DreamspeakerDivine's Lament
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I am a child of a god. Or so I've been told.
For many years, I believed myself blessed.
For many years, I led a blessed life.
But now, I feel no such blessing.


Challenge, difficulty, obstacles, issues.
I am no stranger to it all, for I've dealt with them many times.
Since my earliest days, many wanted me dead,
and I persevered through it all.


No matter what life threw at me, I carried on.
A proud being. A lion. Even the face of death did not scare me.
My ambition was my guiding light, my conviction was my companion.
And those that stood by my side made it all the better.


When the world is closing in on you,
it is good to have friends.


But as the years pass, so do their faces. They slip through my hands, like grains of sand.
Some slip to obscurity. Some disappear somewhere, never to return.
While other become different people, their path no longer aligned with mine.
And some...


I've failed them.



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Crawling in the night like a thief.
Hood on my head, my eyes and face hidden from the world.
I appear inside of the Cathedral, 
right before Athelios.


Humbled,
defeated.


There are no acolytes around, no priests.
No one to see their demigod brought so low.
It is a good thing.
They shouldn't know.


What do you see when you look up at our Lord?

What do you see when you stare at the Mask of Duality?
The Guardian of Helheim,
the Defender of Humanity,
the Shepherd of Lost Souls.


Do you see yourself a shining, brave Knight of Astra?
Or perhaps you see yourself a cunning, stoic Knight of Umbra?
Perhaps you're a schemer, a liar, one who does what's necessary for his people,
or maybe you're something completely else.


There are so many roles that would benefit Athelios.
But lately, I feel as if I fit none of them.


I detest this mortal weakness.
I loathe faltering over those I've lost.
I hate feeling doubt in my mind.
And I hate feeling this pain.


I am a child of a god.
Then why...


"Why must I endure this, Athelios?"

"If this is a test, I do not understand. Why must I lose those I care about? Why does my body falter?"

"Why must I suffer like this?"


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Oh, how I used to judge others for their weakness. For their humanity.

But it all makes sense now, I suppose...
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