I am Commander Gorshank of the Knight order of Sash il Olay and may she have mercy on me for what I do now.

My knights have aided in holding the defences of this great troll city for months now but for some reason I now know the end is near. I know not how it will come or why but I know the undead will soon have breached the outer wall and the inner wall and the keep will not be far behind it. For our bravery the trolls entrusted this sceptre to me to keep safe and that is what I now do.

I know now that we will all fall here but we will resist the undead to the last. Even then it is vitally important that this sceptre never fall in to their hands. For if they get it then we may never repulse them from our homelands.

It is for this reason that I have abandoned my troops at the wall and come here. I must make sure the sceptre is safe.

I do not know if I will ever be forgiven for deserting my men when they need me the most. Certainly I doubt I would have ever made them understand that nothing we could do here would alter the fact that this city will fall and we will die. Or the fact I know this to be the case, I have seen the future, for had I not I would still be with the brave knights on the wall.

Sash il Olay, Forgive me.