Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son is the sixty-seventh entry in the Devourer Saga. It requires level 63.

Dialogue
Nightbane, once a werepyre -- half werewolf and half vampire-- became a DRACOPYRE by drinking the blood of a thousand dragons. Now, he confronts an important figure from his more recent past...
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«Scene: A misty plain in Darkovia»

Cenara stand in the mist, and watches as Vampire Slayer E and Nightbane enter

E: Balius....

Nightbane: Nightbane!!

''Nightbane attacks, but E counters and repeatedly strikes at Nightbane. Nightbane breathes energy, which causes E to fall to his knees.''

Nightbane: I need what you have taken from me. I need it for your sister. I will kill you to take it, Edward.

E: For the last time, I do not know what you are talking about.

''Nightbane attacks E, who falls again. Cenara enters''

Cenara: Edward-- brother! What are you doing, Father?! This is not what you said.

Nightbane: Stay clear of this, Cenara. I need the power of the Avatar of Death if I am to destroy The'Galin.

E: That is what you meant? That is what you seek?

Cenara: Father, NO! You said that you loved me. Do you not love your own son as well?

Nightbane: I have sought it since the time of your birth. I long sought to find a way to restore it to me without having to take your life.

E: Why should my life matter to you?

Nightbane: As Forsaken I extended my life and power by any means. I care for you, son, and whatever human part of me still might exist takes pride in what you have accomplished.

Nightbane: But the time has come to end this.

Nightbane prepares to attack E, but Cenara jumps between the two

Cenara: You cannot do this!!

Nightbane: I must!

Cenara: You do not understand, Father. I did not say you may not, I said that you cannot.

Nightbane: ...............

Cenara: Edward is Forsaken, just as you are. He is on borrowed time. The Avatar of Death has moved on and taken a portion of Edward with it.

Nightbane: I have a grandchild?

Cenara: No, Father. The Avatar has moved to me. It has found a new host in me.

Nightbane: But--

E recovers slightly, and manages to stand up

Cenara: Edward was already beginning my training to take his place.

Nightbane: You, Cenara? You would, as he did, turn against the vampires and the darkness just because they are darkness?

Cenara: I will take a new name to fit a new purpose, Father.

Nightbane: I do not understand.

Cenara: My understanding is not that I turn against any individual because of who or what they are. I will hunt the shadows and act as defender against the creatures of evil that hide in the dark.

Nightbane: You kill Shadows? What have those creatures of the Darkness realm done...

Cenara: No, not Shadows as in the creatures, Father. I slay the gloom that blocks the light. The light I bring is not elemental Light, it is the light of truth.

Nightbane: Evina--

Cenara: What?

Nightbane: Your mother. I see so much of her here in you... You... my daughter, I...

Cenara: Mother... What happened to Mother, Father?

Nightbane: I do not know. I had taken her to me and we had talked. I... I swear to you I would not and did not harm her. She was torn and upset...

Cenara: Tell me what happened, Father. I need to know.

Nightbane: She said she loved me still but also loved her new husband. Then news of his passing came.

Cenara: I see.

Nightbane: I grew elated thinking her free but she... she grew despondent. She said she needed time and then she vanished. I have sought signs and found none.

Nightbane: I believe she may have done the worst of things and... Cenara my daughter, you are nobler than any male of our line has ever been. I cannot kill you...

Cenara: Nor would it do you any good if you did. The Avatar of Death cannot exist in you. You are undead, and no longer compatible.

Nightbane: Then I will destroy the Devourer with my own might.

E: Allow me to aid you. I am like you now...

Cenara: This is futile. This is not what I wanted.

Nightbane: Never say that, my son. You may be Forsaken but you are still far better than I will ever be, and I... I sought to kill you...

E & Cenara: Father--

Nightbane: Both of you forget me... I bring nothing save misery. The two of you are the only solace of my existence.

Nightbane: The only thing good I ever created... I shall destroy the Devourer for you even if I die in the attempt.

Nightbane flies off

Cenara: He will die. The Devourer cannot be killed; this is not what I sought.

E: Our father has always been headstrong and arrogant. Why would that change even when he is trying to be noble?

Cenara: He is going to fail.

E: Very likely...

E begins to leave

Cenara: Brother, where are you going?

E: He may not want my aid, and I may be Forsaken, but there are things I may be able to do still.

E: I may no longer be the Avatar of Death, but Death still owes me several favors and I still have some influence over his agents.

Cenara: Brother--

E: I plan on seeing this through to the end.

Cenara: Our father is going to die.

E: Maybe, but for the first time in a long time sister, I am as proud to be his son as he claims he is to be my father.

E leaves

Cenara: Mother, what happened to you? Where did you go after you lost your second husband? I need you now...