"release me. let me rest. i've earned it."

the begging gasp of a man who's died more times than he can remember, in more wars and more painful ways than any man should. his arm lost, his body run through with swords and spears more times than even the sturdiest training dummy.

they put him back together time and time again.

broken too many times to count. does he even feel pain anymore?

and those glittering eyes, so full of love and adoration that they once warmed his heart. now the expression fills him with sickening dread.

"my most loyal knight, my most talented man, i will keep you by my side forever. didn't you swear it?"

living the nightmare, he becomes it.

Saiph /ˈseɪf/, designation Kappa Orionis (κ Orionis, abbreviated Kappa Ori, κ Ori) and 53 Orionis (53 Ori), is the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Orion. Of the four bright stars that compose Orion's main quadrangle, it is the star at the south-eastern corner. Kappa Orionis is the star's Bayer designation and 53 Orionis its Flamsteed designation. The traditional name Saiph is from the Arabic saif al jabbar, 'سیف الجبّار' literally sword of the giant.