Tales of the Burning Sands

His skill with sorcery captured Ghiyath's attention. It was a matter of child's play to capture the youth, but keeping him was not as simple as the Master thought it would be.
- Keseth's Tale, Part One. - Keseth

Keseth woke in the heart of an inferno. He opened his swollen eyes and saw Khadi chasing a white cat through the spilled embers. Keseth ran. His legs could barely hold him, but before he knew it, the cold night air was on his face. As he fell, he suddenly realized his bloody hands held a broken ivory box. - Keseth's Tale, Part Two - Ceremony of the Hidden Heart

He stumbles across the wounded Senpet Sahir in a deserted part of the city, clutching a broken ivory case. He did not ask what had befallen the youth, or what was so precious about his burden, only carried him across the dunes, back to his people. - Keseth's Tale, Part Three - Mendi-Duad

When Mendi-Duad returned Keseth to his people, the Senpet sahir owed them a great debt of thanks. The Ashalan had ideas for the method of their payment... - Keseth's Tale, Part Four - Strange Bedfellows

Keseth's Eyes were fixed upon the pulsing core of power within the simple bone container. He struggled with the tendrils of living energy coursing into him but somehow knew that he was already lost. - Keseth's Tale, Part Five - The Face of Evil

Keseth helplessly neared his beloved Nepherus. "He knows our power source," the voice inside him said. "Kill him." - Keseth's Tale, Part Six - Khadi Command

With a sigh of resignation, Nepherus opened the Book of the Dead over the bound figure of his former apprentice and uttered the words that would free him. - Keseth's Tale, Part Seven - Unbound

Keseth's dagger plunged deeply into the Black Heart, and there was a shrill wail from somewhere else in the palace. - Keseth's Tale, Part Eight - Ceremony of the Black Heart

In his role as the interim governor of Medinaat al Salaam, he relies heavily upon his friend and benefactor, Nepherus. - Keseth's Tale, Part Nine - Keseth

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