Akram

Akram was an iz’kal who lived on a colony planet.
== Story ==
With the tips of his fingers, Akram caressed his wrinkly face. A weathered face returned his stare in the mirror. But he did not feel old. He felt endless and powerful, like his body could not contain him and he could live on after it turned to ashes.
This was a common feeling among those that spend most of their lives in hyperlink. They lose their individuality; they become the hive mind: something much greater than oneself, a more complete being without the pettiness of personal needs and differences. They were not just part of the larger mind, but they became the larger mind itself.
When not in hyperlink, Akram felt orphaned, like a shattered piece of a whole. Akram was a true ergonaut, a man who always sacrificed for others - and the beauty of it made him happy. He was a truly happy man for as long as he was not alone.
But he was alone. Everyone else was dead. The colony was broken, the food processors had stopped working, the atmosphere machine had burned down. He did not know how many days he had left, but in whatever time he had, he was going to make them pay.
The corvo ship had landed in the park in front of him, its crew already drunkenly celebrating their victory. They had taken the small colony by surprise. It was easy for them: before an iz’kal ship could come and see what had happened, they would be gone. Not a single evidence of their wrong doings would be left in the wake of their routine bombings before leaving.
But they had not taken into consideration the power of a true believer of Ergon, a man who lived for a community that was no more.
He could feel the anger running through his veins, like rivers of lava burning from within. He could still hear the voices of the others in his head, as if parts of him had died and left behind a simpler and poorer self. He was not a part of anything anymore - the corvo had taken that from him.
He opened the door and the killing began.
== Source Material ==
This short story first appeared in Rulebook v1.0.
Category:Short Stories
Category:Story Seed
Category:NPCs