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Chapter 4

A man who was not blinded by love may have saw the situation for what it was:
simply too convenient. But Izholuk refused to listen to council as they discussed
the odd men they were leading back to their villages. Upon arriving to the great
Temple Izholuk took the Great Spear of Purity from it's altar, where it had sat
for countless moons as a testament to the strength of the Ancients. The blade
hummed and emited a golden, bright hue in Izholuk's hands. However when it was
handed to the elderly man in black that aura quickly dulled. His grin was again
rancid. And he hissed to Izholuk: "Your wife will live."

The men brewed a small portion of the elixir, using the blade of the Great spear.
They left it with Izholuk and took the Spear to the mainlands, promising to return
it once the cure was in place. Izholuk ran to his wife's side, lifted her head to
the chalice and within hours she was showing steady improvement. While he sat at
her side two of the Clan came in with an unfamiliar felar they had bound with
rope.

The prisoner was quick to inform Izholuk that he had been captive to the elder who
had just taken the Great Spear of the felar clan. He told him that the name of the
man was Draclivis and that he was the second generation offspring from a member of
the Tul'vharun who had been captured during the drought of the last Age. He told
Izholuk that he had been experimented on as well, and that he was sent into the
village to poison the Chieftain's wife, which he had. There was no great plague,
and no need for a cure. Draclivis had wanted the spear only to try to stop the
impending final death. He intended to use it to become Undead.

Filled with rage Izholuk and his men gave chase but once they reached the civilized
lands they had long lost the tracks of their prey. They returned to the village
confused and betrayed. While most were afraid, Izholuk was relieved. He held his
recovering wife closely. Losing the Spear was worth keeping her.

As time passed the general angst and worry of the Clan was replaced with joy and
hope as Izholuk announced that his wife was pregnant with their first born.