Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5320677-20140908195201/@comment-5824038-20140912202149

'I have to say, Drelenvan, that that was the bravest thing I have ever seen anyone do in this damn pit. Never before has anyone been corageous enough to tell anyone that much about themselves... especially someone with that much pain and treachery in their lives. Know this: I understand your pain. There is a reason I've survived this long... one I've never shared with anybody before. Not even Luna knows the whole story. The truth is... the truth is... I created this Pit. I was the original Warden. This place didn't use to be like this - it was never meant to be this deadly. I was ordered to create a prison for the deadliest of criminals. One in which they could never escape. And so I did... I created the Pit. And it worked. None of them ever escaped.

'When I left to continue my research a man named Lucan Darkwing, a prisoner here, rose up in rebellion, and took over the prison. He wanted one thing - revenge. You see, he was a bandit chief once. And when we cleared out the camp he was in, we also killed his family. By Akatosh... I killed his family. I did it. When he took over, he used that opportunity to turn the prison into something more... into the Hellhole it currently is. Only the Nine know why. Perhaps... no, I do not know. But when I was captured and taken there, Lucan recognised me.'

Marcus looked straight at Drelen with a sad expression in his face.

'I had a love here, once. She was all I lived for in this prison - all that kept me going. I had happiness, despite the circumstances. We tried to escape together - we almost made it. We were so close. And then Lucan stepped out of the shadows, and he shot her. Simple as that. And as she lay dying in my arms, he leaned over me, and he said "This was your doing, Marcus Aurelius. If you had not killed them when you did not have to, she would not have had to die". And that's why I'm still alive. He's keeping me alive, letting me live with my guilt for the rest of my life. That's his revenge.'

Marcus fell onto his bed, and a small tear dropped from his eye. 'I've never told anyone that. Nobody.'