NoJoMo #9

NoJoMo #9: Who is or has been the most influential person in your life and why?

A: Prior to 2008, my hero was Gandhi. I wanted to be as peaceful and good as him. I read his autobiography, and memorized his seven dangers to human virtue.

After 2008, it’s been Raistlin Majere. Because nobody fucks with Raistlin Majere and gets away with it. Ever. Nobody hurts Raistlin Majere.

“The dark crimes which stain my soul, brother, you cannot begin to imagine. If you knew, you would turn from me in horror and loathing. And, you are right. Sometimes in the night, even I turn from myself. But know this, I committed those crimes intentionally, willingly. Know this too–there are darker crimes before me, and I will commit them, intentionally, willingly.

She will enter the Abyss with me. She will go before me and fight my battles. She will face the dark priests, dark mages, spirits of the dead doomed to wander in that cursed land, plus the unbelieveable torments that my Queen can devise. All these will wound her in body, devour her mind, and shred her soul. Finally, when she can endure no more, she will slump to the ground to lie at my feet…bleeding, wretched, dying. She will, with her last strength, hold out her hand to me for comfort. She will not ask me to save her. She is too strong for that. She will give her life for me willingly, gladly. All she will ask is that I stay with her as she dies.

But I will walk past her. I will walk past her without a look, without a word. Why? Because I will no longer need her. I will continue to walk forward to my goal, and my strength will grow even as blood flows from her pierced heart.“

~Bruce