Xidus walks down a road in Hydlaa, looking at the trees and community. There are two people talking and laughing, they almost look drunk. Behind the Laanx Statue there is a group of people gambling. In front of the temple there are people talking about something, but Xidus cannot hear. Everything seems peaceful, but then he hears a sound. One of the shadow creatures had made their way to Hydlaa, and began to attack the gates. Xidus watched as the guards tried to fight it off. The shadow creature was one of Vodùl's minions. Xidus made a pledge to Vodùl that he would help bring order to the world, help get rid of the sinful creatures plaguing the land and fighting for their own greed. But, this was not what Xidus had been fighting for. He has been fighting so that Vodùl could take control. He has been fighting because he thinks that Vodùl saved him. Maybe it has been something else this entire time? Maybe Vodùl was not even back, and they were just voices? He has never heard Vodùl speak before, it has all been in his head...his ears have not heard, but his brain tells him to do what these voices tell him to do. This was not Vodùl, it was just him. As a child he was so angry at his mother, he made an excuse so that he could slay the other races, going by saying he served Vodùl by doing this.
He has already corrupted many people into serving this figure. Setill and Narita claim that they have spoken to Vodùl in their dreams, but did they really see him? Xidus was revived through the Dark Crystal, then heard the voices again. Would that make Vodùl real? Or did the offerings merely give him a physical body again? The world was peaceful, it wasn't as chaotic as Xidus once thought. If anything, he and the rest of Vodùl's followers were the causes of this chaos. Without them, the world could live without worry or fear. Not everyone sins, and they will be the ones who can live in peace. Others kill, steal, and do whatever they want with nothing holding them back. They are the ones Xidus must fight. They are the ones who are doing the real evil...
"I'm tired of this..." Xidus thought, just as the creature was slain by the guards, "Vodùl didn't save me, someone just slayed the rogue with a magic spell, the light was probably a summoning...I've been making excuses for too long. Vodùl is not with us at all, we merely kill and destroy saying that he is who we follow...if he was real, he would be speaking with me in person right now, not watching me and waiting for me to open that portal to kill everyone for no damn reason..."
Xidus walked off into the forests of Ojaveda, wrapping a band of cloth around his head, and using a spell of the dark way to reverse the runes' effects. He gained back his elven traits, while the runes disappeared. He kept his horns and tail, but it was more apperant that he was not a Diaboli now. He grinned and walked off, later finding a rogue who was harrassing someone in the forest. He killed him, and helped the person back on his feet.
"Goodbye Vodùl, I no longer serve you...and you no longer haunt my mind...you are the true evil here, if that is even you...there will be no perfect world, this world is just fine as it is...there must be balance."
