowledge I seek." With that, I withdrew my blade. Dak'kon did likewise,<br />

and Annah's lip curled <strong>be</strong>fore she followed suit.<br />

Trias s<strong>to</strong>od, ignoring the grave wounds he'd suffered. "The portal <strong>to</strong> the<br />

place you seek lies within the <strong>to</strong>rus above the spire, in the city <strong>of</strong> Sigil, the<br />

City <strong>of</strong> Doors. In that city, there is a place where the dead <strong>of</strong> your kind are<br />

taken..."<br />

I blinked, "You mean the Mortuary?"<br />

"It is where you awoke <strong>of</strong> late, is it <strong>not</strong>?" he almost smiled, "The planes<br />

seem filled with such ironies <strong>of</strong> late. So close you were, then..."<br />

"What is the key?"<br />

"The Fortress <strong>of</strong> Regrets is mortared with tears, and like calls <strong>to</strong> like. To<br />

enter the Fortress, you must contribute something <strong>to</strong> it. When you pass<br />

near the portal, should you carry regret in your mind, you will feel the<br />

presence <strong>of</strong> the portal, like the cold embrace <strong>of</strong> <strong>death</strong>."<br />

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