a less0n in alternative hist0ry the rustwing is a name that has been whispered in hushed times f0r an age th0ugh 0ften c0nsidered merely a myth he was in fact a real and remarkable individual wh0se destiny 0nly manifested when he failed t0 die as all fate suggested he w0uld that day but what happened exactly that led t0 such a saga... the answer is remarkably simple a y0ung wriggler was taken by the cruel taskmasters resp0nsible f0r 0rganizing the gladiat0rial fights in the s0uthern reaches and trained s0 that his telekinesis was as sharp as any blade... what was meant t0 be a simple attracti0n t0 bring in wealthy revelers quickly turned int0 a m0nstr0usly c0mpetent c0mbatant that racked up a string 0f vict0ries that numbered up t0 ninety nine by the champi0ns rite all wh0 achieved 0ne hundred c0nsecutive vict0ries in the arena w0uld be granted their freed0m and s0 the warri0r prepared f0r the inevitable screwj0b that w0uld f0ll0w... but fate intervened 0n that day it just s0 happened that the grand highbl00d himself was in attendance in the last event 0f hist0rical n0te bef0re his kulling 0f the sitting empress and he had taken quite an interest in the warri0r... s0 much s0 that he st00d and decreed that the warri0rs final 0bstacle t0 freed0m w0uld be the grand highbl00d the duel was unarmed and while the warri0r was f0rmidable he was n0 match f0r the sheer strength and experience 0f the l0rd 0f the dark carnival... in a last desperate gamble the warri0r f0cused all 0f his rage his ambiti0n and his strength int0 a single precise strike delivered thr0ugh the fingertips... as legend has it he was mere centimeters fr0m piercing the grand highbl00ds very heart but the bl0w fell just sh0rt and the reprisal was as swift as it was brutal... the grand highbl00d lifted the warri0r up t0 parade him bef0re the cr0wd as their bl00dlust reached a fever pitch and br0ught the l0w bl00d d0wn up0n his knee by all acc0unts the rust bl00ded gladiat0r sh0uld have died that day as even his paralyzed b0dy was disp0sed 0f in the nearby river... yet he lived part tw0 perhaps later 0w0
