User blog:EllenEagle/The Sword In The Ruins

(( Just another IC post for people to read if interested! This is the perspective of my mahjarrat char after the sudden end of the god wars. ))

"Behave."

''That was what Kisbeth discerned the runes to say. It had been months before she risked visiting. The Sword In The Ruins held some fear to it.''

''After all, it had somehow banished a God. ''

''It wasn't just any god, though. Zamorak was the one who had banished Zaros, and was banished himself, along with the rest. How mighty could one be, truly, after being removed so suddenly?''

''It was silent, absolutely silent, save for the humming of the energy radiating from the blade. If she were to walk in any direction from it, it would remain silent. There was no life left. ''

''In the face of the Gods abandoning them, she risked considering the futility of it all. She had been fighting for so long, and what was it for?''

 ''Nothing. The truth of it stood embedded in the ground in front of her.''

''The scarred land reminded her of home, of Freneskae, but it didn't bring her the joy it should have. She had contributed to the destruction. She had to. It was her nature. It was what she did to survive. She did what she had to.''

''Others were already setting themselves on bringing back the gods that had set them on that path. Kisbeth wished she could dedicate herself to the cause. She wished that she could do /something/, but her mind and emotions seemed to her as scarred as the dead lands she walked upon.''

Surprising to her, as she searched for a place to rest and heal mind and body, was the sense of guilt.

''She had to do it to survive. She did what she had to. She had not sinned any more than anybody else. She did what she had to. It wasn't her fault.''

It wasn't her fault.

'... No more than anybody else’s.'

 