I Saw Them.

The temple, al'ama, why do I always come back to the dark?
 
The temple of the djinn, I was content when we saw nothing, the crew seemed spooked the whole way in, I saw genuine fear in them. I have danced with the darkness enough to know that fear makes it worse. Nothing to gain, but it's easy to lose your sanity to it. The Djinn of these parts was known to have caused great death, I can't believe it now haunts us.
 
The trial I suffered through in there, physically I have suffered through much worse, but I cannot comprehend what waited for me at the end of my trial... The others they saw the past, Hassan lived it through the mind of the captain, from the sound of it, he kept Izaldin alive, though barely. The idiot Hakam, and the dark one Iroh, they saw the future, they fought in the fogs of darkness, they looked wild when they came out of the trial, they refused to tell us the horrors of their suffering.
 
Amira and I, we faced something different... Traps were one thing, I was impressed at her survival instincts. The sentinels we faced were another, fearsome creatures, I have heard old pirates talk about temples the old horizons holding such darkness, luckily I could escape and she got away with some broken bones, sacrificing her instrument, shame it would have been nice to hear her play after what we saw next...
 
I have never held doubt of the icons before but we saw them alive and well.. The sign of key bearers, and the achitects of the portal, they knew all the truths, and they only searched for the truth... I felt them permeate inside of my mind like a hollow presence eating at my thoughts, I wanted to resist but my base instincts told me to leave it in their hands, luckily I followed my instincts, amira tried to negotiate, but we faced ultimate power. I daresay the power to rival Icons, I decided to give in to tell them what they needed to know. Once their grasp was released I looked towards Amira, we feared this light just as much as we should fear the darkness. No one else can understand...
 
I believe I was granted a boon for survival, an artifact of immense power, one that could keep me alive, they must have seen my will to survive, Izaldin received an artifact of healing the mind, maybe we need a turn at that, I wonder why this was bestowed upon him.
 
We didn't gave a moment to comprehend the significance of this moment, the djinn appeared. I felt dread as the temple collapsed, at that moment I did not fear my life, but I realized the power it took to hold such a Shaitan back. To know its gone and inhabits the planes of our minds, I pray to all the icons to save my soul.
 
Though it has yet to manifest, we have a ways to go and if we don't start moving the Hegemony, Consortium, or Syndicate will be on us soon. I pray for this crew.