Claigeann and Despair walked down a long, dark hallway until they came to a set of thick copper doors that had more engravings on them.
Despair took a few minutes to read the pictographs, stopping halfway through and staring at Claigeann. “Queen mother egg layer? What is inside that chamber?” His hand dropped to the hilt of his sword.
The priest raised a hand and placed it on the door. “The queen mother egg layer. She’s hard to describe. You’ll have to wait until we go inside to see her.” Claigeann glanced at the death knight. “She will appear quite strange, so don’t attack her or her eggs.”
“Strange? Where did she come from?” Despair asked.
The priest swayed slightly as he recited. “Her egg fell from beyond the stars; from it, she hatched.” Claigeann bowed his head. “She and her children rampaged across Pandemonium, using the souls as nestings for other eggs. A thousand years ago, Iktomi and his followers chased her down and caged her here in the temple. From there, he ch…
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