[Balfonheim Port -Underground Sewer Network, A steady water flows through the system leaving little room for safe passage, enter Clyde Arrowny as he descends from an access ladder]
Baram: [Looking down at Clyde Arrowny] 50:50 partners alright? don't make me come down there!
Clyde Arrowny: Just shut up and seal the entrance alright?
Baram: Seal it!? how you planning on coming back up?
Clyde Arrowny: I'll figure that out later alright? [adjusts his quiver of arrows that has slightly loosened]
Baram: You didn't hear it from me ok? but... [hesitates]
Clyde Arrowny: Go on.
Baram: That dagger caught a lot of attention back at the pub, a lot of people saying it belonged to a king from a far off land. Listen I know this is a safe haven for people like us but not everybody plays by the rules. Just be careful Kuraido.
Clyde Arrowny: [aside] Shit! it's never been a problem all this time, should have known it would these sort of people who would notice every tiny detail. [to Baram] thanks for the concern but just close the damn manhole already, I got a job to do.
[A ferocious roar can be heard deep into the sewer network, its faint cries echo through the tunnels]
Baram: Well, good luck with whatever the heck that was!
[Baram quietly shuts the manhole behind, leaving what remaining light that was in the passage to be snuffed out]
Shadow #1: That which lies ahead...
Shadow #2: Is best kept secret...
Shadow #3: Yes... secret...
Clyde Arrowny: I thought I told you I was going to do this myself alright? I need to grow stronger, independently of you. [aside] that girl back at Helenica reminded me of that.
[Clyde Arrowny proceeds into the darkened sewers as his eyes adjust quickly, his natural vision in the dark has been greatly enhanced from the supernatural presence of the Shadows, as he proceeds he notices a glimmer of red light down a half-hidden passage, he heads towards it where he is met by a large entrance which was once sealed, remnants of what was once a vaulted door lay scattered within the vicinity]
Clyde Arrowny: [moves in for a closer inspection and notices the presence of high-tech machinery, a luminious teal liquid flows through the circuits of what was once the door's security mechanism] here too? where haven't you been.
[Exeunt]
(Balfonheim Port Sewers - Located several hundred feet below the main port town, the tunnels were constructed by a private company in an attempt to combat the port's dire sewage problems. While successful in their endeavours, they were chased out of Balfonheim due to conflicting views with the local residents)
(Balfonheim Port Sewers - Entrance to unknown location. There appears to be a power source coming from deep within the labyrinth of tunnels)
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Solitara (Twisted Roots Midquel)
FantasyAs Alessandra and Clyde part ways, she is now left under the care of the Duhsh Elves while he continues on the path of vengeance. The story of what happened in the seven year absence until their next fated meeting remained unknown, until now.