Difference between revisions of "Paul Tanasin"

Paul is the latest Dark One and has the power to bind souls to the soulless. Paul does this instinctively at first, binding [[Nikka]] before she would be killed by a mine, and binding [[Sir Ysla]] to the sword hethe knight used to wield before his untimely wieldsdemise. Paul is the first Dark One to emerge victorious over the light, affecting the Narrative in ways that have never occurred before.{{book ref|do1|4}}

Paul has no combat experience prior to facing off against [[Evermouth]]s with [[Feotora]] on Mirandus. However, Sir Ysla's soul is bound to the sword after Paul killed him and is therefore very good at killing, due to the hatred the knight has for Paul. This makes it easier for Paul to defeat any creature or person he faces.{{book ref|do1|2}}{{book ref|do1|4}}

After arriving on Mirandus, Paul met Feotora, who started to lead Paul back to the [[Kingdoms of Light]] once he convincedmanaged to convince her that he was not a [[drull]]. They fought off a pack of Evermouths that were following them, and faced off against a group of drull before Feotora and the drilldrull realized that Paul was the [[Dark One (title)|Dark One]]. Surviving a fight with Feotora, the drull confirmed Paul as the Dark One while Feotora fled back to the Kingdoms of Light alone.{{book ref|do1|2}}

One of the drull, [[Rastik]], after convincing Paul of the need, led Paul to [[Pitch]], [[Pitch|the Black City]]. In the [[Dark Keep]], Rastik showed Paul to the [[Well of Sorrows]] and encouraged him to drink from it, and full take up the mantle of the Dark One. Just prior to Paul drinking from the well, Nikka showed Paul memories from their childhood involving their father's death, and how they discovered Mirandus for the first time. After reliving these memories, Paul drank from the well.{{book ref|do1|3}}

After drinking from the well, Rastik led Paul to his armor and then offered himself up for Paul to draw power from. Paul killed Rastik to activate the [[Ironkeeper]]s to face the army of the light that had started attacking the city. Paul entered the battle and after almost being killed, defeated [[Kraisis]], using his soul to raise more drull to fight for the dark. Feotora then insisted on fighting Paul, but was wounded and retreatedcalled witha retreat of the light's army. After the battle, Paul spoke to the drull and promised to protect and care for them. After leaving the drull behind for some time alone, Paul was drawnmagically pulled to a courtroom on [[Earth]]. whereHere he was taken into custody by police who believed him to have been holding [[Lin Yang-Tanasin]] and the other people in the room hostage. He was dragged from the courtroom, powerless.{{book ref|do1|4}}

As children, Nikka and Paul are inseparable. Paul looks after Nikka and does everything with her. Paul binds Nikka's soul to the necklace she is wearing to try to save her when she steps on a mine on Mirandus.{{book ref|do1|3}} While bound, Nikka is still Paul's only friend, and the ghost of her still hangs out with him all the time, offering support and advice when he needs it.{{book ref|do1|1}}

Despite their first encounter almost being a fight, Feotora and Paul develop a close bond in a short amount of time. Feotora feels close to Paul after sharing stories about her childhood, and feels betrayed when she discovers he is the Dark One she has been looking for.{{book ref|do1|2}} In the battle between the armies of the light and dark, Paul almost convinces Feotora to join him; however, he ultimately fails and she tries and fails to kill him.{{book ref|do1|4}}