Ameirgin

Fae (Amnorian)

Died 1105 AF at the Lions Spring Parliament

I am the strength of the mountains;
I am protection to the lost;
I am the endurance of ages past;
I am the future to come;
I am a refuge from the darkness;
I am the strongest of stone;
I am the sound of battles raging;
Who but I can withstand the storm?

Or at least, I used to be. More accurately, this was my father, whose pale reflection I am.

My father was the guardian of the Citadel of Armengar, the Emperor's final solution to the Conclave threat. My mother is an Armengarian woman. I was given life to be a conduit, a method for my father to talk to the people of Armengar. I was given skills in war, and a desire, a need, to defend Armengar and her people, for these things the Armengarians understood. I was given memories and dreams -âall of them my fathers, I remember nothing that I can honestly call my own. For a shining moment, I embodied all of the aspect of my father and Armengar that was defence and protection. I rose through the ranks of the military of Armengar, and people entrusted me.

And now he has gone, destroyed so that the weapon he was part of might never be used. And as the walls of the Citadel - impregnable and magical - came crashing down, so did the walls of my reality. The sole purpose for which I had been given life was gone, and my father granted me my freedom, for what that is worth.

"You are Free" - but what is freedom to one who has never had it?
"Your destiny is your own now" - but what is choice to one who has had none?
"Your duty is over" - but I had known nothing but my duty.

I stand on the beginning of a new life, one I do not fully understand. There are no certainties, save that one day I will die. I have things I never had before - a mother and a cousin - and these will form the core of my existence. I no longer command Armengarians in battle, but I am in command of my own life, for the very first time. Time will tell what I make of it....

Stats

Small Weapon Use [0]
One Handed Weapon Use [1]
Thrown Weapons Use [1]
Body Development [6]
Ambidexterity [2]
Medium Armour Use [3]
Physician [3]
Literacy [1]
Numeracy [0]