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near the cursed place. Kana was
momentarily taken aback by her steed’s refusal to follow her command to land.
She spurred him hard and tried to use her psychic control over him to
reestablish dominance. He resisted the mental attack for some time before he
finally succumbed to his master’s will. He swung back around and landed on the
southern slope. Kana jumped down and glared at the dragon with such a steely
look that he turned away.
    “You
may leave now, you coward!  Come back periodically to see if I am ready to
depart. Make sure that no one approaches and that we are not disturbed,” she
commanded pointedly. The simpleton does not realize that he cannot be hurt
by this cursed mountain while I am with him . She knew that this was the
birthplace of evil and that traces of it still existed within the mountain’s
bowels. She also knew that her power was greater than anything she would
encounter here, so she was truthfully unafraid.
    The
dragon shot back up into the sky and flew a short distance to a mountain top
directly south of the wicked place. There was something more to that strange
location than the evil it emits . Somewhere below the jagged slopes lived a
creature that could do horrific things to the inhabitants of Tuwa. The beast
did not merely kill; it would steal your soul. It was said to feed off of the
fears and hatred of the living even though it was not truly alive itself. The
overzealous guardian was playing with fire by taking care of her business in a
locale that was home to what most referred to as the demon lord. There were
stories in the northern lands of his spawn killing whole villages for no other
reason than to kill. Many who had witnessed these attacks said that the demons
were wraiths and could not be killed by any conventional or magical means. If
she falls prey to what lies beneath, it will be on her own head.
    Kana
entered a small opening on the slope and continued down a narrow passageway
that led her to where her fellow Elemental had been bound. As she made her way
down the tunnel, she could sense the presence of several ethereal creatures that
were watching her from somewhere in the shadows. She could smell their dank and
foul breath as she passed the invisible watchers. The walls were smooth as
plated glass, which made it difficult for anyone to follow her on foot. She had
to glide because every side of the vertical tunnel was slick. They had been
magically polished in order to deter potential intruders from sneaking in. Kana
did not believe that anyone would be crazy enough to enter such an evil place,
but she knew that she would have done the same thing just to be on the safe
side. As she continued her journey into the bowels of the mountain, the air
became even more fetid and rank. She called up a stiff wind to blow the stench
away from her, which also propelled her toward her captive guest.
    After
a few intense twists and turns, the tunnel opened up to a vast cavern that
appeared to have been constructed by some rudimentary means. The bottom of the
massive underground cave was covered in slimy water that was filled with bones
and rotting flesh of unfortunate visitors. The smell was absolutely putrid and
would have caused anyone else to pass out. Kana, however, merely called up the
wind again to swirl about her as a protective shield against the foul odors.
She descended a little more slowly now until she hovered just above the bent
figure of Lord Keb.
    His
eyes lifted to look at his fellow Elemental. He could not believe that any
guardian would break their code of commanding an element or elements that they
did not have stewardship over. It was clear that Kana’s power has progressed
far beyond the command of fire and wind. She was now commanding all four
elements with great proficiency. He knew that an Elemental could feasibly find
a way to command the other elements, but he could not believe that one of them
would actually choose to break their sacred laws.
    “I
see that you are