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Alvara raises a brow, hearing someone talking from the room. There seemed to be another man... she walked in, being a bit farther behind Tovin. Alvaras eyes widened...it was him. Sezrekan. She looked him up and down, watching him sip from his tea. It was a bit of a shock to her, she for sure thought he was dead but apparently not. Alvara looked at the girl, seeing her mouth the words: “help me”. She focused back on William, watching him as he spoke. How come Sezrekan was offering tea? It was a bit off...something was off. She put away her daggers in one swift movement, focusing back on Sezrekan. Alvara said nothing but was obviously listening.

William seemingly unfazed by all this continues holding his tea. "what have you been doing all this time then?" Viker unconcerned with his new appearance sniffs the tea. William begins trying to think about what could be the reason Vinnya has such a face could it be that this man isn't who he says he is.

Sezrkon continues with a smile. "Just watching different heroes, collection items of great power. Oh, and for a month I was relaxing on a beach in Dolvar, I even got a tan." He then tilts to the side and faces Alvara. "Alvara! please take a seat." he starts scanning around the table "How about some fresh backed Biskot orange tarts? they used to be your favorite when you where a child if I remember right. Back when everything made scenes, ey?" He then snaps his fingers and before your eyes a small silver platter appears decorated with little golden tarts, the warm citruses scent is almost heavenly, Sezrkon lifts the platter. "Have one, be my guest."

It simply had to be some sort of illusion or trick... didn't it? The ghost girl claimed outright that it was. And could Dulirn's research have been so wrong? He'd studied everything about the wizard he could find. Surely he would have heard tale of Sezrekan if he had shown back up anywhere in living memory.

But he glanced up toward the "sky" and could still plainly see it was naught but a high ceiling, then looked back toward "Sezrekan". He looked real enough.

If he was real and living, Dulirn had little hope they could best the powerful wizard in a fight. "I'd prefer to stand...and I do not much care for tea..." he said. Neither of which was true, but there was a trap here... he just had to determine its exact nature. "Do you and your daughter spend much time here, in your forest?"

Alvara looked at William then back to Sezrekan. She smiled as he stated that he got a tan, considering he looked overly white. As Sezrekan turned to face her she gave him a bit of a confused look. He knew her name?? How? She paused her thoughts...probably because he’s a wizard. Alvara walked over to the group, taking a seat. “How do you-“ she began before the spell of warm citrus filled her nostrils. Oh how she loved them...her mother used to bake them but something was still bothering her. She simply shook her head “no” as Sezrekan offered her one. “May I ask you a question?” She paused, taking a deep breath. “Do you know of a man named Erebus...from the Northern Kingdom?”.

Sezrkon looks befuddled. "Daughter?" He turns around and faces the girl, she becomes petrified with fear. "Oh yes, her. You've been a little thorn in my side since I've been here, I think it's time for you to go." She turns around and trys to run away while frantically screaming. "No please! Don't do it, I beg of y-." Before she could finish Sezrkon smiles and and says an a calm tone. "Good bye." Like a candle being blown out she's gone, He turns around. "Sorry about that, how bothersome." His eyes meet Dulirns. "I assure you there's no trap you can calm down, and enjoy your self, please."

Sezrkon then attentively listens to Alvara's reply. "Erebus?" He sits there tapping on his chin. "Yes, your little friend." Sezrkon then shakes his head, his hair changes to a mess of light brown tangles, red robes shift to a storm blue ranger armor, his ears become pointed, and his eyes become a piercing blue. He cocks his head to the side and stares at Alvara dreamily with a faint smile on his face. "Do you miss him?"

Alvara watched as his daughter left the room, she seemed absolutely petrified. She sighed then looked back at Sezrekan as he spoke to her. His hair changed into light brown tangles...those like Erebus. His eyes and ears were the exact same...her breathing became fast in complete shock. She moved further back in her seat, trying to comprehend what he was doing. “I-I do miss him dearly....” she looked at Sezrekan. This couldn’t be right...no no no! This was all fake, Erebus is dead! “I wish to know what happened to him” she stated still in shock.

Erebus gets almost giddy a the thought. "Now that's the interesting part, you see, he never truly left the northern kingdom. He was called in by lady Elecia one night for a private mission to find evidence against lord Kombris her political rival. But lord Frayon lady Elecia's husband came home drunk, seen Erebus in his house, suspected Elecia of being unfaithful, and tossed him over the balcony railing from the third floor head first onto the hard cold ground. Of coarse since they're nobles they needed to protect there name, so they covered it up." Erebus sips some tea but then holds up a finger. "Oh yeah, you know what the best part is? His last thoughts were, of you. Imagine that! he must've liked you a LOT."

Alvara sat there, completely petrified and shocked...he was-he was in the kingdom the whole time... “That can’t be true!” She stated angrily. Her eyes were clearly filled with sadness and anger. She could’ve done something to save him. This whole time she thought that he left the kingdom for some mission of sort. That’s all she was told...a lie...even being in the guard with him that’s all they told her. Alvara stiffened her position, clearly a bit uneasy. “And how do you have his bow?” The questions kept coming as if her mind wouldn’t stop thinking. She looked at what appeared to be Erebus and took a deep breath, trying to keep herself a bit steady...something wasn’t right.

"who are you" William says to Sezrekan with a cold stare of emptiness. the blue aura that connects William to Viker now begins to get stronger and turn a red hue.

Erebus clasps his hands together and smiles "Because he asked me to." He shifts in his chair. "Because he wanted you to have it, to remember him by it. I knew you were coming so I placed it somewhere you wouldn't miss it." He then looks up into the sky for only a moment. "He was wise. I could learn something from him." Erebus leans closer to Alvara and took a more serous expression. "He also wanted me to tell you something, He wasn't afraid that you started to use your skills to kill, he feared that it would change you, that it would changed the girl he fell on love with."

He then turns to William with a smile. "Well, i'm not Sezrkan. Nor am I Erebus."

Alvaras eyes widened...he knew we were coming. She exhaled a very ragged breath, clearly uneasy. Erebus told him to leave it here...for her. For her to remember him by. She looked down, trying to process everything. As he leaned closer to her she looked at him. Looked at him dead in the eye as he spoke. “Clearly someone doesn’t know Erebus well enough” she stated, rising to her feet. “If you truly knew him, you would know that he was never afraid of anything” she looked at him with a blank expression. “Especially of me changing, I’ve always been this way” She paused “ever since I became a warrior”. “He was dead long before I started to kill for in a way...for fun. So how exactly would you know he wanted me to have this bow? Or know of him being afraid of me changing?hm..” She have him a deathly stare. “Who are you” she repeated Williams question after ‘Erebus’ had already answered.

"You see, Alvara, Spirits linger, watching for a while before they disappear. Also I showed him what you would become and he was one of the most fearful people I've ever known, he just hid it well. He felt that it would scare you to know and he didn't want to hurt you." Erebus stands with Alvara. "You want to see the real me? OK." Erebus begins to shrink to a diminutive 5'0'', his brown hair shifts into a ruffle of black feathers, the storm blue ranger armor becomes a brown cloak, and lastly his eyes changes to pitch black orbs with luminous gold irises. He extends a small taloned hand to Alvara with a smile "pleasure to meet you, I'm Cyrus Duvont."

"what did you do with the girl?" William stands as Viker turns into a bastard sword.

Cyrus looks at William. "She's gone. Like, gone, gone."

“You’re wrong you bastard!” She yelled to him as he stated that Erebus was a fearful man. He was never fearful and he never hid anything from her. Never...Alvara looked at ‘Erebus’ as he began to change forms once more. His hair turned to a ruffle of black feathers. Erebus’ armor turned to a brown cloak and his eyes were pitch black with gold irises. She looked at him in shock as he extended his hand. “Pleasure” She stated while crossing her arms, showing she wouldn’t shake hands with him. He knew too much about her for even her comfort. The only man who truly knew this much about her was Erebus and one other person...but he was not to be spoken of.

Alvara looked at William as he spoke, realizing that actually was a good question. Where was the girl?

During this exchange, the wizard had backed away from the others, exploring the edges of the forested room, using his time with the true site to look for another exit...

Dulirn, as you walk around you take in the scenery. You find a small stream seemingly from outside coming from hole in the far wall. you even realize there's birds down here though with the true sight you can tell they're illusory. As you look around you find no other exit, however the door Tovin broke down to get in is somehow now completely intact and pouring out magic.

Cyrus sits with a minor huff and gestures to the empty chair next to him, Like shifting fog the girl is back, bit is no longer a ghostly apparition. She looks directly a William as she starts to sob. "Please, don't let him hurt me!" "Ah yes, that's going to get tiresome quick, lets fix that shall we?" He waves his hand over Vinnia and she begins to change. Her long red hair becomes a short, cute bob of black feathers that partly covers her left eye. Her red robes change to a white frilly dress with pink accents, and her eyes shift to that of Cyrus's. "Would you like some tea? Uhh... Silvia." "Yes daddy! She sits there kicking her legs back and forth happily smiling at William. "Mister William, I like your horns, there pretty." Meanwhile Cyrus pours her a cup of tea. Handing her the cup he also grabs one of the tarts. "Would you like one Silvia?" "Yes please!" She takes a bite of the tart. "Mmm... These are yummy! I see why you like them Miss Alvara." She suddenly notices Viker. "Kitty!" "Hold on little lady, manners." She looks down and blushes. "Mister William, can I pet your kitty? he's so fuzzy."

Alvara looked at Cyrus, “leave her be!”. She shot William a look of concern then looked back at Cyrus. He needed to leave the poor girl alone. Alvara was in that spot when she was younger...being forced to do what she didn’t want to do. She sighed then looked all around, trying to locate Dulirns position. Where was he? He was most likely just exploring for the moment while her, William and Cyrus talked. Alvara sat back down...thinking.

"change her back to the way she was and when you do don't dare do another thing to her." William lifts his blade towards cyrus "or i will end you."