The "Genie" Lamp
The great big dragon was very happy with us for the way we handled her business partner so she decided to devote some resources to helping us with the Magic Lamp that had been tantalizing us since we found it. Katja made us a huge, multiwalled magic circle to contain whatever came out of the lamp and we summoned the genie. Well, the creature inside was certainly NOT a genie. A huge demonic creature sprang from the lamp and attacked us. I was very, very worried, but Katja's barrier prevented the demon from reaching us. After bashing the barriers a bit longer, the demon collected itself and had a nice chat with us.
The wolf-headed beast introduced itself as Azaezul, one the original El betrayers. In his own words, "They locked me in the lamp for the same crime that got the fat dragon trouble---Deicide!" If we are to believe what poured out of his mouth, it seems he personally witnessed the battle between Iblis and El that created the rift and is quite proud of it. After that charming introduction, Azaezul promised us all sorts of things, from crossing the rift to freeing Katja, in exchange for releasing him. He tried to intimidate us to get his way, but he made a huge mistake. He started trash talking and threatening Katja and she wasn't about to tolerate it. Burning a positively huge amount of essentia, Katja hexed the demon, reducing his size and power so much that she felt it safe to lower the barriers and hand him over to us.
Azaezul seemed a lot less threatening after being reduced to gecko size. We threatened to put him back in Katja's vault for all eternity and he changed his tone. He promised us that he knew a way across the rift and he would guide us through just as long as we let him travel with us. We made the deal with the demon and put him away. Katja warned us that the curse she place would only last about three weeks (so we should be very careful to find a safe place to store him then!).
Not long after dealing with the devil, Ark and friends returned from their search with some books from Eibelstat. Katja worked with us to learn a few helpful tricks to get by in the rift, including a way to use our soulstone to keep the duskriders at bay. Then we had a nice dinner, got some rest and prepared ourselves for the harrowing adventure to come. While I was fretting about what we would find on the other side of the rift, it occurred to me that Katja has been spending an unsustainable amount of resources on us. She hasn't gotten down to selling her personal possessions, yet, but that can't be far away. Azaezul promised us we would find a way to get her out of the Obsidian prison on the other side of the rift. I hope it's not a lie. Even more, I hope it's really the right thing to do; Katja is a very shrewd, very dangerous creature.
Azaezul:
The demon in the magic lamp tries to act as scary and psychotic as possible, even to the point of absurdity. Although I sometimes find myself laughing at him now that he's small, I have little doubt the sick bastard really does get his jollies from watching things suffer and die. We must not let him lull us into a sense of security. I firmly believe he will take advantage of us in any way he can.
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