Prelude:
“Every man dies - Not every man really lives.”
I have saved lives, and I have taken lives. I am one man's villain, and others saint. I will reap sorrow in one place and bring peace of mind at another. I am the necessary evil of this world. I am a Assassin.
I do not kill because I take pleasure from it. I do not kill because I am a mindless animal. I kill because I must, I kill because death has chosen me, me and so many others like me to balance the scales. I walk the line between what is right, and what is wrong. I walk on the line that is needed, that so many are afraid to put their foot upon.
I have emotions as much as any other to walk the land. I have laughed and cried, I have lusted and loved. I have lost friends and family. And I have regrets. And I have feared death... I am no more of a monster than any other in this room!
I am Dante Adolphus; Listener of the Dark Brotherhood! If I am to die here, then so be it! Go ahead! I have lived my life and ceased fearing death long ago.
For I became it.