PACT OF METAL

[Wizzar 613]

PACT OF METAL

 

The ritual swallowed the orc in darkness.

Darkness was replaced by a lustrous, steel room.

His feet pressed against the cold plates of the floor.

Before he moved to explore his surroundings,

liquid metal poured from the ceiling, twisting and forcing 

itself into the shaman, casting him as a chrome statue.

 

A figure emerged from the mirror-like surface, a jagged monolith of steel.

It glided forward toward the encased orc.

Carving into the statue with knife-like digits, 

the orc was granted vision, hearing, and the ability to speak.

 

“Shatraug ob ghaamp , amat kramp-lat skaat?”

(Witch of Stone, why do you come?)

 

“Gothûrz  frûm ob golnauk, skaat- izg u golm lat izubu grish agh izubu dulug”

(Powerful spirit of steel, I come to offer you my blood and my weapon)

 

“Ghung lat shulg-  âdh- ghaamp, amat shulg-kaan-izg lat?”

(If you would leave earth, why would I trust you?)

 

"Dhurz  nargzab- izg  a maaz bot agh u nar kul-ob the gûg"

Because I want a better world and to not to be of the past.

 

The spirit considered the offer in silence. 

 

“Larg, draaghzûr, agh bhadûr narmok golnauk agh golnauk bhadûrs lat. Broshan.”

(Create, destroy, and change for steel and steel will change you. Welcome)

 

It spread its massive arms and continued forward.

The spirit walking directly into the orc,

enveloping him in darkness once more.

 

The orc awakes before his cauldron. 

 

Spoiler

With this Pact - Ghuun breaks his pact with Bregthar to become an animist of METAL.