12-09-2017, 06:34 PM
THEY SAY IT'S OVER AND I'M FINE AGAIN
This time, he'd kept walking. Away from the ocean. It was the first time in his life he had never been near the water. It rumbled, and groaned. It called to him like a lover, but he was determined, as he made his way south from Nerine, that he would see more of this land that he found himself a part of. He had grown up virtually alone, insulated on the tiny island of Ischia, in a cave that kept him away from all the drama that was there. He had entirely missed the takeover...the mutiny, and the crazy purple family that had once inhabited the island.
But, when the time came, the land was clear, and he had walked away from his world entirely unscathed by kingdom politics. It should have made him a wide-eyed, innocent child with a care for nothing. Instead it made him jaded and wanting—because he knew there was power out there to be possessed, and by God he was going to get a piece of it. His own mother had not shown him the power of her blood, and indeed, he had no idea who he truly was. That had made him restless and angry, and he had a penchant for the sea that nothing else would satisfy.
And so he traveled. He grappled the world and made it his own. And he always ended back on the shores of his homeland.
And this time, when he had turned inward for a new adventure, he did not know what would become of him, but the land got more craggy and mountainous. Grimdark's step was steadfast. He was strong and centered from his experiences swimming the tumultous waves. It took many days to reach his destination—but he did not really have an end point in mind. He just figured he'd know when he get there.
A hard look set his features as he pulled upon the crest of the mountains of what he would eventually learn was the Border to Hyaline. A crystal clear lake sat in the valley, and the scars of previous encounters—what looked to be a fire—were off to one side, and he sighed. Was this what he had expected to see this high up in the mountains?
He was not sure. But there was something missing.
His restlessness never abated.
GRIMDARK
deimos x ea, dragon vision, twilight manipulation, twin to allure