Intermission II, Part VI: The Hundredth Child

By Archcanon Tholer Saryoni, Patriarch of the Tribunal Temple

There have been many points in my life where I have asked if I am a good man and for the first time in my life, I have an answer that I know to be true. I am not. I am a monster as much as Odros, as much as Fovon, as much as all of these damned souls who shamble about the halls of this place, but I know that what I do is not done out of aspirations of glory or accolades, but because it is necessary, but even that does not help me in these trying times. I must do something that goes against everything I once thought to be true, against everything I believed to be right: I must be the one to unleash the Hundredth Child.

Many argue about the truth behind Lord Vivec’s lessons and whether or not they are metaphor or literal, but the sordid affair between Lord Vivec and the King of Rape did come to pass and Vivec did indeed spawn ninety-nine monsters. They did walk the earth and they brought about a wake of destruction not unlike the Destroyer’s, but Lord Vivec did slay ninety-nine of them. However, the books are wrong in their claim that there were ninety-nine; there were one-hundred and he vanquished all of them except for the First, a monster so great that even he could not bring about its end. So he did what he had to do and he sealed it deep beneath the surface and erected the Holy City above it to ensure that the prison of his child would forever be consecrated to ensure it never escaped, but now more than ever do we need of it and now more than ever do I fear for the world.

ALMSIVI forgive me, but I will do what I must to save my people.

There is no alternative, not if I am to stop the Destroyer, so I pray you will watch over me as I return to the Holy City and tread upon ground that has not been touched for millennia.

-Archcanon Tholer Saryoni, Patriarch of the Tribunal Temple