Louis Colfer

Louis Colfer
Louis Colfer is well-known merchant from the town Ethinic.

Village of Muller:
Louis lived in a small, peaceful and lonely village, far far away from civilization. The village named Muller was located in the sparsely populated and least developed area in the nation of Boxo. The village was of devoid security and visits from others.

Louis lived a pretty normal life, he wasn’t quite wealthy but he and his parents had enough money to fill their stomachs everyday. In fact, the income per capita averages around $300-$500 every year! Farming was the main economic activity carried out in the village. Some nobles of the town were wealthy which according to a few sources, was probably the main reason for the raid on his peaceful town

Raid on Muller:
It was a typical day of farming for Louis and his mother and father until, from the corner of his eye, he saw five horsemen, carrying swords and bows, emerge from the thick bushes, bordering a forest, west of the village. Immediate panic enveloped Lious’s mind but before he could even let out a scream, one of them blew a trumpet and they galloped towards Muller. Screams of women and children could be heard, “Give us your money!”(Ref. from Lious’s diary), one of the pillagers shouted as they plundered the village. A few nickels didn’t make them happy so one of them made their way to the centre and threatened to burn the village if they didn’t hand over their valuables.

Lious’s father had enough, he grabbed his wooden shaft with the intention of stopping the pillagers. Lious had tried his best to stop him but was unsuccessful, unfortunately his father was killed and the pillagers set the village on fire. Soon, everything was engulfed by the flames, the fire even made its way to the field where Lious was. He eventually found himself surrounded by the flames.

He had no choice but to seek safety in the forest, which he did. He ran in the forest not knowing what’s behind him. One raider had noticed Lious running away so he ran after him, expecting some loot. Lious had a glimpse behind him and saw a man chasing him down. Lious gave all his effort to outrun the pillager but slipped by a stone. Expecting to be attacked, he turned around and raised his hands to block the hit, however, sunlight that was reflected from the pillager’s iron armor blinded him. The pillager attacked him with such a great force that he had passed out.

Trip to Alkem:
Lious found himself wrapped in chains, from the stomach to the chest, being pulled by two horsemen infront and encircled by three behind him, carrying boxes of loot. Lious was treated very poorly, he given food once a day and given very little amounts of rest. After three days of travelling, they finally arrived at a town which Lious found it quite attractive, with its tall and beautiful structures.

Lious was dragged around the town until they stopped at the centre of it. There was a beautiful palace here embedded with precious stones in the walls. After some time, a man, according to a few sources, named Richard who was 47 years old came out and greeted the bandits, the bandits got off their horse and showed him the loot with pride, Richard seemed quite happy. Richard then looked around the place and saw Lious and both of them made eye contact.

Lious saw something in his eyes that changed his life forever. The sky was blood red, the houses and trees were on fire, and he saw a man, who looked very similar to Lious, looting and killing people. Lious shook his head to stop seeing the scene, but for some reason, Richard smiled, as if he saw the same thing, something he wanted in a bandit. Richard ordered to open the chains and take him around his palace. Richard’s hand was on Lious’s shoulder as he showed him around the palace, Lious dared not to utter a word due to his fear, “You seem very hungry”(Ref. from Lious’s diary), he said. The tour was cut short and Richard took him to the dining table.

The loss of a good soul and reasons to becoming a bandit:
Richard asked Lious politely to sit next to him, on the royal table, which he did, still shaking of fear. Richard then asked the cook to bring in some food and a wine called “Poske”. The food was brought to Lious, and without a second thought, he ate the food as if this was his last meal. Lious then had a good look on the wine. It was bright red in colour, something about it brought Lious closer and closer to it. Lious was desperate to take a sip, he tried his best to control his urges but couldn’t. He took a small sip of the wine and immediately had a migraine. His vision blackened out and he started hallucinating. Lious then saw himself, but glowing, with a halo on his head and wings on his back. “Angel” Lious shook his head in disappointment and started walking away, into the black abyss. The vision of him plundering a city played again.

Lious then snapped out of the vision and looked at Richard, with double the confidence, and gave him a wicked smile, “It indeed works..” (Ref. from Richard’s servant), Richard whispered to himself. Lious was then taken to the training quarters, where he took training from Richard himself. Both of them continued for an hour, until a servant came and told Richard that he accidentally broke a vase. Richard with extreme anger, punched the servant and started beating him up. Lious was disturbed and wanted to stop him, but the thought of doing something good gave him the same migraine he got when he drank the wine. Lious stood there “paralysed” in his own body, unable to stop Richard.

Lious lived in this town for a couple of months. Lious’s personality was noticeably changing, he found the site of theft, murder etc entraining but care and love annoying, slowly but surely, the good side of him was fading away. Richard had also started ignoring Lious, often forgetting to give him food for the day. Lious feeling very hungry, stole food from stalls and markets. It was difficult for him to do it the first time but soon, he was able to do it without having a second thought

Lious’s first raid:
After extensive training and opinions from fellow bandits, Lious had decided to do his first raid, he wanted to end the poverty life he was living. He took a horse and galloped towards the wilderness, looking for a town. According to a few sources, he stopped 15 or 20 times before reaching his destination, thinking if this is worth it or not. After a long “stop and go” journey, he finally arrived to a town. The town had fairly rich citizens wearing expensive jewellery. Lious stormed through the town, looting and plundering it. He set the town on fire and killed those who didn’t give him loot. “I felt like the scene came into reality” (Ref. from Lious’s diary), says Lious. Lious then leaves the premises of the town with stolen goods. According to some of the citizens, he said “sorry” or “gg” after leaving, keep in mind, the good side is still in him.

Friday 24th September:
Lious came to be known as the polite bandit, who would say “please” and “thank you” and “sorry” or “gg” after leaving. He became an experienced bandit after many raids, his confidence also raised by a lot. He wanted to raid this town named Calost, known for having rich citizens but a force to defend it self. Lious made its way to the town and had made a plan to get across the security and loot the town. Everything was going good until he saw a young boy crying, Lious thought of cheering him up, but he immediately got a migraine. The pain was so agonising that he screamed at the top of the lungs. This alerted everyone in the town. Seeing Lious’s weapons, an officer assumed he was a bandit and shot an arrow at his leg. Lious, bleeding heavily escaped the town and went into a forest. Lious felt really demotivated, “This is my last raid, I will now serve people”(Ref. from Lious’s diary), Lious said. However, Lious had a migraine again, Lious understood that even thinking about doing something good will bring him pain, let alone actually doing it.

Ethinic:
Lious, after a few days, in the forest, returned back to Alkem. By now everyone came to know about his defeat. As he entered the town, people made fun of him and mocked him, dust and stones were pelted at him. Lious felt really embarrassed and ran far far away from the town. He made his way in the plains and stayed there for a few days, barely surviving on the food he brought for his raid. Lious felt that opening a shop would be a great idea, and after a few days of hard-work, he was finally done and named it Ethinic. Lious wore a mask while selling goods, and a earned a fortune for himself. However, Lious found this “not entertaining”. At this point, Lious had lost the sympathy and care for people, no one could imagine this bandit was once a farmer belonging to a town where killing a fly was a crime. He eventually got bored of being a merchant, therefore he established the town as a base for raids. The wine he drank had taken over his body, now he only thought of evil. Lious, feeling excited and motivated prepared his armor and weapons for a raid. (From this point, no one knows where Lious is and what he does, but I’m pretty sure he became a bandit, handling a shop who loves to build. I would like to mention that you will occasionally find Lious saying please and thank you during a raid and sorry or gg after leaving)