Li/Gallery

I grew up in a time before electronics or even science, really. Where the strong ruled by the sword. Until Fate made me more than just another peasant. I used what I'd become to stop those who needed to be stopped.

I befriended and fought alongside beasts who could become men.

I faced creatures from beyond for whom we humans were but playthings. Or food.

Sometimes I failed.

Though after my enemies would leave me for dead, my eyes would reopen, and I'd take up the fight again until it was won.

As the times changed so did I. Swords gave way to guns, and explosives. The way I fought changed, but not the fight itself.

Sometimes I faced down the supernatural. But man can be every bit as evil as a demon, and in the decades where men struggled against governments who sought to oppress them, I often found myself on the side of freedom fighters, hidden in deserts or jungle camps.

But I've known good times as well. I have loved. Married more than once. I have watched my families grow and prosper over the years. And I have watched my loved ones die.

Most people living today have no idea how good we have it. Or how easily it can all be taken away.