[ WP ] An adventurer reaches the end of an epic quest only to be presented with two options ; he may keep his life or learn the truth .

This was it, this was the moment, I stepped into the Radiant fountain of rebirth, knowing that the Dire fate I held would not suffer me to survive the mysteries, but after such a grueling war for these mysteries, I may find the truth. 
 I mount the steps, each moment bringing me closer to seeing what lies within. I begin to feel the pummeling of energies trying to push me back but I persist, cresting the plateau and I dove into the fountain. A I feel my life force drain, I see the five Radiant bringers of death whose miraculous and continuous rebirth bear testament to the power of the fountain for those it chooses to grace. I did not resist as their surprise turned to anger and they joined with the magical forces that beat my body to the ground. I did not resist as they took the last of my life. It was over, I could feel the secrets absorb pay my faceless exterior into the recesses of my soul. All passes into darkness. 
 I awake in renewed vitality amidst these radiant beings once more, privy to the knowledge that the vital energies of the aegis had sacrificed themselves to preserve my own life. Without a moments hesitation, I warped the fabric of time, jumping of of the forbidden fountain back to the safety of my four adventuring companions and we prepared once again to defend our own dire, ancient secret.
