I don’t regret what I did, or what I plan to keep doing. This was a long time coming, honestly. Inevitable with the way everything has been going the last few years, as much as I tried otherwise.
There’s no future for me in the Alliance anymore. Not after everything that’s happened. I returned to Stormwind and joined the guard to protect my family and to try and start over, to make a new life doing the right thing. For Rory’s sake. For Jeán’s sake. But the right thing isn’t what they say it is anymore. The right thing isn’t obeying the law, obeying the king. Anduin is a good king. but he’s young. He’s soft. Too soft. As long as the Horde is left unpunished, my family will never be safe. We’ve long since passed the time for mercy. Gilneas. Theramore. Teldrassil. All places I called home, all places they took away. I’m done following orders. I’m finished being told to wait nicely and play by the rules while innocents are slaughtered. Every ship I catch is going up in flames. Maybe if I had done this sooner, I might have found Timira too. Another thing the Alliance cost me with their inaction. It’s a strange feeling, mourning someone twice. I thought we lost her with everyone else on Teldrassil. Maybe we did, in a way. No one else made it out, not even her daughters. If that was the case, then the Timira I knew really did die that day. I still wish she had let us know she was alive, though. Gave us something, even just a sign. Something to hold onto. When I saw her name on the flyers near the gallows, before I realized what was happening, I felt… like maybe not everything was lost. Some part of what was left of my heart survived the fires in Teldrassil after all, when I had otherwise feared so much worse. But then she was taken away a second time. At this point I don’t care why. She’s really gone this time. Truly gone. But now I wonder if anyone else made it out. The idea of her not coming back to us if she survived seemed absurd to me before, but if that’s the truth, then who else could still be out there? If they’re alive- Aurhim, Eriel, Xyria- then I’ll find them, and anyone else that may have survived, or die trying. I made a promise, after all. I know Rory is safe in Stormwind for now. If anything happens to me, Jeán will take care of him. With any luck, neither of them will find out what I’m doing, or what happens to me if this all ends. Maybe I don’t regret the path I’m walking now- I never will. But Jeán… He might feel differently. But this is for the best. My only regret is not doing this sooner.
