End of Ages

[The_King_of_Durf]

Lotho steps out of a bronze alleyway just in time to witness his old friends being bombarded with crossbow bolts. He instantly recalls who they were. "I let you three bastards out of my sight for just a few hundred years and you go and get shot to pieces." The halfling smiles and laughs, the sensation surprising him. "Its good to see you all."

"Whoever fired those bolts should take care, for those who would deny death and Hell itself have reunited!" he shouts, challenging the surrounding windows gallantly, if foolishly.

His memories flood back in. Some surprise him, others fill him with a rekindled sense of purpose. He knows what he has been doing, and what he must now try to do.

"Now, where is Cale? If I recall, she always did deny my advances, but to avoid all of us? And what circumstances have brought us all together today, or is it just a product of coincidence?" Lotho has lost none of his playful verbosity