Elarian sat in the woods waiting for his next victim. It was Cyrus of 
the Shadows turn to fall at Elarian's hand. He had been hunting people 
from different clans to regain his power. Just then Cyrus came walking down the 
forest path. Elarian leapt from his perch on a tree. Cyrus looked startled. "We 
can do this one of two ways.  One we can fight fairly without the use of 
our special powers or secondly we could use our powers and fight to the 
death," Elarian said.  "I don't know," Cyrus said, "That depends on what powers you have."
Without hesitation Elarian threw his Kama at Cyrus.  Cyrus tried to dodge 
the kama but it struck him in the leg.  Cyrus drew a knife and leapt towards 
Elarian.  Elarian hit him with a punch that nearly knocked Cyrus 
out. The knife fell to the ground.  Cyrus relied on his gift to battle 
Elarian, he turned himself into a mere shadow. Elarian moved slowly in a 
circle, keeping an eye out. Cyrus re-appeared and struck Elarian on the 
back.  As he fell, Elarian grabbed Cyrus's hand and pulled him to the 
ground. Cyrus lunged for the dagger. Elarian pulled out his other Kama. 
Cyrus grabbed the dagger and turned right into Elarian's Kama. Elarian 
stood up and looked at the dead body. "Thank you," he said and took his soul.
    Elarian opened a portal back to the Den of souls lair. He has 
received the powers of people from the Den of Souls, Shadow, and 
Reflectionists.  He looked for Blaze and found her throwing knives at some 
coochas (they resemble chickens).  "Did you get what I asked for," Elarian asked.  She went over 
to a cart and pulled a large sack off the back of it.  Inside was the 
body of Tristian of the Swords Edge.  "Excellent, he will meet the same 
fate as Cyrus. You have done well Blaze now go find Abidar. I need the 
stone I gave him." Elarian then opened a portal and Blaze entered it.
    "You know I could help you out Elarian," said Somul. "I would rather 
have the help of a dead foustine than you," Elarian responded.