Caelius had never intended to dig that deeply into Soren's past.
At first, it was nothing more than a cautious investigation, just enough information to understand the man who had suddenly become the center of so many conflicts yet the more threads he followed, the more the truth unraveled before him and what he discovered left even him unsettled.
Piece by piece, Caelius uncovered fragments of Soren's life in a miserable picture.
He had seen hardship before, had endured his own share of cruelty and survival in a world that rarely showed mercy yet even he, had to admit that what Soren endured was on an entirely different level. The man's suffering did not begin in the North as many assumed.
No, it had started far earlier, rooted deep within a childhood that could hardly be called a childhood at all.
The deeper Caelius investigated, the more disturbing the stories became.
Eventually, he stumbled upon a secret that even Soren himself seemed to have misunderstood his entire life.
