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Chapter 3

Needless to say, I was distraught. Those woods held nothing but sorrow for
me, and I did not even like the profession my father was attempting to
instill. I took what worthwhile goods I could find, and headed north, to the
Shining City, Voralia.

Sulking about my business, it was there the Crone-Knight took notice of me.
She invited me into the Hall, fed me, and had me bathed. She listened in her
wisdom to my story, and offered me a new beginning. She offered to teach me
the way of the Paladins, and much like the knights of Aldevari, she offered
me a Code to live by. She did not offer me vengeance nor retribution upon the
wicked that wreaked havoc upon my life. But she did offer me an opportunity
to stand for something, what ever it may be.

It did not take me long to know what must be done, what I stood for. I knew
in my heart of hearts, I would not, nay, could not rest while criminals
walked freely. I knew their deeds made it so no citizen of Thera could be
safe, while justice was left unmetered.