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[Tay Thormear]

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Sweat dripped down Hummers face, and quickly evaporated from the intense heat of the wyrms breath. Hummer's right foot stepped forward into the gate. He was half way in when he felt a tug on his left arm. It tugged again, than pulled Hummer backwards. He turned to face the man who pulled him out, and it did not surprise him in the least. The man stared into the eyes of Hummer. Hummer looked back into the eyes of a man, much older than himself. Hummer had taught this man the way's of life, and trusted him like a brother.

"Where are ye going" asked Artur is a slightly out of breath voice.

"I must leave for a little while. I have matters to attend to in the underworld. Matters of grave importance my good friend." noted Hummer.

"Ye did not ask me to go with ye. Is there something wrong?" asked Artur

"Nothing to fret over. I must make this journey alone." said Hummer

"I asked ye to do me a favour though. I have sent a letter to Mave and Ditto. I want ye to protect Ditto with your life, and nothing less. In my abbsence, the protection of Lady Ditto must not weaken at any point. I ask of ye one more favour. Watch over Tatiana for me, make sure all is well with her, and help her in anyway she needs ye to." Hummer said extremely quickly.

"I will do this for ye friend. Now go on and do what ye must." nodded Artur.

Hummer stepped through the gate at the last possible second, as it close behind him by a slight second.

A cold and moist air welcomed Hummer to the underworld. Once his home, he was trained in many combat arts down here. He had friends, servants, and a kingdom.

"Who goes there?" a thundering voice echoed through the cave walls. Hummer chuckled at the voice, long had it been since he was here.

"Do you dare challenge me old one?" asked Hummer. A dark figure stepped around the corner, dark red eyes glared on Hummer. A slight smile crossed the mans face, he slowly approached Hummer and shook his hand in welcome.

"Long has it been since I have seen ye. Ye have become rather confident in yeself. Do you forget who taught ye everything ye know?" asked the dark figure.

"Of course not my teacher. I have come back here to check on things and to seek out more training in my skills." Hummer told the man.

"Aye of course. I expected ye to be coming back, to finish most of ye training. Of course this time around ye'll have to seek it out on ye own. I have kept everything just the way ye wanted it. I don't understand why ye had to leave right after ye training." the man said to Hummer.

"I had ta see what my old home was like. I had to find people I could trust, and find a group to walk with. I have all that, and much more. I have come back for a short time, to check on things, and on people." Hummer added. The man gave Hummer a slight nod, and begin walking, leading the way to Hummers home in the underworld.

" I suppose ye gonna want to see ye daughter. She has grown up, and learned many skills Hummer." chuckled the man. Hummer gave a slight nod as they continued their walk.