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thrummed at the wand's behest.
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A putrid stench emanated from
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what passed for the Atropal's
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wormholed heart of rotted meat.
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"Whose pentagram?", wondered Asnek, raging
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as he fought for every
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dream he held dear. "This
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life...rather, unlife I lead,
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is nought but hunger and
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toil at the idiotic behest
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of a bloated undeserving goat.
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Orcus, you bag of suet,
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go fall in a pit
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of sharpest elder wyrms' teeth!"
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He pulled the wand free
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from its unwholesome receptacle, before
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stepping back through the pentagram
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and magically reappearing before his
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much reviled Lord, whom he
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presented the mighty artifact with
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feigned reverence, though he wished
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to skullbash that ravening ninny
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until his bloated form lay
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twitching while meeping ghouls feasted
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on the repugnant carcass. However,
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he knew that his lord
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would perform even more horrible
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acts upon his eye sockets
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if he even suspected the
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servant held such rebel thoughts
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. Orcus cradled the abhorrent artifact
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and died a little inside
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as its power coursed through
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his putrid veins. A strange
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scheme started to hatch in
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Orcus' mind. A kidnapping and
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subsequent ransom demand could force
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the followers of Corellon Larethian
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to cede to his whimsy
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but that would wait. Demogorgon
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was sending his 623rd Legion
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, the Flayed Ones, to interfere
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with Orcus' realm. Orcus had
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perversely tortured Demogorgon's favorite succubus
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,Vrillia, the two-headed, who
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had, after much persuation, admitted
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that it was Orcus who
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meant to obtain the wand
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from its resting place, not
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uh... can't think of anything.
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