Another day of travel, I guess dust is better than rain, but not much. Leaned a little more about EW, despite her still annoying cheery-hero-ness she is tortured by her own demons, burning herself each day to be more of a goliath. Weirdly she doesn't believe in the gods, I only despise them, but she truly believes they are false.
Bumbled our way down to Traelyn run by a fiendish guard Balaur; no chance to make any money here.
Just as the night ended, the shadow man drug me out to a church of my torturer, Torm. He has a true hatred for the undead, and equates the enslaved souls of the sword to the zombies we had seen earlier. He almost saw the sword as the accursed object it is, but then was glamored, suggesting I, the victim, was at fault for not being "good" enough.
We met Bibiana outside the church, communing with her patron, this mysterious Traveler. She asked him about our fate in various ways, it was bone chilling. Asking if we could live - the answer - "perhaps", when asking how to prepare; a truly terrifying answer - "nothing can prepare you". The sword had some minor interest in its obsession with Murkwell, but I encouraged a final question to ask about danger; and the fate twister intoned:
"The man in black will serve you well until he doesn't. His blade will cut through your enemies for now, but not forever."
It might be Arathor, but we already knew him to be the author of our death, but I still believe he will let the Mournlands do his dirty work and Bibiana insists this will come to pass in only 7 days. That means the shadowman Kabuto cannot be trusted.
After seeing Bibiana's power at work the sword has taken more interest, I am afraid it will demand questions on its quest, not the ones we need for safety . . .