Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-34358576-20180122040547/@comment-30655593-20180123202606

Ellie would hesitantly take the candy and eat it, feeling a bit better...

"Me and Ellie... hm... there's quite a heavy-hearted story behind it." He said looking over at the tent and back to Hook. ". For me, I'm a divine being that used to be apart of the Divine Seven though as you can guess I decided to retire from service. The night I met Ellie was when I was on a mission, track the demonic entity, Baal-Hermon. I was on the trail of a thick demonic energy so it was my best bet to find him, that and the most recent report of him was in the area. I honestly thought I could banish him for good that night but... all I found was a mansion lit up in the fires of Hell. Baal was nowhere to be seen but the trail was getting fresher... but I couldn't leave whoever was inside to burn. I tried to dispell the many flames but as if they themselves were a ranging giant. I called for help and entered the building myself despite my size. I looked and looked until finally found them in the basement... two burnet corpses and one small Ellie hidden under a soaking blanket. If I had to guess they tried their best to protect her... rest their souls. The blanket bought me enough time to save her. I remember carrying her out of that burning building like it was yesterday... The authorities and members from the Divine Seven would soon arrive. I'd inform them of what happened and as anyone would do, I gave her to a guard who would take her to an orphanage... the empty, lost stare she gave me that night... no sword could ever pierce me like that gaze. From then on something ate at me... guilt... guilt over not being there at the right time. All of that could have been avoided if I was just quicker." He'd let out a sigh. "After this, I decided to visit Ellie here and there. She seemed to cling to me for whatever reason... perhaps that I was her savior or that I exclusively visited just for her. This would go on, our bond, in my mind, growing stronger but... I noticed something... that kids would come and go but she... no one seemed tempted to adopt her. I heard rumors that the reason why was because people were saying she was cursed because a demonic entity attacked her home... absurd. There could have always been the fact that she was older than most kids there... but I digress. My visits would go on for about three months, once a week. Eventually, I made up my decision and requested an audience with the Court of Gods. I pleaded my case of retiring from the Divine Seven to adopt Ellie and take care of her on my own accord. There was much talk and arguing but luck was on my side as the vote was seven to three. I was retired from the Divine Seven, adopted Ellie, and now live in Oxford. We do get many visitors curious about whether it was true that a retired member of the Divine Seven has resided in Oxford... Ellie gets quite the kick out of their faces when they seem me come to the door." He lets out a soft laugh and resumes. "Though I wasn't banished from Heaven so I can return there anytime and bring Ellie. She quite enjoys it there, made a fair amount of friends too..." He then goes silent and stares off into space... He then shakes his head. "Well, that is the story between me and her."

(PHEW! That took awhile to type but... I like how it turned out. I'll be making a character background between these two in the future with much more detail.)