“Guilty. Tainted. But she did not sanction such a damnation upon her soul, nor can we expect her to have the knowledge of such an outcome,” That had been the verdict delivered to you by the court, the very same one that saw your master branded as forsaken and sentenced to death. But you were spared the fate, spared the destination of Branderscar, and instead sent to The Monastery of Curic Yuhar. Located in the lower reaches of the Ansgar Mountains, the tower was founded in honour of a lesser known hero of the Mitra faith. No doubt you will learn more about its history during your imprisonment.<br/><br/>You are not sure how long you are expected to stay at this monastery, but you know it will be too long. You plan to escape at the first opportunity, and can only hope it will be in time to save Roderick too. However this opportunity does not present itself on your trip there, as you are manacled and thrown in the back of a caravan, guarded by two women whose stern looks are tinged with a motherly concern for a misled child, one of them even slips you a honeyed biscuit alongside your meal of oats and corn.<br/><br/>You arrive in the mountains within two day, and are greeted by the kindly monks of the monastery, a bunch of old crones for the most part, although the leader is younger, tall with long raven hair and a blank, expressionless face. You are taken to a stream and told to bathe, and then given clean clothes, white and unadorned. “You must learn to live with the grace of Mitra, and understand the responsibilities of such a live. Come,” Priestess Jusi leads you down into the cellar. The door are closed behind the pair of you, allowing near perfect darkness to prevail in the chill air.<br/><br/>You are instructed to kneel, facing the wall, “You must understand that what you did is wrong. You took a life, you had no right to. Mitra will forgive you, for your actions were not your own, your hand was led by a renegade lord unworthy of his title. You must acknowledge the evil of your actions that has widowed a woman, and ask the Morning Lord for forgiveness, pledging your services to his cause and that of the needy as a rite of contrition. You will stay in the cellar for the night, contemplating this. There is a bed in the corner, if you feel you have reached peace with Mitra over your actions you may rest. Then at daybreak I will come down here, and together we will walk out into glory of the rising sun, and you will formally make your pledge to Mitra,” Jusi leaves you facing the wall, walking back up the stairs. For a moment light rushes down to the floor and walls around you, then the door is closed and you are left kneeling in the dark and cold.