[Rosekitten]

He seemed to listen well enough to the tale Mizuki had. It wasn't what he was expecting. Though he should have.. it was a similar tale to what eh had heard from others. Hell the same would have happened if the king's army had gotten his parents instead of mere bandits.. probably now that he thought of it the thugs saved his life. He had to consider himself rather lucky the more he thought about it. The drows still had the lands that were native to them.

Dreams might not last forever but.. he wasn't going to give up. The odds were stacked against the West. Thalion wasn't as foolish as he made out to be, he was a natural born leader even if he avoided doing so and played the role of a idiot at times. He wasn't going to let what happened to Mizuki happen to anyone here, not while he drew breath. But he kept such protective thoughts to himself.

"I see.. why serve him then?" He probably was going to get to a point where Mizuki didn't answer him but he had to know what drives a man to serve under the very being that killed everything and destroyed the home he once had. "I'd rather choose death then to server under the one who destroyed my homelands.." To be honest Thalion was a bit craftier then just rolling over and dying.. he'd play out whatever role needed and work his way through the ranks if it was required just to get close to the target he wanted.

Really thats half of the reason he was n the Western army.. he had a contract that he was following to kill one of the commanders, needless to say he succeeded in doing as the contract said.. though at the same time he was captured due to a minor mistake. There's a bit more to this tale but you can figure out the rest as to why Thalion is his rank.