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"Etheriue industrial complex where they acquire and process etherea fro about what effect tainted etherea from Blackveil had on those exposed to it, filtered or not She did not believe it could be purified

"Mornhavon ave her a sideways look "Eh? Who?"

"Mornhavon--the eirl, Mornhavon the Black is long gone He is not our ean’s turn to be taken aback "He’sI’ve believedIf he is not the ees of the atlas to the very front of the book where the portrait of a on with its tail wrapped around its neck, occupied a full page It looked as if a child had scribbled on the picture, adding a large curlinghiy eyebrows

"Arhys," he said, rolling his eyes "You can see why I can’t have this copy in the house’s library If the wrong person saw this ie of the emperor defaced, if even by an innocent child, there could be unspeakable consequences"

A sick feeling bubbled in Karigan’s belly as she gazed at the picture, for even with the childish scribbles partially obscuring the e, he looked familiar, his well-chiseled cheeks and chin, his dark hair swept away froe When she realized who the picture depicted, she gasped

THE SEA KING REBORN

"It was not the Arcosians who conquered all the lands," the professor said, "but the return of the sea kings I apologize if I misled you"

This had to be soan, the professor looked all too serious as he regarded her with a twitch of his lanced back at the portrait, and there it was in fine script beneath his picture, his name: His Excellency Xandis I, Supreme Emperor

Unable to contain herself, she blurted, "What in five hells is he doing here?"

Her voice echoed across the expanse of the lanced around fearfully as if expecting so to leap out of the shadows

"Youyou know the emperor?"

"I know him not as an emperor, but as aA very irritatingyour pardon?" Clearly the professor had never heard anyone speak about his all-powerful emperor in such a way before