Post by Heroic Bilby on Aug 13, 2007 21:06:19 GMT -5
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General Character Information
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Character Name: Kraden Grey
Character Age: 86
Character Gender: Male
Character Race: Human
Character Position: Good
Character Personality: Kraden is a man who not only believes in his own light, but refuses to let that belief slip. He has witnessed the powers of darkness and light first-hand, and still holds faith in his chosen side. This does not make Kraden a perfect person by any means, just one who doesn't allow his faults to rule him. His can be a bit short-tempered in his old age, especially when ignorance or darkness are concerned. Since the worlds were saved from the Heartless by the Key Bearers Kraden has been collecting knowledge from the many worlds. His research shall be continued safely by a younger generation, but he doesn't intend to let them forget about him any time soon.
Character's Appearance: Kraden is a stout old man, not much more than five feet tall. His hair has long since greyed to nearly white and he sports a matching beard as well. Hie eyes are blue in colour, slightly obscured by a pair of small spectacles that he needs for reading. He had a rather large nose as well. Kraden typically wears his special white suit beneath a large, dusty old brown cloak that covers his entire body, though the hood is almost always left down. He also wears a pair of dark brown gloves to ensure his white suit is entirely hidden.
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Battle Information
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Weapon Name: Light Force Rod
Weapon Appearance: The Light Force Rod Kraden invented is actually not much more than a white pole with a few visible connecting sections. The rod itself, however, is currently encased within a false wooden cover, making it appear to be nothing more than a staff an old man would use to help him walk.
Abilities:
Shining Force
Kraden focuses his inner light into Light Force Rod. It releases the energy as a shell-like aura to encase it with a roughly twenty-five centimeter expansion from all sides of the rod's actual measurements. While active, the weapon's aura exudes a constant repelling force of light on everything except Kraden himself, who can pass through harmlessly due to being, obviously, attuned to his own heart. The repelling light force can deflect most hazards including magic, as well as allows the old man to strike with enough force to knock away heavyily-armoured knights despite his lack of actual physical strength these days. Objects that physically touch the aura are generally bounced away rather violently.
Light of Ruin
Kraden mentally conjures a Light Glyph in the air around him, which takes the appearance of a small ancient language-like design no more than a palm's size in area. The glyph glows white on the inside and red on the outer layer, giving it an overall glow that can only be called a sickly pink. After the Glyph is created it serves as a direct one-way link to Kraden's heart. A concentrated beam of red-tinted light fires out in whatever direction the symbol faces, typically burning through anything it contacts due to the concentrated light energy. Kraden is capable of conjuring up a maximum of six glyphs in one turn. The number of cool-down turns for this attack is equal to the number of glyphs exceeding two divided by two and rounded down.
Nova Shield
Kraden's special suit draws out the light within his heart, causing his entire body to glow white for a few moments. If anything physically or magically disturbs the energy during this time it instantly turns deep red and violently expels into the area around Kraden, reflecting whatever triggered the release and creating a substancially powerful explosion of light that covers a radius of about five meters around him. If the Nova Shield is not triggered the light returns to Kraden's heart, but if it is triggered there is a cool-down period of three turns.
Additional Abilities:
Light of Transport
This technique uses the Light Glyphs once again. A circular glyph of ancient patterns made of pure white light appears below Kraden's feet. Once created, this type of Light Glyph can expel light from Kraden's heart as propulsive force, allowing it to move through the air and Kraden to fly about at relatively high speed. At the very least, it can fly faster than an old man could normally run around. The Glyph is actually a hybrid of Kranden's Light Glyph invention and his luminite invention. It is directly connected to the special suit that Kraden wears beneath his brown cloak and boots, which prevents the old man from falling off while he uses this as a method of transportation.
Special Abilities:
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Character History
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Journal Entry, Month XX Year XXXX
I have always been thought of as a more a philosopher than a scholar since I moved into this city. I can hardly blame my colleagues for this, though. Spending as much time formulating theories without any scientific basis as I do researching all the oldest records and myths about our world can only make that to be expected. Today, however, I have made the greatest breakthrough of my life.
Lord Tallin must have always believed in me, having kept me amongst the ranks of his royal sages all this time. I can not thank him enough. Because of him and his support, both financial and otherwise, my life's ambition is finally in view. Though my eyes are old they can still see it clearly, and my body has more than enough vitality left in it to make the journey. Starting tomorrow I shall begin testing my theories for the first time.
Journal Entry, Month XO Year XXXX
What is the light within our hearts? Why does the darkness seek to blot it out, despite the inescapable fact that there must be balance between them for harmony to exist? I have sought such answers since I was a child, but now I have begun looking for those answers with greater success than ever before.
Our oldest legends say that once the original light was completely smothered from the darkness born of people's hearts, but the light that remained in the hearts of children remade the world as it exists now. If that legend is true, then what amazing power must be contained within the light! If mere children could harness such amazing energy then what of a fully grown adult who's heart is stalwart and strong? The heart could very well be the greatest power in this world, if only we learned to harness it's light. By relying on the light I also believe we can stave off the return of the darkness.
With Tallin's research labs at my disposal I have conducted many observational tests. In studying the light many finds about darkness came about as well. It seems that darkness is constantly waiting for a heart to accept it, waiting to grow. Yet, in contrast, light simply shines on as it is. One cannot accept light, but must believe in their own and that it will not fail them. Perhaps the powers of light and darkness are dependent on belief and desire. Those strong in the light seem to be those who are content with their hearts, but the darkness grows in those who want more than they have now. If I am to continue this research I must not allow myself to succumb to my own desires for answers! If my hypothesis is correct, believing in my own light from now on should further my research exponentially. I may have saved myself from unwittingly walking dark path. Only time will tell.
Journal Entry, Month OO Year XXXO
An amazing breakthrough today! Lord Tallin has been getting impatient lately, and I fear I could not blame him. Nearly a year of work and nothing to show for it but observational notes. Tomorrow, however, I shall present to him something that will surely renew his faith in my research.
I have devised a method of intentionally drawing out the light of a person's heart in the form of pure energy. Initial tests were very shaky, but after some more research I have artificially synthesized a material to aid the process. This substance can draw out light from the heart of a person who contacts it and store that energy for later use. We have named the new compound luminite.
If the light within a heart really has no limit then I may have discovered a new energy source to replace all manner of fuels! My team and I are very excited about the next phase of testing.
Journal Entry, Month OX Year XXXO
Luminite has been been undergoing rigorous testing for several months now. Recently a way to synthesize it in forms other than metals has been found. In our boldest test yet we devised a suit of the material after fashioning it in fabric form. The volunteer who wore it was able to call out his heart's light at will and be covered in it's brilliance. Later tests discovered that this light made the wearer resistant to harsh changes in temperature and dulled the impact of physical force. Imagine the lives we could save if more clothing could be made of luminite!
We have also made new breakthroughs in the application of light that has been stored in lumintie over the course of our tests. Machinery that once needed fossil fuels and previously electrical systems have all been converted and successfully tested for the sue of light as an alternative power source. Although the amount of light used over time was not yet conservative enough to warrant a public changeover, one section of my team has already begun hypothesizing methods to harness the energy as efficiently as possible.
Lord Tallin has never looked happier in my presence than he did at today's demonstration of out new findings. I have been told I'm to receive the highest honour our Lord can bestow upon a citizen, the Royal Crest. It shall remain as a precious heirloom in my family for many generations to come.
Journal Entry, Month OX Year XXOO
Unfortunate news has come, as many of the volunteers using the newest models of the luminite suits have fallen ill. Diagnostics show an increase in darkness within them. The situation was stabilized using previously stored light energy to perform a transfusion of sorts. I have also begun to suspect that our success in testing has caused many of my team members to become greedy in their research, despite my warnings. I shall have to remain vigilant to prevent further problems.
On a happier note, today the city saw the activation of a special new defence system against the terrible beasts of the wilderness that often try to invade out borders. A shield of light powered by our charged luminite batteries has been perfected and set in place. The people's minds are more at ease than they have been in years.
Journal Entry, Month XX Year XXOX
What tragedy has befallen our fair city? I fear my own research may be to blame, though I did all I could to warn against it's misuse. Many of my researchers have been doing unauthorized experimentation on their own time. Some of the volunteers have even had their hearts collapse as a result. I have banned any from using my research but myself. For the sake of my world I must believe without doubt in my own light and continue on.
Journal Entry, Month OO Year XOXO
I can not believe what I have done, but I found myself without much choice in the matter. I turned my pride and joy, my light, into a weapon.
Our world was attacked today by monsters of pure darkness. We have no idea where they came from, but their appearance came only a few days after a strange meteor shower. Perhaps they are not even of this world?
We have witnessed them attacking the beasts of the wilderness and creating more of their own kind. I fear what would happen if the citizens were to be attacked as well. The light shield around the city has kept the demons at bay, but for how long? They seemed to fear it, so Lord Tallin ordered me to fashion weaponry for his knights to use that would have the same effect. Blades and armour of luminite are being designed by own hands now, for I could find no just reason to refuse. Mass production will begin once the blueprints are finished.
This has taken me away from what I thought was my greatest discovery yet. A means of drawing out the heart's light without the need for lumnite. If perfected we could have lived not only without fear of an energy crisis but without fear of running low of luminite itself, which has proven costly to produce. It would have been my greatest achievement of all, but the dark invaders have all but ruined that now. Regardless, I will continue research on my own time. I have always believed that the light would protect us from the darkness. Now I must hold to that belief more than ever.
Journal Entry, Month OX Year XOXO
My worst fears have come alive. The soldiers using the light-draining weapons and armour have begun to collapse one by one. In the battlefield many have been overtaken by the black monsters. I warned Lord Tallin of the risk, of losing faith in your light could cause harmful effects. Sadly it is too late now.
A massive force of darkness has appeared in the sky above our city and the creatures run wild in the streets after the sealed gates were opened to them. As I sit here, holed up in my research lab alone, I can still remember the horror as I watched my own wife's heart being taken from her. That is what I now know those creatures desire. Our hearts. I hypothesize that they must be a physical manifestation of the darkness, here to feed on the hearts of men and women and extinguish their light.
Despite my immeasurable losses I can not lose heart now. Not to myself and certainly not to those creatures. If there is any hope left I will find it. I have come this far believing in my light. I will not turn back from it now. Like the legends spoke of the world being overrun by darkness, it was light in the hearts of children that saved creation. If my heart has any chance of doing the same for this world then I must not let it's light go out.
This may be my final entry. If anyone ever reads this, may you know of what happened to our world.
Journal Entry, Final
I don't know why I even bother to pen this final entry. My journal has long since been lost to the darkness that swallowed up my beloved world, and I will no doubt throw this parchment into the fireplace before I go. Still, I can not help but feel I need to write in order to keep my thoughts straight after my experiences. It has been too long since I've been able to write.
My world is gone. After it was swallowed up into the darkness I found myself in a place called Traverse Town. I learned about a multitude of worlds existing across the sea of space, and also of the plague that attacks these worlds. The black creatures who stole my wife, my children and my home from me, they are known as the Heartless. A fitting name. This place, Traverse Town, is a dimension formed of remnants from other worlds. Many others like me have lost their homes in recent years and come to live here instead of being swallowed by some strange stroke of luck. Or perhaps it was not luck in my case, but my light that led me here. I can only guess.
I have been here in this world for almost a year now. I can not fight the sadness of my losses, but I have come to believe there is no need to. That would be giving in to the desire to not feel pain, and I still believe that desire is the path to darkness. After what happened to me I will never allow that force to stain my heart. I shall burden my sadness and stand steadfast in the light, accepting what is and what was. Though I am old, I shall also look towards the future. I spent my life researching light. If ever it was needed in the worlds, it is now. I can not turn my back on this.
Although it took me a long time, I was finally able to build myself a luminite suit and staff for my travels. They are rather eye-catching, and I have heard that rules forbid the knowledge of other worlds to be spread to those that have not yet been taken by darkness. For this reason I have disguised my weapon and hidden my suit beneath a simple garb. I have also managed to finish my research on calling forth a heart's light without the use of luminite. I call it the Light Glyph, and it acts as a direct link to my heart in the physical world. It pains me to sue it for such a means, but for now the Glyphs have been developed as a means of self-defence. Hopefully peaceful times will one day return, and I can find a more appropriate use for their true potential. Although these travels will use much of my light in order to protect me from danger, I will not lose heart as the soldiers once did. Nay, for my entire life has been preparing me for this day.
Tomorrow I will leave Traverse Town in a vessel known as a Gummi Ship. It's an amazing machine, but I will chronicle the details in a later entry. Yes, I do believe I will start a new journal to go along with my new journey after today. Writing this has reminded me of how helpful this simple act is for clearing my mind.
In my travels I will seek out new information about light and darkness, and spread what hope I can to people in need. I do not know how much time left I have amongst the living, but I feel, just as I did years ago, that my body still has enough vitality left in it to make it to the end of my journey. I wasn't wrong about it before, and I believe it ever more today.
New Journal Entry
Glorious day! The worlds have all been restored from the darkness, no doubt thanks to the efforts of the Key Bearers I have heard much of in my travels. Seeing my wife and children's faces again has made me happier than I've been in years. I feel young again, if that's possible.
Plans to continue my research on light have been made, this time by people who share my strong beliefs in the heart. I have forbid the creation of new luminite. Thanks to the Light Glyphs that dangerous material shall exist only in the two items I continue to keep with me as keepsakes of my travels.
Some day a means to travel to other worlds may open up once again. If that happens I hope to travel again and bring new knowledge back to my home. Can't allow those young new scholars to forget who got their new research started in the first place. Ha!
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Despite his age, Kraden's long-time experience in the use of his heart's light has kept him very healthy in his late years. He still considers himself quite spry compared to other men of his generation, and in truth he very much is.
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General Character Information
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Character Name: Kraden Grey
Character Age: 86
Character Gender: Male
Character Race: Human
Character Position: Good
Character Personality: Kraden is a man who not only believes in his own light, but refuses to let that belief slip. He has witnessed the powers of darkness and light first-hand, and still holds faith in his chosen side. This does not make Kraden a perfect person by any means, just one who doesn't allow his faults to rule him. His can be a bit short-tempered in his old age, especially when ignorance or darkness are concerned. Since the worlds were saved from the Heartless by the Key Bearers Kraden has been collecting knowledge from the many worlds. His research shall be continued safely by a younger generation, but he doesn't intend to let them forget about him any time soon.
Character's Appearance: Kraden is a stout old man, not much more than five feet tall. His hair has long since greyed to nearly white and he sports a matching beard as well. Hie eyes are blue in colour, slightly obscured by a pair of small spectacles that he needs for reading. He had a rather large nose as well. Kraden typically wears his special white suit beneath a large, dusty old brown cloak that covers his entire body, though the hood is almost always left down. He also wears a pair of dark brown gloves to ensure his white suit is entirely hidden.
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Battle Information
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Weapon Name: Light Force Rod
Weapon Appearance: The Light Force Rod Kraden invented is actually not much more than a white pole with a few visible connecting sections. The rod itself, however, is currently encased within a false wooden cover, making it appear to be nothing more than a staff an old man would use to help him walk.
Abilities:
Shining Force
Kraden focuses his inner light into Light Force Rod. It releases the energy as a shell-like aura to encase it with a roughly twenty-five centimeter expansion from all sides of the rod's actual measurements. While active, the weapon's aura exudes a constant repelling force of light on everything except Kraden himself, who can pass through harmlessly due to being, obviously, attuned to his own heart. The repelling light force can deflect most hazards including magic, as well as allows the old man to strike with enough force to knock away heavyily-armoured knights despite his lack of actual physical strength these days. Objects that physically touch the aura are generally bounced away rather violently.
Light of Ruin
Kraden mentally conjures a Light Glyph in the air around him, which takes the appearance of a small ancient language-like design no more than a palm's size in area. The glyph glows white on the inside and red on the outer layer, giving it an overall glow that can only be called a sickly pink. After the Glyph is created it serves as a direct one-way link to Kraden's heart. A concentrated beam of red-tinted light fires out in whatever direction the symbol faces, typically burning through anything it contacts due to the concentrated light energy. Kraden is capable of conjuring up a maximum of six glyphs in one turn. The number of cool-down turns for this attack is equal to the number of glyphs exceeding two divided by two and rounded down.
Nova Shield
Kraden's special suit draws out the light within his heart, causing his entire body to glow white for a few moments. If anything physically or magically disturbs the energy during this time it instantly turns deep red and violently expels into the area around Kraden, reflecting whatever triggered the release and creating a substancially powerful explosion of light that covers a radius of about five meters around him. If the Nova Shield is not triggered the light returns to Kraden's heart, but if it is triggered there is a cool-down period of three turns.
Additional Abilities:
Light of Transport
This technique uses the Light Glyphs once again. A circular glyph of ancient patterns made of pure white light appears below Kraden's feet. Once created, this type of Light Glyph can expel light from Kraden's heart as propulsive force, allowing it to move through the air and Kraden to fly about at relatively high speed. At the very least, it can fly faster than an old man could normally run around. The Glyph is actually a hybrid of Kranden's Light Glyph invention and his luminite invention. It is directly connected to the special suit that Kraden wears beneath his brown cloak and boots, which prevents the old man from falling off while he uses this as a method of transportation.
Special Abilities:
Items:
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Character History
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Journal Entry, Month XX Year XXXX
I have always been thought of as a more a philosopher than a scholar since I moved into this city. I can hardly blame my colleagues for this, though. Spending as much time formulating theories without any scientific basis as I do researching all the oldest records and myths about our world can only make that to be expected. Today, however, I have made the greatest breakthrough of my life.
Lord Tallin must have always believed in me, having kept me amongst the ranks of his royal sages all this time. I can not thank him enough. Because of him and his support, both financial and otherwise, my life's ambition is finally in view. Though my eyes are old they can still see it clearly, and my body has more than enough vitality left in it to make the journey. Starting tomorrow I shall begin testing my theories for the first time.
Journal Entry, Month XO Year XXXX
What is the light within our hearts? Why does the darkness seek to blot it out, despite the inescapable fact that there must be balance between them for harmony to exist? I have sought such answers since I was a child, but now I have begun looking for those answers with greater success than ever before.
Our oldest legends say that once the original light was completely smothered from the darkness born of people's hearts, but the light that remained in the hearts of children remade the world as it exists now. If that legend is true, then what amazing power must be contained within the light! If mere children could harness such amazing energy then what of a fully grown adult who's heart is stalwart and strong? The heart could very well be the greatest power in this world, if only we learned to harness it's light. By relying on the light I also believe we can stave off the return of the darkness.
With Tallin's research labs at my disposal I have conducted many observational tests. In studying the light many finds about darkness came about as well. It seems that darkness is constantly waiting for a heart to accept it, waiting to grow. Yet, in contrast, light simply shines on as it is. One cannot accept light, but must believe in their own and that it will not fail them. Perhaps the powers of light and darkness are dependent on belief and desire. Those strong in the light seem to be those who are content with their hearts, but the darkness grows in those who want more than they have now. If I am to continue this research I must not allow myself to succumb to my own desires for answers! If my hypothesis is correct, believing in my own light from now on should further my research exponentially. I may have saved myself from unwittingly walking dark path. Only time will tell.
Journal Entry, Month OO Year XXXO
An amazing breakthrough today! Lord Tallin has been getting impatient lately, and I fear I could not blame him. Nearly a year of work and nothing to show for it but observational notes. Tomorrow, however, I shall present to him something that will surely renew his faith in my research.
I have devised a method of intentionally drawing out the light of a person's heart in the form of pure energy. Initial tests were very shaky, but after some more research I have artificially synthesized a material to aid the process. This substance can draw out light from the heart of a person who contacts it and store that energy for later use. We have named the new compound luminite.
If the light within a heart really has no limit then I may have discovered a new energy source to replace all manner of fuels! My team and I are very excited about the next phase of testing.
Journal Entry, Month OX Year XXXO
Luminite has been been undergoing rigorous testing for several months now. Recently a way to synthesize it in forms other than metals has been found. In our boldest test yet we devised a suit of the material after fashioning it in fabric form. The volunteer who wore it was able to call out his heart's light at will and be covered in it's brilliance. Later tests discovered that this light made the wearer resistant to harsh changes in temperature and dulled the impact of physical force. Imagine the lives we could save if more clothing could be made of luminite!
We have also made new breakthroughs in the application of light that has been stored in lumintie over the course of our tests. Machinery that once needed fossil fuels and previously electrical systems have all been converted and successfully tested for the sue of light as an alternative power source. Although the amount of light used over time was not yet conservative enough to warrant a public changeover, one section of my team has already begun hypothesizing methods to harness the energy as efficiently as possible.
Lord Tallin has never looked happier in my presence than he did at today's demonstration of out new findings. I have been told I'm to receive the highest honour our Lord can bestow upon a citizen, the Royal Crest. It shall remain as a precious heirloom in my family for many generations to come.
Journal Entry, Month OX Year XXOO
Unfortunate news has come, as many of the volunteers using the newest models of the luminite suits have fallen ill. Diagnostics show an increase in darkness within them. The situation was stabilized using previously stored light energy to perform a transfusion of sorts. I have also begun to suspect that our success in testing has caused many of my team members to become greedy in their research, despite my warnings. I shall have to remain vigilant to prevent further problems.
On a happier note, today the city saw the activation of a special new defence system against the terrible beasts of the wilderness that often try to invade out borders. A shield of light powered by our charged luminite batteries has been perfected and set in place. The people's minds are more at ease than they have been in years.
Journal Entry, Month XX Year XXOX
What tragedy has befallen our fair city? I fear my own research may be to blame, though I did all I could to warn against it's misuse. Many of my researchers have been doing unauthorized experimentation on their own time. Some of the volunteers have even had their hearts collapse as a result. I have banned any from using my research but myself. For the sake of my world I must believe without doubt in my own light and continue on.
Journal Entry, Month OO Year XOXO
I can not believe what I have done, but I found myself without much choice in the matter. I turned my pride and joy, my light, into a weapon.
Our world was attacked today by monsters of pure darkness. We have no idea where they came from, but their appearance came only a few days after a strange meteor shower. Perhaps they are not even of this world?
We have witnessed them attacking the beasts of the wilderness and creating more of their own kind. I fear what would happen if the citizens were to be attacked as well. The light shield around the city has kept the demons at bay, but for how long? They seemed to fear it, so Lord Tallin ordered me to fashion weaponry for his knights to use that would have the same effect. Blades and armour of luminite are being designed by own hands now, for I could find no just reason to refuse. Mass production will begin once the blueprints are finished.
This has taken me away from what I thought was my greatest discovery yet. A means of drawing out the heart's light without the need for lumnite. If perfected we could have lived not only without fear of an energy crisis but without fear of running low of luminite itself, which has proven costly to produce. It would have been my greatest achievement of all, but the dark invaders have all but ruined that now. Regardless, I will continue research on my own time. I have always believed that the light would protect us from the darkness. Now I must hold to that belief more than ever.
Journal Entry, Month OX Year XOXO
My worst fears have come alive. The soldiers using the light-draining weapons and armour have begun to collapse one by one. In the battlefield many have been overtaken by the black monsters. I warned Lord Tallin of the risk, of losing faith in your light could cause harmful effects. Sadly it is too late now.
A massive force of darkness has appeared in the sky above our city and the creatures run wild in the streets after the sealed gates were opened to them. As I sit here, holed up in my research lab alone, I can still remember the horror as I watched my own wife's heart being taken from her. That is what I now know those creatures desire. Our hearts. I hypothesize that they must be a physical manifestation of the darkness, here to feed on the hearts of men and women and extinguish their light.
Despite my immeasurable losses I can not lose heart now. Not to myself and certainly not to those creatures. If there is any hope left I will find it. I have come this far believing in my light. I will not turn back from it now. Like the legends spoke of the world being overrun by darkness, it was light in the hearts of children that saved creation. If my heart has any chance of doing the same for this world then I must not let it's light go out.
This may be my final entry. If anyone ever reads this, may you know of what happened to our world.
Journal Entry, Final
I don't know why I even bother to pen this final entry. My journal has long since been lost to the darkness that swallowed up my beloved world, and I will no doubt throw this parchment into the fireplace before I go. Still, I can not help but feel I need to write in order to keep my thoughts straight after my experiences. It has been too long since I've been able to write.
My world is gone. After it was swallowed up into the darkness I found myself in a place called Traverse Town. I learned about a multitude of worlds existing across the sea of space, and also of the plague that attacks these worlds. The black creatures who stole my wife, my children and my home from me, they are known as the Heartless. A fitting name. This place, Traverse Town, is a dimension formed of remnants from other worlds. Many others like me have lost their homes in recent years and come to live here instead of being swallowed by some strange stroke of luck. Or perhaps it was not luck in my case, but my light that led me here. I can only guess.
I have been here in this world for almost a year now. I can not fight the sadness of my losses, but I have come to believe there is no need to. That would be giving in to the desire to not feel pain, and I still believe that desire is the path to darkness. After what happened to me I will never allow that force to stain my heart. I shall burden my sadness and stand steadfast in the light, accepting what is and what was. Though I am old, I shall also look towards the future. I spent my life researching light. If ever it was needed in the worlds, it is now. I can not turn my back on this.
Although it took me a long time, I was finally able to build myself a luminite suit and staff for my travels. They are rather eye-catching, and I have heard that rules forbid the knowledge of other worlds to be spread to those that have not yet been taken by darkness. For this reason I have disguised my weapon and hidden my suit beneath a simple garb. I have also managed to finish my research on calling forth a heart's light without the use of luminite. I call it the Light Glyph, and it acts as a direct link to my heart in the physical world. It pains me to sue it for such a means, but for now the Glyphs have been developed as a means of self-defence. Hopefully peaceful times will one day return, and I can find a more appropriate use for their true potential. Although these travels will use much of my light in order to protect me from danger, I will not lose heart as the soldiers once did. Nay, for my entire life has been preparing me for this day.
Tomorrow I will leave Traverse Town in a vessel known as a Gummi Ship. It's an amazing machine, but I will chronicle the details in a later entry. Yes, I do believe I will start a new journal to go along with my new journey after today. Writing this has reminded me of how helpful this simple act is for clearing my mind.
In my travels I will seek out new information about light and darkness, and spread what hope I can to people in need. I do not know how much time left I have amongst the living, but I feel, just as I did years ago, that my body still has enough vitality left in it to make it to the end of my journey. I wasn't wrong about it before, and I believe it ever more today.
New Journal Entry
Glorious day! The worlds have all been restored from the darkness, no doubt thanks to the efforts of the Key Bearers I have heard much of in my travels. Seeing my wife and children's faces again has made me happier than I've been in years. I feel young again, if that's possible.
Plans to continue my research on light have been made, this time by people who share my strong beliefs in the heart. I have forbid the creation of new luminite. Thanks to the Light Glyphs that dangerous material shall exist only in the two items I continue to keep with me as keepsakes of my travels.
Some day a means to travel to other worlds may open up once again. If that happens I hope to travel again and bring new knowledge back to my home. Can't allow those young new scholars to forget who got their new research started in the first place. Ha!
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Despite his age, Kraden's long-time experience in the use of his heart's light has kept him very healthy in his late years. He still considers himself quite spry compared to other men of his generation, and in truth he very much is.
I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao