Role

Chapter 7

Lord of Loss and Doll of my dreams and nightmares,

Through fate, I managed to ambush an assassin named Eybaen, labelled
Anathema, while I was not able to fell him physically, something intriguing
came of the encounter. He reached out after the skirmish, thinking me a
Warder. He confided that he now seeks the Refuge, and that Lord Ergush had
tasked him to seek Outlanders for recommendations. I realized that my enemy
had experience loss, not from my attempt to defeat him in battle, but of the
emotional and spiritual for he was now Anathema. I guided the conversation
away from the Refuge, to delve into his loss, he willingly discussed one
named Maria, and how the Empire had taken her away from him. I compounded the
loss of both his beloved and the Empire, while I failed to make him feel loss
physically, in words he felt it emotionally.

The loss was not just on his side, I was able to feel the emotional pain of
an enemy. Shadow walkers Ive dealt with are unknown, even those that have
defeated me in battle, imparted no words, I was but a notch in their belt.
Eybaen helped me understand how one of the dark processes loss, I could sense
his rage. Through the end, he explained I was no longer an enemy, but a
kindred spirit, in the path of the Lost. While we are not friends, our
conflict has elevated beyond the physical altercation, I hope he finds his
path into the Refuge, it excites me on what chaos someone as damaged as me,
will cause within the ranks of the Reavers. A soul that was once a slave and
enslaver, there will be many within the Tree that will never call him ally,
and will seek his demise regardless. Oh what loss will be felt within all of
the Tree, but with loss comes rebirth, a chance for the cycle to continue.

For an ally, I plan to impart the feeling of loss to Ailliyana, she entrusted
me with a seed that shall not be blessed. The elf intends to stop the loss of
the wood, not allowing the natural cycle to occur, let the fires burn, they
will die down, and the wood will grow anew. Her loss will take some time, as
I have until gaining the thirty first rank in my guild. On the subject of
allies, I plan to pledge to the Tree, if I am accepted as a Warder, I shall
be able to be as the child, show the enslaved freedom, allow me to wander,
but also enable the cycle and keep evil in its place, and be shown the
strength of loss.

-Mae