Lejuge looked at shenston incredulously. "That is quite a bold statement to make. Would you perhaps wish to put that to the test?" The commander's tone of voice was sarcastic, he quite obviously didn't mean these words. "Elemental or not. You act like any other so-called 'hero' that comes in and starts sucking up what little resources we have. The idea of resisting the warp is futile! And so is understanding it. Like it or not, you're stuck here now. Staring down what may very well be the beginning of the end of the world."<br/><br/>As he finished his sentence Lejuge appeared lost in thought for a moment. "but alas, I fear I have yet to tell you the details of the desperate situation here. For all you fools know, this is just another incident that can be fixed by throwing enough money and manpower at it." As he talked, he noticed the lithe wood elf standing half-outside his office. He seemed to have a moment of understanding as he wove another spell. It was a simple enchantment. One that elevated understanding on a creature such that it can understand what the caster is saying. Iranwen would feel an unagressive voice tugging at her mind, talking in whatever language she spoke and comprehended.<br/><br/>As the captain finished his spell, he started his explanation. "The warp out there is unlike anything we've ever seen. It is theorized to have been creaated by faulty thaumathurgy, but its unique nature stands in stark contrast to the more well-known taint that such events cause. There is no detectable cause for the detoriation of the land. None of the thaumathurges can detect even the slightest hint of taint, and yet... There are entire plains out there that have just wasted away into featureless wastelands. And that's not the only thing" Lejuge paused briefly to collect his thoughts. He had quite a few repressed memories about the part that followed.<br/><br/>"There are also... things, out there. No one knows what they are or where they came from. Only that they seem to attack all that approach them with extreme prejudice. No story about what they look like ever coincides with any of the other. But the survivors almost universally die not long afterwards. As if their very life leaked away from their wounds. None of the men I have sent out there with specific instructions to retrieve a specimen for study has ever succeeded. Most come back in shambles, some don't even come back at all. And when you thought that was bad, it wadn't even the end of it."<br/><br/>Lejuge now seemed troubled by something. It was subtle, but an pbservant person would notice that his eyes twitched slightly in reaction to some unseen thing. "This place... calls out to you. It's subtle at first. A whisper that doesn't belong in your dreams. An apparition in the corner of your eye. But it only ever gets worse. From what we've seen. It's nothing physically present that causes this effect."Lejuge seemed shaken by explaining this, even though it was undoubtedly far from the first time he shared this information with someone "But we have found ways to at least slow this particular corruption down. These... whispers from the warp as we have taken to calling them are connected to your five senses. Every sense with which you experience the warp accelaretes its influence on you. The acrid smell of the air. The occasional unnatural cries in the distance. The sickly green glow that permeates damn near everything. All of it only hastens your descent into madness. Some are more resistantn than others. But everyone eventually ends up as a gibbering mass. Ranting about complete nonsense and wasting away seemingly for no reason."<br/><br/>Lejuge reclined in his seat somewhat. "So, do you now understand why I am so jaded? I've had to endure this hellscape for months now. And in all that time, I've got nothing but red tape and bureacrats from the council. But alas, it seems you were all completely clueless to the order of business here. So.. I suggest you get the thaumathurge's downstairs to put some wards on ... waht's your name?" He asked shenston. "It probably won't do much, but it'll atleast give an illusion of safety to the men here. They've had magical creatures rampage due to the warp's influence before. And an unbound elemental like you would likely incite a riot.<br/><br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: white;background:white;"/></div><br/>Zalvryn didn't know what to say. All his expectations of this place had been completely unfounded. this wasn't a land of heroes, but of miserable wretches that were slowly wasting away. It wasn't safe, he would likely be forever changed within the month. It started to dawn on him why he was here. This wasn't a protective custody. It was a knowing consignment to death.<br/><br/>The sense of betrayal he felt at that moment was enough to make Zalvryn clap shut for the moment.