And so it was that all he had feared had come to pass. The darkness that had loomed over his heart had finally consumed him and he knew no more. The family he had loved, the beauty he had admired and the friends he had sworn to protect were blissful memories washing from his mind. It was no fairy tale ending, it was not a parade. The work that had brought him to this moment were all for naught. He was gone and nothing remained of him on this plane of existance but the tales of his bravery and nobility. As time passed, even those faded and it was as though he had never been...