Role

Chapter 5

The choice to oppose magic instead of joining it or trying to remain neutral to it has led Jutley, or JT as
he liked to be called, to the Village and the title of Battlerager. He believes in his heart that had he not
made this choice, ultimate death, death of the soul, would await him. He is beginning to see how the
choices one makes affect their future and their fate. Fate is the sign Jutley is born under, and one can
only imagine that it will play a role throughout all of his life. Fate is also part of the religious doctrine of
the immortal Fjarn. While these concepts are still relatively new to Jutley, he feels compelled to seek
Fjarn out to learn more.

Jutley has found his voice in the Epic style of singing. Where as a young man, without a care in the
world, spending his time in the taverns he had enjoyed the comedic styles of the bards who entertained
such places. While those comedic songs are still fun, they do not hold his interest like they once had. Not
since that last out of body experience, as he can only describe it, where he woke up feeling a purpose
and desire to inspire as a result of his choice to oppose magic.

Jutley has yet to have another similar out of body experience. However, the last words of the grizzled
warrior made him believe that there would be more. Even though it had been sometime since the
experiences, they were etched into his mind as if they happened the previous night. There were still so
many questions he has about these experiences. Were those two men he was shown really future
versions of him? Who was his guide, this grizzled warrior? Would he always be in them? Would future
such experiences provide him with new choices? Would these choices always be his to make? So many
questions, and JT had only time to contemplate them.