Quall Assassin: Talaza's ContractTalaza Bane is a Quall Assassin, devoted to his clan’s survival. No race endures on planet Tora without trial. Tora is kept off the grid to keep its unworldly dark secrets hidden. Talaza has seen the metal fire birds land like thunder before, but last time was different. To them he is an instrument. Sometimes instruments rebel. Talaza Bane is a Quall assassin. He lives and breathes the clan’s code. All races known to him have one name for his world, Tora. It means - to engage. No race survives on Tora without trial or loss, not even the invincible Scarzen warriors south of his mountain. On the next dawn of his world, all Talaza has known to be true will be tested. Not his stealth nor skill with blade and poison will help his choice and consequences of his actions will reach farther than the wisest of his clan could ever conceive. Worlds outside Tora and its star system were made beyond reach for good reason long ago. Agents from both spirit-sider and mortal worlds explore Toran forests and the imposing hinterlands only to leave without engagement. Talaza has seen them arrive in their metal birds that sound like thunder. The last Sky Lord’s visit was different. They did something. Hex, the Dark Star now stirs. He has lived on Tora in their dreams and spoken on the wind long before Quall lived on Black Mountain. Hex is not of Talaza’s world. The mystics always taught that Hex came from the sky. |
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Analuke saw Analuke watched Analuke's arms Black Mountain blade belts Blade Master breath brother camp Celeron chameleon chest Chou clan close Commander Titarliaa cover Dogg Ecknor Elder Makayass enemy face Father feel Flaxon officer forest forward ground hand heard Hex's inside killed knew koidzumii Kurja long knife Longhouse Ludd Lyran Gates Major Bollard Maleeka mission mouth move Mystic Tatute Neutral Zone never Norexx Number orchids position Quall Regent Trabonus rolled Scarzen bunker Scarzen commander Scarzen officer Scarzen patrol Scarzen warrior scout Seer Tatute sentinel shadows shoulder side soldier Sooza and Cezarn Sooza asked Sooza thought Sooza wondered sound Star Lord stendle steps stone stood stopped struck Talaza asked Talaza looked Talaza nodded Talaza turned Talaza's eyes Talon East target thing took tree Trilix underbrush Uniss looked Uniss nodded voice watched the Scarzen weapon Weirawind City whispered wind words Yorr Pass yurt