este ‘Phinglai melw'nath Cehalha Rlveh wgahnagl fheagn" che dhing man hissed ac you. You knew whae it meant bue the cules conspécacy was undone, They would now neves awaken the dask being chey followed. Later that day a sailoc handed you a zepoct of the dring words of anochee man on a different vessel that you had encountered out hese sn che seemingly endless South Pacific. The transceipt read “we have always existed and abays will hidden in discane wastes and dack places... nexe eine he will wake... when the stars are right again...” As you suspected, the war against darkness was not totally over goheNlotg, Tie scones have been cast down and smashed apast. Below you can sve che remaining scone boing hacked at by several men wich pickeexes. The sigil of Blasce on se tide faded compared t0 the bhaing brigheness st possessed a few nights ago wh stopped the situal. The seemingly endless nghes studing ancient comes had been wozeh se. The zepocts of secange sightings and missing livescack had stopped almost ovexnight senoss the modd. Elzemboce in the weald you kacw yous allcs were desing che same as you. Casting down sicessinlas co chis and deseeoying them You didn’t know if ie was enough bat vou had no othee options it had co be enough... NsSouheny Tihe eldes sign was complece. Across tte woeld you and your alles had completed the wold spanning symbol. The xevearch showed that Yog Sothoch could not be stopped, only contained. Would chis be enough? Only time would eelland as Yog Sothoeh was timo, well you couldn's ecust time either. . Bu che vould was quieter now. Yous spells seeaned less effective and everything seemed slightly geey. Pechaps you were weone, pethaps Yog Sochoch should be zeleased...tay Ean a i re a clang 019 3 zal aighely seahing the cogpes of the doce ocd pact oe one are neta ere ee alee ‘and sushed tothe pore side of he ship. All atound rou men patted exch ferret ee ae ee ee eee poking, Looking out ovar ee 20s you could zee the mrockage of che Famer Sagehip call burning a dackoning oi lok palleany the rarer ese neta cae ee eed eae er eae ae eed rere aera ene ee ea nl pd ae eee eee ee Fant Pte caer eee ae para aoe ee career ea el eee ee eee eee eee ee ee are eee ee a gee Me rag, You hold the talisman of Yhe in your bands and he thousand Hlomed Ones who hall bor to ts powee. You intone the woeds you memosised “IMAS, WEGHYMNKO, QUAHERS, “XEWEFARAMI” With a deafening hom che homed once begin co be swallowed by the gate chee dhen closes: Using « tele of your own blood you seal it wich the siga of Koch and collapse,deained and exhausted. Several days later you reoum 10 the sive to desteoy the gate. Bat it's pone, footpsines in the aces soggest st was stolen... aie woce some of chose foopainss cloren? ‘e-Sothny You were found days aces; naked and alone amidse srmbols etched snto sevecal liege scone constructs, a key carted into ‘your chese by whse appeased to be youe own hands. They tied co calle to you bue all your could say was “Telosed the gato. YogSochook sche gato. Tana aow che key and guacdian of che gace.” They txied to take you in buc you escaped. You have a duty, rou ace the guasdian of the gate for now and all sme.Ne naan ere nr Fe undeggromh snd shy i een, ios wncensious, Agound poulyy anny Bodice ofccerspead Red Telia, Fal had a ca cored noe hanging lovely ea lee ee eee eae Becnaping tos allegiance, You hoped pour companient had fied ae well Jn he other lenay place ofthe woeld You spot he body oF om cosh Bae pce Fe a eae el ell ea ee lel a es eee eter ee cae tee ee ee specHed aed browse aad dhe head was vey cunsosly ats Though pour ee ie ed ee ee ree s cuno poe daca tase contuayplae 12 Suersping the zeae pou lghe che nae aa ee ee ae ae aa ee I eae ey cere ee ea athe Your groke its ure nase... ae the appoitned place... at dhe designated time... Fas t been enough? You've done all ‘you can and you hope yous research was worth se. That ‘niphe you slegp well. che sound of the thi, monotonous Piping of an unseen Dace thse bas hownced your decane fox yeass has seopped. The swising spirals of Black vortices chat used to wake you sceeaming hare vanished. Your world is quice now, the news i filled with mendane seoeies, maybe evesything is as it should be. Or maybe poo'se aleoady dead.You collapse ro peur knees, ee poison coursiag huouph your rans fle like iguad lava cating you from che inde You rll over onto your back wuncing “ft pain, the primibie protection chaam clitched tight 9 your chest. Out of the comer of your eye yeu can see che fggments of the blk stone of Yig scattered on the'ground. Someone shakes you but you can fel you are fa fist "Ts st done?” you whper, pou don't hear the reply befor skppang nro tunconiousaest, Wevks Latr you ke in your hospital bed. you barely remember what happened which ss probably 2 geod ching iF you inues ae anychiag to go by. You hear the sound of munaing footsteps and your Nitce comes into the room, she i all thar & lee of your Fansiy nom. She has 2 (plseic box covered mith a towel ia her sans thae she pute om the cad of pour ‘hospital bed. “Me Amana a che pot toze gare an a present!” sho exoline exatedly ae she pulls ofFthe rowel coreniie se You crane your asc tee what's these and gasp in hocror. Jn the bor era snake, a snake that fives its (g2ze on you ard hisses oudly..