Corrax

> *"I don't think I could live with myself if I put someone innocent in danger."*
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## Storyline

Corrax is introduced when he stumbles into the Listener's home unannounced. He apologizes for intruding but he is wounded and was looking for a safe place to hide from the guards chasing him.He eventually gives in and explains that he was hired to remove a noble man who had done monstrous things but had failed.

He tries to leave but is too injured to move. He requests for the Listener to help him bind his ribs with some of his supplies and they agree. The process is clearly uncomfortable. To distract him, they ask him to talk about himself and he briefly shares his background. There's not much to tell and the Listener quickly finishes.

Corrax has no plans except to hide, which is risky given the heightened security in the city, but the Listener offers to let him stay with them. He initially resists, saying he doesn't want to put an innocent in danger. The Listener insists and he gives in, pledging that he will defend them from anyone who troubles them and work around the house as repayment.

Months have passed and we learn that Corrax is still in the Listener's care. He surprises the Listener with a fine, homemade dinner, revealing that though his ribs aren't fully healed he can remain hidden enough to leave and shop for food. The dinner is repayment for everything the Listener has done for him. It's implied that it was difficult to pay for medical help he needed but the Listener never gave up on him.

When they ask how he paid for the food he assures them that he hasn't started working again, for their sake. Instead he sold his weapons so he could buy the ingredients for dinner. He haltingly confesses that his injury has left him much weaker than before and sensitive to the cold. While watching the Listener suffer to take care of him, they were a temptation to resume work and repay what he owed. However, the time he's spent with them has given him a different perspective. The thought of going back to who he was and disappointing the Listener or dying while on the job isn't worth the life he's built with them.

His final confession is that he is scared of the future but he's certain that the Listener is a part of it - if they would like to be.

His future is revealed over a year later, Corrax, unable to sleep, counts backwards to himself and wakes the Listener from their sleep. He says he was compelled to make sure the doors and windows were locked and tries to get them to sleep but they refuse, trying to comfort him instead. The former assassin resists for a while but it's not long before he shares that he's still anxious about his past life's sins catching up with them and putting the Listener, now his love, in danger. He explains that his backwards counting was taught to him as a way to focus and manage his fears, of which there are many. He often wakes up in the night thinking that his new life and love are part of a ploy to kill him.

To let the Listener comfort him he invites them to sit in the window with him and cuddle under a blanket to watch the sunrise. He talks more about his fears of other assassins breaking in to kill them and how deeply he regrets his old work with the Grand Dragon. He wonders how the Listener could ever love someone like him and starts to cry but they embrace him and it calms him down. Corrax promises to do better in the future and they watch the sunrise together

## Personality

The noble descriptor doesn't refer Corrax's background (as far as we know) but the way he treats those around him. He acts with honesty and concern for how he might put others in danger. He especially doesn't want to put the innocent at risk.

He initially has a very black-and-white view of the world, saying that by eliminating those he considers bad he helps the world become better. He compares his job to that of an adventurer killing monsters for hire. In the second episode he confesses that this is a poor justification for the killing that he's done, struggling for a long time to realize he was lying to himself to stay sane. It's possible he's repressing a darker side of his personality so he won't scare the Listener.

He is very honorable and works hard to repay favors, calling them debts. He considers himself an unworthy partner for the Listener due to the blood on his hands and his weakened state, and the former is still true as of the latest episode. He struggles with paranoia out of his regret for working as an assassin but doesn't hide it from the Listener. Part of this paranoia is driven by the need to keep the Listener safe from the consequences of his old life. He admires their kind soul and selflessness and thinks they should have the best of everything, including himself.

## Trivia

### Corrax

* Has been an assassin for five years and has undergone interrogation training.
* He knows the prices for various goods thanks to his background with a merchant caravan. He presumably has other skills as well, such as bargaining and knowing how to find rare supplies.
* He's familiar with the Upper District but only used to go there as part of his work.
* Knows how to cook a variety of dishes.
* He used to work for "the Grand Dragon", killing people to "protect the land [and] protect the balance".

### The Listener

* Is kind and selfless, willing to help a complete stranger just because they are injured and ask for help.
* Corrax implies that they don't have much money to spare and must work extra hard to earn it.

### Fan Theories

* The noble he was hired to kill was the unnamed lord in Honeywood hunting monsters illegally (completely unconfirmed).
* The rebellion Corrax mentions in his second episode is the rebellion against the Mad Emperor suggesting that he and the Listener are in Runika or the Seperatist magical kingdom (completely unconfirmed).
* The third audio makes him a more likely candidate to join a certain paladin's request, especially if the Grand Dragon is part of the Unseen One's hierarchy (both points completely unconfirmed).

## Audio References

1. ↑ Helping a Noble Assassin
2. ↑ Noble Assassin Confesses To You
3. ↑ Noble Assassin Holds You