"It was a quiet morning in Theramore and the sun was just barely coming up over the buildings and houses. The soldiers were beginning to start their training for the day, their quiet chatter the only sound in the town as Kiah walked towards the dock. As she began up towards the landing she spotted a lone man, waiting for the boat to Menethil. Kiah slowed her steps, canting her head to the side to study the man. A monstrous axe hung from his back, red-brown hair was mess, and his large frame forced him to continually shift his battle built weight. Even from behind, Kiah instantly recognized the man and grinned, mentally patting herself on the back for stumbling upon him so quickly. She hadn\u2019t actively been searching for him but had been planning to go look for him soon. Stumbling upon him wa"@en . . . "Home is where the heart is"@en . "It was a quiet morning in Theramore and the sun was just barely coming up over the buildings and houses. The soldiers were beginning to start their training for the day, their quiet chatter the only sound in the town as Kiah walked towards the dock. As she began up towards the landing she spotted a lone man, waiting for the boat to Menethil. Kiah slowed her steps, canting her head to the side to study the man. A monstrous axe hung from his back, red-brown hair was mess, and his large frame forced him to continually shift his battle built weight. Even from behind, Kiah instantly recognized the man and grinned, mentally patting herself on the back for stumbling upon him so quickly. She hadn\u2019t actively been searching for him but had been planning to go look for him soon. Stumbling upon him was definitely a ray of light on the day. She continued her trip up the dock, her feet silently falling on the wood. Carefully she loosened the mini-sheath at her wrist and unbuttoned the glove of the opposite arm. She slowed as she came closer to him though, instantly noticing something unusual about the normally glittering paladin. His armor was not heavy metal that gleamed in the sunshine, but leather. This was peculiar\u2026 to see the paladin wearing something other than his shining plate mail. This is too easy\u2026 She came up behind him without making a sound, the man completely unaware of her presence. Agile fingers stretched out and carefully undid the strap that held the humongous weapon on his back. She quickly stepped back after undoing the sheath, the axe falling to the ground with a deafening clang. Uther Briarstone spun around quickly, his eyes wide with shock and surprise. He had no chance to react before Kiah set her foot at his abdomen, pushing him backwards. The big man stumbled, arms flailing, back into the water below. He created a huge splash, which Kiah managed to avoid as she moved his axe to the other side of the dock, out of reach. \u201CKIAH! What the hell?!\u201D Uther sputtered, waving his arms around like a maniac, attempting to keep himself at the surface of the water. Uther had never been a good swimmer and Kiah found it mildly entertaining to watch him flap his arms like a bird, as if he would fly. \u201CHello there, Uther. How\u2019s the water? Guess you\u2019re glad you didn\u2019t wear your plate today, huh?\u201D She flashed him a grin as she watched his exhausting struggle to keep himself from drowning; his weight alone was enough to make him sink like a rock. \u201CBloody\u2026.cough\u2026hell\u2026spit\u2026woman!\u201D He continued to cough and sputter as the water splashed over his face and nose. Something like a giggle escaped Kiah as she kneeled and reached out to him, bracing herself. She was prepared to lose the glove and leave him to drown if he tried to pull her in. Once out of the water he sighed, looking over his sopping wet armor in dismay, \u201CWhy the hostility, Love?\u201D Kiah stepped back from him, the smell of wet leather overwhelming her sense of smell to the point of near nausia. She contained her desire to vomit as she answered, \u201CWell, let\u2019s see\u2026 did you or did you not send a letter to one of my Order\u2019s leaders, pushing him invetiably to find out that I killed your Mother? Haven\u2019t you labeled me a murderer and a thief among those that actually matter and occasssionally threatened me while we were running The Disciples?\u201D One hand rested at her hip as she lifted both eyebrows at him in question. The big man peered at her curiously for a minute and then laughed, nodding in agreement. \u201CAye, aye\u2026 Hah.\u201D His eyes wandered over the dock, searching for his axe. When he spotted it across the dock, he glanced at Kiah, asking silently for permission to retain his weapon. She nodded and watched as he went after it, each step slopping water all over the wood. He reached for the weapon and slung it over his shoulder before he turned to her, his gaze curiously innocent. \u201CSo, what is it that ya\u2019 want and can it wait? I\u2019ve gotta change now.\u201D \u201CI have a couple of questions to ask you\u2026 about some things your Mother mentioned to me.\u201D Kiah motioned for him to walk and she fell into step a few feet behind him. \u201CAt this point, you\u2019re the only one with the answers. I mean, aside from Luthen \u2026 but even if I did know where to find him, I probably wouldn\u2019t bother.\u201D \u201CBut ye\u2019ll bother with me, eh?\u201D He glanced back to her and flashed her a huge grin as they walked into the town. Uther would occasionally glance back at her as they walked, unsure at times if she was still behind him because she was so quiet. \u201CWell, what are yer questions, then?\u201D Kiah thought a moment as they went towards the barracks, wording her questions carefully \u2026 \u201CWhat were we doing in Southshore, all those years ago with your parents? I remember traveling from there to Stormwind, but I don\u2019t remember why or anything before that. I was pretty young, wasn\u2019t I?\u201D \u201CYeh weren\u2019t that young, Kiah. Mebbe just barely a teenager\u2026 But, we lived there maybe three or four months at most\u2026 durin\u2019 the Third War.\u201D Kiah knew very little of the Third War\u2026 aside from what she had asked Kerix and what she had read in the library at Stormwind. She knew that the world had changed during that time, but as she learned these things she wondered how she could not remember the troublesome time. \u201COkay, so\u2026 where were we before Southshore? Were we in Stormwind and just\u2026 took a trip?\u201D Uther stopped and glanced back at her, frowning slightly in her direction. Kiah frowned back as she stopped several feet away from him. \u201CCome on, U, it\u2019s not like your family is going to whip you for telling me\u2026 nobody is alive and I need to know.\u201D He shook his head and sighed, shifting the weight of the axe to his other shoulder, \u201CIt\u2019s not that, Kiah. I have told you all of this before, several years ago. At that time, you knew you weren\u2019t from Stormwind, but you couldn\u2019t remember much before our trip to Southshore. You knew why we left, and like I said, you knew you weren\u2019t from Stormwind, but couldn\u2019t quite remember where exactly it was that we came from-\u201D Kiah cut him off quickly, which was unusual for her, but she felt it necessary. \u201CI looked in the records at Stormwind\u2019s library\u2026 They don\u2019t add up and I don\u2019t remember anything. Well, I do remember things... but all of my memories I have are of things in Stormwind, from after we came back \u2026 and the few things I remember from when I\u2019m very young, I remember being in Stormwind\u2026 but it doesn\u2019t add up. The records of my family don\u2019t correlate with well known world history\u2026 the house my parents supposedly owned doesn\u2019t even exist, and there is absolutely nothing about my brother except for his name and that he was adopted\u2026 and even that\u2019s all scratched out and hard to read.\u201D Uther laughed and continued to walk, \u201COf course the records are wrong. We wrote \u2018em. You had asked me, one day while we were wanderin\u2019 town where we were before Southshore. I told you where we had lived before that and you flipped out on meh. It was as if you had remembered some very bad things about the place, things you didn\u2019t remember for a reason and things you probably don\u2019t remember now. You said that you weren\u2019t from Lordaeron, and you wouldn\u2019t be responsible for it.\u201D Kiah suddenly stopped, stunned, her mouth dropping slightly at his words. Lordaaeron. Uther was several yards ahead of her before he even realized she wasn\u2019t following him anymore, and he was forced to backtrack. \u201CLordaeron?\u201D \u201CAye. Caer Darrow, to be exact. I mean, I vaguely remember the trip we took with your family from the Capital City \u2026 but Caer Darrow was home.\u201D There was a fondness in Uther\u2019s voice as he remembered what was once his home. Kiah stared at him, her shock written on her face. \u201CCaer Darrow\u2026?\u201D Another laugh escaped the burly paladin and he nodded, \u201CYou know, Kiah\u2026 if I had actually wanted your Order to kill you, I would have given them your name. I know you wouldn\u2019t lie about it if asked and the evidence was more than incriminating.\u201D Kiah blinked, surprised by this random bit of information. She turned it in her head a moment and pushed it aside, she\u2019d get back to it later. She had thousands of questions popping up, currently, about Caer Darrow. Why can\u2019t I remember living there? Why are my memories of my parents imbedded in Stormwind, in a house that doesn\u2019t exist during a time that isn\u2019t real? I hate Stormwind! Why would I want to deny what is truly apart of me? \u201CKiah\u2026 how could you make yourself believe something so far from truth, but so convincing in your mind?\u201D Kiah snapped out of her thought provoked daze and looked over to him, shrugging\u2026 \u201CIt becomes a natural occurance when you spend your entire life forcing yourself to believe that things aren\u2019t as bad as they actually are. For my entire life I was in a state of delusional denial about what was going on\u2026 and I got quite good at telling myself certain things had happened and learned how to effectively make my mind believe it.\u201D \u201CHm\u2026 well, I guess that proves that the heart always wins over the mind then. Interesting how you joined an order, geared towards the restoration of Lordaeron\u2026\u201D Uther smirked and glanced up at the sky, the sun was now over the houses, the day was starting to really begin. \u201COnly proves that home is really where the heart is\u2026\u201D Uther glanced back towards where Kiah had been standing, but she was gone."@en .