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still here, my old friend,” began Kana derisively. “You still
do not understand why I have brought you here?”
    “I
simply cannot believe that you have bound me here. Of all the places in the
world, why here?” asked a bewildered Lord Keb. His voice shook slightly with
disbelief.
    “So,
you recognize your new home already?  I thought you would,” she said with a
nasty smile.
    “Why
bring me here and leave me alone for this long?  I have done nothing to you and
neither has the council,” Keb pled with her. He could sense the evil around him
and that it was now more alive than when he had first arrived several weeks
ago. He did not understand why Kana had brought him to this place, and, more to
the point, how did she manage to do it?  He was simply did not comprehend what
was happening to him. None of it made sense.
     
    “Well,
at least you know where you are. I thought you would have figured out the
reason I locked you away deep within this birthplace of evil.”  She had a trace
of real disappointment in her voice as she spoke. She believed Lord Keb was the
most intelligent of the four basic Elementals. Perhaps he is merely in shock
or he is still in denial.
    “What
have you been up to?”  He was beginning to understand exactly what was going
on. He could feel her hatred for him and the others. He was also aware of the
wraiths that were appearing behind the wicked sorceress. They seemed to be
feeding off of his fear and her loathing. They began to whirl around gleefully
at the unexpected treat.
    “I
have decided that the council is far too limited in its scope. I have been
branching out a bit. I feel that we should not shun the lesser races of Tuwa
like we have done for centuries now. We do not have control over them as we
once did––”
    “We
never controlled them!  What you are referring to was different than what I
believe you are doing now. We counseled them and taught them; we never ruled
them.”
    “I
do not see the distinction. We taught them what we wanted them to know.
Knowledge is power, and we used it to control what went on in Tuwa a thousand
years ago. The result of our interference was millennia of peace and prosperity
for the peoples of the middle land. However, in our absence, the races have evolved
to a point where they pose a great threat to one another again and the land
itself is in danger. Can you not feel it?”
    “I
do sense uneasiness within the earth and within the races of Tuwa. I fear that
war is about to break out once again. But, I do not believe that it is our
place to become involved unless the elements are in extreme danger.”
    “An
isolationist ’til the last. So be it.”  Kana motioned with her left hand to
someone or something behind Keb.
    “What
are you doing?”  He did not like where this was going. Has she allied
herself with the evil creatures that live within this wicked mountain?  If so,
what are they planning to do to me?  They cannot kill me or do any lasting
harm, so what is Kana playing at?
    “I
am planning on torturing you for information, my weak friend. Why else do you
think I returned?  I left you here so that you would not interfere any further
with my plans, but it seems that you have continued to disrupt my plans even
though you have not left this place. How have you done this?”
    “What
are you talking about?  I have not left here. You made sure of that.”
    “Then
how have my enemies discovered my plans before they were fully implemented? 
Did you communicate with your old friend Neb somehow?  Did you tell him about
my plans?”
    “I
have no clue what is going on outside this accursed mountain. What are you up
to really?”
    “I
told you…there is need for intervention like before and I am doing it again.
However, our dear leader does not want to get involved in the affairs of lesser
people, so I have taken it on myself to act for the council.”  She looked at
him skeptically as she hovered above him. I do not believe that