Muse Information - The Arm
Kalne’s right arm is an important part of his character. Some might read that and think ‘that’s a weird thing to say, Han, are you on the druggos?’ But hear me out.
Kalne’s right arm is - ALWAYS - hidden behind a sleeve of armor and a gauntlet. It has been since he was twenty-three. The reason for this is because the skin from the tips of his fingers to his upper arm/shoulder was flayed when he was tortured brutally under the hands of an enemy.
The warrior was in a partnership with a young dragoon knight; one of whom he fell in love with. The two had a mutual relationship and Kalne considered himself her loyal guard. When the pair stormed their enemy in search of a rare crystal, they found their enemy to have ten times the strength they did.
Overwhelmed by their foes, the pair had to flea the compound - however, the lady dragoon was wounded on the way back. Due to the extent of her wounds, she couldn’t climb a wall they needed to hop in order to escape. Kalne aided her up the wall, hopeful she’d pull him up after helping her.
However. She didn’t. She fled. Terrified of the enemy - because they had drawn forces from somewhere other than the rabble of man. No, their army had been born and bred in hell. An elite legion of demons had chased them down - one the dragoon knew she nor Kalne stood a chance against.
Thus she left him to die.
But they didn’t kill him.
Kalne Estenea was taken captive by the enemy forces and tortured for a little over a year. During this time, his body was used and abused in ways most men couldn’t comprehend. Including the flaying of his skin and tearing of his flesh with whips/chains/maces etc.
Eventually, the warrior managed to escape ; half-blind by a lack of light and emaciated by a lack of food. His body was too weak too even stand, so he dragged himself from the enemies chamber. Setting alarms and alerting the foes led to a dreadful chase outside of the base. Kalne found himself surrounded at the tip of a mountain by the demons once more.
Fearful of another year or even lifetime of torture - he jumped to the sea below. Allowing fate to decide his life.
A little while late, a skeleton of a man dragged themselves from the salty water of the sea. On the beach, he knelt. His arm and body burning from it’s salt-treated injuries. He was encountered by some villagers who took him in and the rest is history.
Kalne has been building his strength and body mass since - his emotions and expressions are further stunted by his trauma.
Despite everything - Kalne forgave his dragoon friend. Deciding instead to distance himself from her. He also holds no bitterness in his heart - only shame for the things that were done to him. Kalne will never, unless seriously prodded talk about this.
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