Section 8

Four

GREAT MURDERING BATTLES-AND WORSE

It is one thing to face a rival with your blade in hand and make a bloody end to all rivalry between you.

It is quite another to wage war with coins in the shadows and softly striking words in hidden chambers.

The second way can kilt just as surely-but no one who follows it is lauded as a hero, or grudgingly

granted as brave even by one’s enemies. There is something in us all that admires those who stand tall

and bold in the bright light of day-even when they pay for this boldness with their lives.

Azlundar, lion of Neverwinter

One Warrior’s Life