I’ve seen so many lives ended.

I have, myself, visited horrors beyond reprieve upon countless souls.

I have seen cities of fantasy and ships not unlike boats that fly through the air.

I have observed magic in its rawest forms, spoken with ethereal beings, worlds—no, entire solar systems—away.

I have stood in the waters of the Lethe and drank its poison.

I have betrayed those I loved and committed crimes against nature’s balance.

I have stood against the Beasts that would tear all life apart, and I have witnessed multi-thousand-year-old dynasties fall.

And never once did I imagine that things would turn out quite like they have.

But I suppose I should start at the beginning…