He’d do anything for Vivid, even face the dungeons again. He is the closest thing Scorch had to a friend, the only touchstone he had left. He never says yes to any of Scorch’s pleading looks … but he never says no. He keeps Scorch at arm’s length, while never quite pushing him away, protecting him from slavers, monks, and assassins alike. The only constant, the only saving grace in all of it is Vivid. Unfortunately for Scorch, no one else is what they truly seemed to be either. What do you do when everything you thought you knew was a lie?įrom Guardian of the Kingdom to assassin, Scorch’s life is turned upside down. A creature born with the power of fire, able to set fire to candles or forests, who can take the form of a dragon. In the desert, Scorch is forced to reveal himself for what he truly is: an elemental. Kio and Julian to join her monks, Scorch to save her life, and Vivid for his own purposes. Returning to his quest to warn the High Priestess, Scorch finds himself joined by Kio, a skilled herbalist, Vivid, the man in black, and Julian. All of them have their reasons for heading to the High Priestess’s temple. Silent, stoic, and a skilled killer, he helps Scorch get free. Fortunately for Scorch, his luck - and the that of the slavers - changed the day they brought in the man in black. ![]() Scorch has never killed anyone before and it breaks something in his spirit that the first person whose life he takes is another innocent. They are dragged out in pairs, made to fight to the death for the amusement of The Circle. There he meets Kio and Julian, two other hapless people among the many captured victims. He goes to bed with the barmaid and wakes up with her lifeless body beside him and soon finds himself in chains, beaten and dragged away by slavers. Everything is perfect, just the way it is supposed to be, until he takes a drink too many in an inn. He is off with a sword at his belt, whiskey in his flask, and a spring in his step. When he is tapped out for a special and secret mission to save the life of the High Priestess from assassins, Scorch knows his time had come at last. ![]() ![]() Saving people, righting wrongs, being honorable and maybe just a little bit famous with lovers from one end of the kingdom to the other. As an orphan discovered and rescued by Master McClintock, the Guild Master of the Guardian’s Guild, Scorch has always known what his path in life would be: He is going to be a Guardian, doing good in the world.
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