Righteous Indignation
Righteous Indignation
Written by SowkaDraws
Day after the Celebration, Commander Torsten and his regiment find themselves busy with tons of work, which includes visiting families of those whose members died in the retaking of the Wetland Abyss. Torsten is later left to recollect on this gruesome day alone.
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Content Warnings:
Mentions of violence
Extreme gore
Death
Featured Characters
Torsten
Nilera
Wystan
Obsidius
Talctun
Location(s)
Warfang City
Timeline
3016, Fourth Moon
Word Count
~8,100 words
Reading Time
~36 minutes
Summary (Spoilers ahead!)
Day after the Celebration, Commander Torsten is busy in his office going over the reports, analysing the contents whilst in thought. Soon his Squire, Lieutenant Nilera, enters the office with a few other papers; the cross-references of addresses to dragons confirmed dead and other parchments. The two fall into discussion whilst Torsten reads one of the reports handed to him. At some point during their conversation, something catches Torsten's attention in the second report he's reading, and prods his Squire for information on three dragons—Lieutenant Baldyr, Soldier Belvidar, and Soldier Montarus.
Nilera tells Torsten that both Baldyr and Montarus were found dead, with Montarus' cause of death being undetermined. The details of her remains alarm Torsten, causing him to disassociate for a moment. Nilera follows up by sharing that Belvidar is still missing. Torsten quickly returns the reports to Nilera, preparing to leave. Announcing his intention to visit the three dragons first, Nilera offers to do it for him, but Torsten refuses. Ordering her to take on a different list instead, then asks her to go home once finished.
Torsten visits the clan of which the three dragons hail from all-together, the Bane Behemoths clan. He's taken to the Patriarch and heir of the clan, Templar Wystan and Commander Obsidius, by an characteristically short Bane Behemoth called Petrius. Torsten announces the deaths of Montarus and Baldyr, to which the Bane Patriarch appears unfazed by. Unlike the heir of the clan, who prods Torsten further for details of their deaths. It is then revealed that Torsten used his fury, last seeing Montarus there, and having no memory of her after awakening. Obsidius seems frustrated and distraught by the news, whilst Wystan directs the conversation by subtly condescending Torsten.
The discussion ends with Wystan prying Torsten about any remains of armour, arranging the collection of remains, and annulling Temple fees of Baldyr's children. Upon conclusion, Torsten is escorted by Obsidius, who finally unleashes his anger at Torsten and blames him for the death of not only his two children, nephew, but that of his brother, and other Banes that were under Torsten's regiment. Torsten takes it in silence, then proceeds to leave the estate alone after exchanging two sentences with the Obsidius.
After visiting a few more homes on his list, Torsten is on his way to the office for more until another short dragon interrupts him; Scout Talctun, of Bane Behemoths. The bright dragon announces that he sought him out to give Torsten the report on Montarus' body—she died defending the unconscious Commander after he used his fury, and died in his place once the Apes swarmed for a counter-attack. The news sparked an odd reaction in Torsten, one that Talctun notices, but is brushed off by Torsten who asks he leave the report at the shared office of his Lieutenants, thanking the Scout before both depart their separate ways.
Once the day of work ends, and night starts to fall, Torsten travels to the forests in Warfang mainland instead of going home. He recollects on his wrath, self-spite, and bits of the past whilst reaffirming his purpose. Growing more determined, and spiralling into the cycle he's trapped in for search of power.