The village wasn't very big. It had only about ten to fifteen buildings. Some were small, some were long, and one was very tall. It was made of some kind of lumpy stone, and looked like the tower of a castle.

"Welcome to Black-Keep," Cain said as he made his way down the hill, into the village.

As soon as we got level with the village, some more Villagers started to come out to greet the expedition party. Some were old, some were young, some male, some female. It seemed like the entire village had gathered to watch the triumphant return of the group. Some of the girls and children were off to the side, crying, being comforted by other villagers. I realized then that there had once been more people in the expedition than there were now. I sat quiet for a few seconds, then Cain came up to me.

"Hey, you should have dinner at my house tonight!" he said excitedly. There was a girl and a few children at his side - probably his wife and kids.

"Maybe," I said.

"Come on, it'll be fine! It's just dinner!"

I thought about it for a moment. "Sure, I guess I'll come to your house for dinner." The thinking was totally for show. I was so hungry it wasn't even funny.

I sat at Cain's dinner table. He lived in one of the big houses in Black-Keep. It was one room on the ground floor, but he had secretly carved out some floors below the ground floor to meet all of his needs. Storage, bedrooms, anything he needed, really. We were in the second floor down, which was his kitchen.

"So, what do you think of Black-Keep?" Cain asked after we started eating.

"I think it's cool," I said, enjoying my steak. "What was that huge stone building?"

"That? That's just the Temple," he replied, going back to his food.

"What do you do in the temple?" I asked.

"What do you think you do in a temple?" he answered.

"I know, but... what goes on in a temple?"

Cain hesitated for a moment, then he looked over at his wife.

"Come with me," he replied.