"It's not here master" a voice said eagerly as he searched the cupboard, throwing everything inside out. He ran to the next furniture and trashed it almost instantly "It's not here!". Outside the small wooden house was cries of despair and calls for help as the village houses were ransacked.

"Search the other houses and bring the people to me, it must be here" a heavy rattling voice was heard from across the room. Slowly the dark cloaked human walked across the wooden floor, squeaking the floorboards more and more with each step. He stopped and gazed over the trashed room. Broken chairs, knocked over tables, people screaming. "It must be here, it has to be" he thought to himself looking out the window and saw people running and his soldiers pushing them to the ground. The wind whipped against the windows making the sand almost looking like a fog. He turned away mumbled some words and instantly a chair caught fire. "If we don't find it," he thought to himself "Lord Drazial wouldn't be pleased."

"Master, Master!" A loud calling was heard from the yard in front of the house. "We've found it, master. A farmer was hiding it beneath his house."

"Bring the farmer to me." He said with an evil tremor. Not long after the farmer stumbled to his knees in the midst of the yard, begging the guard to spare his life. His ragged clothes implied that he had been beaten.

"Please, please take everything but spare my life. I have nothing. Please."

"Make him silent." a commander said to a soldier standing at the poor man's side. A quick punch to the farmer's cheek made him spit blood at the dust; he was silent.

He looked at him, and his heavy rattling voice said: "You say that you have nothing, yet my soldiers bring this to me". One of his soldiers handed over the artifact. The farmer looked surprised at his hand. The artifact had light oozing out of it, making a small bright circle around it. "I… I… I have no idea what this is" He said and looked him straight in his eyes. The wind grew stronger, making it unbearable to stay outside for much longer.

"Take everyone prisoner, and lead them through the portal. Leave the farmer behind." He slit his hand, made some gestures and a great red portal emerged from the ground in front of them. The people started screaming has they we're dragged into the portal and as the last of them were inside, a terrifying silence seeped through the village.