the curse ||| the effects.

Coaxed into a life of crime at a young age, Shonsa is left with a curse that is, as far as he knows, irreversible. Born crippled and deformed due to the breeding of two incompatible species, Shonsa was left behind. One saw a curious 4-armed infant tottering around in the woods on his arms, and decided that he would be a good pupil, seeing as his..mobility would surely make him strong. Shonsa was taken in by a large, filthy man with yellowed teeth and missing body parts. He was raised to be nothing short of an assassin, learning from a very young age how to steal and murder. Little did he know, his master, his 'father' would send him on a mission one day that he could never escape. Usually, Shonsa would close himself off during work and leave thoughts behind with the bodies he felled.

Sent on a mission to murder a group of individuals guarding a locked treasure, Shonsa fought his way through towards the midst of a shriveled forest, for once excited at what he would be to gain as a reward. As he began to break the earth beneath his fists, a sweltering pain lit him up from head to toe. A bloody-purple light shone out of the ground and so easily slipped through his battle-worn skin, and ever since then, another being has been crowding his mind. The being is not physical, but it is very, very real. When Shonsa is in a weakened state, if he leaves his mind vulnerable, the being will be fast to take over and intrude on every thought he has. Through this it can will him to do as he pleases. - Shonsa lived with this curse from age 20-24, when he went on yet another mission that would change his life forever. He knew that it would be a suicide mission, so he refused..However, the being within his head became furious. This was a mission that meant something personal, so he swiftly took over and forced Shonsa's feet along. The journey brought him to a crippled cage beneath the ruins of an old castle, filled to the brim with rusted coins and riches aplenty. Shonsa could only watch in horror from behind his eyes as his body approached a wheezing giant in the midst of all of the riches, the curse expecting it to be much weaker than it really was. He watched in horror as the dragon reared its head and stared down at him, letting out a fierce roar as it gathered itself and got to its feet. Shonsa fought hard to regain power over his body, only getting as far as being able to grit his teeth and scream as his skin splintered from the effort, dark purple oozing from the wounds and burning his skin like acid. He heard an ear-splitting cackle as he tried to fight the being within him, and then everything went numb. He was left again helpless to watch as the dragon screeched and charged, taking one of his arms within its grasp and tearing with all of the strength it had left, leaving him in silent agony as his arm was ripped from his body. Shonsa felt his eyes stop burning from the curse's takeover as he all at once regained control of his body, the pain all processing in an instant and causing him to see white. Shonsa began to stagger, but his body was again forced to stand. The dragon had used its last ditch attempt in vain..He was still standing. Shonsa watched as the dragon's legs gave out beneath it's mighty weight, and it crashed to the ground, the earth shaking violently beneath him. Shonsa, who was drained of any and all energy, made one swift movement before the dragon fell. He dashed beneath the barely-standing corpse and managed to sweep away the two perfect orbs that were buried among the rubble, dashing out of the cage and running for his life--That's where his memory stopped.

"I will be with you forever. Within every cell. Within every drop. You will not be rid of me 'til the day you find yourself six feet underground. And even then, I will remain."