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Thu 26th Sep 2024 07:13

Callum's Reflection: Session 24

by Callum Virtaernus

A heavy blow has been dealt to evil this day, and it's a day I'll not soon forget. If I ever doubted it before, I have no excuse or reason to cling to such disbelief. What I once was is still alive within me. However small, however distant, the being I once was still manifests in ways I know now will guide me along Torm's path as I'm meant to walk it. The Solar I was may never exist again, but what I stood for is alive and well, and it's been made known in no uncertain terms to all evil that might threaten the realms.
 
I'm honored to stand for this. Even more so to have such friends who are willing to stand beside me. It was no small thing, as Jain pointed out, and there will always be that side of me that regrets jeopardizing them so. However they don't hesitate. I asked for their help and they were ready in an instant. Angus most of all, for which I'm continually impressed. He never balks, never even blinks when it comes to standing by my side, and in many ways, I think him far holier than I could ever be. He's never been corrupted by darkness. Never even tempted by it. And when the moment came to face the darkness of that vile tome, he knew what needed to be done, sword at the ready that I would never become the creature I despised. Never wreak such havoc and destruction again.
 
I wonder...his sense of justice...his honor...
 
Perhaps there's more to him, or at the very least, to his fate than I might have first realized...
 
And of fate, despite this great victory, I can't help but wonder at mine. The dark prophecy relayed to me from the book was never meant for an angel's eyes. No goodly being should have anything to do with such evil, but now that I have, and that a certain truth that was meant only for darkness has been revealed, I look ahead with great caution at what might become of my fate.
 
The parallels are undeniable. Even Tauriel called me the "Hellwalker," almost prophetically so now that the title has been revealed. "The path of perpetual torment..." "The right hand of the creator." "Who brings fear where there is no hope."
 
A destructive and dark entity. Something truly terrible if released upon the realms, but apparently, only to evil. Only to the fiends of the Abyss and the 9 Hells. Perhaps even to Asmodeus himself who seems to have known what it was he was creating, perhaps even gambling on by making Zariel and I what we are.
 
My old friend...I will see you freed. I don't know yet if this Destroyer, this Doom Slayer is what it will take to liberate you, but if it is...if that's what it takes...
 
I swore vengeance for the atrocities I suffered. For what Heaven and all the realms suffered. Be warned, evil, for it is possible the unchained predator has been released.
 
I need to speak with Orianna and Zora. They need to know what's coming next and where I'm needed. There is far more to learn about this prophecy and its significance in the days ahead, and my friends need me now as we journey north to see to matters important to them. They stood by me. I will not hesitate to return the favor.

Continue reading...

  1. Session I: Fate?
  2. Session II: Deadly Intrigue
  3. Use
  4. Session 4: Finding Floon
  5. Session 5: Found Floon...And a lot More
  6. Nomad and Durnan
  7. Session 6: Nomad's Reflection
  8. A Beast Escapes
  9. Session 7: Nomad's reflection
  10. Old Wrongs and Kindred Souls
  11. Session 8: Nomad's reflection
  12. Session 9: Nomad's Reflection
  13. Session 10: Nomad's Reflection
  14. Session 11a: Nomad's Reflection
  15. Session 12: Nomad's Reflection
  16. Session 13: Nomad's Reflection
  17. Session 14: Zora's Reflection
  18. Session 15: Nomad's Reflection
  19. Session 16: Callum's Reflection
  20. Session 17: Callum's Reflection
  21. Session 18: Callum's Reflection
  22. Session 19: Callum's Reflection
  23. Session 20: Callum's reflection
  24. Session 21 Journal Entry
  25. Session 22 Journal Entry
  26. The Journal Entry’s title
  27. Session 23 Journal Entry
  28. The Journal Entry’s title
  29. The Journal Entry’s title
  30. Callum's Reflection: Session 24
  31. Session 25 Journal Entry: Callum's Reflection
  32. The Journal Entry’s title
  33. Session 26 Journal Entry
  34. The Journal Entry’s title
  35. Session 27 Journal Entry
  36. The Journal Entry’s title
  37. The Journal Entry’s title
  38. Session 28 Journal Entry

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