From a Different Perspective

Well, my character Arivain got his second flashback on this latest trek. He was traveling to a small town Ryme in order to find a relative that his sister had informed him about. On the way there while overlooking the campfire on watch, he had his second flashback.

Flashback #1 - happens the night before he is to get passage on a ship to take him to the mainland. His sister in her usual manner tells him that he will undoubtedly fail, but its obvious that in truth she just doesn't want to see him leave. He explains that he has to leave, to find the reason for him gaining his power, and the purpose for him to use it. That same night while sleeping, he travels up an invisible staircase, through a great vast darkness, and into the doorway of a realm he has never seen. Darkness shrouds the surrounding area, and a large shifting form that his mind cant comprehend speaks to him, telling him to find his physical form, or that he would suffer a very dire, and very grizzly end. All around this greater form, another darker shape shiftend and slithered, and then began screaming. it was at this point that he awoke, and went off to search for what xymos had demanded.

Flashback #2 - happens farther back, during his training days in the military. He is 18 years old, and a veteran fighter happens to walk in as he's doing a weapons inventory in the main barracks. The fighter is a Tiefling, and an old one. He sits down, and then has a conversation with Arivain. They talk about Arivain leaving the military instead of becoming an officer, but the Tieflings relevant information comes in the form of a comment. He tells Arivain to always see things from an alternate perspective, from a different set of eyes, from a different vantage point. If you face down a warrior, see that warrior looking at you. Details change, emotions change, and existence changes. This profound meaning is immiediately taken in by arivain, who eventually uses it as a focal point for his eventual book.

thats it for now! i'll have more later =)