Who Am I?

      I am often asked this question but how should I answer? It really depends on where, and especially, when I am. This much I can tell you. I am one of the Salien. I suppose I am a significant member of the Chosen. I have never felt that way. You see, my position and my significance were not of my own making. I know there are many who would argue this point but that is how I have always seen it. I am "special" among a group of very special individuals simply due to my birth and my bloodlines. My status and my duties and my responsibilities could have been born by any one of the Aesir. But my mother was Estel, the Keeper of the Caledon Crystal, and I am her heir and the task fell to me.

I see you are still confused. It is not in my nature to be mysterious but it is my duty. I must protect the Crystal at all costs, my life included. However, the Crystal is more than a physical manifestation of Time. It is brought to life by the Keeper. My lifeblood is the Crystal's lifeblood, my heartbeat is the Crystal's heartbeat. Without a Keeper, the power of the Crystal is diminished. So my life is sacred to the Salien. It is true, I have faced death more times than I can count. But rest assured, if my life has been on the line a number of Salien will have fallen before me. If my life is lost, all of time and all of history, your life would be lost too.