Whenever I stumble, she's at my side, holding me. Telling me how proud she is. How much she's missed me these long years. We talk about the things we'll do when the battle is over. She urges me to push forward just a little longer so that everything we've worked for will come to fruition. She promises me that this pain will all be over soon. Then, we will begin our life together anew.
Leah's journal (excerpt)
Mother Dearest
The demons ever come our way.
The assault has waged for many days.
But while my friends these creatures slay,
I'm locked up here, far from the fray.
…
Within the keep I cannot roam.
Must keep focussed on the soulstone.
I hear their whispers, curses, moans.
But the Lords of Hell I can't bemoan.
…
I struggle to keep them confined.
As they ever claw against my mind.
Ever loosened are the binds,
Can't fail, or doomed is mankind.
…
But Adria, my mother's here,
The one who keeps at bay my fear.
One who's promised not to disappear,
To both of us, the other, dear.
…
Her magic, it is strong in me,
And while it's caused much misery,
Here, I know I need not flee,
After this, together be.
…
I know not what that shall portend,
But on Adria I can depend.
For she is teacher, mother, friend.
And this nightmare soon, I know shall end…