The Last Transgression

Raziel encounters the Elder God again on his journey to the Sarafan fortress…

Elder god: You have failed me, Raziel.

Raziel: I wonder, Old One… Did you truly resurrect me, or were you simply there when I awakened from my torment in the Abyss?

I suspect you found me merely convenient. Dropped in your lair by Kain, indestructible for some reason. A durable and gullible tool for you to manipulate. This one thing I readily admit - I have been used by others time and again. But always I seem to stray from their path… what is it about me, Demon, that makes me such an unreliable instrument?

Why do I survive one trial after another… on and on in an endless succession of humiliating deaths and resurrections? It seems there is much more to my destiny, and my history, than I know. Perhaps more than you know, as well…

Elder god: Traitor.

You have failed.

You are unworthy.

The Wheel of Fate howls for your soul, though its hunger will never be assuaged.

When he reaches the Pillars clearing, three demons cross his path…

Black demon 1: He thinks he can change his destiny.

Black demon 2: What a fool.