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A hero of a tale
Username: Dead Meat
Hero Name: Ash Talonhand
Story Type: Serious
Profile: Ash grew up in a tough time. Always around him, things were happening and whether he understood them as a child or not, he won't say. It is obvious, though, that whatever it is he was exposed to, he learned quickly. His small village of Waxington was ruled by a dreadful duke. He taxed and tormented his subjects without remorse. Ash's mother was a victim of the Duke's cruel likings more often than not as she was one of only a few women in the villiage. Any daughters who were born to the towns folk were well documented and taken into the Duke's chambers at a certain age. Fearing for the life of their children the daughters were often often sold off to travelling vendors and merchants in hopes of a better life. The boys of the town, those who were strong and clean, were eventually taken off to be enlisted as the Duke's millitia. When it was Ash's time to come, he did so at his mothers request, but held nothing but contempt and hatred for what he knew to be the evil in the Duke's black heart. He was put to test with swords, axes and lances and failed all of them in rapid succession. The disgruntled duke had him submitted to the wizards guild in hopes of him being a strong magic user. Again, he was hardly able to light a fire with flint and tinder than he could with his mind. Finding he had no talent for magic, the duke grew even more unnerved. Here he had a strapping and vibrant promise of a strong man, and yet he had no talent for so little as holding a blade. One day, by sheer chance though, Ash found his talent. It became known to him that his mother had incurred the wrath of the duke. He was angered at first that she could not produce a worthy fighter and secondly, he found out the she had procured a daughter in secret. The whereabouts of the girl was lost to the many merchants that had been through the town during the busy year and with his lust and rage taking hold of him, he deemed her a worthy example to be made to the people of the town. A public hanging. Ash found out about it from a friend he had made in the barracks and he sped off to the public square. He didn't know what it was he could do, but he had to try. When he arrived to the gallows, a large mass of people seperated him from his mother and he had no way to get to her. Without going through any sort of thought process, he procured a bow and arrow from a local hunter. He quickly found a higher vantage point with which to see his mother before she was dropped from her perch to die. With his back against the far wall of the premises, he reluctantly and almost
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