Role

Chapter 6

Atonement. That is the word they use when a good man makes a wicked
decision and must make it right. But there is no making it right. Tamhas
knows that now more than anyone.

But he has tried. While there is no going back, no changing the evil act
he has committed, there is still good to be done in the world.

And so Tamhas has made it his quest to ensure the Light shines a bit
brighter upon those in need of it.

The Squires and the Maran. Many of them, Tamhas has learned, have fallen
in the same shameful way. But that cannot be accepted, it cannot be
tolerated. And so Tamhas has taken upon the mantle of teaching the young
Squires. Of being more active in ensuring that they know the proper path,
that they follow it, and that any minor transgressions are corrected far
before they go too far.

More pragmatically, and with perhaps more immediate impact, Tamhas has
made hefty donations to the Galadon Homeless Shelter, to the Balator
Orphanage. And, in light of what he has recently learned of the righteous
souls dwelling within, to the Galadon Graveyard. A satchel of 100 gold
coins is no replacement for a pure soul of course, but it may be a boon
to those still suffering through hardship.

Lastly, Tamhas has looked upon a group that mean a great deal to him. A
group that reminds him of his own childhood, of his own struggles. The
rebels of the Sitran mines fight a long-standing war against those who
would enslave them. They fight cornered, low on supplies and perhaps
afraid, but they fight still. Tamhas, many years ago, swore his
friendship to these men. Now he offers more than friendship. Delivering
more than a dozen of the finest weapons of Voralian City, perhaps these
men will now have the means to fight for their freedom.

Of course, Tamhas knows that none of this will ever redeem him. He's
still commited vile acts. Doing what any righteous man should do now does
not forgive an unrighteous act.

Forgiveness will never come for Tamhas. Forgiveness can never be earned
for the most wicked of acts. But he will serve the Light still, as he
should have from the first moment he, himself, become a freed man.
Righteousness is not merely slaying the wicked, after all. It is
protecting what is pure. Something Tamhas must do far better than he has.