Valefa

"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup; They slither wildly as they slip away; Across the universe; Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind; Possessing and caressing me"

You shoulder aside curtains of hide that separate this corner of the cave from the rest of the room. A dark lioness with face paint looks up at you, bones and other trophies of the dead rattle from her headdress. Her light red eyes meet yours and you swear you can see a large, lanky shadow move on the wall and slink into the darkest crevices of the rock.

> Greet the shaman...

You ask the shaman who she is. She stands and snickers, "You are a predictable creature, stranger." she dips her head in a customary way yet the glint in her eyes drip with sarcasm at the false show of respect. "I am Valefa, who has seen the end and returned. The void has looked into me as I have looked into the void..." she motions to a dark pool of glimmering liquid. "Care for a fortune?"

> YES

Herding you with nudges on your flank, Valefa guides you to the pool. "Look into it, let us see what I can see..."

IF YOUR KARMA IS POSITIVE: Valefa growls as the pool swirls and lights like little stars reflect up from its surface. "How noble you think you are, not unlike my foolish King..." She dips a paw in the water? and stirs it thoughtfully "the Harbinger will be glad to meet you in the end-times, or at least what is left of your ghost-" She smiles eerily, "Don't fear, your righteous heart will spare your life many times over. But not the pain. The pain shall strike the hardest to one with a soft heart."

IF YOUR KARMA IS NEGATIVE: Valefa's eyes gleam as the pool's liquid turns red as blood and the lioness dips a paw in it, licking thoughtfully. "Oh how bloodshed follows your pawsteps, look you have even brought it here." She wipes some of it across your face. "Perhaps you aren't as predictable as I first thought..." she purrs. "The Harbinger greedily awaits you, so don't keep him waiting long. The past and future is all the same for your soul. Death, it follows you and will eventually overcome you." She sneers "At least the end will be a respite from the fighting.

> Creepy... you say goodbye to the dark lioness.

Valefa says goodbye with a dreamy, malicious smile on her lips. "See you later stranger... and remember, no one can escape the end"