The sandmen chapter 3
Seph thought he was going to die when he seen a lizard with light teal scales and black skin, its two green eyes shone through an endless dark abyss. Seph realized that the lizard had killed something and was crawling towards it.
Seph stared at the dead thing and realized it was his body, he knew that it couldn't have been true; he turned to Fallenheart and Fallenheart said "the merman stabbed you while you were in the Meduse. You died" Seph gasped and said "really" Fallenheart said "no, that's just one of your clones, created by the shadow lord".
Seph said "why would he do this," Fallenheart said "to stop you, you see, that sword you have, well, the person who wields it is king, but only if you get to the skull crater in isnaorak- before the shadow lord does" Seph remembered the last king who died from a wour, a creature that hunted and killed dragons for their hide,
Seph walked towards the lizard and let out a shriek of pain because he was bitten by a fang tooth mud snapper, Seph realized he stepped in a river, but he never remembered it being there.
The lizard turned its head to Seph and stood up. Seph pulled out his sword and realized the lizard was a liskarr, a deadly reptilian which stood on two legs and traveled in clans, under the command of the shadow lord.
The liskarr walked towards him, "who are you?" it hissed, Seph seen it was wielding a scythe. Seph took a deep breath and plunged the sword into its chest and seen its black blood pour out and seen a face appear in the blood, it was his face!
Seph stared at the face until he seen a vision in the blood, it was him with the head of Zalazane, the liskarr leader.
Seph and Fallenheart traveled until they reached the anu'kurud desert. Seph was dying without food or water when he seen a shape whirring in the raging sandstorm, a sandman. Seph walked to the sandman and seen more sandmen appear in the sandstorm. Seph spoke to the sandmen, "what do you know about the death bleeder gem"
The sandman shook his head and blew sand in Seph's face and hair, "you mean the blackened ruby," it said
"Exactly, where is it?"
The sandman leaned its head and whispered in Seph's ear "I'm not really sure, but in the wolf temples where the god
Acaninre, the wolf god, dwells, might have something to do with it, but remember, he is as cruel as a wolf,"
Seph turned to Fallenheart and said "where are these temples?" Fallenheart turned his head towards three tall buildings in the wind, "there..."