Anguish
(a.k.a. Anguish)
Not the first time, if I'm being seehonest.Born in the village of Mobray, Anguish once was an aspiring young Scholar before the Fools Rebellion began. In the end, he was the sole survivor of the hammering fist of Zapis.
Mental characteristics
Failures & Embarrassments
Anguish was overpowered by a Zapis scout while on watch, leading to his unit being routed, which then caused the Resistance army to be felled at the Battle of Moray due to not having his unit availble.
Mental Trauma
Suffers PTSD from the loss of his entire village to the Zapis Kingdom.
Intellectual Characteristics
A promising researcher, a young Arakis enjoyed reading the histories and scientific papers of the time. He still possess this love, but a decade of loss has clouded his mind.
Personality Characteristics
Likes & Dislikes
Dislikes any connection to the Zapis Kingdom.
Destitute and rambling, this veteran of the Last War wanders the streets of Alderweld, singing the deeds of long lost warriors that no one knows.
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Spring for the Marsh
I'm not normally one for words. But Riya asked.
For ten years I haven't been able to shake the vision of fire against the black sky. The dark forms moving from hut to hut. The smell of blood, charred remains. The sounds of tears and torment.
The Anguish.
I ran. I ran for so long. I forgot who I had been. There was only that fire lit night and those screams. I found solace for a time in the town of Auberlême. It was there that I fell into drink. It was also there that I began to forget. I forgot the face of my mother, her voice and her lessons. The library she had collected was gone.
I forgot so many names and faces over ten years.
Then I woke up in Alderweld. I'd been waking up in the jail cell for years, but it all flowed together. Until I saw Riya. Heard Tully. I couldn't believe my eyes at first and thought I was back home. Or maybe had finally died and joined my comrades.
I don't say any of this to the two women. But they had given me a reason to heal, to remember. To possibly go back. To bring back Mobray. To bury Helena and Ingrid's memories.
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