You say to the Imperial Vanquisher 'I was the best of you, Citizen, and I gave you my best.'

You say to a Maran Tara'bal 'It was you who set her against me, Tar'abal, and laid the path I was to follow.'

You say to a Maran Tara'bal 'For this, I will never forgive you, even as I will never forgive myself.'

A lone trumpet sounds out from the Imperial Lands to mark the death of Ahinu shree-Jaya the Golden Warcat and ex-Emperor.

Within a minute, a group of Imperial soldiers surround the bard that played the somber tune and stab him no fewer than one hundred
times for recognizing the Anathema, leaving his body in a pool of blood.

A Grove of Shady Trees

[Exits: east]
A farm cat lazes here, watching you.

Ahinu lowers his etheral form to the ground beside a gnarled, old oak tree.

Ahinu lays one paw on a mound that rises gently from the ground near the tree.

You say 'I come to you, Ashana.  At long last, I come.'

You say 'We were only children, playing at soldier.  What did we know?'

You say 'Too little.  Too little by far.'

You say 'Right, then.  It is time.'

Ahinu seems to visibly gather himself before speaking again.

You say 'My heart, my soul, my life...'

You yell '...are my OWN!'

Awaiting the hour of reprisal, your time slips away...
Your form dissolves and you find yourself in Hell.