[INTRO — FORT BUCKMOTH, BOOTS ON STONE] [DEVIL — DEEP SPOKEN] Caius says find Raesa Pullia. One cave, one priest, clean the place out. Heh. After that skull job? Sounds like a vacation. [RAESA — STERN FEMALE GUARD] A patrol found a Sixth House shrine near Gnaar Mok. Only one soldier came back. He died of corprus. Said the priest's name was Dagoth Gares. [DEVIL] ...Corprus? The fuck kind of disease is THAT? [BEAT DROPS — GRIMY 90s HORRORCORE] [VERSE 1 — LAZY GRAVELLY FLOW] Left the fort with a sword and a bag of supplies, Got a dead man's warning and a pocket of lies. Head west through the ash, got the coastline in sight, Gnaar Mok's just a village trying to survive the night. Asked a local 'bout Ilunibi, he pointed up north, Said, "Khartag Point. Sea cave. Take the trail by the shore." I said, "Anything living?" He said, "Rats, maybe fish." It's always the "nothing" where the worst things live. Crossed the planks, saw the opening sunk into the stone, Saved the game right there. I ain't dying alone. [HOOK — LOW GROUP CHANT] SIXTH HOUSE! WHO'S INSIDE? Something in that cave doesn't want me alive! BELLS RING! BONES SHAKE! Every fucking doorway's another mistake! CAIUS WANTS A REPORT, I JUST WANT OUT, Why's the dark in this cave whispering my name out loud? [VERSE 2 — TIGHT STACCATO RAP] Carcass of the Saint, got a terrible name, Candle smoke twisting and a wall full of stains. First a sleeper starts shouting about Dagoth Ur, I said, "Boy, quit preaching!" Put his ass on the floor. Round the bend, ash zombie dragging something like a trunk, I swing twice, miss three, now my stamina's sunk. That thing hits hard, got me backing through a door, Chugging potions, muttering, "Not this shit anymore." Then a swollen corprus creature comes limping through the gloom, And a bell starts ringing from the other side of the room. [DEVIL — SPOKEN, BEAT CUT] Who the FUCK is ringing bells down here? Is this a cult or a haunted dinner party? [VERSE 3 — FASTER, CAVE ECHO] Marowak's Spine, Blackened Heart, deeper I go, All these twisted damn tunnels and no way to know. Passed a shrine with red candles, flesh piled on a plate, Got a bad feeling something down here knows my face. Reach Soul's Rattle, now the bells go still, There's a figure in the darkness and it gives me a chill. [DAGOTH GARES — HOLLOW DISTORTED MALE] Lord Nerevar. My master remembers you. You were brothers once, beneath Red Mountain. Lord Dagoth offers friendship. Come join him. [DEVIL — SPOKEN] Nerevar? Nah, man, I'm Devil Death. I came here to kick your ass and collect a check. [DAGOTH GARES] Then you remain our enemy. [BEAT SLAMS — VIOLENT BASS] [HOOK — HARDER, CHANGED WORDS] SIXTH HOUSE! WHO'S INSIDE? Something in that cave just called me by another life! BELLS RING! WALLS SHAKE! The dead know a secret that the living won't say! CAIUS WANTS A REPORT, I WANT THE TRUTH, Why's that bastard know a past I never knew? [VERSE 4 — RAGGED AGGRESSIVE RAP] Gares throws a spell, damn near lights up the room, I duck left, rush him, feel the bass go BOOM. Blade meets flesh, he's laughing at the hit, Like he already knows the ending to this shit. One last strike, he crumples in the candlelight, Thought I won the fight, thought I'd made it out alright. [DAGOTH GARES — DYING WHISPER] You will come to Lord Dagoth in his flesh... And of his flesh. [CURSE SURGES — HEARTBEAT, NO DRUMS] [DEVIL — SPEAKING, UNEASY] ...What did he just DO? [VERSE 5 — SLOW UNEASY RAP] Looked at my stats, saw a word turn red, CORPRUS. Wait a minute. Am I already dead? Skin's changing shape, got a sickness in my veins, Killed the fucking monster, now he left me with his pain. Tried a cure disease potion—nothing changed at all, Now I'm speed-walking out, hearing echoes in the hall. Back to Balmora, nearly kicked Caius's door, Said, "You better have a fix, I'm not doing this no more!" [CAIUS — ALARMED MALE] You killed Gares? Good work, Traveler. But corprus... that's bad. There may be one chance. Divayth Fyr, at Tel Fyr. [DEVIL — SPOKEN, DEADPAN] A promotion? I bring you a report and a terminal-looking rash, And you give me a fucking JOB TITLE? [OUTRO — BEAT SLOWS, DISTANT BELL] [DEVIL — LOW WHISPER] So the Emperor thinks I'm Nerevar. The cult thinks I'm Nerevar. And now their dead priest left something inside me. [PAUSE] ...Heh. This game just got personal. [ONE BELL STRIKE] [DEVIL] Alright. Tel Fyr. Somebody better have a cure.
