"What?  What do they say elf?"  he asked softly, "That he was driven from the land and banished from the sight of sun and moon alike?  Laid to rest in the dark and lifeless cold where his words would go unheard and his touch unfelt?"<br/><br/>"His body was broken and his soul cast down into the dark places within the earth to remain alone with only the unfeeling stone to keep him.  But words of caution turned to stories and then to tales for children.  So when my ancestors built this castle, his tomb had been forgotten."<br/><br/>"You will serve us, and when Brom is old and it grows to be his time to pass on the rule of Desidera you will be given to Malikai when his son rides out to claim one of your sisters to take your place... and she will wear your soul about her neck."<br/><br/>