Fadding

[Michael Vandrik]

His vision faded quickly as he and the lectern he clutched toppled over. From some place in the darkness a dark malice filled laugh issued. He lay there on the cold floor of the church starring up at a mural of the birth of Avatar.

"Forgive me Father for I hath sinned! As I doth lie here about to die I realize I am indeed deathly afraid of yonder abyss. I beseech ye Almighty hear my prayers and know I am truly sorry for my sins!"

And so Vandrik  died, in a pool of his own blood. It was not a hero's death, and he had been little more than a Squire but he had served Higher Being. Most important of all he died with an act of contrition on his lips, he died with a smile as the gates of paradise opened before him. He was home.