Momento Tempus

[Ignis Glaciesque]

He turned to me, his eyes unreadable. To my disappointment, he shook his head.

"Unfortunately, your father died soon after you were born."

I frowned, one eye half closed in my exhaustion. "Mother?"

The dark elf frowned, "I knew her not, I just know about her from legends."

Legends? What legends? My master must of seen my eyes glow, for he entered the room again and leaned against the stone wall. "Your mother's name was Ayleth. She was a mighty warrior, a fighter for justice." He lifted his hand as if holding something, though he held nothing. "She desired to see the wrongs of the world made right."

I soaked in every word, desperate to know more. As I sat there, shaking with sudden chills, I gulped down his words like life sustaining water. "She was the Executioner of the Wicked. She made criminals pay for their actions, while the innocent were protected by her hand. She used her elemental powers to protect people, and her mighty sword to punish all who opposed them."

My breathing was lowered to a still, slow movement as he spoke of this glamour. "She was a hero."

He pushed himself off the wall, then turned to the door. As he left, he spoke one more thing to me.

"Hanuh, you must follow her footsteps."

With every ounce of my being, I craved to.