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 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 fire, 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 very little amounts of rest. After three days of travelling, they finally arrived at a town. 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 stones in the walls. After some time, a man, according to a few sources, names 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, 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, was 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, he saw something which 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. Richard took him to the dining table.

The loss of a good soul and reasons to becoming a bandit:

Richard asked Lious to sit politely 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 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 migraine which he had 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, 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 like. 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 raiding. After a long “stop and go” journey, he finally arrived to a town