<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/42/Gaidin.jpg)</div><strong>Character name: </strong>Warner Du'Baru<br/><strong>Position: </strong>Gaidin to Avalyn Sedai<br/><strong>Tags: </strong>Avalyn<br/><strong>Time: </strong>Evening, Saven 5th, 990NE<br/><strong>Place: </strong>The fountain by the gate.<br/><strong>Warning: </strong>Timber!!<br/><hr/><br/><br/>Warner froze again as she spoke of her selection and his heart beat so hard that he was sure that it would fly across the courtyard at any moment, taking his ribs with it. He had been afraid of never hearing the question... afraid of hearing it spoken to another... Just afraid to feel what he was feeling at that moment. She meant him... no one else in the tower would be that big of a pain in the backside, he thought.<br/><br/>As she finished speaking and had asked him the most important question in his 30 years of life, He met her eyes and knew that they showed far more than he should let them. He took a slow breath, although he couldn't of found the void if his life had depended on it at the moment... the flame couldn't of contained all that was running through him if he spent hours trying.<br/><br/>The big man slid slowly down to one knee and he touched the carved hilt of his sword; the image of a leaping lion was worn but clear, as were slight stains of blood at it's hind-quarters. But, Warner had no thought for it as he lowered his head and spoke in a deep, sincere and respectful voice, "The last drop of my life's blood before a scratch touches your skin Avalyn. Your shield and, blade and shadow until no breath remains. Always and forever by your side; this I sware to you under the Light and by my hope for Salvation and Rebirth under the Light."<br/><br/>In spite of himself, his hand shook ever so slightly as he waited for her to say something. Even without a warders bond, he would not hesitate an instant to protect her with his life... he ad sworn that to himself what seemed a lifetime ago.