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Theodora, I haven't seen you since the
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coup attempt. You're looking well.
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>> Well, you seem the same as ever. You
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have not changed a bit since I was a
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child. That's because [music] I was
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created for a special purpose. The years
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don't touch me as much. I've heard about
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your exploits at the tournament. Do you
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[music] have the time for a detour out
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here? Though, I've wondered how things
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are going with your arm since I last saw
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At first it looked well mummified.
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Now it's almost indistinguishable
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It's as though it's a part of me now.
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And yet, I feel increasingly that I am
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>> Let me be plain. I need another warding
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chain like the one you gifted to me
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>> What happened to it? Are you telling me
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it's already cracked?
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>> Worse. It has shattered entirely.
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And ever since then, I have heard a
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strange voice. And Daxian, I learned of
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the arm's true nature.
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It was cut from a powerful being's
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corpse. Did you know its origin from the
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start? Tell me. I would know who dares
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>> This must remain between us. The true
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origin of the arm is none other than the
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demon god Balore, father of Eufas.
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>> What is that? True.
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The stories of Balore say he was a
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vicious god for reasons unknown. He made
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war against the other gods and was
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killed and intombed in his temple. Dagda
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the Great placed a secure seal on the
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tomb which should have been the end of
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it, [music] but someone broke Daga's
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seal and made off with the remains. This
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Does that imply that Damascus's
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>> Though the temples cover it up, it must
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have had something to do with the
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breaking of the seal.
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Then one day, the pirate Drake came to
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the forest peoples to barter with the
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remains. Drake was originally from
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Damascus, so he was on good terms with
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the Forest Peoples. He must have known
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all along that the remains belonged to
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Balor. Now, Balor was of course the
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father of Eufas, to whom the children of
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Damascer owed their lives. But he was
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also an enemy of Dagda the Great. So his
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remains were hotly contested. For that
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[music] reason, they were divided
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further and distributed among the forest
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peoples. This is how Mahadu came into
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possession of Balor's right arm.
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This is a great deal to take in, Troy.
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Yes, Balor was a fearsome god,
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but he was also kin to Eufas. Strange
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I am glad to have this distant
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connection to our goddess.
