Name:
Theodore Taylor
Abstract:
A sharply dressed man with a heavy heart
Detail:
Theodore was known as a simple man with a simple life, with a normal childhood and adulthood. He was a simple tailor with a wife and two children, a boy and girl. Even though his life was simple, it was a good life, he was content.
But life is rarely so simple, for life can be strange, unpredictable and cruel. Theodore is a man who has endured a great deal of pain, loneliness and regret in his recent years. For his children joined the travellers a few years before he joined, his son was florist, and his daughter was a militiawomen, they weren't cotent with their simple lives, Theodore's wife objected and forbade them from joining, but the night before the travellers left for beyond the walls, Theodore found them sneaking out of their rooms. Theodore knew what they were doing, and confronted them, after a heated argument from his daughter and son, he reluctantly agreed to let them live their own lives, even if it was painful to let them leave.
To say his wife was upset would be an understatement. She was consumed by rage and sorrow. She kicked him out of their house which forced him to live in the Tailor shop backroom, but he stayed adamant about his decision, believing his children are strong to survive the outside world with each other. But his wife wasn't strong enough to survive on her own in an empty house, she caught a terrible fever and with nobody around to take care of her, she died in her sleep. Theodore was devastated, and he felt guilt that it was choice that torn apart his relationship with his wife, and without a reliable way to contact his children, they are obvious to the fact that their mother passed on. So he decided that the next time travellers arrive to recuit more people he will join them and find his children and tell them of their mother's fate. There's nothing left for him in Enn, just bitter memories and heartache.
But even though all this pain he has kept up his appreance as the gentle, soft spoken man, with a love of gardening, fashion and reading. But he's full of guilt, worry and fear that his children will blame him for their mother's death, or worse. Themselves. He does. Every single day.