If you still don't know why I ran, you don't know Thaylambar. It is in Thay. And I was a Rashemi fisherman with arcane power surging through my veins...
...had a wife too... *he sighs and takes another long gulp of the bitter drink* ... prettiest thing you could imagine... Lailian... *he sighs, staring off into the fire*
So we were at the local watering hole one evening after a hard day's work and this Red Robed arse shows up. He also notices the prettiest girl in the room. He starts chatting her up. I suppress my anger and ask him if I could introduce him to an even prettier girl that would love to meet him.
...The bastard just shows me away and mentions something about practicing some enchantment spells on my love... my Lailian. His hands touch her hip as mine grab his neck.
*his eye twitches and his fists tighten, his voice now a deep growl*
My hands were on fire and I was blinded by rage. I held on too long, my power beyond my command. The Red's eyes melt and his skin burns to a crisp. My wife cowers in fear and... And I loose control... All I feel is burning white hot rage and I panic. I've killed a Red Wizard... There is no escape.
*he shakes his head with a sigh*
Next thing I remember... Lailian's father dragging me out of a charred... house? Isn't that where the taveren used to be? There are smoldered corpses all around. Everyone is dead. He asks me about Lailian the old fool...
*a tear drops from his eye*
I killed them all. I killed... my love. Burned it all away with my anger and hate and rage that was left unchecked. I ran. I am always running. Running from myself and what I am. Hate is all I feel, rage is all I know...
*he looks to you*
And that is how I know that love is a lie and that hate is eternal. When the dust settles and the ashes fall, hate is the only thing left standing. *The man's eyes start to glow as he reaches for a dagger and slits his wrist. Blood gushes forth and he shapes it, booming arcane vox forcing it into a manifestation of his anger, as the spell strikes you. You fall. You die knowing the truth of the world, and the eternal, never-changing hate that will consume all. *he grumbles*
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