Cast of Characters

The Background

Zorast stood atop the walls of Widow's Peak prison, at once exulting in the cold, snapping wind from the sea and at the same time raging as he saw his mission collapsing into failure. The Echizan slowly drifted over the gatehouse, reaching out with its hundreds of tentacles towards the towering demon as bolts of arcane energy lanced down from the mages on it's decks.

Destrakhan had already disappeared, making her way to the freedom she so desperately sought. The rest of the group hunkered down on the parapet, trying to stay out of the line of sight of the gigantic floating beast that the Free City mages had turned into a floating dreadnaught. The Balor had wreaked enormous damage to the prison buildings and guards, but the arrival of the Echizen and its potent masters made its defeat inevitable.

The "jar" lay just a few hundred yards away, but it might as well be another continent. The renegade alchemist the he had chased across a whole continent and into this prison was probably fleeing the chaos that dominated the courtyard if he was not gone already. At least Espargaz would lose his safe haven. This prison would be the focus of far too much attention for his liking.

Zorast prepared to withdraw the team over the walls and into the sea. They still had a difficult swim ahead of them to make good their escape. The secrets stolen by Espargaz were too dangerous to allow his continued existence. Already Zorast began to think about a new team. Some of the current group might be worth enticing to stay with him. Others would be found to join him.

With a sigh of frustration, Zorast dove into the blue water below...