Introduction: 鈥淭he secrets I鈥檝e kept have cost me more pain than fire and lightning. I鈥檝e told stories that woke even the mightiest of gods from their slumber. I鈥檝e crossed paths by moonlight that most wouldn鈥檛 dare to speak of during the day. My mother passed in my arms when I was just a boy, leaving me broken, forgotten, and hopeless. I was beaten, tortured, and forced to kill, all before the age of eleven. I......