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Everlast's dreams plagued him, it wad during the hours under the stars that they grew there worst. He had no home, no family, no one to care for, no one to protect. Everything he'd grown up wanting to do was taken from him. He was nothing but an empty shell now. The stars dimmed, and the sun grew from the soil of the east as he laid there, staring at the trees above him.

The sudden sound of music stirred him up. He was deep in the woods, where would such a sound come from? He gathered his things and tied Darthil's reins to the branch above him. Strapping his sword to his side he moved swiftly and silently towards the music. As he neared the sound he heard laughter and the beginnings of conversations. He crept to the treeline and noticed an open section of the woods, it was beautiful. The greenest grass, with a little brook running along the side. Gathered in this opening in the woods was a magnitude of people celebrating what looked like a wedding. Musicians played the tune that had lured him to the festivities and the attendee's were dancing and singing and filled with glee.

Before he realized what was going on, a hand reached through the trees and pulled him off balance into the opening. It was a young woman with the biggest smile on her face who had pulled him into the middle of the dance. Before he knew it, he was smack dab in the middle of a wedding reception surrounded by strangers. As the dance ended, the woman curtsied to him and addressed herself saying, "Good day stranger, my name's Jupi, and yours?"... He was still in shock at everything, it was all so sudden. Stuttering, he attempted to answer the woman's question, "Um....E...It's Everlast". She chuckled at his reaction, infact shed been chuckling and laughing this whole time. "Well welcome to our party Everlast... My Brother just got married, you already missed the wedding... it was such a beautiful ceremony."

It took a few minutes for Everlast to gain his composure. Through conversation with some of the family members he discovered they lived not to far away at a lovely little Inn they'd built in the middle of the forest. He still felt he needed banished from society for his sins, but he couldnt sleep under the trees forever. It was an Inn, perhaps he could just find a moderately comfortable bed to call his home. A gentleman by the name of Shadow Knight approached him at the wedding and introduced himself. "I am Shadow Knight, leader of the Knight family... I see you've already met my sister Jupiter. Where are you from stranger?" the man asked, obviously less trusting then his sister was.

"I am Everlast Realford Riminix M....." he paused a second stopping before uttering the name he had disowned. He continued the sound forming a new word in its place, "man of the East. I was a soldier in the great war that has been reaping the land of its beauty."

Shadow looked him over quickly, he could sense Everlast had been through hell and back and decided to offer him shelter should he need it, "Where do you live good sir? do you have a home?" he inquired.

Everlast's gaze pierced through the earth into a void, home..... Shaking it off he replied, "I have no home sir, not for awhile"

Jupi looked concerningly towards her much taller brother, "Can he stay with us brother? we have more than enough space"

Everlast shook his head slightly sighing, "You don't need to trouble yourself with me, I'm not deserving of such kindness"

"On the contrary, you look as if you haven't had enough kindness.... please enjoy the party and then I'll show you to our dwelling" Shadow bowed respectfully and went on to carry on conversation with his newly married brother.

Jupi smiled at him and waved "welcome to our little group, I'll see you later" she ran off towards a group of her sisters and chatted. Everlast turned to return to Darthil and bring him towards where the other horses were as he thought to himself. I don't deserve such kindness.... but perhaps these people are the chance I've been looking forward to to become the protector of light once again... just perhaps