"Your second answer was correct lass, heartless took the settlement off guard. It was late at night when they attacked, and as we were common folk we didn't have swords to defend ourselves. I survived because I was stronger than most, my father had long since passed away, and my mother died early in the attack." Garrick said with a grimace, though he was happy to confide in someone for once. "I fought until they left, leaving the village in burning ruins. The empire said they didn't arrive in time, but those bastards never came."