Lords of Gossamer and Shadow: Vonelo of Restolon

Vonelo of the Restolon Asteroid Settlements.  Image by Jordan Alexander

Life can be hard in the backwaters of the galaxy.  I am the overseer of the Restolon settlement and I have made certain of that for some time.  There is good money to be had mining asteroids and where there is good money there are good takings to be had from those that take it.

In essence I live like a king at the expense of others toil.  You may feel that makes me some kind of tyrant but I just believe it makes me smart.  Little effort and a lot of fear causes me to be very comfortable here.  But one thing I am always after is to make just that little bit more if I can.

It was a traveller that spoke to me.  I knew they were from off rock from the strange get up.  Way too colourful, not even safe from a pressure loss.  Had to be from way off rock.  She managed to charm everyone in my organisation, something magical.  It was certainly not the lines of structure that I manipulate and control.  Something much more personal, perhaps considered but it intrigued me so we danced the dance.  I put my defences up and we danced.

She saw in me a companion.  A companion for her bed but also a companion who could teach her something.  She wanted to learn about the lines, what I called the purification, but she gave me its real name, the Eidolon.  If I agreed to show her the way to manipulate it she would show me as many worlds I could imagine and more.  She would teach me her magic, which I scoffed at, and how to be considered a god amongst ignorant beings.

Of course I agreed.  I thought she was mad but she was mad and mine.  She made me feel alive.  How did I know that everything she said was true…