Mixxi

[Mixxi]

((Mixxi was already from the Hammerknell Watch in my mind before the latest world event. So nice that it all fit in!))

Seeing the young dwarf in Argent Glade was a shock, certainly. Had she lingered in the Shade so long? And why would the Vigil choose someone like her to return from the Shade?

And now, lying on this narrow cot in the travelers' shelter in Sanctum, she could not stop herself from returning to Hammerknell. Such a happy day it had been for her. At last made a member of the Watch. It was no Runeguard, certainly, but for a young lass, it was grand. And she was young enough for the dangers rising from the depths of Hammerknell to seem exciting. Even the grim warnings of the General could not dampen her joy and pride that day.

But so quickly the darkness and fear had come. A night of running feet and tired, crying children. So many families streaming through the gates with only what they could carry on their backs. All the treasures left behind. And still, when the great gates closed on the rising sun, so many still waited their turn to escape.

Only a week on the Watch before the closing of the gates and it had become the rest of her life. At first they were able to hold back the horrors and talk of opening the gates some day, some month, some year. And then the tides of darkness rose higher through the halls. At last they came to the Watch with their children. They came and begged her to do it quickly, to do what they would make a mess of if they did it themselves. But the Watch were professional soldiers. Skilled with blade and staff.

After she killed the children, it was easy to pass into the Shade.