text: She slowly enters the cave, hand on the hilt of her still sheathed blade. Loose armor faintly clangs together with each step. Wolf fur rustles around her neck marking a trophy of days passed. Beams of sunlight shine through the cave entrance and reflect off her helmet. As she creeps closer to the back of the cave, the outline of a door lined with stone comes into view. A metal seal depicting a tarantula wasp encased in fire gleams in the torchlight at the doors center. Knight slowly unsheaths her sword revealing jagged saw-like spikes on one side and a clean serrated edge on the other. She slowly opens the massive door, careful not to alert anyone who may be inside. She removes her helmet to peek through the cracked door. Inside was a long hallway lit with torches, a tall man in a white robe walks through the hall and disappears into a side door. Knight dons her helmet and slowly enters. As she moves forward, another robed man rounds the corner at the end of the hall. His face was covered and the same symbol from the door was painted on his chest. A wolf with a red X painted on its face walked at the robes side. Its breathing heavily and its eyes dilated. Knight darts into the closest doorway before being seen. As she turns to face the room, she locks eyes with the man from before. He holds a servants platter with a strange smelling meat on it. The man opens his mouth to scream for help but before the sound could pass his lips, the knight shoved the butt of her sword into his mouth, breaking his teeth. She glided behind him quick and quiet, strangling him until he passed out. Knight rapidly rotates her head around the room making certain she is the only one conscious. After taking a few calming breaths, Knight once again peers out the cracked door. The robed man most definitely heard her encounter. He approaches the door slowly accompanied by two more with swords drawn. The sound of a growling wolf can be heard. Its thick yellow eyes fixed on the slightly ajar door Knight is hiding behind. With no other choice Knight bombards the door, breaking it from its hinges and trapping one of the robed men underneath! Knight cuts down the robe to her right with one powerful swipe of her saw blade. The wolf lunges at her sinking its teeth into her arm and knocking her off the door. Knight begins stabbing wildly with the butt of her sword in an attempt to get the wolf to let go. The other robed man helps his accomplice out from under the door and together they jump into action. Knight stands and brings her saw blade up to block the first assault and forces the robe back a few steps. Knight lets out a small grunt as she raises the wolf still attached to her arm to block the second assault. The robe strikes the wolf in the back but it wasn’t enough to shake the wolf’s grip. Knight turns the saw blade to the wolf’s neck and cuts deep, severing the spinal column. The wolf drops lifeless to the ground as blood spills from knights punctured armor. The robe to Knights left makes another attempt to swing his sword at Knights neck. Now free of the wolf Knight catches his blade to redirect it and plunges her saw deep into the robe's shoulder. Undeterred the third robe begins slashing wildly hoping a blow will land. Knight kicks his chest the moment an opening appears once again knocking him back a few steps. She pulls her saw blade from a now limp body and swipes hard removing the robes sword arm from his body. The robe still standing lunges at her as if he didn’t even feel her blade sever his arm. Knight cuts his head from his neck in a panic, confused about how he shook off what should have been a painful deterrent. She looked down at his lifeless body trying to piece together the mystery. Knight shakes her head and gazes down the hallway indicating to herself the task at hand requires her focus. Careful as not to arouse anyone else’s attention, she continues down the corridor for several feet. Nothing but the flickering sound of torch light can be heard as Knight creeps further. After some time the quiet murmur of someone talking is emanating from one of the doorways up ahead. Knight approaches the door, removing her helmet and crouching to peek through the keyhole. Inside she sees a man with robes more elegant than those she has seen so far and a pendant draped around his neck. A flag bearing their tarantula wasp symbol hangs from the wall at his back. He appears to be speaking to someone standing in front of the door. As Knight looks closer at the pendant, her eyes widen and begin to fill with tears. She stands and stares at the door with tears streaming down her face. Knight’s expression turns from sadness to rage as her helmet settles back on her head.