My parents were born in Iran, and fled to the west after the fall of the Shah. It was from them that I inherited my faith in ‘Ali and the Imams, and...our very rich, beautiful Persian culture. You see, the earth itself takes on a special significance to us. The holy cities of Kerbala and Najaf, both in Iraq, are some of the most important sites for us, after the holy city of Makkah (or Mecca) of course. According to tradition, the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, was buried at Najaf, while his son. ”The drow started struggling harder and I reached out to grasp his throat, “for what you have done to my daughter I should have killed you.”I stepped back and looked at the guard, “this case and my ruling needs to be given to sergeant James.”I looked at Sam who was holding Cassy, “I need my small surgical kit and one of John’s hammers.”I looked at the men holding the drow, “put him on the ground.”I looked at Cassy and the guard with her, “please come here.”When she reached me she was still. Those words echoed in her mind for the rest of the day, they bought back the memories of that young girl on the steps of the boarding school, a school that was to be her home till she reached the legal age to leave. Her cousin had managed to get her accommodation in a caravan park in what was a mobile home. He had paid her rent for a month that would give her some time to get some finances behind her. She hadn't really got into any social click for she hadn't been working that long, but had. We don’t have much time and I’d rather not have to spend it fighting with you over the gun.’ Jack couldn’t see anything of the man except for the red and white shirt he must have taken from the pizza boy. And of course, the faint light glinting off the knife at his throat was a very visible reminder of the situation he was now in. He carefully did as he was told, letting the barrel of the gun swing forward, using the trigger guard to lower it to the floor. He was pulled backwards and away from.