Gate of Memoirs/Raug Phantasm

Tormented by the Raug and the loss of her husband's phylactery, Nimune vowed vengeance against her foes. Defeat her inner demons and bring her back to sanity!
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Lone Strength"	Music: "Lone Strength"
 	
*Nimune: The shepherd was sad on the mountain... he played a love song..
*Nimune: The song of the bright cheeks... the song of the eyes of flame...
 	
*Nimune: The song of the good days...
 	
*Gabriela: That seems to be a good song.
 	
*Nimune: It was his favorite. He would sing it to me while we were lying outside, under the stars...
*Nimune: He would tell me the stories of the Hunter in the heavens, point out the constellations of the Bull and the Swan...
 	
*Nimune: We would stay up until the sun warmed the skies, then we would drink wine till we fell asleep in each others arms...
*Nimune: Why am I still alive?
 	
*Gabriela: Why, indeed?
 	
*Nimune: ...
 	
*Gabriela: Very well. Since you have told me a story, courtesy demands that-
 	
*Nimune: Why haven't you killed me yet?!
 	
*Gabriela: Tsk. Children. There will be enough time for dying, when it comes.
 	
*Gabriela: Let me tell you about my blades.
 	
*Nimune: I don't-
 	
*Gabriela: Sit. Listen. And do not test my patience.
 	
*Gabriela: Ah, now. In the beginning, it was said that the gods, having grown bored of creation, made a game to amuse themselves...
 	
*Gabriela: None knew what this game was, or what its rules were. The only thing that many knew was that it was an intoxicating sport beyond belief.
*Gabriela: Soon, the gods began to neglect their creations, and disasters befell mankind as a result. Humanity, in its feebleness, begged the heavens for aid.
*Gabriela: But the gods were not easily swayed from their addicting habits, and so they decided to create spirits that could govern their work while they whiled the days away.
 	
*Gabriela: You've met them already, little flower.
 	
*Nimune: N-No... the...
 	
*Gabriela: Ah, yes. The Raug. Well, that's how that story goes.
*Gabriela: At first it was an easy arrangement. But as time passed, the Raug began to grow envious of their lives. Why, they said, did they have to work hard for ungrateful mankind while their masters played their endless games?
*Gabriela: And so, inevitably, they rebelled. That angered the gods, of course, but at first they could not be bothered. So the Raug were permitted to run rampant as they wished, and mankind suffered.
*Gabriela: Frustrated at heaven's silence, a mortal hero took it upon themselves to cross the worlds and ask the gods to intercede. But the doors to their pleasure domes were closed, and none could enter...
 	
*Gabriela: In its rage, the hero ripped the doors open with seven truths, forcing the gods to see the devastation that the Raug had inflicted on man. They could not choose to stay blind any more. In a moment, the rebellion was ended, and only three Raug were left to hide from the eyes of the gods...
 	
*Gabriela: But the gods were angered at the mortal's presumption, and threw the hero out of the heavens. They fell through the earth into the underworld - yet they did not die.
 	
*Nimune: The first vampire...
 	
*Gabriela: Indeed. And the seven truths they wrested from the gods stayed in their grasp as swords of infinite form. The blades of the First-Who-Walked.
 	
*Nimune: I don't-
 	
*Gabriela: Understand? Tch. 
*Gabriela: It is true that you have betrayed Kielazar and the resistance, and for that, you would deserve death in peaceful times.
 	
*Gabriela: But these are not peaceful times, and it cannot be denied that your magic is the most potent that they have at hand. It would be a waste to kill you.
 	
*Gabriela: And so it has come to this. You see, in the right hands, these blades can make many things possible.
*Gabriela: A novice, if they were chosen, could fell entire armies with these swords. A master can separate a man's soul from his body yet keep it breathing - a slave to whatever he desires.
 	
*Nimune: N-No...
 	
*Gabriela: Ah, now you see it. Yes, there will be no clean death for you. Kielazar and I shall take your love for your husband and turn it into leaden chains of obedience...
 	
*Nimune: P-Please...no...
 	
*Gabriela: It is the only way out for you. You should have thought things out before deciding to betray them.
 	
*Nimune: N-Nghrk!
 	
*Gabriela: Now then, I could take the pain away. But I won't. Consider this your penance.
 	
*Kielazar: Gabriela.
 	
*Gabriela: Kielazar. Shall we begin?
 	
*Nimune: Nhhhhhhhh!
 	
*Kielazar: ...Yes. Mannag, guard the door.