Dark Appetite

Dark Appetite is the fifteenth chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Faced with a room of demonesses held prisoner and starved, Valon, Palus and Haebin are made aware of the level of Surtur's sinister design. Haebin and Palus are unable to identify the magic concealing the room, but Valon identifies it as runic magic - a branch which is not commonly used. Palus in turn recognizes one of the females inside as the daughter of a local lord, and suggests that Surtur keeps many keeps under his control by holding them hostage.

They enter, looking from one to another before Palus notices Calliste, but she doesn't seem to recognize him. The three demons try to break them free, but even with the chains removed they are unwilling to run for freedom, afraid of a shadowy figure - the same one which had caught them in the first place. Haebin dismisses questions as to whether he knows what the females refer to, focusing on getting them out instead. The avoidance is suspicious and Valon and Palus round on him before he agrees to explain.

He identifies the folklore by numerous names, including Child-Eater, Creeping Whisper, Anokharkhel, and Vel Ved'amar, and states that his reluctance to answer was on account of how it could have implicated himself. Valon reminds them both that the slaves here are likely not usesd for anything more than Surtur's sexual appetite, and that if Surtur was here he likely had one of them. The group rushes through the door, determined to get Surtur. As they step through they are met with darkness, and Valon detects a sickly smell in the air which causes him to vomit. Surtur soon reveals himself, feeding from a girl upon the floor. His full form reveals him far more bestial than he at first seemed, with a gaping mouth across his chest.

Palus attacks him but is easily swatted away, and soon they are all involved, however Surtur is clearly too powerful for them. Valon is seized and thrown across the room and left weakened, unable to find a solution. A sound at his side catches his attention and he looks to the demoness Surtur had been feeding on, and takes advantage of the other incubus being distracted, reaching over to incite arousal in the demoness. Surtur approaches as she reaches one of the peaks of pleasure, but when he attempts to attack Valon he finds himself outmatches as Valon pulses with the energy from the demoness. Turning the tables, Valon wastes no time in throwing Surtur to the ground and declaring his execution.

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