After obtaining a lead on the Skaven Clanrats from General Ketheric Thorm, Aaron hurried straight to the address the general had provided to investigate.
Aaron genuinely sensed sincerity in the old general. Not only had he given Aaron a large sum of money, but he also truly cared about dealing with the Skaven Clanrats. Ketheric said that, under any circumstances, as soon as a lead was found, the army of Moonrise Towers would mobilize at once to wipe out the vermin.
Living in his castle for years, bearing the pain of losing his family, passionately devoted to exterminating rats, and growing only more resolute with age-everything about Ketheric resonated with Aaron. Both their families had worshipped Mama Selûne for centuries, so Aaron could hardly help putting himself in the old general's shoes.
The only thing Aaron found noteworthy was that Slaanesh's power told him Ketheric was utterly empty inside.
Neither pleasure nor sorrow, no rich emotions at all. All that remained was emptiness, a complete void.
That was unlike a follower of Mama Selûne. Her teachings called for loving and hating without fear, and treating everyone equally.
Only Mama Selûne's old nemesis, the goddess Shar, went in for loneliness, emptiness, and cold. In the end, Shar's followers would offer all their emotions and memories to the Lady of the Night in exchange for her favor. Sometimes she granted her followers great power, but more often, Shar gave no response at all. There had once been a cleric of Shar who devoutly offered her everything: her emotions, her memories, her life, her entire being.
Yet when that cleric of Shar reached the end of her life, Shar did not welcome her into her Divine Realm. There was only mocking laughter in the void, ridiculing the cleric for being wrong in the