The formulas of proper Velothi magic continue in ancient tradition, but that virility is dead, by which I mean at least replaced.
The formulas of proper Velothi magic continue in ancient tradition, but that virility is dead, by which I mean at least replaced.
Vivec understood. 'Say the words, Hortator.'
Nerevar said, 'Now I am the mightiest of your children.'
Vivec understood. 'Say the words, Hortator.'
Nerevar said, 'Now I am the mightiest of your children.'
'Why,' he said, 'did you ask me to come if you knew the eighth monster would give in so easily?'
Vivec looked at the Hortator for a long time.
Nerevar understood. 'Do not betray your nature. Answer as you will.'
'Why,' he said, 'did you ask me to come if you knew the eighth monster would give in so easily?'
Vivec looked at the Hortator for a long time.
Nerevar understood. 'Do not betray your nature. Answer as you will.'
'The fire is mine: let it consume thee,
And make a secret door
At the altar of Padhome,
In the House of Boet-hi-Ah
Where we become safe
And looked after.'
'The fire is mine: let it consume thee,
And make a secret door
At the altar of Padhome,
In the House of Boet-hi-Ah
Where we become safe
And looked after.'
Vivec told the eighth monster that to be otherwise was to betray his nature.
Vivec told the eighth monster that to be otherwise was to betray his nature.
Vivec told the Hortator that to be otherwise was to betray his nature.
Vivec told the Hortator that to be otherwise was to betray his nature.
'Who is that?' he wondered.
Vivec said, 'The red jewel of conquest.'
'Who is that?' he wondered.
Vivec said, 'The red jewel of conquest.'
Vivec smiled and told the Hortator that he had become a Minister of Truth.
Vivec smiled and told the Hortator that he had become a Minister of Truth.
'I would have done so myself if I wanted, silly Hortator. I shall keep it there with its last intention intact, so that if the love of the people of this city for me ever disappear, so shall the power that holds back their destruction.'
'I would have done so myself if I wanted, silly Hortator. I shall keep it there with its last intention intact, so that if the love of the people of this city for me ever disappear, so shall the power that holds back their destruction.'