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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knight Otu" data-source="post: 715293" data-attributes="member: 192">Ash'lon White Belt Record: 1/9 Powers: None Item: - Yen: 0   A stream... power... demons... druids... hearts... then... nothing... death... endings...   When Jarmin d'Urlam was born, nothing hinted at the possibility that the son of a minor noble was not what he appeared to be. Some people would have expected dark omens, be it a new star appearing in the night sky, be it that the local river turned red from blood. But nothing of this sort happened. Neither did the boy show any unusual birthmarks... outwardly.   As he grew up, Jarmin became a physically and mentally strong man with a hint of sorcerous powers, a rare but welcome sight for his parents, considered a blessing of the good gods. Certainly, Jarmin would make a great ruler of the small plot of land the family lead, and maybe, the family would rise in status. Then, one day, the young man felt horrible pain rushing through his body, particularly in his heart. It felt as if his heart would be ripped out. None of the healers could determine the cause of his pain, so Jarmin conducted his own research. That was when the visions began...   He saw himself with great power, diminished by the assault of druids, demons and heroes. He saw himself losing his heart and rampage throughout the world. He saw himself replacing his heart with a powerful fiend. And he saw a stream of unborn souls, where he died. And Jarmin understood. Using forbidden knowledge, he tapped into his soul - a soul that had been born before, unlike the one he should have received. His soul was one of power. As mighty as Jarmin's body might be regarded, it was inadequate for his soul - the soul of a half-fiendish dragon.   The soul of Ashardalon, now partially awakened, ravaged and warped Jarmin's body. Not only did he grow bat-like wings, vicious claws and horrible teeth, not only did his eyes take the color of ember and developed his skin red, scaly spots, he also lost his heart - literally. Where a normal human would have his heart, Jarmin only had a seemingly burned out cavity, with occasional hints of activity.   Jarmin d'Urlam was no longer. The entity he had become felt no loyalty to the people his old self would have considered friends or family. They never understood what it was that killed them, until the very last moment, when he whispered his name into the ears of the dying. That was the last time that Jarmin ever used his given name, instead assuming a corrupted version of his soul's name, just as he himself was just a corrupted version of the dragon it once belonged to. Now calling himself Ash'lon, he has but one goal - to regain his former power and glory. And as it seems, he has found the perfect place to do so.   Despite the fact that he lost his first fight, Ash'lon is satisfied - Samidare took much longer to defeat him than he should have. The second fight against Samidare went in a similar fashion, although Ash'lon had already felt the victory to be within his grasp.   His luck, however, continued to fail him, and thus he was enslaved by Shou Ren, who sent him against the boy Rusty and the samurai Kitsune Haru. By some strange event, the samurai vanished from the fight, finally granting the horrible creature the first victory.   <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39738" target="_blank">Lost against Kirin Samidare on 18.3.03</a> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44682" target="_blank">Lost against Kirin Samidare on 21.4.03</a> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49147" target="_blank">Lost against Kennith Whitefang on 11.5.03</a> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49918" target="_blank">Lost against Tiny on 27.6.03</a> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55126" target="_blank">Lost against Shou Ren on 16.7.03</a> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56741" target="_blank">Lost against Rusty on 24.7.03</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59016" target="_blank">Won by default against Kitsune Haru on 23.10.03</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=67521" target="_blank">Lost against Lotus on 7.12.2003</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=86816" target="_blank">Lost against Wolf Mountain on 16.5.04</a> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87935" target="_blank">Lost against Tiny on 15.6.04</a></blockquote>

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