LIGHT HAVE MERCY
By Scott May 14 2007
Note: The dialogues in this story have been modified to add a sense of realism to the characters. When you see a country in parenthesis before a quotation that is the accent in which it is to be read. I have done my best to write the dialogues in the way in which they would sound. If I receive 3 or more messages complaining about this I will provide a translation. If I receive 10 or more messages I will completely change this to average speech.
As you may notice the chapters are very short. This is because I've read a lot of book and those with a lot of short chapters are easier to finish than those with a few long chapters.
When you see this that means this is what Todne is thinking
Part 1. Northshire
Chapter 1. Prologue
Todne was an average pre teen boy with black wavy hair. His father, Joe, was an average Stormwind soldier with a five-o'clock shadow. Todne was a smart boy. He knew what was happening in the world. As time went on, he saw his father less and less, and he knew why.
Tension was growing between the Alliance and the Horde. War was inevitable. The two sides started an Arms Race. They started upping their defense. The borders became covered in forts and outposts. And Todne's father left.
Joe knew this wasn't going to be like the old campaigns. He wasn't going to be fighting untrained militia. These were trained soldiers he was going to be fighting. He knew he had to take precautions. On his 15th birthday he left Todne in the hands of the Northshire Priests.
Here Todne learned how to heal and cast basic spells. When he was 16 the war was starting to pick up. After a year of the arms race, secluded battles were beginning to occur. Warsong Gulch, Alterc Valley, and others were now under siege. Todne's faith in the Light wasn't very strong.
When Todne was 17, his faith was shattered. A runner from Stormwind arrived in Northshire. He brought with him bad news and the bloodstained medallion of senior-master sergeant Joseph S. Harper.