" I remember waking up and seeing the old woman. The shock on her face as I got up and walked around. I had no memories, I knew neither who I was nor where I was. She told me how only three hours earlier she found me on the shore of Magic Lake. She thought I was dead for my head was wide open and my belly had a huge gash in it. I was covered from head to toe with blood. I remember looking in the mirror and seeing no evidence of damage to my head nor my belly. "

The images stop flashing for a second. You look up to where he is hovering and see him put his hand to his left cheek.

"This is the only mark I have ever seen on my entire body?.I have no idea where it came from."

The images once again start to flash. " I decided after a few days to head out and find out who I am? Tis where my journey began."

I arrived in Tyran about a week later. I stopped into the Vamppub for a bite to eat. I met a woman named MadamSkye who told me about her family a group called the Dusk Dwellers. The tales were wonderful and they intrigued me. Enough so that I accepted her invitation to join them. Shortly after I arrived to the Dusk Dwellers Tomb a woman walked in and sought out another of the clan's women. An argument insued and I could not help but over hear the problem. Seems the clan's woman she sought out (Night Dragon) had earned the reputation as the whore of Tyran and was giving the Dusk Dwellers a bad name. (Later the DD would become a joke but only had themselves to blame for this.) I walked over right in the middle of their dispute and announced to the girl who initiated the conversation with the town whore. "You will be my wife someday." I then went back to what I was doing and let them finish their discussion.

The images fade and you look up to see him chewing on another piece of jerky. You try to figure out what he is thinking.

"Those words have haunted me ever since I spoke them."

You hear his voice crackle for a brief second. "Yes I loved her." He frowns and you wonder if he will continue. Just then, more images begin to flash as he returns to telling his story.

"People say I am stubborn, bull-headed, and that I am to cocky for my own good? Perhaps I am and arrogant..I like to have fun..Maybe I even have a tendency to say what is on my mind without thinking at first. This wasn't the only time I have ever regretted something I have said. "

"The gods tried to warn me from the very beginning but I was to proud and to stupid to heed their warnings. From the first and only date we had, I was given signs that things weren't right. Our date had barely just begun at Black Paris when she had to go. Some High Council meeting for the clan. "

You wonder who he is talking about? you have not heard her name mentioned yet. He frowns at you.

"Her name was Shy Shadow. The next time I saw her, I asked her to marry me. She said yes after making it perfectly clear that she would not give up her career or her aspirations to be more within Tyran. I should have listened more intently to her then."

You notice the glow leave his eyes as he talks about her. You would swear he was dead if not for the fact he continued to talk.

"We were never together, she always had to go to a meeting or talk to this or that person to help further her career. "

"I spent most of this time with my new clan and I grew close to many of them and considered them my family.

He becomes quiet for a few minutes and you can tell he has something on his mind.

"Did I mention Dreams Child."

You see the glow return to his eyes as he talks on.

"I have always felt close to her. I met her an hour after I met Shy. I spent a lot of my time with her. We talked for hours on end and never seemed to run out of things to talk about. When I saw her, I immediately smiled knowing I was with someone who truly cared about me." (Time would show other wise)

He grows silent and you watch as he chews on jerky as he chooses his next words.

"I decided after nearly a year I would break up with Shy and declare my love to Dreams. In the end Shy loved her work more then she loved me. I would do so in the morning in the proper order."

The glow again leaves his eyes as the images begin to flash once more.