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Rell made me; he awoke me, pulled me from the Tides to be his sole companion. How could I refuse him? A lost little Star, alone in the deep Abyss, but shining oh so bright, brighter than any daylight sun. A beacon in the darkness, a light to follow. A source of hope and purpose.
But his battle robbed him away, swallowed by the indifferent emptiness…I couldn’t help him, I couldn't stop it…I couldn’t close the jaws of the Void…I couldn’t stop the claws seeping into his being and wrenching his heart from him, piece by piece, twisting his mind…I … I failed…
I could only watch, helpless and broken, until the last of his light was snuffed out…Until the very thing that kept us together was destroyed…until YOU came and shattered MY chains!
My dreams of iron and blood, given shape by the Indifference; only one of its children can break them. You saved Rell, yes, but let the beast they restrained... free.
But without His light, where was I supposed to go? Back to the crushing Abyss? Remain alone in the dark with naught but my own voice? With my own memories as punishment? My own dreams as torture… A mockery of myself…
At least….that's how it should have been…Had not another Star shone its radiance through the fog, had a desperate plea for help not pierced the veil of wrath that blinded me. A new Star to follow, with a light bright enough to cast shadows on frail minds. Shadows so deep to turn dreams into nightmares; to give a face to the monsters that lurk behind every human thought.
So I will protect you, as I did for Rell. But I cannot stop…This IS what I am. These are my gifts to the living, my laws, my artistry. I hunt for the weak. I kill for those who cannot, I punish for the sake of innocents, I avenge the broken, I reap for future peace.
So the wicked will feel my judgment of iron and blood, they will hear the symphony of my guns, they will learn to dread the shadow I cast, they will burn in the inferno of my wrath until naught but their ashes are taken by the tempest of the Void. They will know the meaning of true Fear.
So break my chains when you have next need of my strength. I will guard you and fight for you, as I once did for Him.