<strong>-- Explorator Thraxius --</strong>(http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=103946.msg4515299#msg4515299)<br/><hr/><br/>Eventually the vulgar tirade ceased and Thraxius turned from the sealed door, though not before giving it one final<em>kick</em>for good measure.  He lumbered irritably over to his axe and took it up again, running his fingers gently over the engravings on its surface as if to apologize for simply tossing it aside.  When he turned to Cortez he did his damnedest to quell the fury that trembled through his body, but the harshness in his voice could not be snuffed so easily.<br/><br/><em>"At your command, Cortez, I would gladly throttle the lives from every accursed chaos-blighted soul in this sector.  No doubt I'll get my chance to do so in the coming months.  This was just the beginning, a portent of things to come.  There will be more champions, more death, deceptions within deceptions.  We would do well not to repeat our mistakes this day."</em>