Erhard Botwrighte/The Dead Jester

# *Erhard Botwrighte/The\_Dead\_Jester*

## *Story*

### Cruel World

Erhard Botwrighte is a German/Celtic man, who lifed in a higher class Family until a war killed and destroyed everything he had. He lost his Family, dreams and Nation far far away in another continent.

The only 15 years old boy then had no other missions then traveling trough, nations, landscapes, citys and wars, just to find a new purpose thats worthy enough to life for. But in this time he saw the true reality of the planet! Its brutal, excruciating and horrible but the cause for this isnt the nature or the gods, its the people who formed the planted into a place of suffering. Erhard never expected so much cruelty in the world and he knew if he stays weak he would die soon. He stayed in a city named Azur a city of thiefs and murderers, there he quickly learned skills like sneaking and charisma. One day however he got caught while stealing a apple from a rich merchant, Erhard didnt thought much about it, he thought that he will just punch him a little and then let him run away but it was different. Erhard realised the knife in the merchants hand, ready to kill him! The merchant said hes sick of people trying to steal from him, that he is sick of people like Erhard and that he will kill every of those rats who will come across his way! Even after all the things Erhard saw was he still shocked, he just wanted something to eat but couldnt affort it and now he needs to die? The merchant gets closse to Erhard ready to stab him! Erhard is immediately trying to run away but is soon in an dead end in the middle of a dark alley. The young Erhard sees no other way as to fight, even tho the merchant seems dopple as strong as him, so he beginns to run towards the merchant, jumping on him and with that trowing him on the ground! But the merchant quickly tackles Erhards leg and puts him on the ground too, he grabs Erhards neck, slowly stands up and pushes him against the wall! Erhard tries everything he can while getting strangled by the angry merchant, not loosing hope! His vision get blur and he looses strengh. In the last seconds he sees a knife thats comes out from behind the merchant and cuts his throat!

### The Family

Erhard wakes up in a strangers bed, he was asking himself where he was, some kind of prison? Then someone walked in, someone with a long black robe, the strange man intoduced himslef as Brother Anselm. Brother Anselm said Erhard had nothing to fear, that hes safe now but Erhard quickly asked where he is! Brother Anselm smirks and tells him that theyre in the home of the Family. Erhard is confused what the Family is and why they helped him and Brother Anselm answers that the Family is a very old religios guild of assassins and that they didnt had the intention to rescue Erhard from the rich merhcant, the rich merchant was just a victim of a contract. Erhard didnt know how to react but somehow he quickly asked if he could join them! It just ran out of his mouth! He didnt even really realiced! Brother Anselm watched Erhard dead in the eyes and asked Erhard if he really wants to join, there would be no way back and he needs to give up everything he has! But Erhard realiced that he had nothing anyway so he again said he wants to join, just as fast as the first time. Brother Anselm smirked again and tells the young Erhard to stand up then and follow him. Erhard got shown the whole undergorund one part castle, one part cave base of the Family! Everyone there ran around with black robes just like brother Anselm and it made him curious. After some while brother Anselm stopped infront of a basin filled with blood but Erhard still wasnt really believing that it was real blood. Until brother Anselm told Erhard to take the knife on the table right next to the basin and to cut his hand with it, so that his blood is dripping into the basin. Erhard of course thought it was really creepy but the knew asking for a answer wouldnt be right thing to do right now, so he just quickly took the knife, cutted his hand and holded his hand above the basin! 10 seconds later brother Anselm wrapped a piece of cloth around his hand and welcomed him in the Family.

### A New Porpuse

After that Erhard got teached by brother Anselm for many years, he was trained to think like a assassin, to fight like a assassin, to become a assassin! Many victims needed to die due to Erdhards hands! In the end he finished his traning almost perfectly and became soon was the day where he becomes a full member of the Family, a Assassin. He learned to live like a assassin and to believe in "mother and " father", the two gods of the Family, so now he was ready for his porpuse! On every adapts last day they get a porpuse from "mother" and "father" and Erhard really wanted to know his! Then the time finally came Erhard stood infront of the Shadow from the home of the Family in the city Azur. The Shadow who highest assassin rang in the Family and gets only choosen by "mother" and "father" to found another home for the Family! This legendary person stood infront of him! So Erhard excitedly waited for the words from the Shadow, he wanted to know what his new porpuse is! And the Shadow slowly said "rise to the continent Ilistrus, find yourself a strong nation, loyal friends and nice place to life because youre task will be to build up a new home for the Family"! The whole room got quiet! No one made a sound! Erhard asked the Shadow why he got elected to become a Shadow himself and got the answer "i am not the one who choses assassins porpuses, i am just telling you what mother and father are telling me, you will hear them soon too!". With no more longer thinking he accepted his porpuse, he thanked the Shadow, thanked all his friends and thanked his master brother Anselm for all the years! In the last talk with brother Anselm, he said that he already had the feeling that Erhard is going to become a Shadow one day, since he safed his life. Not long after he packed the things and jumped on a boad with the direction to Ilistrus!

### A New Life

Now in Ilistrus the 27 years old Erhard Botwrighte quickly found a perfect Nation for him to serve, Mezarte. He saw the at first small but already very strong nation and immediately began helping them so they become the strongest of all! But he still has his mission in mind, founding a home for the Family in Ilitrus!

To be continued...