What happens when all you know is a lie?
When everything you've been raised to believe has crumbled away to ash, and you are left questioning if anything was real? When reality twists and warps inside itself, and you are left alone, unknowing?
What happens when you are forced to prove yourself worthy of the titles you have already earned, worthy of the love you already thought you had? The love of your parents, which you once took for granted, which was once unconditional? The love of your brother, which you once treasured so highly? The love of your friends, as deluded and wretched as yourself?
What happens when you realize who and what you are? A creature of loss and ice and vengeance, living in a world of golden beauty and light?
What happens when you realize that you're a monster?
What happens when reality itself is called into question? When you realize how false the world has become, when you see the lies that lurk in the hearts of those who once claimed to love you?
What happens when you realize that you will never be his equal? The man you've looked up to your whole life, who has smiled down at you and taken care of you? Who has ruled over your whole world, kept it safe for as long as you can remember?
What happens when you discover that those monsters he battled away, the creatures that he protected you from… were your own kin? That you were meant to fight against the people you love, that only a fluke kept you on this, the winning side?
What happens when a child of darkness, shadow and hate is dragged into the light?
What happens when a monster is raised by men?
What happens when that monster wakes up from the dream it's been living in?
What then?
I know.
For I now know what I am.
And the monster shall rise triumphant.