Penance

General Summary

On the day of penance, first day of the month of changes, four citizens of Skyhaven survived destruction.
He was a murderer, was Don Morrison, wanted for treason and arson and conspiracy to commit murder in a world where things don't die. I reckon he was insane. Though, I reckon all of them that want the king dead are, in some way, insane. Or I did. That day, I watched people Die. Capital D, consumed by darkness and never seen again. I barely made it out with my life, stuck in the blazing shadow of that damned wall as it went up around them. As I took the boat through the canals south of the Nightwell, I saw Morrison escaping through the wreckage of those homes the wildlings smashed to bits. He looked at me and smiled, his teeth black with that nasty, poisonous slime that infected the soldier and drove him mad.
I don't know what those four plan to do. Far as I see, they'll make it through the night. But the city is fucked. I can hear screams, feel the trembling of stone beneath my feet, the heat of buildings burned in the chaos of war--and make no mistake, that's what this is. But I'll survive, as I always have, and I reckon those four will, too. I reckon they're worth watching. Everyone else got swept into the Nightwell, swallowed by that endless, whispering abyss.
But not them. Not me. I reckon we'll all live to have nightmares about it--about the day we well and truly saw the face of Kharte, God of Death, gone six-hundred years and finally come to reap his due, just as the lady foresaw.

Character(s) interacted with

Horace, Owner of The Rat's Nest
Dierdre, Daughter of Horace
Don Morrison, Attempted Murderer
Torvald Stein, Executioner(Deceased)

Report Date

13 Sep 2018