Role

Chapter 6

When speaking of Lord Jautiir, Gadorin often found himself speaking of
protection, but also of salvation. It was Jautiir's will that saw those He
protected delivered from danger. That was Jautiir's way, as Sir Jonn had said
so many years before. Serving as Jautiir's Hand, it was Gadorin who saw it
done. That was his life, but what Gadorin never considered was what would
happen when it was himself that needed salvation.

Whether because of a foolish mistake, or a clever trick of a dark mage,
Gadorin committed the ultimate sin. Mistaking one shapeshifter for another is
a common enough thing, but the result of his mistake was not. A good man lay
dead, by his hand. He murdered one of the innocent - one of those deserving of
Jautiir's protection. There is no greater failure that Gadorin could have
committed. He'd failed himself, the Code, the Creed and most importantly, he'd
forsaken his duty as the Hand of Jautiir. It was an utter, complete and
irredemable failure. But what next?

The words that came to Gadorin were a surprise. He must find his own
salvation. He must find a way to deliver himself from his sin, from the danger
he'd placed his own soul into.

But how?

Seeking out the one he'd wronged, he was given a simple task to earn
forgiveness. Revisit the fate he'd delivered wrongly, onto those who warranted
the violence - kill the Imperials. And Gadorin obliged. He hunted the
Imperials with fervor, and slew them in battle. It was a righteous killing,
and his duty as a Squire, but Gadorin did not feel the relief he'd hoped for.
Salvation still out of reach.

How, then, would he find his own salvation?