[Alatriel]

We're going into Arindor's. Again. This time I will not be called away from the task. We are going in there and we're not coming out until it is cleaned out of all the undeath that resides in it. Hopefully we will find Quantum there and have him safely returned. But even if not, no one will be able to say we did not search every corner, every crack, for clues of his whereabouts.

Laura found Tristan and me at the mouth of the hole. She was haughty and talked about how she used to be a vampire, but claims she's only an elf now. She said she'd been cured and that she was no longer a vampire because she was cured. Anne didn't believe her, why should I? For all I know she could be responsible for Quantum's disappearance. There is one cure for vampirism. You destroy the vampire. I know that much from my training. She called herself Evelyn Mistbane, and she said she wanted to help find Quantum. She said she'd gather information. I cannot trust anything she says.

She was standing right in front of me. Anne has been searching for her for years now. I should have killed her. The woman has killed so many people. She has no remorse for the evil that she has done, only claiming that it was not actually her, but that she makes no reparations, has no regret? How is she rehabilitated then?

What stopped me from killing her?

Toran, please guide me. Please show me the path to take to find your servant, and to see that justice is done to those who would go against Your will, against goodness, against the light.

There is balance in the undead? What nonsense was that? Did she honestly expect me to believe that there is balance in undeath? What kind of a fool did she take me for? Chaos is not balance. Order is balance.

Toran, please grant me the wisdom to see me through these trials with grace and dignity. You test me most in places that I need to learn to control. When I ask for patience, you grant me situations that require patience. I know that when I ask for strength, you grant me situations that require strength. I know that since I am asking for wisdom now it is probably because you have given me a situation to grow in wisdom, but please, oh Great Leader... please help me not fail those whose lives are at stake. I need your wisdom now, which is greater than my own. Please allow me to be but an instrument of Your will. Let your will be done.