Defender of the Light

Ever since joining the Legion, I’ve been so terribly busy.  Add to that being in the process of a move from one of Stormwind’s inns to an apartment in Ironforge, and each night I barely have the energy to get into bed.  Hopefully I can catch up here.

Duessel and myself are right under General Drimmer in the chain of command, so there’s a lot of paperwork to keep track of, as well as a lot of issues to deal with regarding the recruits–outfitting them, planning training exercises, offering advice or commands, and so on.

So far, the recruits seem to be handling things well–except for one.  Recruit Eriki, a young woman who probably shouldn’t have been anywhere near the military.  She rebelled nearly from the get-go, and no amount of punishment seemed to help.  Finally, she was forced to resign her commission, and we thought that to be the end of it, if a lamentable end.

However, orders came down from above General Drimmer that she was instead to stand a court martial.  Upon being told this, Eriki was–less than pleased, to put it very mildy.  She–well.  She said things that couldn’t be taken back, and disappeared.  So, her court trial will be held in absentia, and it will be in four days.  I’ve been ordered to be her defense, so when possible I’ve been studying in Stormwind Keep’s library, trying to get a bead on anything I can do.  All it really seems I can do is beg for mercy, and hope for just life in a brig.

Beyond that–peace rarely lives longer than a moment.  In a ghoulish mirror of what happened to Duessel a while ago, General Drimmer had apparently had his own soul attacked.  The methods and people were different, but the results don’t seem to be more than superficially dissimilar.  He seems to have regained it, but I wonder at the cost, as he still seems–different.  It makes me wonder how those kinds of people can exist, the sorts who seem to enjoy hurting others, irrevocably altering lives.

It makes me wonder, sometimes, just how good of a job we’re really doing–and if we’re really focused in the right direction.  As many enemies as there are that would attack us from without–there seems to be no shortage of enemies that would attack us from within, and they seem able to slip through the grasp of the main branch of Stormwind’s military.  I have to wonder if we shouldn’t also focus inward, as well as outward.  I’ll try and remember to bring that up with General Drimmer next time I speak with him.

I’ve also been spending my days out, furthering the causes of the Light and the Legion, trying to put both out there for people to know that they exist to help and guide others.  It’s–as difficult a job as ever, and some days only seems to be growing in difficulty.  I’ll be running through Duskwood some more, as that area really seems to never stop needing help.  Attacks on citizens seem to only grow in number, and ferocity.  Here’s hoping I can provide some measure of comfort and aid.