"And so we stand, here, Jared, at the edge of the world. What do you plan to do? Get the redemption that you've been seeking this whole time? Are you going to continue on your quest to be the 'noble' one? Are you going to be my reckoning?

Whatever you've come here to do, let me say my piece before we let this come to an end. It will give you the explanations you've wanted all along, and you might even learn something more from me in the end. After all, I never said I had stopped being your teacher.

Life is far too short to be goverened by a concept of right and wrong. This 'morality' that you stand by and preach as the proper way to live is a farce, created by those with power to keep others from taking that power. The rulers you serve, the dynasties, do you truly believe that they have come to where they are today by being 'moral'?

Morality is a handicap, Jared. The lives I've taken, the empires I've toppled, the suffering I've caused - none of it matters to me. I am beyond that. It was all means to an end. By committing these so-called atrocities, I have gained a power beyond anything you or your lieges could ever imagine. I have done the impossible. I have killed a god.

Our mortality grants us so little time. The peons you care so much for, out of ignorance, attempt to pass on their blood in a sad attempt to keep a part of themselves in this world. I do not plan to do the same. No, I have achieved something of far greater magnitude. A part of me will remain here, though I have not one descendant.

There are so many people in this world that to be remembered by many is a privelage that very few will achieve. And even if one does gain notoriety, gets their name out, who is to say that people will remember for long?

Think back on the legends you know. The figures within that are repeated to children as bedtime stories. Think of the deeds they have done to achieve that legendary status. Think, Jared. The world is so short on legends that we have begun to make up figures from our own minds to fill the gap. Myths are taking over because everyone is lost in the crowd, never letting their name be known by more than a few.

But what I have done has sealed my name forever in the minds of the human race. Say what you want about how soulless I am, but my name will not be remembered for a year, or a decade, or a century. My name will be remembered for eons to come. What else is expected for doing something that was thought impossible, especially on a scale such as this?

So damn me if you like. Soak in the betrayal you're feeling. It does not matter. I am now a legend, Jared, whether people men remember me with hate or admiration. My name will live on, far into the future. But you, Jared? Your name will be easily buried in the sands of time."

"No, Caeden. My name will live on even longer than yours. For I will be the man that killed the god-killer. Draw your sword."