It had been three days since the airship arrived in Kazhm. Maken had left Van to his own devices in the jungle. "Hay hot and furry, want to get even hotter?" Van poked at a passing Mithra and she growled at him. "Well your loss." Van sighs as he leans back against a large wooden wall. "Man, nothing to do. God dam! I can't even find a group to train with. They all want mages and healers…. stupid mages." Van grumbles to himself. He watched as a mage was lead by the hand to a group of eager warriors and monks. "Can't fricking believe it... Been waiting what? Like four hours? Five?" Van questions as he watches the moon rise high in the sky. A light rain fell and it felt cool on Van's face. "Man, mom why did ya have to go and die on me? Wasn't to nice of ya. I needed you, I still do. But now you're gone forever." Van says as the rain drops mixed with fresh tears and slid down his mask. The rain made a light tinkling noise against his iron mask. Van suddenly rammed his fist into the ground. "GOD DAM IT MOM! I SWEAR! THEIR DEAD! DEAD!" Van yelled in a rage. "THOSE DAM MAGES! EVERY ONE OF THEM! Why did they have to do this to you! Why did they have to do this to me!" Van continued now on all fours. Van breathed hard. A passing Monk looked at him.
"Um, you ok their buddy?" The monk pushed talking a step closer. Van was up, his eyes a blaze, "GET AWAY FROM ME!" Van yelled and then sobbed on the wet ground. "Tonight reminded me of the way my guardian would tell me the story of my mom's final fight. The light rain with the full moon. The awkward silence, like the whole world was watching, every eye turned to that one scene." Van said slowly getting up, his face a bit read from crying. "I'm sorry. Please leave me." Van said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Tough break, how old were ya when it happened?" The monk asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." Van said his rage returning in a manageable bout.
"What ever." The monk said and strolled off with a little gesture of his hand.
Vans body trembles as he regains control.
"That piss off?" A familiar voice sounded in Van's ear. Van turns and is meeting by the face of a friend, a man named Kazekun.
Kazekun was one of Bastoks' best with a katana, a samurai by trade his skill was rivaled by only a select group. Now, he had joined the Paladins and was a well respected member.
"Ya ya, don't get use to it." Van muttered dusting him self off. "So why are you in this neck of the woods?" Van pushed.
"Well I was hoping you would join me in coming to Sandoria to begin your training as a Paliden." Kazekun said with a smile, as he stepped a few feet towards Van, now wearing large white armor, his bleach blond locks matted to his head in the rain."Well keep dreaming buddy, I gotta get a bit stronger before I take on such a big part." Van snorted. Kaze shrugged.

"Well my offer still stand. Just send me a massager, you know where I live." Kazekun said getting on a chocobo and riding off into the dark. Van looks at the dirt. "Well, I'll head back to Kazhm.... no use trying to meet a group in the dark of night." Van said as the rain still fell, making hin shiver. A flash in the dark, a fire ball singes the wood on the wall next to Van's head.

"What the hell?" Van yells as several more fire balls singe the air around him as he dives to the mud.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Look at the Magic Swordswoman's maggot! Eating dirt where he is suppose to." A mage wearing long blue robes and a big straw hat over his face. A few other people in armor stood next to the mage. "Very good sir!" On chuckles as he kicks some dirt at Van with his big metal boot. Van is up in a flash.

"What did you just call me?" Van says spitting come mud on the darkened face of the mage.

"A Maggot! Your bitch of a mother killed my father and a few of my friends parents. That bitch is dead, but we got word of you in these parts and we came to finish what the high mages started!" The Mage said as if each word was pure venom. Van reaches for his spear but a man of about 45 kicks it away and the circle of men chuckels. A man in red armor takes a swig of ale from a glass bottle. Van gets to one knee and tries to stand up. The man in red armor tosses the glass bottle at Van's head.

"Fucker!" Van yells and picks up the bottle and busts the back end over his knee.

"He's got a broken bottle boys! O no! Run!" One mimicked. Van just smiled and got to his feet.

"No he's got shards." Van yelled as he tossed a shard of glass like a disk and it lodged in a man's neck. The circle exploded. One man took out an ax, another a sword, a third a spear and the mage aimed a ever growing fireball at Van who was now running at the mage. The mage let go and a massive explosion ensued. "Goddam!" "I got 'em!" "NO! I just slit his neck!" "Wadda' mean? I just gutted him!" Voices form in the ring of smoke and flames came. When the smoke cleared the men looked around. On the ground there was about 5 or six dead bodies. "Hay.... that bastard isn't here..." One said in awe. "Hay! He's moving away!" A warrior yelled and the group ran after a form moving on the edge of the jungle. A few minuets later the body of the mage rolled over, Van was under it. "Poor bastard, didn't expect me to jump him and take 'em down with a bear bottle." Van laughed to himself. Van had put the bottle threw the mages neck and then hid under the corps. It had just been luck that the enraged men hadn't noticed him and had moved on to what Van though look oddly like a goblin.....

The next morning in the Vana'diel Tribune there was a story.

"Son of the Renegade Paliden Electra Lionsblood killed 6 men and escaped un harmed. More details as they come in." The little blurb read. In the office of Jack Sterling I.M (Iron Musket) who was recently transferred from the case in Qufrim to this new case in Kazhm. "Six full grown men? Doubt it. Probably killed them self in the blood lust trying to kill the poor kid. He didn't do anything." The Iron Musket muttered to himself. "I think we have done all we can here. Our next move is to return to Bastok. We can find out more on this kid there I am sure." Jack said to his assistant. "Yes sir." The young assistant said and they left the office for the chocobo stables.