Role

Chapter 16

I also sought the friendship of another soul in search of redemption, Dichael.
He was an ex-Imperial and had lost many of his loved ones to a drow raiding
party. He was burned severely from the event and turned towards a different
path, one focused on nature and on restoring Thar-Eris.

He offered me a quail in a token of peace. He was uneasy around me, his hatred
for dark elves being something he shared with me right away. I feared further
insulting him when I told him I did not eat meat and instead ate a bowl of
fruit I had purchased at the Inn. He smiled and said, I want to take you
somewhere where the fruit is far more fresh.

We traveled to the new growth beyond the ashen woods. I spoke of how I spent
much time in the past, and I wondered aloud if we could stop this destruction
from occurring. You cannot change the Past, Dichael said. He then showed me the
most wonderful fruits and we ate them together and shared our stories. He told
me how when he met Dohri, as part of his path to redemption, she hugged him and
it had hurt quite a bit due to his burns. I pecked him on the cheek, on a soft
unblemished spot. He smiled. That's much more pleasant, he said.