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Essa é uma historia curta, ela é parte de uma longa historia. A historia é engraçada devido ao protagnista(o bardo) que nem aparece nesse curta. Todas as historias estão em inglês.

The underground city of the drow is filled by an unusual silence, a drow paladin is sitting at a bench when a females voice echos in his head, its Lolth the Spider Queen.
Lolth:
-Protos, is time for you to prove to be worthy of my blessings.
Protos:
-How may I help, my queen?
Lolth:
-You will send all your friends to death tomorrow.
Protos:
-But all we ever did was serve you.
Lolth:
-their ways have annoyed me enough, do it or join them.
Protos:
-As you wish my queen.
On the next day the leader of the paladins speaks to the crew:
-Ok we have a important task. We were selected to lead a strike against the beholders. Protos will lead the blackguards to help us and we will have a classic drow ambush situation. I am sure every single one of you will do great tomorrow.
Protos remains still like all others, he seems as he is not feeling a thing.
Kalindora:
-Way to go Protos, leading the blackguards, quiet an honor.
Protos walks away Kalindora scratches her head.

Protos is at the roof of a tower looking at the city.
Lolth:
-I am sure you thought on killing everyone of them.
Protos:
-No…
Lolth:
-What if I told you to kill everyone of them?
Protos lowers his head.
-I would die trying.
Lolth:
-How was it? We serve a greater purpose, is not up to us to question.
Protos:
-Those are my fathers words.
Lolth:
-And that is what you believe is it not?
Protos:
-My father thinks is your way to do natural selection.
Lolth:
-And he is not entirely wrong.
Protos:
-He is wise.
Lolth:
-But you are strong, strong enough to understand and accept that everyone eventually will die.
Protos:
-That is the nature of things.
Lolth:
-And nature of every living thing is enforced by the gods, therefore I rule the nature of the drows.
Protos:
-Yes my queen.
Lolth:
-And as ruler of their nature, I am entitled to chose who should live and who should die.
Protos nods
Lolth:
-Thanks to my selection and my ruling only the strongest have survived. No race can be compared to our strength.
Protos:
-I serve your higher purpose my queen.
The paladins are marching towards the gate protos waves at them and walks inside the fighters guild, as they march out and disappear protos gets out of the fighters guild and walks down the street alone.
Lolth:
-That might prove your loyalty but that is not enough to be my champion.
Protos:
-I suppose you want me to prove my strength and I have not yet.
Lolth:
-Yes, I will prove your strength on every aspect.
Protos:
-Your will is the law.
Lolth:
-Very well, kill your parents.
He stops and puts his hand on his head.
Lolth:
-I know you understood, this would prove your true strength.
Protos sits down on a bench and puts his sword down and stares at it.
Lolth:
-Life is nothing but a futile spark. Everyones life has no meaning, embrace darkness and be my champion.
He closes his eyes and grabs his sword, he heads to his parents house, his father is at the table reading.
Bant:
-Hey son, you are home earlier.
He says nothing walks to the table and sits.
Bant:
-Was a fast fight I see, you must have done pretty well.
Protos:
-I did my queens wish father.
Danto:
-Then you make me proud. We serve a greater purpose, is not up to us to question.
Protos:
-I knew you would say that.
Bant:
-So, how was the fight?
Protos:
-All the paladins must be dead by now.
Bant:
-But… you… how is that possible my son?
Protos:
-They were sent to certain death father.
Bant:
-But yet you are here… so there is still one paladin left.
Protos:
-No father… you are again rushing into conclusions.
He raises from the chair and grabs his sword.
Protos:
-Father… once you said the spider queen’s will is the law at the city.
He lowers his head and his sword, looking at the floor.
Bant:
-I suppose… You were chosen for a higher purpose…
Protos:
-I was father.
Bant sits down and turns his back at him.
Bant:
-I understand, if this is her will, do what you have to do boy.
Bant:
-I am sorry father, I wish it was anyone else but… I must…
He cuts his head off and with the noise his mother goes downstairs. She looks stunned to her husband corpses and her sons blade filled with blood.
Protos:
-I am sorry mother, you are next.
She is extremely scared and backs off casting some spells. He approached and hits her once, she displaces.
Protos:
-You are delaying the inevitable.
He charges towards her with his great sword his piercing charge shoving her against the wall spilling out her guts her guts.
Protos:
-You would have suffered less if you stood still.
He leaves the house that now is silent. He walks away towards the church as he walks in Amelia greets him with a smile.
Amelia:
-Welcome home. There are some prisoners to be executed, perhaps you should practice with them.
Protos:
-If that is my purpose, I will represent the darkness that lies at the end of all their lives.
Amelia:
-Welcome home, Death Knight.