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Valeria goes to an obscure border town in Turan called Mossarada the Dark. Due to its location, there is a thriving black market and money for her to steal. (She is surviving as a thief) For a few coins, a low ranking government official tips her off to a house where plenty of treasure is hidden.
Valeria goes to the house only to be ambushed by four soldiers. She kills one, wounds another and the remaining two run away. Her fury is boundless due to this betrayal. She finds the official drunk on her money. He begs for mercy and tells her he was paid to send her on this fool's errand. He says he was paid by an important, wealthy woman. The man gives Valeria the name and she spares his life. However, she whacks off one of his ears as a warning.
Valeria finds the womans house, sneaks past her guard, and confronts her in the bath. The woman, named Shahjanna, advises Valeria to hold her sword. She has purposely set Valeria up in order to blackmail the female warrior. Shahjanna wants Valeria to rob a tomb where the priests and priestesses of a shadowy cult are entombed. Should Valeria refuse, the military will be notified about who killed the soldier. Suddenly, one of the soldiers appears. He turns out to be Captain of the local garrison. He is one of Shahjanna's lovers. He claims to have more men about the house ready to arrest Valeria.
Realizing she is trapped, Valeria agrees to rob the tomb. Her object is a very valuable golden amulet that a late priestesses had around her neck when buried. Shahjanna used her feminine wiles to get a magical chant revealed to her by a former priest of the Black Sect...as they are known. This chant must be recited before the tomb, otherwise there is no way to enter. Valeria's horse has been confiscated and the warrior has no money to buy another. Shahjanna also promises Valeria a pile of gold when the magical amulet is delivered.
With no way out of the situation, and needing cash badly, Valeria goes to the tomb and recites the chant. Magically a heavy stone door opens and she enters. Inside are several stone tombs. Valeria goes to the designated one and with effort, moves the stone slab enough to do her job. There is a horrible stench as she confronts the sight of a semi decayed corpse. The beautiful amulet is there and with effort the warrior tears it away. The rotted head of the owner is ripped off the body in the process and rolls across the floor. Sickened, Valeria quickly leaves.
Feeling unwell and quite miserable from the experience, Valeria rents a cheap room for the night, rather than immediately make the long trek back to Shahjanna's house. She knows she has been followed. She corners one of Shahjanna's agents and advises him that she will finish up their business first thing in the morning. Although she has the amulet on her, Valeria hints that she has hidden it, hoping to be left alone for the night.
Valeria goes into her room, closes the window and tries to sleep. She is plagued by nightmares and the memories of the dank tomb. (not to mention the severed head of the dead priestess.)
At some point in the night she wakes up, the horrible stench she recalled from the tomb has filled the room along with an awful cold. Startled, she sits up to find a huge white gorilla with a black face sitting in the room...literally taking up the entire space. There is no way for him to have entered, for the door is much to small. And there is no way for her to escape this dreadful beast.
Horrified, Valeria draws her sword and tries to strike the fiendish apparition. It simply waves a huge paw and her blade turns into a cobra. With a gasp she throws it into a corner where it returns to the form of a sword.
The ape then begins to speak with a very surreal and humanlike, refined voice. He says that he will spare her only if she gives the amulet back and then reveals the priest who gave her the magical chant, for that one is a traitor to the Black sect....The Ape reveals that he is the God of the Black Sect.
With no other choice, Valeria gives the amulet to the ghastly God and explains that it was Shahjanna the wicked who stole the chant. The ape God promises not to kill Valeria...yet. Then he turns into smoke and flies out the window. Valeria then takes a sudden intense chill and passes out. The next morning she awakens to find great chaos in the city. Shahjanna, a dozen soldiers, the Captain, and the former priest are all found horribly mutilated as if by a huge beast. Shahjanna's house and all her possessions, as well as the bodies of her and her guards, are all burned by the townsfolk. The body of the priest is dismembered and all the parts are taken to different locations and burned.
That same night Valeria finds a fat merchant, she pretends to be a prostitute and lures him to her room. She robs him and then leaves him bound and gagged in her room. She takes his money and quickly buys a horse before leaving town at once. She vows to never come near that town again and the mention of its name gives her a shudder for the rest of her life.....end Ok, what do you think......?
Valeria goes to the house only to be ambushed by four soldiers. She kills one, wounds another and the remaining two run away. Her fury is boundless due to this betrayal. She finds the official drunk on her money. He begs for mercy and tells her he was paid to send her on this fool's errand. He says he was paid by an important, wealthy woman. The man gives Valeria the name and she spares his life. However, she whacks off one of his ears as a warning.
Valeria finds the womans house, sneaks past her guard, and confronts her in the bath. The woman, named Shahjanna, advises Valeria to hold her sword. She has purposely set Valeria up in order to blackmail the female warrior. Shahjanna wants Valeria to rob a tomb where the priests and priestesses of a shadowy cult are entombed. Should Valeria refuse, the military will be notified about who killed the soldier. Suddenly, one of the soldiers appears. He turns out to be Captain of the local garrison. He is one of Shahjanna's lovers. He claims to have more men about the house ready to arrest Valeria.
Realizing she is trapped, Valeria agrees to rob the tomb. Her object is a very valuable golden amulet that a late priestesses had around her neck when buried. Shahjanna used her feminine wiles to get a magical chant revealed to her by a former priest of the Black Sect...as they are known. This chant must be recited before the tomb, otherwise there is no way to enter. Valeria's horse has been confiscated and the warrior has no money to buy another. Shahjanna also promises Valeria a pile of gold when the magical amulet is delivered.
With no way out of the situation, and needing cash badly, Valeria goes to the tomb and recites the chant. Magically a heavy stone door opens and she enters. Inside are several stone tombs. Valeria goes to the designated one and with effort, moves the stone slab enough to do her job. There is a horrible stench as she confronts the sight of a semi decayed corpse. The beautiful amulet is there and with effort the warrior tears it away. The rotted head of the owner is ripped off the body in the process and rolls across the floor. Sickened, Valeria quickly leaves.
Feeling unwell and quite miserable from the experience, Valeria rents a cheap room for the night, rather than immediately make the long trek back to Shahjanna's house. She knows she has been followed. She corners one of Shahjanna's agents and advises him that she will finish up their business first thing in the morning. Although she has the amulet on her, Valeria hints that she has hidden it, hoping to be left alone for the night.
Valeria goes into her room, closes the window and tries to sleep. She is plagued by nightmares and the memories of the dank tomb. (not to mention the severed head of the dead priestess.)
At some point in the night she wakes up, the horrible stench she recalled from the tomb has filled the room along with an awful cold. Startled, she sits up to find a huge white gorilla with a black face sitting in the room...literally taking up the entire space. There is no way for him to have entered, for the door is much to small. And there is no way for her to escape this dreadful beast.
Horrified, Valeria draws her sword and tries to strike the fiendish apparition. It simply waves a huge paw and her blade turns into a cobra. With a gasp she throws it into a corner where it returns to the form of a sword.
The ape then begins to speak with a very surreal and humanlike, refined voice. He says that he will spare her only if she gives the amulet back and then reveals the priest who gave her the magical chant, for that one is a traitor to the Black sect....The Ape reveals that he is the God of the Black Sect.
With no other choice, Valeria gives the amulet to the ghastly God and explains that it was Shahjanna the wicked who stole the chant. The ape God promises not to kill Valeria...yet. Then he turns into smoke and flies out the window. Valeria then takes a sudden intense chill and passes out. The next morning she awakens to find great chaos in the city. Shahjanna, a dozen soldiers, the Captain, and the former priest are all found horribly mutilated as if by a huge beast. Shahjanna's house and all her possessions, as well as the bodies of her and her guards, are all burned by the townsfolk. The body of the priest is dismembered and all the parts are taken to different locations and burned.
That same night Valeria finds a fat merchant, she pretends to be a prostitute and lures him to her room. She robs him and then leaves him bound and gagged in her room. She takes his money and quickly buys a horse before leaving town at once. She vows to never come near that town again and the mention of its name gives her a shudder for the rest of her life.....end Ok, what do you think......?
