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Chapter 2

It was one of those rare nights. Talindaeth had managed
to sneak off to his caves. He was exploring again, thinking
that he had seen all there was to see, he was surprised
tonight to come across an unfamiliar branch in the tunnels.

Moving cautiously into the tunnels, he could hear something,
a faint whisper of a voice perhaps. He continued down into
the tunnel, until he came close to an opening. His vision
acute in the darkness, he could make out the faint flickering
of a small lamp. The sounds appeared to be coming from inside.

He crept silently to the edge of the entry, and carefully peered
inside. There was a man there. Wearing a robe that seemed
oddly large for his frame. Standing before a small altar he
appeared to be conversing with a dark, beautiful jaguar. The
jaguar made no noise, but its eyes seem to hold a strange
intelligence.


"He's not ready" said the man.

"He must be. He is alone now, it is done, the People are no
more. He cannot return, we must set his path now." came a
disembodied voice, the Jaguar nodded in affirmation.

"I see. Then his path must be set. Come here boy, you cannot
hide from us. It is time." said the man

Unsure of what was transpiring Talindaeth stood and moved into
the small cave.

A pressure from somewhere pushed at him, trying to keep him
from entering. But he knew that he must push past. With a
force of will, more than muscle, he pushed past the force
and stumbled a bit as he entered the cave.

The man, turning to him began to hum softly.

"You are the Last. The Last of the People of the Jaguar,
your people taken from you, first in spirit, and now in flesh,
you are their last beacon of hope in this world. In you
lies their future. In you, lies their past. It is you
who will bring forth their way into the Lands once again."
came the incorporeal voice.

Turning towards Talindaeth the mans robe fell to the ground
revealing stark white angelic wings. Tracing runes in the
air towards Talindaeth the man once again began to hum.

"It is done. I shall teach him, and when ready he shall
walk out into the world a new man, a Priest such as his Kin
have never seen before." said the Archangel.