What is his name? Where do I remember him from..? My father's vengeance is closer at hand. Finally, I'm reunited with his blade. I remember his endless training..remember his unshakable loyalty to our people..and now I know he was killed by someone who knew him?
The dream I had was not just a dream.. it was real. It had to be a memory...but how? Surely, Corellon is with me. - Axio
(Background: Laren is Axio's father who was apparently killed by spell-scarred beings. Axio's main quest is to seek the vengence of his father. He now has a new lead.)
Flashes come about suddenly...Occasionally they have sound. Axio feels a familiar feeling and realizes that he is sword bonded. He looks down at is hand and notices he is holding the broken sword found the day before in the Ruins of Zenthil Keep..but now it is whole. He drifts back to the calm of his reverie..but then he is in battle..and other soldiers are by his side. He recogizes them as Myth Drannor soldiers by their uniforms, the same uniform he is apparently wearing..He then feels the sword strong in his hand as a large savage Ogre is charging at him...
After a few minutes he defeats the ogre..
He then surveys the field around himself. Suddenly a Hill Giant burst through the trees swinging a huge club at one of his fellow soldiers. Though it is a good 15 yards away he felt the sudden urge to throw his sword at it.
It hits! The giant bellows as it draws "Axio's" sword from its side and throws it, in the opposite direction from him. Axio can see the sword impossibly far away but realizes that he is calling it to himself anyways, and it appears in his hand!
As he goes to charge the giant, a sword covered in blue flames slices through his body, breaking the sword in half. As Axio feels his body sliding in two different directions time slows. The blue figure walks away from him and he can faintly see it and other blue flamed figures dispatching the other soldiers.
He then sees a woman with a bloody dagger sticking in her chest walk toward a human male Axio recognizes but his name escapes him. He hands her an item impossible to see, and a map. Axio hears her tell him “You will find the summoning device in the ruins somewhere around here as promised, soon you will be a very rich man.”, he tells her “I already have a man in Hillsfar posing as a West Moon merchant, dealing with the border disputes, so the elves won’t be a problem.” He walks over to Axio and picks up the pieces of the broken sword. He looks down at Axio and as the light leave Axio's eyes he says “Sorry Laren, just business.”
Axio then comes out of his reverie.
After a few moments of contemplation, remembering where he is, and that his Journey to Suzail with the West Moon Trading Company has begun, he has the dawning realization that he is swordbonded to the broken sword!
Axio recreates the blade within an hour...
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