[center][h2][color=7ea7d8][i]Altim[/i][/color][/h2]
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[color=7ea7d8]H E   P L A Y S   T H E   D U E T   O F[/color]   [i]L I G H T[/i]
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	[color=7ea7d8]"The gods knew before they fell."[/color]

	The guards exchanged bemused, skeptical glances, and they pressed Altim further with their questions. The first one advised, "Do not move from where you stand! If you lack proper permission, you will be forbidden entry! Now, state your business."

	Fearlessly but not rashly, Altim approached the guards and left ten yards between him and them. [color=7ea7d8]"I have come for the other voice for the song that Faerthus composed. Listen to that voice as the wind carries it."[/color] Altim cast before him from thin air a glowing, white light that formed the same shape as the Mark of Faerthus. It lingered in the air where the guards could see it for a brief moment before fading, and it served to prove his identity. [color=7ea7d8]"I am Altim, blessed by Faerthus."[/color]

	The guards' eyes widened, and they backed away a few feet with trepidation. They spoke to each other in hushed deliberation while they contemplated the meaning of Altim's actions, while they considered the truth of Altim's statements. "How do we know that he is not lying?"

The other guard stared at the first incredulously at the question as though the first guard had denied the immediately obvious. The second urged the first, "Fool, he cannot be anyone else! No mere mortal can do such a thing, none but gods and legends. The mark belongs to the god Faerthus, and Altim, one such legend blessed by Faerthus, is capable of such a feat!"

	"I cannot disagree. But I remain skeptical. We must make sure that this is [i]Altim[/i], and not a different legend or wizard or mage of sorts."

	"We shall let him inside. One of us should accompany him, in case he speaks lies," the second guard said quietly to the first. They nodded in agreement, and the second guard called out to Altim. "Very well! You may enter. I will show you inside." The first guard and second guard led Altim on the path to the Bastion's entrance, and the first guard returned to his post while the other showed him inside.