Gift For A Queen

Writer Credit

Savin Gift For A Queen I

Gift For A Queen I

Taken from the journal of Master Tollus...

Our Dark Lady, the Queen of Uncounted Pleasures... was not the reward I expected. The bargains I made through the portal, the exchange of virgin flesh for phials of tainted power, had never meant to go beyond that. A few more years and I'd have had the strength to become a king, to finally overthrow that ancient monster in the castle and take my rightful place on Hawkstone's throne. Yet this year, our pure sacrifice was exchanged not for elixirs of power from the Demon World, but with my Queen in the crimson flesh.

In the blink of an eye, my devotees were ripped away from me, turned to the idolation of Her directly. The well-organized machine I have spent a decade building up from nothing, indoctrinating and training, is now a disorganized mess. All that She teaches is the mindless search of pleasure. Her commandments are to seek out sex and debauchery with no higher goal. I, too, taught that one's own pleasure was paramount, but I directed it, controlled it. Used their hedonism to guide them towards useful ends. But the Dark Lady? She has undone it all.

Does She even realize what resources I have put at her cloven feet? The number of trained warriors and mages, all fanatically devoted to Her? And She has done worse than nothing with them!

At the very least, I do not believe she has discovered the work we are doing in the Sorran Temple and the Great Rift. There, my flock's devotion remains focused, undistracted. Perhaps I can use their successes to show the Dark Lady the error of her ways! That they are useful tools, if only She can give them direction and care! If She were to offer up not just Her body but Her brilliant mind as well, then we would become unstoppable.

If not...

Acquisition

• Gift For A Queen I is obtained by defeating Master Tollus during Harboring a Fugitive