ANGRA MAINYU

[Apex]

Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience that they seldom even guess at your condition.


This was what the enlightenment brought Angra, or was it always really there just hidden beneath the taught restraints that society had imposed on him. He still struggles to grasp whom he was before the process. It seems strongly subdued now, but none the less a frequently recurring thought. After his mission, imagery of his feats seemed to linger in his mind, like a slow slide show being replayed over and over. These where strangely not troublesome to him. But more like a hunters collection of heads lineing the walls of his mind, trophies of his barbarism in dispatching his enemies. He never even gave them at chance to plea for their lives and killing them seemed easier then snuffing the flame off of an candle. One secound they where animate, the next lifeless.He was already craveing more action. His first mission seemed to only tease his inward exhilaration for the thirst of blood, but for now he still has more to learn.

Unbeknownst to him, his next stop would be the temple.......