"I fear not. Are you from Earth? 'Tis likely that I am from hundreds of years before your time."
He is quiet for a moment as he decides how best to fill her in. Finally, he begins to speak.
"Hadriel is reigned over by so-called gods. To begin with there were just two: Hope and Fear. Fear is the reason that you and I are here: he awoke a relic known as The Door. It is The Door which drags people to this city. According to Hope, none of their kind currently living knows how to control The Door. Hope has the ability to resurrect others; he is using his power to revive their fellow gods."
The displeasure in his voice grows as he moves on to their role in this mess.
"We are the source of their power. More precisely, they gorge upon our emotions. Which depends on their name: Hope feeds on our hope, Fear our fear. Thus far, Rage, Delight and Sorrow have all been revived. The gods actively seek to inspire certain sentiments in us. They care not if it is against our will. The beings who once served in our stead -- the former residents of this ruinous cavern -- were annihilated when most of the gods were killed. By what, and for what reason, the living gods refuse to say."
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He is quiet for a moment as he decides how best to fill her in. Finally, he begins to speak.
"Hadriel is reigned over by so-called gods. To begin with there were just two: Hope and Fear. Fear is the reason that you and I are here: he awoke a relic known as The Door. It is The Door which drags people to this city. According to Hope, none of their kind currently living knows how to control The Door. Hope has the ability to resurrect others; he is using his power to revive their fellow gods."
The displeasure in his voice grows as he moves on to their role in this mess.
"We are the source of their power. More precisely, they gorge upon our emotions. Which depends on their name: Hope feeds on our hope, Fear our fear. Thus far, Rage, Delight and Sorrow have all been revived. The gods actively seek to inspire certain sentiments in us. They care not if it is against our will. The beings who once served in our stead -- the former residents of this ruinous cavern -- were annihilated when most of the gods were killed. By what, and for what reason, the living gods refuse to say."