I am here by mere coincidence that my name also happens to be Artemis, and by chance me and Mr. Morgan arrived at the Bronze Sea at around the same time, at around the same boat, let me explain.
When I was but a lad, maintaining the livestock at my father’s farm in Bell village, I saw multiple armed men drag him away. Later that week, he was executed. From there, I became resentful against the Magic Council, and attempted to destroy their tower. I was caught with 20kg of gunpowder and promptly arrested. There, being held at the 3rd floor, I awakened my ink magic. They blocked off the main entrance, so there was no other way but up. And then, on the penultimate floor, I met the man.
As we blasted off the metal bars of the execution chamber, Artemis Morgan overshot his leap and fell into the bay. I escaped to the harbor, thinking that this oddly powerful magician would be nothing but a memory. I snuck into a ship, the Aweea, and stowed away. When we reached the edge of the safe area protected by the council, I saw him again.
He blasted the midsection of the ship and split it in two. As he drifted away in the back of the ship, he threw me a dagger, which cut one of my fingers off. That is why I got my nickname “9”. We hit a few rough spots on the way, lost a few men, and the front of the ship became nothing but a few boards floating by 4 empty barrels. I once again thought of the other Artemis as only a oddity.
When we entered the Bronze Sea, it was just me and another man, named Zen Rhea, who always tried to make the raft as best as possible, and nearly revived another man who fell overboard with friction electricity. When we smashed our way into the jaws and swam to Redwake, we went our separate ways. Then, after a few days of recovery and finding a wooden finger, he appeared.
There, you now know about Artemis Morgan’s beginning, I will definitely attempt to ask him for information, and thank you for reading. As for myself, I believe journalism would be my strong-suit, what with my ink magic. Be free to post your stories around Redwake or Frostmill, and maybe even some place else when I get some galleons in this profession. Thank you for reading, and stay safe.
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