How is this possible? Your mind desperately tries to put together all the pieces. He can't be here, he's—
A single massive punch hits Corliss with a sound like thunder and she's thrown back against the wall almost directly in front of you. As she's recovering, intent on returning the favor, she spots you through the hole in the wall in her peripheral vision. "Agad the Imperishable?" she gasps with shock. "I thought you were—never mind." She wraps her hand around one of the heavy wooden beams blocking your path and tears it free, groaning from the strain as she whips it around to slam Ward in the gut, sending him reeling.
"What happened?" you ask as you emerge from the cramped passage. "How is Ward here?"
"I don't know what happened," Corliss says in a rare moment of candor as Ward grunts and flings the huge piece of timber away from him. "But I need your help. Half the Council fled when they could, some were destroyed, and the others are fighting in the adjoining rooms. Help me destroy Ward and you'll earn a position at my side for the rest of your un-life. No more games, no more secrets." The Anarch has almost closed the distance; there isn't much time for you to decide what to do. Corliss seems…desperate.