Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20131220001148/@comment-12599067-20131221221307

Jack frowned and took a breath. He wasn't fond of telling his story to everyone, but if it needed to be... so be it. "A long time ago, I had a job as a sellsword. Great job, I spent my time wandering High Rock and had plenty of money and all the wine I could drink." he said, taking a breath. "I met the love of my life in that time, in a bar somewhere in Daggerfall. She was beautiful, smart, funny... all the things you could ask for in a woman." he paused for a moment.

"After spending a few jobs together, we grew close. We saved up, bought a house near the border of the Imperial Province. We were happy for a few years. Then one day, I left on a job. When I came back... she wasn't there," he took a shaky breath.

"I tracked her down to a necromancer den. They had killed her before I arrived, and I took my revenge by slaughtering all of them. Every. Last. One." he growled.

"In my distress, I sought help with the Daedra. I finally decided to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Hermaeus Mora near the Jerall mountains. Mora offered to bring her back, if I served him for a time." he said.

"I agreed, and spent time in Apocrypha as his servant. What I didn't know was that time flows differently in Mora's realm. What felt like two days was actually almost four years." he said morosely.

"When the man who was to be my brother-in-law, Sam, finally found me, I was tired beyond belief. Mora had long told me that I would not escape without a replacement, so I tricked Sam into taking my place." he growled angrily.

"Then... then I sought her out. When I found her, she had already found someone else. When I explained who I was, and why I looked so haggard, she didn't believe me. She called me a 'Daedra worshipping savage' like the ones who had kidnapped her first lover long ago." he said.

"They attacked me, she and her lover. Used every ounce of hatred they had to try and end me. And in the end... I killed them both. I'll never forget the look in her eyes." he said, shaking with restrained fury. "I-it was like... I murdered her in cold blood, Daithi. For one moment... just one moment... Mora took everything I ever owned. My money, my friends, my love." he finished, eyes dark with an anger that had not shown itself for many years.