Greg of Withmal

You know you don’t stand a chance against these monsters. You drop your neighbor knowing he will not survive. But you did try and even if no one believes you, you know you tried all you could without dying yourself. You flee down the trail and hide in a small dip in the ground. You heard your father shouting for some time up until a few seconds ago. You wait a little longer and then you hear your neighbors screams, but only for a few seconds. Then nothing besides what you can only assume are the snaps of bone. You leave hollow and emotionless, simply not wanting to live in this reality anymore. Much less want to explain what happened to your family and your neighbors. You eventually find your way home, only to burst into tears at the sight of your mother, crying while telling her all that happened. She went to the neighbors the next morning. They never talked to any of you again. Your family eventually manage to convince the towns guard to at least go look at the monsters so that they can restrict the area so that no one else can be surprised and killed. They do so and came back with only a handful of men, but they did restrict that area of the mountains so people were safe. You tried to return to your normal day to day life but it was extremely difficult without your father and your mother resenting you. Eventually you grow older and life gets somewhat better. But you don’t know what you want to do with your life yet. You can decide to remain a farmer, or you could go into battle school and possibly get revenge on the monsters that killed your father, or you could think about other career choices. You decide to...