Role

Chapter 11

As a result Vutzig has been thinking on his own life, his own place, and how his
fate is important (or isn't). After all, he is but one, albeit the latest, in a
long line of failed scions of the cursed Hollaran. His ancestors each sought an
end to the curse, and each met with utter failure, doing little more than pass
down the curse, the (flawed) lore, and despair. Why should Vutzig be different?
Why is he fated to be the one to achieve redemption? For indeed, nothing is of
greater import to him than to restore his family honor and lift the curse on
him and on a son he might have. Until recently his answer would be "because I
think so" or "because I will be stronger than they were" or something along those
lines. That has changed, and he is different for more than one reason. He is the
first and only to embrace the teachings of Fjarn, to understand the role of fate,
and see how the winds have blown his entire family to this point. He is the first
to take the step of actively joining in the war against magic, part of the village
of battleragers. Perhaps understanding fate is a way to see, to glimpse, one's
fate, and Vutzig catches such tiny flashes from time to time, often just before
and just after falling asleep. He has a role and he will play it, gladly, holding
back nothing from his efforts.