We sat in silence for a long time simply listening to the sounds around us in the early evening. We watched the death of the day, and the birth of the night that now consumed the sky with its darkness. Countless stars peered down upon us from places unknown and hung like ice crystals from the top of the cave. The Old Man said that he was told they were the campfires of our ancestors burning always to remind us deep in the night that they are still with us and still guide us. As I sat with my back to the tree and the fire to my front, I began to grow tired. We bid farewell to the night and crawled into our shelter. Nesting down into the thick mound of dry leaves that served as my bed, I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep to the sound of my own heart.
The above is a paragraph taken from Lorcan Colborn’s childhood, described in Lethal Tracker. Though his origins are well explained in the book, as well as his experiences through severe trials across decades of his life, who is Lorcan inside? Where does he come from? As we all are, Lorcan is a product of his genetics and thus the history of his people. One major aspect any reader of Lethal Tracker will denote of Lorcan’s life is that he is a fighter by nature. It is as though he was born to fight. Those who weave the threads of life seem to have woven a path where Lorcan has never had a choice not to fight. If he didn’t fight it would be his end, and he understands this. He comes from a line of fighters and attitudes. His paternal great-grandfather was a wise guy. 5’ 9” in height, he was sinewy but as strong as a bull. He was well known for not taking any crap from anyone, nor did he tolerate people spinning lies before him. There are many stories of him hauling off and punching someone who looked at him the wrong way. But he also had a great sense of humor and loved animals, kids, and the land. He fought in the trench wars of World War 1 for America. Though at that time he was new to the country. He was Swiss/Helvetii-Teuton/German-Norwegan. After the war, he became a farmer and worked the land for the rest of his life. Lorcan’s paternal grandfather took after his father. He was also known to be a wise guy and someone that didn’t suffer bullies, idiots, liars, or cheats. Standing 6’ he was also sinewy and strong as an ox. In boot camp, during World War 2 his bunk was on the second floor of the barracks. There was a guy twice his size who didn’t like Lorcan’s grandfather. One day he attacked him in the barracks. In a short time, the bully was literally beaten and thrown out the second-story window by Lorcan’s grandfather! Those were different times and so he wasn’t reprimanded or court marshaled. After graduating from boot camp he was sent to fight the war in Germany. Wounded by shrapnel he was honorably discharged with a purple heart after a very long recovery. After healing from the war he farmed a bit like his father, but most of his career was in construction. And like his father, he didn’t take crap from anyone, but also loved kids, animals, and working the land. He always had extensive gardens that occupied him when he wasn’t working. Lorcan’s father too on that fighter mentality as well. When he was in his youth he was known to walk the streets carrying his boxing gloves around his neck. he would box anyone who wanted to. After a while, none of his friend's mothers would let their sons out to box when he came round, because they all had their noses broken too many times. He was in the military during Vietnam. There was an incident just before Lorcan was born where his father beat down a corrupt guy from the mob in his front yard who was trying to date his sister. Though Lorcan’s father maintains that fighter instinct and internal attitude his entire life, he is known to be able to brush things off far easier than his father and grandfather. He also has a great love for kids, animals, and wide open country. Having a strong documented family tree, Lorcan can easily trace his ancestry back through the Helvetii of the Swiss Alps, the Teutons of ancient northern Germania, and the Norwegians back to the Iron Age and the age of Vikings, on both sides of his family. Throughout Lethal Tracker the reader can easily see just how much of that fight and attitude Lorcan possesses. Nevertheless, Lorcan is a far more dynamic individual than just fight and attitude! More on Lorcan's history to come.
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AuthorWhite Wolf Von Atzingen has traveled the western hemisphere extensively. He is a Northman, teacher, author, artist, nature lover, and martial artist living in the remote mountains of Vermont. Archives
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