Role

Chapter 4

Rolen was young the first time he remembered feeling an inner strength
stemming from seeing chaos happening around him and finding a way to stay
calm within it. There was a storm passing through, and his mother had told
him that it was a violent one which would be loud and she and the others
needed to keep the shutters and doors held fast, so he would be alone in the
middle of the small house, but he should stay calm. He sat there, alone with
the winds growing louder and hearing the shouts of his family as they
struggled to hold their tiny home together against the raging winds and rain,
staring at the flame of lone candle in the center of the table. His heart
raced, he was very young and the storm was frightening, and he felt like as
the flame danced wilder and wilder as the winds fought their way through
cracks and crevices of the house he heart danced wilder with it. Then,
suddenly, the flame stopped dancing and calmed itself, and he calmed with it.
He could still hear the winds raging outside, but now the flame was calm, and
so was he. After a short time, the flame began to dance again, but Rolen
remained calm, remembering the flame at rest, and he felt strength inside to
remain calm while chaos danced around him.


In coming years, and to this day, Rolen remembered that calm flame. As the
chaos rises around him, and or he himself is that chaos as he strikes against
enemies, he keeps that flame fixed in his head, keeping his mind calm still,
relying on it for inner strength.