In the aftermath
of his wive's kidnapping by Raven, Dante searched for her. He even offered a prize of 30,000 gold
to a group of people to bring her home to him.
It was a terrible shock to him after they had returned with the body of Illyenna and to Dante’s greater shock it was not the Illyena that he thought it
was. As he looked at the life form now
dead it recognized it as a doppelganger. Then Dante gets a note from his Den contacts saying Illyenna had been rescued and was now
safely back at her palace resting from the trauma. Dante hearing this was more
confused than before.
The adventures that had returned the body brought a message from Raven
saying that she would be waiting for him at the cave if he wanted to know what
it was all about.
Determined to find
answers Dante went. It was there that Dante discovered a horrible
truth………… a hurt that hit him straight
to his heart and soul. Raven told him that the doppelganger broke under her torture and confessed the Den had placed her to imitate Illyena for years, and that they were using her to control Enron and Dante.
Raven said to him, "Does this make you angry does this make
you feel betrayed Great Dragon King?You!! Who so valiantly follow and serve
the gods. You who repented and defeated Ishmail and Kahn in the underworld
stabbed in the back by your own allies. Allies named Geneva who claim to be the great source of light and hope in the world. Your love was a lie, your friendship with Geneva is a lie, all because innocence is the greatest lie of all."
Dante came armed to the teeth. He brought two magic swords
in case he lost one. He had stone skin cast on him protection from evil and even
protection from lightening. All this and Dante felt an anger he had not felt in year. Not since he faced off against Percefoney in his base in the gray Havens
when he was a major in the Genevan army.
Raven then said "I suppose the creature honestly loved you. It
did scream out for you while I tortured her. But you now know that the image you have of
Geneva is nothing more than a fabricated lie. Behind every Galan thers is a Filch and there is a Doppelganger ready to give the appearance of good so that a wonder like you can serve them for their own purposes. I have to admit though it felt really
good though to inflict the same pain on her as you did my lover."
Dante's anger boiled inside of him. There was only hate not in his heart.
"Good. I can feel you Hatred." She used the force to move the sword in his scabbard, "You want this don't you. I am unarmed, strike me down with all of your hatred. And your journey to the Darkside will be complete. Now give into
the Dark Side and serve me."
Dante feeling the temptations of the Dark side and feeling
not only anger and hatred but also loss and love.
Dante responds, "I am surprised
that you can even feel fake love Raven. You’re a horrible monstrosity just to
look at Raven and as much as I would love to gut your soulless carcass. I would
much rather you suffer by living. You will never know real love or even real
friendship. Or even forgiveness …… It is
better to die with Honor than to live without and I hope that you live a good
long time without it you pathetic creature. My anger for you is rivaled only by the fact of how much I really do pity you now.
Dante Teleports away, with the magic energy moving him he sees, just at the last moment, one single tear rip across Raven's face...
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