Post by Kerridon Paradox on Oct 30, 2008 12:57:52 GMT -5
((Might be good to have some interaction with one of the lightfighters who knew Kerridon before as a spy of the Mage, and has since been told about his change in allegiance))
With his views of the Shadow Wars so utterly shattered, Kerridon had been spending a lot of time in the library. The majority of what he had been told as a child seemed to be mere scratching on the surface of the truth, or just outright lies. He had honestly believed Dark Phoenix’s power to be infallible as the Shadow Mage, but with the knowledge that the Order of the Light had always won on previous occasions, he had been forced to reassess. So he had turned back to the source of most of his knowledge – books. Having stopped researching the Shadow Wars years ago, when he found limited resources in his own home, he had not thought to look in the school library for more information on the subject. He had been convinced he knew all he needed to determine who was going to win. But, apparently that had been a misconceived idea.
So now he had entered the restricted section once more to find out as much as he could on the matter. For all he knew, D’rorah had been lying to him as well, although she seemed much less the type than his father. And surely she would know that he would not just accept her words to be true after discovering that all he had ever known on the matter might be falsified to manipulate him.
Carrying a couple of leather-bound tomes Kerridon returned from the restricted section and moved to a nearby table to set them down. One text was on historical conflicts that weren’t as well known as say, Voldemort or Grindelwald. The other was on mythical Powers That Be, and what basis they might have in fact. There were plenty more he could have picked up, but these two seemed a good starting point, and he would collect more to take out of the library once curfew arrived. These were just for him to peruse now. When he returned to his dormitory he would note down his thoughts on the two books, but currently there was no parchment or quill before him. He preferred to make his private notes actually in private, rather than in a place where anyone could come across them and comment on what he had written. A near-photographic memory was particularly useful for this choice, especially when the texts were written in another language. Both volumes did have original sources quoted in their contents, he had noticed when quickly browsing through, but for the most part were in English, which would be beneficial to remembering accurately.
With his views of the Shadow Wars so utterly shattered, Kerridon had been spending a lot of time in the library. The majority of what he had been told as a child seemed to be mere scratching on the surface of the truth, or just outright lies. He had honestly believed Dark Phoenix’s power to be infallible as the Shadow Mage, but with the knowledge that the Order of the Light had always won on previous occasions, he had been forced to reassess. So he had turned back to the source of most of his knowledge – books. Having stopped researching the Shadow Wars years ago, when he found limited resources in his own home, he had not thought to look in the school library for more information on the subject. He had been convinced he knew all he needed to determine who was going to win. But, apparently that had been a misconceived idea.
So now he had entered the restricted section once more to find out as much as he could on the matter. For all he knew, D’rorah had been lying to him as well, although she seemed much less the type than his father. And surely she would know that he would not just accept her words to be true after discovering that all he had ever known on the matter might be falsified to manipulate him.
Carrying a couple of leather-bound tomes Kerridon returned from the restricted section and moved to a nearby table to set them down. One text was on historical conflicts that weren’t as well known as say, Voldemort or Grindelwald. The other was on mythical Powers That Be, and what basis they might have in fact. There were plenty more he could have picked up, but these two seemed a good starting point, and he would collect more to take out of the library once curfew arrived. These were just for him to peruse now. When he returned to his dormitory he would note down his thoughts on the two books, but currently there was no parchment or quill before him. He preferred to make his private notes actually in private, rather than in a place where anyone could come across them and comment on what he had written. A near-photographic memory was particularly useful for this choice, especially when the texts were written in another language. Both volumes did have original sources quoted in their contents, he had noticed when quickly browsing through, but for the most part were in English, which would be beneficial to remembering accurately.