 was born a long time ago, before records were
kept, before most of the cities you see today were built,
and before the dreaded dark mages fell upon the realm and
destroyed everything they could. I am an old, old man,
and in my time, I have seen many things, and done many
things, and what I do now is what must be done, what was
foretold, and known that must be done, for longer than I
have been alive. |
 y town was a small town, where the land was
rich, and the water pure, where birds flew in among the
people, and squirrels and chipmunks chattered on the
window sills, and it bothered no-one. Things were
wonderful, and I would be the first to admit I had a
wonderful childhood, as wonderful as mortality can give
us, and had to face no hard labours when I was younger.
Perhaps it was this that made me set out from that town,
to discover what other places of the world were like, to
meet new people. Perhaps if my childhood was not as
wonderful as it was, I would have been more prepared for
what was to come, and perhaps I could have stopped it.
But it seems that this is the way it must have been. |
