From within the shadows, through the night, my dreams were haunted with nightmares. Never did I believe that a moment like this would ever come across my ended path. What I thought had finally ceased to continue has suddenly begun to breathe a heavy, chilling air. My thoughts had been replaced with echoes of death that filled my heart with the lust of blood. My memories that were once sacred were fading away instantly, my past was already forgotten. I gazed upon my hands as I saw that I was clothed in full body armor when I heard his voice. A voice that boomed into my ears and made my heart beat rapidly. At first my sight was a blur but it had then focused to see who it was; Arthus.
He stood firm as he stared at me with his cold eyes. His words burned into my mind as a constant reminder as he told me to look below at the world that will soon change into his own vision of judgment and punishment.
"Death to the living!"
"Show no mercy!"
"Your will is no longer your own!"
Being set forth to do his every bidding, without any thought of asking myself why. I obeyed accordingly and could not do anything to stop myself from killing and shedding the blood of the innocent that he deemed guilty. I yearned profoundly to look deep within myself on who I was and the person I am now, but every minute that I would try his menacing voice would whisper into my ears threatening to end my life should I do otherwise. Every life taken away, let it be man or woman, I took out desperately in hopes their cries of despair and pain would fade away before their life ended, but every strike made the screams even louder, blood splattering over my armor and sword, as it dripped to the ground I stood on. I took a deep breath as I looked above to the heavens from where I had awoken. The Valkyrie's were flying above the sky sounding their horns of death. I closed my eyes to try to evade myself from the world surrounding me. I had to find a way to get away from this, away from the screams, the bloodshed and most of all, that voice.
His voice would set my body in chills even though my skin was cold to the touch. In that moment of thought, I felt myself being watched and as I opened my eyes, there staring at me with its wings spread apart as its body emanated a white glow holding its horn. I gasped momentarily as its stare felt it reading my every emotion. I felt my legs stepping away from it slowly and I saw her tilt her head slightly. The Valkyrie began to move forward, following me as I continued to move back without removing my stare from her.
Feeling my body tremble I turned myself away from it. I drew my sword out as I saw an Avalon citizen running my way. She had stop suddenly on her tracks as she saw me and the vision of death hovering behind me. His voice echoed louder into my mind.
"KILL OR BE KILLED!"
I gripped her without hesitation and slaughtered her in obedience to the Lich King, and as I saw the woman's eyes gaze into my own, holding on to my leg as she fell slowly to her death, I knew well that unlike me, she had a choice, but instead she coward before me and the Valkyrie behind me and sealed her fate, but the question was….
"Will I?"
