Rajan was the son of a mighty warrior by the name of Alaric, a proud man, with good manors, who loved reading books, learning more about this world was his main priority, he desperately wanted to find the meaning of his life, and would always go on adventures, throughout space to uncover mysteries in other worlds. His son Rajan wanted to follow his dad footsteps, he often tried to follow his dad on his adventures, but was always caught. He loved his son so much that he thought, it would be too risky to bring him along with him.
Traumatized from losing his wife, Rajan was the last thing he had left, he thought the boy was too weak and kept him in the castle. Of course the servants would spoil the boy, giving him everything he needed. Indeed the boy never got to play with children's his age, and only knew his butler and the servants, and whenever he would go out, the field's would be cleared out by the assassins Elits. Either you die or you live as a coward, this was their code of honor. Every meal the boy would have a food taster standing next to him, to sample his meal before he does.
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The boy even had a soap eater, who sampled his soap and water.
This was the everyday life of Rajan. But one day, as Rajan would wonder alone in the giant castle, he found a heavy metal door that was slightly opened, curious he pushed with all his strength, the door moved a bit, causing him to fall, while looking up, he saw all these beautiful armor, similar to what his dad would wear, he stood up and would run everywhere, looking at all these amazing swords and shields, then in the corner of his eyes, far deep down in the room, he spotted a shiny object that was sealed inside a glass box.
He approached but a voice could be heard coming from the glass box. Upon inspection it was a flute, as he got closer a voice spoke in his mind, and the voice got louder, begging the child to set him free. "Break the seal, don't leave me alone in the dark." Rajan took the glass box, and threw it on the ground, causing it to shatter. A white fog escaped, and the boy felt dizzy, then fell to the ground. The voice thanked him for his kindness, and made a promise to come back for him one day.
The boy passed out, and woke up in his bed the next day.