"The light is life Artemis, always remember that." That's what my dad would say when he'd come home from the mines. He'd tell us that despite all the hardship and dangers of working underground, once he walked out into the sunlight he knew he would be coming home to us. We'd see him coming up the path to the house, all covered in dust and soot, but this big smile lighting up his face as we ran out to hug him and welcome him home. That smile was the light to me, and I loved it more than anything else. So was it any wonder that as I grew up I decided to join the clergy of Lathander and share my love of the light with the world?
There's no sense writing down all the boring stuff that happened between joining the church and arriving at Sundren, it was all so typical: prayers and worship, helping the needy, doing hard penance for sunbathing naked on the church's roof....average stuff. But one day the head priest comes into my room and says "Artemis, we are sending you to a faraway place called Sundren." Something about their church of Lathander needing aid and how my energy could best be spent elsewhere, anywhere else. So I packed up my stuff, said goodbye to my family, and set off for sunny Sundren.
And now I'm here, in the midst of so much darkness and badness. But it's always darkest before the dawn, right? I've acquired some equipment: big stuffy armor to keep me safe, a cute little mace for squishing evil, and some beautiful dresses for the times I'm not knee deep in gross undead. I've met some nice people, and some very mean, stupid ones as well. I've found passion and romance, even it if was with a dwarf, and had all sorts of fun. And I look forward to the dawning of tomorrow to do it all over again, smiling and laughing so all of Sundren can see that light and fall in love like I did.
There's no sense writing down all the boring stuff that happened between joining the church and arriving at Sundren, it was all so typical: prayers and worship, helping the needy, doing hard penance for sunbathing naked on the church's roof....average stuff. But one day the head priest comes into my room and says "Artemis, we are sending you to a faraway place called Sundren." Something about their church of Lathander needing aid and how my energy could best be spent elsewhere, anywhere else. So I packed up my stuff, said goodbye to my family, and set off for sunny Sundren.
And now I'm here, in the midst of so much darkness and badness. But it's always darkest before the dawn, right? I've acquired some equipment: big stuffy armor to keep me safe, a cute little mace for squishing evil, and some beautiful dresses for the times I'm not knee deep in gross undead. I've met some nice people, and some very mean, stupid ones as well. I've found passion and romance, even it if was with a dwarf, and had all sorts of fun. And I look forward to the dawning of tomorrow to do it all over again, smiling and laughing so all of Sundren can see that light and fall in love like I did.
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