Born Again

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Maddock Tam was once a boy who simply wished to be a Knight.

 

The boy became a squire. The squire became a Knight.

 

The Knight became a man. The Knight became a husband.

 

The Knight became a father, the Knight became a Lord.

 

The Lord became lost because those who loved him left, and he was too uncertain to follow.

 

He knew some of them hated him.

 

They may say otherwise, but deep down, he knew he had failed them.

 

No more.

 

Maddock knew that Beleth, as a people, as an idea, in its purest form, free of the taint that had grown onto it, would live on.

 

But Maddock had accepted...he would not be the one to bring about that dream.

 

Maddock sharpened his remaining sword. He put on his chainmail. He put on his old helmet. He had trained until his body was finally back to its peak form.

 

Maddock had made a mistake. One he would not make again. He had trusted in systems to prevent injustice...But systems fail. They corrode, they decay.

 

That is what led to the Empire in the first place. 

 

Now, Maddock knew the truth. Injustice doesn't get destroyed by systems, but by people.

 

Maddock Tam took in a deep breath.

 

When he was a boy, he was raised to believe in grace. That one could be touched by the divine and become transformed into a better person.

 

But he was also raised to believe in RETRIBUTION.

 

So he would help bring this war to an end.

 

He rode out of Anatis. It was time to start making the Emperor bleed.