#i cant even haha— whenever i gotta write about one topic i end up adding another xD

[worldly-diversity]

   ‘ drabble ’ + father — Arno Victor Dorian — ( @irishtemplar )

Ever since he'd been a young boy, Arno had greatly admired his father. Of course, the man was human and likely had many flaws, both as a citizen and an assassin, but Arno hadn't had the pleasure of his father's company since he'd been a child that day at the Versailles palace where his father had been stabbed to death.

Years went by where he was taken in by the de la Serre family, learning very little of his own family history in the meantime. Monsier de la Serre had known his father, that much he'd deduced, but his questions were frequently rebuffed, redirected or ignored, thus going unanswered despite the lad's thirst for knowledge.

Was it then so surprising that, between his own innate mischievous nature and Elise's, he became something of a delinquent? Always getting into trouble, playing by no one else's rules but his own…

That was a trait that followed him into the brotherhood and subsequently had him expelled from it. For all that the Assassins valued freedom, they certainly had a well defined structure and hierarchy…

But then, knowledge about potential ties to his father had been what led him to them in the first place, coupled with Elise's shunning after her father's death. That Bellec claimed to have known him, that his father had been an assassin, meant he could perhaps finally discover more about the man.

Although Bellec too had disappointed, being more interested in training and instilling a hatred for Templars than to regale Arno with any tales. The trend continued, and Arno ended up clinging to the one constant in his life he knew he could trust, despite their estrangement.

For all that casting him from the brotherhood separated him from his father's legacy, the assassins themselves meant very little to him, having served as a means to an end, and not having managed to reach it, in the end. But then he'd grown up that way, so in the end it'd be alright. One day this crazy dangerous adventure would end, and he would meet his father finally in the afterlife. So be it.