"After I was struck down, a treacherous spirit fled with the sword into your world. Powerless, a shadow of mys

"After I was struck down, a treacherous spirit fled with the sword into your world. Powerless, a shadow of myself, I followed it — for I could not allow its prisoner to free himself. I found the body of a giant who once possessed the sword. I found the bodies of barbarians killed by Amiri. I walked invisibly among the tribes, listening to their speech and tracing their thoughts, until I learned the sword's fate."