"Long did I search for a way to avert this fate. Don't I, who has truly tasted life, deserve a better lot than
"Long did I search for a way to avert this fate. Don't I, who has truly tasted life, deserve a better lot than those benumbed old elves who close themselves to the world? And I found a way in the ancient texts of Urgathoa. A ritual, involving the blood of my kin. A trifle, that would make each day feel as a holiday, created specially for me. The ritual gave strength not only to my body, but to my mind and my soul. And my mind whirled at every sensation, each sip of wine, or silken carress. Oh how I miss this..."
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