Where The Dead Lay

Where The Dead Lay is the thirty-eighth chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Valon grows more and more isolated as he falls into a worsening temper at sending Imma away and robbing himself of his access to her energy. One snide comment by Palus, based on Schurr's punishments at the crossroads, causes a great argument between the two as Palus blames Valon for the action, and not Gadden.

A schism divides the pair all the way to Levyryshj. After finding Soltas and Ysir by a marked stone leading toward the town, the group moves on again. Soltas and Ysir report no activity, though they had not account for the size and noise of the traveling group, and something in the forests is drawn to them.

They eventually arrive in a town and spread out, finding it empty. The fountain's water source has dried up, replaced by acidic rain water, and as Soltas and Ysir investigate the houses they draw Valon over to consider the corpse of a corpsificer inside a building. Despite the dire omen, Valon opts to ignore it, ordering the soldiers to stay outside until they have the artifact they need, and refusing to leave before then.

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