Difference between revisions of "Aeterna Staroux"
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+ | ''"So you want to know my story, hm? You have some nerve asking. I might have seen things that will give you nightmares."'' | ||
+ | ''A male Miqo'te was entertaining a group of children, shaking his head at the question one of the girls asked. "My job is dangerous, you know. I work to protect little ones like you, and your families. There have been plenty of times where I should have lost my head, but by a stroke of luck, I got out alive." The man leaned back, wondering where to begin, before he spoke up again. "Might as well start from the beginning. I lived in a village like this. I had a pretty great family. But at a young age, I decided I wanted to pursue a sort of mercenary career. I enjoyed the idea of being my own employer. Of course, my family would have nothing of it.'' | ||
+ | ''I never thought I'd convince them to let me do what I wanted. I was close to just running away. But one day, my father and mother approached me. I noticed she had been crying quite a bit. Before I could ask what was wrong, she spoke up, anger and venom seeming to coat every word she said. 'You are my son. I want you to live on. I refuse to cope with the idea that you could die out there. You have family that cares, dammit.' She stared at me for a long moment before breaking down. 'But...you deserve freedom. Just don't get yourself killed trying to accomplish it.'"'' | ||
− | + | This was one of Aeterna's earliest memories, and certainly her fondest. She never forgot the way the Miqo'te spoke; he seemed to be full of authority from that alone. She admired his presence, and from that point, decided she wanted to be like him. Adventuring appealed to her as soon as he spoke of it; his stories of death and gruesome encounters that she demanded to hear never dissuaded her from pursuing the goal. | |
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