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Do you ever look at a completely messy room? A room that your mother would describe as a bomb site. You know you have to do something about it, but in that moment, it seems like your room is destined to be forever messy. There’s no end in sight. When you think about it you can’t find the start either.
That is my world.
The world which is home to a group of misfit antiheroes: the Renegades. It’s a mess. To those of us inhabiting this world we cannot find our start or our end. I suppose this is as good a place to start as any - with a young human named Brodie Manners. Of course, like all of us they adopted many names over the years, but with Brodie few stuck. Moran Jardine was the one coated in lies, Dissident was the one whispered in terror, …show more content…
It was harsh - no doubt about it. Arguably it was no way to raise a child. However, no one was about to voice these thoughts to two of the most deadly and loving people in the world. If there’s one thing that is indisputable it’s that Edna and Torquil loved their children. Deep down Brodie cared for them too; especially when little Soren was born. They were always a good older sibling. It’s like all of the emotions they’d been forced to shut away were filtered into their love for Soren. Had they grown up side by side there’s no doubt that Brodie would have saved Soren from the horrors of the world they …show more content…
It was when Brodie was eight (whilst Soren had yet to hit a year) when things broke apart. Hejmo revoked bounty hunting as a legal profession. In 5 out of our 6 lands Edna, Torquil, and by association their children, were wanted. It didn’t take long for the family to be caught. It’s suspected that Edna and Torquil gave themselves up willing for a deal to save their children - this story becoming a sweet urban legend shared between street kids in the dead of the night.
When Edna and Torquil were executed alongside the other bounty hunters rounded up, Brodie protected their sibling the best they could and got them out. Love stories were all well and good, but relying on sugary thoughts will get you killed in this world. Instead, Brodie tucked away tiny Soren. Finding one of the few friends the Manners had left, Brodie hid the baby in Hejmo under the surname Kinchla. Brodie’s final gift was promising to return to them.
The next day Brodie sobbed and told the guards the baby had died during the night. Their convincing performance detatched Soren from the fate they had been dealt. It left Brodie to face their punishment