Darkness….why do these stories always start in darkness. It seems that whenever a new life starts it’s never in the light of day it’s always in darkness. In this case, the fact that I find myself being born really answers that question. Who am I and why does my birth matter? The answer to that is simple and hard at the same time.

My name is...or perhaps I should say was Richard. I remember some things from my old life. Nothing that I would call important, perhaps they would be better called trivial. I remember my hair was brown and people loved my green eyes. Why is it I can remember my hair and eye color but have no idea where I used to live, or who were my family members. Is this normal, do babies remember and then forget these things? Am I special...I don’t think so. Besides colors, I remember other things.

I remember that I lived in a city, I remember that I wasn’t very old. That’s strange in itself. I can remember that I wasn’t young nor old but not the exact age. Trivial things for sure. I don’t remember what I did for a living, or how I lived only that I was alive before my new birth. Again I wonder if this is normal. Are babies born with some knowledge that fades quickly? I guess I will find out later….or if I forget how will I know I forgot.

Darkness….turns to light and I find myself, born again. I don’t remember my last birth but because I remember being alive I’m assuming this isn’t my first birth. Another strange and trivial thing. I find being born to not be an easy event. It almost feels as if some great force conspired to it to happen. One moment I’m sitting in darkness trying to explain life, or my current life and then I’m pushed into the light. Not a gentle push but nearly a shove as if my life depended on it. Perhaps it did, without remembering my last birth, it’s possible this was normal.

It’s hard to see things but if I focus it’s possible to make out shapes. I can see an old woman looking down at me with a smile on her face...wait…should I know that? Should I know it’s an old woman and what a smile is. It seems to me that the knowledge I have should not be considered normal. Within a few moments, I find myself turned and handed to a much younger woman. This young woman has a smile on her face as well but I can tell it’s hiding a sense of tiredness. Without knowing how I understand this to be my new mother.

With that, it seems my birth is now complete. I’m not fully sure what happened or how I arrived here but it seems that my life is now starting over. I’m not sure if my knowing this is normal or if something else is going on but I feel as if time will answer those questions. Within moments I find my eyes starting to close and a sense of exhaustion slams into me….however before I fall asleep something strange happens.

QUEST ‘Rebirth’ Complete

REWARDS - delayed

NEW QUEST ASSIGNED ‘Growth’

REWARDS - Starting knowledge, starting class, starting items