It's just like the calm before a storm.

Isyerim wants war.

Let him have his war.

All he needs is a lie.

A lie good enough so the other jarls

will believe in him.

Is it true you have a plan?

Perhaps.

I may have something that'll give a little

push in the right direction.

I suppose then that...

This will be the last I see of you for a while, Feyros.

I will await you on the other side of the Impious war.

The Impious war huh?

I know.

This will be one long night.

Nine

Eight

Seven

Six

Five

Four

Three

Two

One

Oh, did I hit you?

Oh no, you again..!

What do you want?!

Brilliant.

Now that you're here, maybe you can answer a question for me.

Now-

Ugh, seriously??

Where can I find your master, Vilam?

Why should I tell anythng to you, Noble?

Or should I say...

Dead-Eyed Noble

Don't think I didn't recognize your power!

I've heard a lot of rumours of the black wolf

and the purple lightning you wield!

Master Vilam warned me about you.

That you might try and look for him.

But I will not let you pass!

Yeah yeah...

If the other guards I passed were serious too,

Maybe I would have been a little frightened by your threat.

However...

I suggest you better start answering me quickly.

or do I have to force out the answers?

You...! Nobles!

And your stupid conflicts and wars!

I won't betay my Master or his secrets to the likes of you

No matter how threatening you may think you are

I won't let you go through here!

Ooh, here you say?

So he's close by?

Let me help loosen that tongue!

Okay okay...

As soon as I get the answers I neeed from him

I'll get you someting to eat.

How about a pheasant?

Yeah pheasant sounds good...

For a mage-master you sure don't hide yourself very well

But you know why I'm here

You warned me about it afterall

Vilam?

Ah, shameful, isn't it?

It's kind of degrading how the old masters have fallen

You do realize poofing your fur out like that makes you look...

more like a scared puppy?

I tracked him for five months!

What makes you think you can just come in here and kill someone just like that?!

For that long?

I wonder why?

No!

So, who might you be?

You don't know who you're dealing with!

Neither do you...

You are not very clever, are you?

Blindly attacking an enemy you know nothing about...

Revealing your identity with your power-

Do you think your first-class magic will save you every time?

You and I are a little alike that..

We both use our powers to get what we want

I am nothing like you!

Who are you?! Why did you kill Vilam?!

Masters of the old Order no longer have a place amongst our kind

He accepted death with a smile on his face,

happy that his secret died with him

I didn't expect many others to have heard of him but..

I wonder where perhaps you learned of Vilam

and his research on such a taboo topic

Either way,

you must have been very desperate to have come all the

way up here

but here's my warning to you;

Stay out of this.

If you know what's best for you..

Poke me with a stick again and I'll make-

I'm really, really not tasty!

I'm so small, my mother says eating other wolves is bad

and I'm really not good!

So is touching dead Raj...

But you are not dead and you looked so dead

But you weren't!

And I'm sorry!

I'm really small by the way please don't eat meeeeeee

I'll make-!

Huh...?

Damnit!

You are not supposed to say bad words!

My mother says it brings bad luck!

....Right

Have you been watching me?

Oh...

Was...

Was that rude of me?

Poking me with a stick was

Do.. do you normally do that?

No....

But I didn't wanna touch a dead Raj with my paw!

Were you swimming?

Yeah uh, absolutely.

Huh! That's weird.

I think it's too cold to go swimming

Oh! My name is Fale, what's yours?

Vati.

Va-tee? Huh, that's a weird name....

Riiiiiight

What's the quickest way to Aleiun?

That way, but

I wouldn't go there if I was you..

That town is bad.

Huh! I'll manage! You gotta be bad to deal with ba-

See?!

You said THE bad word and your paw got all twisted

That's no good....

My mother says if I fall and get a bruise

that I should go to the shrine where she is.

And that makes me feel better!

Your mother is a healer?

She can make your paw good again!

She's always caring for others!

I'll take you to her!

(Not that I'll l be any better standing around, staring at it)

Fine. We can go visit her,

but I have to make a stop first.

This place reminds me of somewhere

It's an ancient herd-stone

It was used before the Caedrics took over

You should know this, nobody comes to these places anymore.

Ghosts do!

I hate ghosts

My mother told me to be vary of them!

And she showed me how to chase them away!

Oh let me guess! With sticks?

Of course not!

You have to make yourself look....

Really scary!

See?

Why do you look funny?

Um! Hey, where are you going?

I think it's best you wait here, I'll be right back

I understand...

By Iathe's breath

I have been good!

I'm telling you!

That earthquake this morning and the strange lightning

it's going to weaken the dam!

It's only a matter of time now!

The last thing we need is a flood!

Those damn witches must be coming back!

Now keep this under wraps, but..

there's been sightings of snow wolves lurking about too

They must be plotting an invasion...

Hm...

Did you hear the prince of Highmere

broke his neck in a terrible accident a few days ago?

You look awful

Oh I feel great!

You are not gonna throw me out, are you?

I'll have to see about that

I'm supposed to keep the town safe from wolves like you

that bring trouble

I don't feel like making another excuse for you again

I'll be nice....

I think

Riiiiiiight

Vilam couldn't help you?

No..

What brings you back here?

I don't plan to stay for long!

This place is too happy for me

Ristan mentioned someone last night

A mutual friend I haven't seen in a long time

I need to ask Ristan where he met him

Ristan is gone

He rechieved a letter and left in a hurry

He told me to let you know

if you decided to show up here again looking for him

Oh sun just burn me now!

He didn't happen to say where he was going?

He said something about the Citadel

So I wouldn't expect the news to be any good

The Citadel?!

Why of all places must he go there?!

The Citadel lies in the Heart of Loregard

It's guarded by the Mysbels and the Caedric

They'll kill me on sight!

Oh! I wonder why

Now what's that supposed to mean?

I swear Vati...

Sometimes I don't think you think further than your nose

That does not sound like me at all!

You must be confused.

I'm starting to think I should have thrown you out

I am behaving right now, aren't I??

For now...

Oh come on!

A charming guy like me?

Of course I have friends in places

You owed me a favor afterall!

Which has been repaid

Now you are just testing my patience!

Whos this friend of yours you want me to meet anyway?

Someone who might know something about Vilam's research

And about.... doing that

It's a dangerous path, Vati

You're sacrificing everthing just for a rumor

I'm aware of that

But I've already come this far, too far to give up now

So it looks like I'll be lost in the Heart of Lortak soon though

Idiot

There is...

actually one more thing you can help me with

You don’t happen to know someone who can help with

this....

do you...?

That's... her...?

That's her!

She looks like a gentle gust of wind can tip her over

You don’t have anyone else?

She’s the only herbalist we got.

Yeah if you say so…

I’m going to end you for this..

Evening Lady Trehat!

I hope the sun warms your bones

I'm busy..

It shouldn't take long

No checks needed, he looks awful.

Hey, excuse me!

Yes he does, we both can agree on that.

But it's my duty as a guard

to make sure injured wolves are at least seen by a herbalist.

And everyone knows you’re the best there is!

And the only one.

Oh Soher...

if only you were good at your job

I wouldn’t have to be

fixing up all the youngsters these days…

Sit and show me you paw

This one is too small for his age

Scrawny, skinny, too long claws

and terrible posture!

Says who..?

I thought we were here to talk about the paw

Yes, that one is terrible too!

Ugh, well you’re not much for helping…

You asked for a seeing

not a catering!

I can’t do anything for a misshapen paw.

This should stun the pain temporarily

until you reach the Citadel for a proper Healer.

Did you know that you got

fur....

Err, right

thanks