Before he moved to his personal island, Isle Ranger (also the reason for his change in name, it used to be Astra, but he preferred to disassociate him...elf from his parents), he was a well-learned and clever aristocrat. His mothers business had been given to him, which he promptly sold for three times its base value, two parts of which he gave back to her. She thanked him, assuring him of her support, and he assisted her in buying it back for half its original value. He proceeded to use the. Sierra raised herself up and held Chantell in her arms. Chantell was crying. "Did I hurt you darling, she asked." Chantell could do nothing butshake her head no. So Sierra just held her close and let her cry. After a few minutes she had stopped crying and slowly found her voice. "I'm sorry I got so weepy. It's just that I have never experiencedanything like that before and my emotions just got carried away. No one has ever made me feel the way you just made me feel. You took me to heaven. However he had been in Africa for six weeks with out sampling any of the local talent, he hoped that this was about to change. Once she settled in introductions were made. She said her name was Julie. She was a twenty-year-old art major from New York, and she had been in Africa for six months studying and was on her way home for a long needed break. Dave was quite taking with the young woman because not only was she just about the hottest thing he had seen since Anita, but she was smart. As his rage faded, it gave way to fear; fear that this was not an enemy that he could best and that he might actually be killed. Crying out, he took his sword in both hands and began chopping down on the oni’s shield hammering on it more like you would an axe to a fallen log.“Enough,” said Ikuno and swung up with her shield up as he swung down with his sword. When they met there was a bright flash and Galen’s sword went spinning off behind him. Defenseless, the knight stepped back, fear etched.