Valkyrien Aurelios
Searching
Outer Rim - Space Port
[member="Eira Sjona"]
Knowledge was sometimes a terrible thing.
Val had realized this almost decades ago upon the death of his wife. At the time he had thought himself cursed, broken in some way. He'd been a man who'd rarely traveled from his home and even more rarely seen other species. He'd never known that one could live such a long life as he, he'd never known that those he loved would die before him.
Now he did.
It felt like centuries had passed, though of course it was only decades. He had been burdened with the knowledge of his extended life. He'd watched his wife, his children, and his closest friends simply pass away. There had been nothing to do, nothing he could do. It was a painful sort of knowledge, almost as painful as what he had learned just a short while ago. He'd thought running from his problems had been a good idea, but his return home had been bittersweet.
He'd sat for weeks in that little house he had built, he'd stared at the walls, raged within. He'd tried to find some solution but eventually it had all come back to burn him. Val was lost. He didn't know what to do, didn't know where to go or what the future brought.
For decades he had thought his family lost, gone, and now there was a glimpse of something else, something he never expected.
The giant of a man frowned slightly as he glanced around the edge of the Space Port. The little world he had come to was practically without a name, used as a waystation for smugglers, merchants, and refugees. People came to this world not to find something, but to be forgotten. There was crime here in great abundance, but no one gave him even a second glance. The old and worn clothes that hung from his back were hardly appealing, and besides that his stature made a rather difficult target.
Val glanced about, looking through the market just outside the spaceport and searching for something to eat.
Already he could feel the growl in his stomach.
[member="Eira Sjona"]
Knowledge was sometimes a terrible thing.
Val had realized this almost decades ago upon the death of his wife. At the time he had thought himself cursed, broken in some way. He'd been a man who'd rarely traveled from his home and even more rarely seen other species. He'd never known that one could live such a long life as he, he'd never known that those he loved would die before him.
Now he did.
It felt like centuries had passed, though of course it was only decades. He had been burdened with the knowledge of his extended life. He'd watched his wife, his children, and his closest friends simply pass away. There had been nothing to do, nothing he could do. It was a painful sort of knowledge, almost as painful as what he had learned just a short while ago. He'd thought running from his problems had been a good idea, but his return home had been bittersweet.
He'd sat for weeks in that little house he had built, he'd stared at the walls, raged within. He'd tried to find some solution but eventually it had all come back to burn him. Val was lost. He didn't know what to do, didn't know where to go or what the future brought.
For decades he had thought his family lost, gone, and now there was a glimpse of something else, something he never expected.
The giant of a man frowned slightly as he glanced around the edge of the Space Port. The little world he had come to was practically without a name, used as a waystation for smugglers, merchants, and refugees. People came to this world not to find something, but to be forgotten. There was crime here in great abundance, but no one gave him even a second glance. The old and worn clothes that hung from his back were hardly appealing, and besides that his stature made a rather difficult target.
Val glanced about, looking through the market just outside the spaceport and searching for something to eat.
Already he could feel the growl in his stomach.