Role

Chapter 3

I was the eldest son of the King of Andollyn. I was to be his heir, and the
future King.

But while still in my youth, it was apparent that I was not the most worthy
of his sons. My younger brother, younger by less than a single day, proved
himself stronger. Faster. More adept with a sword, with a mace.. with any
weapon given to him.

I was deemed weak, by comparison. And so I was passed over.

They told me that I was smarter than my brother. Wiser. Infinitely more adept
in the arcane arts, even. But these were traits to the advisors, not to the
ruling King himself, and not to the Crown Prince of Andollyn. And so it was
deemed. It would be my brother, not myself, who would inherit the throne.

I was welcomed to stay in Andollyn, and serve at my brother's right side,
when the time finally did come. But no one expected or desired me to stay. My
Father had chosen his superior child, and the inferior.. myself, was to be
discarded. I cannot say I blame them. The Throne is not something to be
passed lightly. It is an inheritted responsibility, but never a right.

And so I left Andollyn, in the darkness of the night. I travelled east, and
south. I travelled over the dangerous Calandaryl Mountain range. And I
arrived in the greatest of Elven cities, Darsylon.

A stranger here, no one expected greatness from me. They expected mediocrity.
And for the most, their expectations were mildly surpassed. I struggled with
my path in life. I contemplated my options. I longed for home. I missed it,
and knew I could never stay in Darsylon, or any other city, for my life. I
had no choice but to travel. To adventure. And I remembered my own Father's
advisors, as they experimented and demonstrated their own arcane abilities.
They told me I had great potential in the Transmutation arts. And so after
pitying myself, that the great Darsylon Palace would never welcome me, I
found the Guild of the Transmuter. I applied, and was easily accepted to
begin my training.

I still don't know what path I may take in this life. But I know that it will
never be handed to me easily. Instead, I must go out into the world of Thera,
and seize it myself.