<div align="center">Zentius Yerodin (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=96661.msg4199711#msg4199711)</div>Zentius sets bloat upright instantly awake, from a deep sleep the blinding pain just barely starting to subside. Even with the pain a hate filled smile spreads across his face he whispers, “Father, I will finally find you.” He rises from the bed ignoring the sleeping prostitute there. As he stands something falls from the bed to land with a loud clunk on the floor. Looking down he sees the heart shaped crystal that Nirituae had given him in his dream.<br/><br/>When he stands back up the woman in his bed rolls over and asks sleepily, “Whatca doing lover?”<br/><br/>Turning to look at her Zentius activates his active infrared vision causing his eyes to glow a demonic red clearly visible in the dark room. He commands, “Get out!”<br/><br/>“What?”<br/><br/>“I said, ‘Get out!’”<br/><br/>“Get out? It’s the middle of the night, where am I supposed to go? It’s not safe out there.”<br/><br/>“It’s not safe in here. You’ve got your payment, no you need to go. I don’t care where. Just go.”<br/><br/>She crawls across the bed and places a hand on Zentius’ bare chest. “Come back to bed, Lover. You can tie me up. You paid for the whole night, there is still a lot of fun we can have.”<br/><br/>Looking down at the delicate hand on his chest Zentius growls with hatred, and reaches up taking hold of the hand. Without any gentleness he twisted it around bending her wrist painfully. Turning his demonic eyes directly to her eyes he exclaims through clenched teeth, “I said GET OUT!” To punctuate the command he activates his cause pain ability. She lets out a scream of pain as every nerve in her body reacts as if it is on fire. He lets go of her hand and releases his power. She jumps off the bed and quickly grabs her clothes from the floor and runs out the door.<br/><br/>Dressing quickly in his studded leather armor Zentius then puts the crystal heart in a small hidden pouch. After making sure he had all his weapons in place he gathers all his other worldly possessions and tucks them into his bag of holding. He then walks out of the room and down the hall without even glancing back. Stepping out on to streets of Las Vegas even in the hours just before dawn the city is still busy, he throws the hood of his cloak over his head hiding his face from view. After walking several streets over he enters a building full of activity.<br/><br/>The entrance is dark but loud music can be heard from inside, a large muscular man tries to stop Zentius saying, “It’s five silver to enter.” Looking at the bouncer from under his hood, he simply wills the man to fall asleep. The man just goes limp and slides to the floor as a soft snoring start to come from him. Stepping over the sleeping guard and into the main room, he then stops to scan the interior. The loud music is coming from some unknown magical source and the lighting is a combination of fire in various forms and strange enchanted lights. Ignoring the naked and nearly naked women of many different races dancing on small stages throughout the room, he scans the customers. Finally spotting the one he is searching for, he walks straight up to the table.<br/><br/>The man setting at the table takes a moment to realize that Zentius had approached his table, looks up saying, “Who are you and what can I do for you?” Without any further invitation Zentius sets across from the man. After a brief pause he slowly pulls back his hood with both hands. When the hood falls back completely off his head he looks up meeting the other man’s gaze. “Zen … Zentius, what do you want?”<br/><br/>Taking a moment to savor the man’s sudden fear, Zentius slowly lets a cruel smile form on his face before saying, “If I were serving a contract on you, we would not be meeting here in this crowded room. I am here about a contract though. The one you offered me earlier. I have given it some thought and have decided to accept under one condition.”<br/><br/>“What condition? I wasn’t willing to pay what you asked for before.”<br/><br/>“I suddenly find myself needing to leave Vegas, what I need from you is a reliable and swift form of transportation that can take me many miles in a short amount of time.”<br/><br/>The man visibly relaxes with a sigh of relief and says, “That’s all you want? Okay, I can help you. I have a flying carpet that is very well made and can travel faster than any horse many times over. You bring me the head I want and it’s yours.”<br/><br/>“Excellent, he will be dead before dawn. Where do you want to make the exchange this morning?”<br/><br/>“I’ll be at the Prancing Unicorn just after dawn.”<br/><br/>“With the carpet?”<br/><br/>“Yes, of course, with the rug.”<br/><br/>Pulling his hood back up Zentius rises to leave saying, “I will see you again just after sunrise.” He turns and walks out the way he had come in.