Nervously, Marmaduke tries to make the child more comfortable and happier… but his nervousness is quite evident as his pace of speaking hastens throughout the conversation, "Oh, Holy One, please do not cry, I am very sorry about all of this, but God has chosen your bloodline, and you personally, to become one of the great masters of magic. You are going to be a great man when you grow up, your name will be stated with the utmost respect by even the greatest people of this great land. I know that none of this will help you get over the loss of your father, but try to cheer up, we are going to start everything off with your naming ceremony. That is one more thing to be happy about, through the Grand Abbot, God Himself will give you a name worthy of such a grand person. See, another thing to be happy about! You will finally have na-"
The child, now drying off the tears from his eyes, finally speaks up to Marmaduke, "Please, don't worry yourself over me, thank you for your care, but I will be fine eventually… Actually, you are only making me more nervous with all this speak of being the chosen one, why don't you tell me about yourself? If I am to spend such a time here, I should get to know the ones who reside within this monastery, so please, just think of me as just a normal person…"
"But your Holiness, I am but a lowly guard, for what reason should you care to speak to such a man as me?"
"You humble yourself, a great trait that not many are able keep, but you, sir, think yourself too lowly… You are a great man, you protect the sanctity of this grand and wonderful monastery, not many can truly say they have such a great honor. Sir, if you are so lowly a man, how is it that God allowed this great monastery to stand any longer? You are of great faith, love, and passion, in my eyes, you are one of the greatest!"
Tears of joy form in the eyes of Marmaduke, "You really think so, your Holiness? I thank you for your sentiment, I now see why you were chosen by God as the Holy One."
Less saddened, the child calmly states, "I have but one request of you… Please do not refer to me by any title but 'child', of all the titles I have been given, 'child' makes me most comfortable. Now, how are YOU doing?"
And with this, Marmaduke, more calmly then before, starts to actually talk and have conversation with the child… Within minutes, he has made a new relationship and renewed somebodys sense of worth. They converse until they finally reach the top floor where the Grand Abbot is at, along with the entire monasteries monk population, ready for the initiation of the Holy Child.
An old man, standing behind a strange alter motions for the child to come forward, and Brian comes forward as wished, but as he walks forward, he notices that Marmaduke standing still…
The old man speaks to Marmaduke, "Thank you for taking the Holy One up here, you may now take your leave."
…Marmaduke turns around and starts to walk away as the child suddenly stops, "Great Abbot, sir, may I ask that Marmaduke stay here for the procedures?"
"Uh… Well, this is somewhat of an unorthodox request… but I don't see why not…"
The child then runs out to the stairway which Marmaduke was half way through the top flight, "Sir!"
Marmaduke turns around, "Yes? Is there anything wrong child?"
"I have requested permission to allow you to observe the procedures, would you like to stay?"
Marmaduke, with an embarrassed smile on his face, replies, "I would love to, but as you said before, I have a duty, and that is to guard the sanctity of this monastery… Sorry child, please tell me what God decides to name you! So long!"
The Grand Abbot thinks to himself, "Marmaduke was being disrespectful to the Holy One, he will surely destroy the monastery with his lack of faith and respect…"
The child disappointedly walks into the room once more for the initiation and Holy naming ceremony.
"Before the proceedings… I must know how you could accept such blatant disrespect, he called you by the title of 'child'… Does he not know of your greatness!"
"Oh, that? I only asked that he not refer to me as the "Holy One" or "Holiness", I was getting uncomfortable being called that, so I asked that he refer to me as 'child'."
A smile comes to the Grand Abbots face, "Oh, this reminds me of your father, he was such a great child, he didn't like being called by such titles either."
"Really?"
The smile starts to fade into seriousness, "Yes, sorry about stopping this conversation from starting, but we must start this ceremony."
"Okay, I am ready for initiation." The child walks toward the Grand Abbot.
The Grand Abbot pulls out a large book, it looks very old and quite strange as well, on its cover it shows the title, "Okay now, put your hand on the Eletale Book, and we will start."
I will state a line, and you must repeat after me, by doing this, you swear yourself into your fate to become a mage.
I accept my fate,
I shall not lie,
The fate of a mage,
Lest I shall die.
My life is for God,
For God will show the way,
To eradicate evil,
Is the fate in which He says.
"That's it?"
"Yes, now God has fully recognized you as a mage, but this isn't enough by itself, you must receive training. Let us now start with the naming."
The Grand Abbot then sits in a magic diamond, by placing a flame behind where he would sit, a splash of water in front of himself, a stone to his right, and waves his right hand to his left to blow wind to the left, he starts to speak softly, "Creator of the great, searing flames of the North, I pray to you that this mage will burn evil from our sight. Creator of the powerful, gigantic mountains of the West, I pray that this mage will crush evil out of touch. Creator of the amazing, crashing waters of the South, I pray that this mage will drown out the evils noise from our hearing. Creator of the disastrous, furious winds of the East, I pray that this mage will blow the stench of evil from our smell. Creator of the grand, Holy mage of Celtland, I pray that you will bring this mage into victory so future generations may of the greatness of this mage be spoke. This protector of spirits will be spoken by legend, known and revered, I ask of you God, a name for this mage."
The room falls into complete silence, and for 15 minutes not a sound was made, and just when the child thought it wasn't going to happen, the Grand Abbot stood up and walked up to the alter and spoke a single word, "Brian". He spoke in a voice unlike that which he originally spoke, for God had spoken through him, and His message was received… Suddenly the Grand Abbot fell to the ground and a couple monks calmly carried him out of the room.
"What happened to him!" Brian exclaimed.
One of the monks came up to him and spoke, "Young mage, Brian, when one goes through the procedure which was gone through at that time, a completely superior being enters your body, you are completely changed and the change is instant, though not visible. When God exited the body after the announcement, the Grand Abbot changed back instantly, and the change was so great and so sudden that his body couldn't take it, so his passed out."
With a look of terrible horror in his face and in his voice, Brian asks, "Will he be okay!"
The monk laughs, "Oh, yes, of course he will, he just needs time to rest from the ceremony."
With a sound of immense relief in his voice, "Oh, thank you, thank you… I didn't want anyone getting hurt because of me like that…"
"Young Brian, you are truly a caring soul, I thank God for choosing one such as you, you truly are a great, caring person. We are all done for today, and you must be tired from all the excitement which occurred today, would you like me to show you to your bed?"
"Yes, thank you, but may I do something else first?"
"What might that be?"
"I am going to tell Marmaduke my name."
With a smile on his face, "Sure, I will be in prayer near the Diamonds of Eletale if you need me."
Brian, with his name now acquired, he runs down the stairs to give the news. After some conversation, Brian bid him good day and kindly asked to be sent to his room where he would reside within until the end of his training.