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</div></div><br/>Rain started pouring down, it's cold drops washing the dirt and sweat of<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F564x%2Fa1%2F58%2F2f%2Fa1582f2ea7e4ad1d141db928ebfd944c--mens-haircuts-mens-hairstyles.jpg&amp;hash=d3fa411efdbba3a57568a839e6e0ea8e" href="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a1/58/2f/a1582f2ea7e4ad1d141db928ebfd944c--mens-haircuts-mens-hairstyles.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Zorkas</a>' face. It had been a long day, working the lands and trying desperately to make sure the next harvest would be good after the last few had been ruined by the countless battles that had been waged on these lands. The war had left Velen - or No Man's Land as people had grown accustomed to call it - ruined and ravaged, squished in between two armies. It's inhabitants were in a state of despair, barely getting by and suffering under the harsh rule of a warlord who had seized his opportunity after both armies retreated to lick their wounds.<br/><br/>Zorkas was no exception to this. There was barely any food after battles had destroyed his farmland and left them infertile, and coin was hard to come by. And even though the villagers tended to look after one another, he didn't have to expect much help - the other people didn't have anything left either, many in an even worse situation than himself.<br/><br/>As soon as the rain started to become worse, and the sun started to disappear beyond the mountains, Zorkas started on his way back home. Although the walk back wasn't too long, it was enough to make his mind wander a bit. Absent minded he followed the dirt road towards the village, thinking whether or not he should try to buy some meat from the hunter, when his eyes spotted something on the side of the road.<br/><br/>It was too dark to see what it was from a distance, and Zorkas immediately slowed down his pace and approached carefully, constantly looking around to see if it wasn't some bandit's trap. As he got closer he could see it was a human, her long white hair hiding her face from his eyes. "Hello." He softly called out when he finally stood beside her, with no effect. When he reached out to touch her, he spotted the sword that was strapped to her back, making him even more hesitant to do anything. But as he sat there beside her, minutes passed and nothing happened, making him believe it was safe. Carefully he put his hand on her shoulder and shook her gently, hoping she wake up.<br/><br/><span style="font-size: 9px"><a class="username" data-user-id="112" data-username="@Kitara Dietrich" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/112/">@Kitara Dietrich</a> </span>