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Lord Jeritza? I believe he used to be a professor at the Officers Academy.
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It was also my understanding that he was personally recommended by Lord Arundel himself, landing him a position as a sword instructor.
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Whatever the case is, behind that mask of death, there is an emptiness... A void...
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This is probably just a rumor, but I heard he was found and taken in by Her Majesty herself...
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Supposedly he's the heir of the Hrym family, but I also heard he's only a distant relative who was adopted. He sure is mysterious...
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You've been asking around about me.
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It matters not to me, one way or the other. Do you want to know of my past?
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Why?
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Then why bother asking around?
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Friend or foe. That's what you're trying to determine.
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But you won't find answers merely with words. There is only one path forward. Raise your sword, if you have the nerve.
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Raise it and fight me. If you want to know my heart, know my sword.
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It's only to spar. Nobody will be slain.
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I cannot kill you yet. The Death Knight knows that very well.
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I've been told to refrain from killing you until the war has ended.
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The emperor.
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I came to an understanding with the emperor herself and agreed to do her bidding.
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The young emperor discovered me, long ago... Though, back then, she was still a princess.
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Ultimately, it was she who erased my past. She placed me into a family that was disintegrating, that I might be their heir.
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Indeed. My past. My crimes for killing a useless man and his kin.
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To survive, the Death Knight must spill blood. Left to his own devices, he would kill innocent passersby.
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Through the emperor's grace, he was allowed hunting grounds. That is why, to this day, I follow her.
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I am not yet ready to yield such fertile hunting grounds. Nor am I ready to truly fight you...
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Of course, were I not here to hold him back, he would cut you down without hesitation.
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As for me, I, too... Never mind.
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If you've no intention of fighting, then be gone.
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Perhaps it is he who is to blame, but I... I feel...oddly when I look at you...