Prologue
His name was out there. Not here, not with him but somewhere. At least if the elder was to be believed. The boy had no reason to not believe the elder though. The man had never been wrong before, and even to this day, his milky white eyes held more life and knowledge than anyone else the boy had ever known, unlike his own blank, solid white ones.
"If what you say is true, then where is it?" The boy asked. The Elder looked down at the ground for a few moments, seeming to consider the question.
"I'm afraid I do not know the answer to that question. The only one who may is the wizard and who took your name. And that's only if he has not banished it somewhere beyond even him" he replied. The boy nodded calmly.
"Then what do I do?" He asked, no hint of emotion.
"All there is left to do is search for your name. You are little without it after all. As I have said it still exists somewhere in our world. Names are not so easy to destroy" The Elder said. The Boy nodded again going to stand, but The Elder held out his hand. The Boy paused for a moment before sitting back down.
"The man who stole your name, and murdered your mother. What did he look like?" The Elder asked. The Boy looked down at the floor, contorting his face ever so slightly.
"He had no antlers," he said after a few moments of silence. "No antlers at all. Like he cut them off" The Boy said.
"None? Perhaps they were just young antlers like your own, and they were covered by his hair" The Elder suggested sounding disturbed. The Boy shook his head no.
"His hair was short. There were no antlers" he said before looking at the ground again.
"His skin was pink," he said after another long pause. The Elder seemed taken back.
"Pink? Like pixy roses?" The Elder asked. The Boy seemed to consider this for a moment before shaking his head no again.
"More like a peach" he replied. The Elder gave a worried grunt of contemplation.
"A wizard with no antlers, and pink skin. Perhaps where are dealing with no mere man"
"The words he spoke. I do not believe they were of this world" The Boy added.
"A very odd situation" The Elder grumbled to himself.
"I best take my leave. I thank you for your help" The Boy said starting to stand once again.
"Hold on. Not just yet" The Elder said. The Boy froze in his half standing, half sitting position for a moment before taking back his set. An airy chuckle.
"You think you would have gained some patience in place of your name, but it appears not" he jested. The man sighed before standing. The Elder walked to a table within the room. On it lay a long object wrapped in cloth.
"I had my assistant bring this to me. I suppose you could call it a town treasure. Our you would if we could do anything with it" he said, picking whatever it was up. He walked over The Boy, handing it to him, before returning to his set. "You may find more use out of it than we," he said. The Boy looked down at the cloth. It felt hollow as if it was wrapped around nothing, but The Boy knew that to be true because of its weight. He unwrapped the paper revealing a sword with a plan blank hilt and scabbard that look as if they were one.
"That sword is made of a metal called null steel. It is a material that should not exist. If any living thing of this world touch it they die. Even with that scabbard covering it is extremely dangerous. But those with no name are unaffected by it. I imagine that blade may be of some use" The Elder said. The Boy pulled the sword free of its solid black scabbard revealing its silver blade that seemed to move and flow like liquid. He sheathed the blade and turned to The Elder.
"I think you for this gift," he said. The Elder nodded.
"It's the least I could do"
The Boys eyes shot open. He had fallen asleep during meditation. Meditation had proven to be his method of falling asleep. The dream had confused him. Not because of the events that had occurred within it, dreaming about one's past was quite common after all. No, what confused him as he believed that he could no longer dream. He gave himself a moment to reminisce, and wonder how long ago that night with The Elder was
