Role

Chapter 7

I remember the first time he was ordered in formation along the lines, for he
was charging at the fore, far ahead of the others. His moved as i have seen
no other, zeal had consumed within him, his eyes were alit with the fire of
retribution. With each slash of his blade, nearly inhuman with speed, sent
more and more souls towards the afterlife, to be judged before the heavenly
eyes for all their actions within life.

It boldness, his daring, his courage, it is amazing how long he battled before
succumbing to injury. All those he had arrived with, had come and gone, and far
more recruits had fallen as the years had past, but he had always remained,
unscathed, but forever walking with a burden far worse then death.

It was later that i would learn more of him, as he lay in his bed, bandages
covering his face, and all over his body. His leg, wrapped and raised, mending
from the terrible wound he sustained. As i tended over him, it was there he
first told me his name, Araevin Earynspieir. I asked him once, why he acted with
such daring, and showed such courage to stand at the fore at every battle,
that as he watched all around him fall, he had never shakened so. It was not
that he was so confident within his abilities, or thought himself so great, but
merely that he knew that fate, and destiny shall play a far larger role then
chance ever shall. It was that ones path must be carved, embraced, and that
while one shall never know where it shall lead, it is as the heavens see fit
how far that path shall continue. That while he shall forever control his life
he shall never control his death, but, he always assured himself it shall
never come before it's time.

His wounds had forced him to be bed-ridden for many weeks. It was in these
he sought confidence within me. We spoke of the heavens and of the gods, and
it was there i believe he came to know what dwelled within him. Within him,
he bore the mark of the divine-touched. Often such is seen within priests,
shamans, and Paladins. I think it was then, he first found himself, he first
found his Lady...."

-kalied,
Healing Priest.