Diaries of a Scattered Mind

by Galad-din-Gwarghirr

Can the monsters feel like we do? Can they love and hate, can they feel the sorrow torning them apart, like we do? Perhaps, some of them are the prisoners of fate like so many of us are, chains of time holding them captive in their own past? In the crossroads of redemption and sorrow, a young man is bestowed upon the wisdom of a lifetime. A broken mind meets a broken will.

1. Confessions of Time

Confessions of Time

Prologue : The Blinding Ambition

"My child."

A deep voice spoke to me.

I dared not rise my head and look up, for I did not care. The bartender was standing above me as I sat, waiting for my order. I had already satisfied it with blood. He did not know.

"Perhaps you are mistaken. I am here to talk. About you."

About me? Was my ill deed discovered so quickly? He was here to take me away, to strip me of my status and my apprenticeship. I would expect no less, for it would be merely giving me what I deserved.

I looked up to my to-be warden. Even had I willed it, I dould resistance would be fruitful, for he was a mighty man, with a well-built body in his long robes. I could not see his face, nor did I need to.

"You misunderstand my intention. I mean no harm, I merely wish to speak."

With that he sat besides me without asking permisson, and spoke.

"I know what you have done. But I feel you also need to know, that you are not the first person ever to make mistakes. Horrible as it may be, any sin can be paid for. Without, the penalty of death."

He knew indeed. But, who was this man? He cannot be a summoner. If it were so, his approach to the matter would be completly different. Who was he, then? And why would he care?

"You have questions, that much is clear. Simply know that I am a man with a story to share. Nothing more, nothing less. A fable of wonderous deeds and events, of wars and magic, and the might of arms. Adventure and love, rise and fall. Men and abomination."

"I shall hold your secret, but in return, I wish you to hear out my tale. I feel that my story shall be the comfort of us both. So young man, do we have a deal?"

I leaned against my chair. What is done is done. Let us hear him out.

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This is the beginning of a long story that I'll be mostly making up as I go. For now I will not be revealing the protagonist, nor any other characters that are included, I'll leave it to the readers to discover them on their own, as my humble story progresses. For now, I'm just a man with a story to share.