Danielle Oerdarte

I wasn't expecting to end up here.

When the shit went down in Intaki and my family was shattered I just fell out for a while, drifting and angry.

Wandering in the deep void, I watched the sleepers for a while, marveling at their terrible efficiency for destrcution and secretly envying their dark malevolence. I too ached for violence. Returning to the crowded buzz of empire, I amuzed myself for a time in the mindless violence of capsuleer games, but the hollowness of such persuits ultimately palled, and I drifted rudderless anew.

It was Aelinoire who would eventually lead me here. Driven, as usual, by her fervent sense of duty and miraculously untrammeled idealism, she joined the militia seeking to avenge our father and provide some meaning to tragedy. I followed her, seeking mostly to protect her from herself (don't mess with my sister!), but finding, to my surprise, honor, fellowship and even some serenity.

Life is full of surprises.