Theodore rose from his slumber with a bright grin on his face, today was the day his dream would e true. He slipped out of his covers and put on his slippers.

  He made his bed, and tidied his room, befoing out to train with his personal instructor.

  After a bout orous training, he took a bath, ged and he joined his family in the dining room.

  As the you son of the Hemera Earldom, he was guaranteed a spot in the golden order, the most prestigious Padin order, that worshiped the Deities of light.

  An honor bestowed upohat traced back to the earliest Hemera, who fought alongside the deity of day against the deity of night. In honor of ending the era of eternal night, his family was gifted their name.

  He looked at his farther, his cheeks couldn't help but be pulled upwards, as a radiant smile graced his lips.

  "Father, is he here yet?" Young Theodore spoke to his father the Earl, shoving the food Infront of him inside his mouth. His foot taping impatiently against the wooden floor.

  "Not yet" He ughed his eyes twinkling with mirth, "Slow down, he won't be here until, midday" His father spoke. "Your foods not going anywhere" He tinued with a twinkle in his eyes.

  His father the Earl was a handsome middle-aged man, with red hair, and a red beard, his blue eyes seemed to glow with affe, as he stared at his you. He moved his hand to hold his wife's hand, squeezing it softly, staring into her emerald, green eyes.

  "Our son is to bee a man today" he said proudly, to his wife, he looked around the dining table, his other children smiling and ughing around the table. He brought forth a cup of wine and toasted, raising it high.

  "Sieze the day" They all spoke in unison, king their cups.

  ...

  "A fifteen-year-old Sword expert?" Gideon asked, his eyes widening in surprise.

  "Impressive" Gideon hummed; he g him inquisitively.

  "The Hamera's, improve every geion" He praised.

  "Are you ready to serve the light" A smile that seemed thten up the room arrived on Gideons face as he extended his hand.

  5 years ter...

  He smmed his gaus oable, sitting dhly, "This is utter bullshit" His eyebrows furrowed, looking around at the table full of knights. "The damned noble pigs" He cursed, clig his tourning to look at Gideon "If we were allowed to enter earlier, that damown wouldn't have been lost." The ers of his lips pulled downward; his lips pressed into a thin line

  "Language" Gideon spoke softly, turning the page of his bible.

  "Thousands lost, and you don't even care" He snarled, his fist g, the knuckles on his hand turning white.

  "Insont"

  Argus drew his bde; Gideon raised his hand stopping the bde.

  "The light guides, us brother," He paused and stared Theodore in the eye, "Heaven has a pn, and if they died it art of the great lights pn." Gideon said with reverence, a fervent gaze in his eye.

  Thedore's face turned red, he growled, spit flying as he spoke.

  "You're ihis whole damned order is insane." He grabbed his gaus, sword a.

  Jason, stepped forward to follow after him, a middle-aged man, his bright red eyes glowed, as he started to move after Theodore, he wore a red and blue surcoat, and a sigil of an Eagle with fish in its talons on the order's silver armor.

  "Leave him" He turned back to his bible, "Light wills it"

  ...

  Fuck, Theodore cursed loudly, He wao join the order to save people, not wait around for permission to save someone, all because a noble wao feel powerful. He spit on the floor, stomping on the ground.

  He ched his teeth, "Ahh" He groaned out, closing his eyes, "Day wills it" he spoke out softly before praying, a smile blossoming on his lips as checked his e with the light.

  "Day really does will it, light is still with me" He spoke excitedly.

  Theodore looked for his horse and mou, his pn was to bee a knight errant, looking to help anyone he came across.

  He rode, his horse across the ty, he camped along the way, and he rode some more.

  The sery kept on ging, but never his mission.

  His ears perked up, he heard the sounds of screaming and g. He immediately ged course and headed to the source.

  A group of bandits were attag a small vilge, already half of the houses were engulfed into fmes.

  He drew his longsword, the bde erupting in golden fmes, his eyes faintly glowing golden, he aimed it towards the first bandit "Cease" He stabbed into his knees, before bringing up his sword and decapitating him.

  He turned his face towards the others, the blood on his bde evaporating into nothing. He pointed his bde towards another, adjusting his stance.

  "IT'S JUST ONE GUY! SURROUND HIM!" A gruff voice screamed out, a one-eyed bandit with an unruly beard. He pointed his war axe at Theodore.

  "Teach the knight bastards, you don't mess with the reapers," His lips moved to smile, his missih creating an iing backdrop. Ten bandits surrouheodore, as the others tio loot and pilge.

  "You think your hot shit because you're a knight" The One-eyed bandit, sneered.

  "All humans die the same" He charged forward, swinging his war axe, Theodore deflected, then riposted in his shoulder, before pulling bad parrying a sword that attacked him from the left. He cut the mans face, before pulling back.

  Another bandit struck him from the back, the attack boung off his silver armor., He turned and smirked, before pierg his heart.

  "Lay down your arms, Light wills it" He cut down ahen smacked the oo his right in the face with his hilt breaking his nose. His blood leaking all over the floor.

  "Five down"

  He held his sword in both hands, the other bandits that were previously pilging, turning their attention to him.

  A big mahem, violet eyes, a rough exterior, ued beard and mustache, his eyes narrowed, his mouth turning into a twisted smile. The bck armor on his body, had the image of a srangling a sparrow engraved.

  "Theodore" He spoke warmly as if talking to an old friend, he held his sword on his waist.

  "Aiden" Theodore seethed, spitting out the name like it was venom.

  "Still the same pretentious prick I see" Aiden walked forward, he drew his bde.

  "Still the same piece of shit" Theodore, blessed his bde, the swrowing rger and brighter.

  Aiden ughed, "An order member all by them lonesome"

  "Could I take this as you getting kicked out" He jeered

  "None of your business" Therowled

  "I couldn't care less why you aren't with those hypocrites" Aiden licked his lips, tinuing to talk.

  "Why don't you join my crew, I use a bde like yours."

  "Awo-bit bandit"

  "No thanks"

  "Then die" Alden charged, his bde engulfed in bck fmes, they cshed against each other, unfortunately for Aiden, Thedore had always been stronger, he pnted his feet forward and pushed through, before cutting Aiden's leg.

  Aiden pulled back limping.

  "Bastard" He spit the word out, his eyebrows furrowing, his eyes narrowing, the ers of lips pulling down into a sneer.

  He stepped fritting his teeth and swung over his head, his sword ing down with bck fmes trailing behind it.

  Theodore met his bde, t bounced off from the parry.

  "WHAT ARE YOU BASTARDS WATG? DO YOU THINK THIS IS A SPECTACLE, GO KILL THE FUCK" Aiden roared.

  The bandits got to work.

  Theodore, prayed in his head, summoning a giant sword, of golden fmes, swinging it towards the other bandits killing three before summoning a golden sword, in his right hand.

  He cut in an arc, killing another before defleg a bde from Aiden and terattag towards another. He kept this pattern until it was just him and Aiden. He swept his leg, tripping the old man, pointing his bde at his throat.

  "Wait, wait, wait let's talk about this don't you want to know why I'm attag this town?" Aiden panted heavily; he showed his hands, before reag into his cloak pulling out the emblem of a vist uhe Boreas family with a letter attached.

  Theodore lowered his guard and reached for it.

  In a desperate attempt, Aiden lunged up and grabbed his hand, bck fmes travelling from his hand to Theodores,

  Theodore stumbled backwards, the bck fmes engulfing him, he tried patting the fmes off and batting it with his golden fmes.

  His orders mantra repeated wildly in his head.

  He stumbled and tripped backwards hitting his head on a rod knog himself unscious. The bck fmes, corrupting him, with the golden fmes barely holding on.

  Ever sihat day, Theodore had never been the same, more vicious, more malicious, only a sembnce of what he once was, the darkest parts of him all amplified a thousand-fold.

  …

  Right before Aegeon's, first death to Theodor

  Theodore was unched from the impact a short distance away. He stood up, spitting onto the floor, his face morphed into one of absolute hatred. His red hair glowing and flowing upwards.

  Theodore raised his sword and poi towards Aegeon an insane griched on his onoble face.

  A bck fme shot from his bde.

  The bck fmes covered Aegeon, like it once covered him.

  "PRIEST!!!"Theodore turo the angry wail of Isabel, Aegeon disappearing into nothing.

  Lightning struck the earth scorg it, dark stormy clouds appearing out of thin air, the heavens r like it was angry, a thin line in the sky seemed to be stretched open, giant hands tearing through the fabric of reality shrouded in lightning. The fingers spreading the liearing it apart, as if it was trying to enter.

  "@&#^&*(" The words unintelligible but somehow driving his mind insane.

  A giant hand of ice from the earth grabbed Isabel, proteg her from the living thunder.

  The hands, started to rip the tear iy harder, the moment his eyes nded on the fingers he remembered the teags of the golden order.

  One must not gaze unto the visage of a true god, that was the st thought he had before his already dwindling mind colpsed, his st e to the light vanishing.

  And just like that everything ulled into a vortex a.

  ...

  "YOU!" Theodore roared; his mind scrambled "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME!" Theodore demanded an ao a question he did not uand; his only sembnce of intelligerapped in a loop.