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value and worth in what they held, and yearned for more. It was time for me
to join one.
It only made sense, really. Factions had power, resources far beyond what a
group of five can achieve in their lifetimes... even if one of them was an
immortal. They had knowledge, networks. And more importantly, they tied
me to Sigil and gave me a place to come back to.
The Godsmen had been good to me, even if the fear of commitment pricked
at my soul. The commitment to a cause and to its followers... I might've
been born yesterday (well, recently anyway) but I wasn't going to peddle
away my individuality so easily and wind up a fanatic.
But so far they were the best option. The ability to cycle through lifetimes,
to test oneself through each incarnation and, hopefully, be better for it in
the next life. Granted my soul stays in one spot throughout the whole
process, but I have the added luxury of living and dying again while carrying
the same lessons of the past. I'd bet not many Godsmen have that.
"If you wish to join the Believers of the Source, you must complete three
quests," Keldor had told me, "The first quest is this: You must go to the
forge, and create an item. This will show that you are capable of seeing the
possibilities inherent in even a base lump of iron; that you are capable of
bringing forth something that will stand the test of time. It measures your
vision and your ability to make the potential actual. Talk to Alissa, the
Foundry Supervisor, in the Main Foundry to see how it all works."
Easy enough.
In the heart of the Foundry was a short woman with slight horns in her
forehead and ears that curved sharply back on her skull. She smelled faintly
of sulfur, even over the reek of the Foundry's fires. She had eyes like steel,
and her gaze snapped onto me with an authority that made me wonder if I
should salute or something, "Greetings. What can I do for you?"
"Who are you?"
"I am Alissa Tield, supervisor for this area - this area being the main foundry
area of the Great Foundry, where much of our current, public work takes
place. The Foundry is larger than this, of course, but we have a large
contract we're working on, and we've been sworn to secrecy, so most of the
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