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use his handicapped hand, the pilot   Breathing hard, Jak turned to  understood their shepherd was no                     Auctions
          tried to shake Garzik free—before  find the arabi.                     more. When he realized that they
          finally  slamming  the  reptile-     And went cold.                    were now under his care and the
          wrapped weapon against one of the    Agnez had gone to her knees,  day would only bring dangerous                                                                                                                           Click for everything!
          stone blocks.                       only her firm grip on the staff  sun, he removed the ring from her                                                        Custom Set of Mistborn Rings
            The arabi’s companion screeched  keeping her upright. Jak rushed to  finger. It was still warm, a beautiful
          and shot away, fleeing.             her side, dreading what he already  relic, made of titanium and seven                                                     Donated by Brandon Sanderson, Isaac Stewart
            That’s when Agnez struck.         knew. A crimson stain darkened  pale desert gems glowing with the                                                         Sterling silver Allomantic Alphabet rings, custom
            Staff already in hand, she  the black robes, expanding. She let  phases  of  the  moon,  the  center  a
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          dawn, a call to the world that Jak   The Erth met her fall.              He dragged the dead mech pilot                                                       Sanderson and Allomantic Alphabet designer Isaac
          had never heard before but he        Jak knelt, cradling her. “Take  away from the oasis. He left him to                                                      Stewart.
          instinctively recognized. Sands  my ring,”  Agnez  said,  fighting  char upon the desert.                                                                     Signed by Brandon & Isaac!
          swirled  about  the  white  wood,  for breath. She seemed  so frail      He deserved a far worse fate.
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          growing cloud that became its  he had just witnessed. “Carry my  buried Agnez. He placed her within
          own living thing—and it engulfed  staff. It will keep you safe in this  the arms of the harsh land the arabi
          the mech pilot. Blinding the man  unsafe world.”                       had spent a lifetime crossing, upon
          who threatened them. Eyes closed     Jak held her hand. It was leathery  a rocky knoll not far from the
          against the grit, Jak leapt into  and limp. “No, I will get you to  oasis and overlooking the small
          the tornado of desert. He met the  safety,” he said.                   paradise. He knew not what else                                                         Call to Adventure Kickstarter Set
          man immediately, pushing  him        “You are changed, City-born  to do. She had never shared what
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          for the arm holding the laz-pistol,  lifting the corners of  her  pained  never spoken of family nor friends.
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          through  the  maelstrom.  Again.  take root inside of you. Let it bear   Agnez would approve of that.
          And again. In different directions.  fruit all your days. Sustain it. Grow   Somewhere in the dunes beyond,                                                    amazing time!
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          hitting him.                         Tears coming unbidden to his  would  honor the  arabi’s  memory
            Eventually gaining the upper  eyes, Jak blinked them away.           by  delivering  her  final  moments,
          hand,  Jak  went for  the  man’s     “I will.”                         her ring, her staff. After that, he
          damaged arm, ripping it this way     A moment later, Agnez al-Zol—     did not know where he would go.
          and that. The man roared in pain.  Will Master, Walker of the Splinter,  He was done with his former life.
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          half gone from the blast, blood  the fear in their eyes changing to  his future.
          darkening the oasis.                goat curiosity. He wondered if they




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