Everyone has always wondered who Tristan really is. Tristan is a tracker. He is a scout. He is exceptionally good at it; after all he has to be to survive. All of the knights rely on him, as their scout. Tristan was always sure of himself, until she came. Her name was Isolde.
When Tristan met Isolde, he learned to use his skills as a scout in different ways. Now sight, scent, touch, sound, and taste had different meaning. When he used his sight, instead of watching for the enemy, he watched her. He watched the way she smiled, how she was gentle with her hawk, and the way her hair looked when it was moved by the wind. It is the way their eyes connect with each other. He watched how her eyes were full of determination, strength, and love.
Scent now meant the perfume she wore. The way she smelled when he held her in his arms. Scent is the medicine she used to heal him. The herbs that she pounds, she put on his wounds. Scent is the way her hair smells like the flowers she always picks.
Touch is now when she would heal his wounds. When she heals his wounds the touch of her hands means concern. Touch is when he put his hands on hers. It is when he feels her hair in his hands. To touch now means for him to put his hands on her face.
Sound stands for her laugh, the way it makes him feel like he is free. It stands for the way her voice makes him feel like he can fly. Sound is now Isolde's Irish accent struggling to speak Latin. Sound is her singing a song about home. Sound is her telling him that she loves him and always will.
Taste is now the way her kisses taste like forbidden fruit. It stands for the times when they would try to forget about everyone else, and they would be the only two people in the world to exist, if only for a few moments. You will never forget the way your heart stopped the last time you would taste her lips, the day you finally reached the home of her betrothed. The next day, instead of tasting forbidden fruit, you tasted blood.
Tristan is a tracker with exceptional skill. That is all he has left.
