Humbheart's Hatred: Inspired By Braveheart

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Hatred
Inspired by Braveheart.

In a small town in Edinburgh, Scotland, came a noble and brave warrior named Alexander. He discovered that the Irish had killed his father and mother in cold blood with leprechauns and pots o’gold, when he was only eight years old. His uncle had to take care of him.
While he grew up, he fought, he trained, all for one thing: revenge. When he became twenty, he forged armour, swords, shields, and all the rest. He taught himself all of it, without any help, though with a few nasty burns.
Then he went into a dark and undiscovered forest, far from his home. He went hunting for deer, moose, and all of that. Suddenly, out jumped a huge bear. Despite the weapons he had, he couldn’t, just couldn’t fight back. Some flaw

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