Chapter 31 - Inside the Fortress
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Scene: After noticing a banner while descending the stairs, Ellia questions Vulsa about its meaning
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Ellia: The text on your banner, I believe it’s written in old orc, what does it say?
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Queen Vulsa: The lives that enter this place are forfeit to me. Kind of fitting for your situation, wouldn’t you say?
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Scene: As they pass through the prison section, Cessi can hear the screams of her brother from one of the cells, being tortured on the rack.
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Cessi: Elum!
Queen Vulsa: How’s it going Joka? He’s always so happy when he has a new project to work on.
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Ellia: Why would you take him, he’s not a seer?
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Queen Vulsa: Leverage. I find your kind are so much more chatty when the lives of their loved ones are being threatened.
Ellia: Don’t worry Cessi, we’ll get him out.
Queen Vulsa: Oh, I highly doubt that. While Cessi and I discuss her future, and the future of her brother, you’ll be spending quality time getting to know our skinner. Actually, he’s gotten quite good at skinning elves while keeping them alive.
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Scene: As two goblins drag Ellia away, Vulsa opens the torture room door and leads Cessi in.
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Queen Vulsa: What do you say we just leave you in here for a while, so you can admire Joka’s work. Then later you and I will have a little chat.
Scene: Queen Vulsa turns to Joka, the torturer.
Queen Vulsa: So much to look forward to today.
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