Shadowlands Horde Letter - #3
Oaths and Betrayals
Behold, dark cousins, all is not lost, although we have been cast from our rightful place.
We are newborn to the darkness, risen in powers whose might lies not in the blade of a sword, but in the strength of the soul. You see the might of His darkened land, and you hear the roar of His voice within your mind. And you say He is dead? He is slain in battle? He is destroyed?
Fools. The Eternal Secret is that death has no power. It is not eternal. Oaths and honor are not eternal. Only we, only our risen flesh, only this is eternal. Gather together, and soon we shall reclaim what was stolen from us. Over the bodies of the living, we will restore the rule of the Dead. Each one of them will join us, when they see their own mortality in someone else's eyes. Death claims all, in time.
We have captured the Crab Champion and his men. Yakamo was a fool to think he could best me. I am still, in all things, his teacher - and when he is forced to kneel before me and give his spirit to my Master's will, only then will he know true pain. Then, he will know despair, and when he hears the Burning Words, he will know the bitter anguish of Truth. Then, for a short time, he will know death. And the Burning Words will at last come to pass.
When a man gives his oath, he is asking to be betrayed.
Yori