The Adventures of Jeremiah Garland

"The Adventures of Jeremiah Garland" is a collection of stories written by Jeremiah Garland himself, reflecting numerous adventures happening in his life time. His life was filled with action, betrayal, power, greed and much more. From humble beginnings as a British marine, to being one of the most powerful men in the world.

Preface
Large waves crash up against the stone structure. Only a small port hole window, barred, allows him access to the outside world. Him: the old, rough-faced, gray haired, man sitting at the lonely wooden desk, jotting down his life story on pieces of parchment. He is the once-known great EITC lord, Jeremiah Garland, the man who once engineered a hidden empire, a man who was once one of the most powerful in the world. Now he is a prisoner of war, acting as a ransom to those who dare pay the enomous price. He writes down every adventure of his life, from early adventures in his childhood, growing up in the streets of London, and later fighting in Spain as a British marine. And then even more after that. He looks up, as he hears the sound of cannon-fire in the distance. He then goes right back to work.

Chapter I: Beautiful Yorkshire
Mr. and Mrs. Garland never cared much for their baby boy. Although they had wanted a child, when the time came, they seldom payed any attention to him. Young Jeremiah didn't seem to mind much. He spent most of his days, anyways, exploring the natural beauties of his home village, Yorkshire, nestled in the north country of England. There, he would often explore the forests that surrounded the village, occasionally finding caves to trek through, or hidden brooks to fish in. Fishing: that was his favourite past time hands down. When he was 4, his father, Jeremiah the first, got him his very first fishing rod. With it, he would spend all day at a nearby brook or river, fishing all day. After he'd catch the fish, he'd let them go, except for the biggest ones; he kept those.

One day, though, everything went wrong. In the village of Yorkshire lived another family: the Livingstons. The Livingstons had a young girl, Helena, who was about the same age as Jeremiah. Jeremiah loved her, and she loved Jeremiah. One day, Jeremiah worked up the nerve to ask Helena to go to the river with him. Helena agreed, and they spent all day at the river, fishing and swimming. However, it rained very hard the night before and the river was higher than usual. One thing Jeremiah liked to do at the river when he was not fishing was swing off a rope he had tied to a branch and plunge into the river. When he did so today, he said "Hey Helena! You should try this!" Helena responded, "I don't know Jeremiah... Is it safe?" "Of course it's safe, I've done it so many times before!" answered Jeremiah as he swung off the rope landing in the river. "Go ahead, try it." "Alright," said Helena as she clung on to the rope. "Just make sure you let go when your really high up, so you don't hit the rocks right there," said Jeremiah. Helena, nervous at her first swing, was in midair, but did not take this advice into account. She let go too early and fell right among the rocks. She let out one sickening cry as she made contact, her body floating lifelessly in the river. "Helena!!!" shouted Jeremiah as he swam over to her. He carried her to shore, but it was too late. As he craddled her head in his arms, he felt the blood stain on his hands. She was dead. This was the first death Jeremiah ever witnessed, and it still emotionally scars him to this day. He buried her himself, and, before he could tell her family, the Garlands had to move to London, for Jeremiah's father's business. The Livingstons, needless to say, did find out.

Chapter II: More Tragedy Strikes
Jeremiah never did like the big city. He had been so use to growing up in the tiny village of Yorkshire, adventuring through the caves and forests, that he didn't like London. In fact, he despised it. One, because he missed Yorkshire, and two, because less than a year after moving there, both his parents would be dead. His mother was the first to go. Susan Garland had had tuberclosis for a year now, and it got worst every day. Eventually, when Jeremiah was 9, she died. Jeremiah and his father mourned her death, but just 3 weeks later, a huge fire occured in downtown London. Jeremiah Garland the first was dead. By this point, Jeremiah was emotionally traumatized. He had managed to evade going to an orphanage, and rather made due to life living on the streets. He had raised enough money as a beggar for clothes (as he quickly out-grew old ones) but as for food he had to scavenge for bread or make due with whatever he could find. He would soon learn, though, that to live on the streets, he'd have to learn to fight. When Garland was 11, he joined a gang, comprised also of kids who had lost their parents and didn't want to go an orphanage. All the other boys in the gang, though, were significantly older than Jeremiah, most of them being 13 and 14, and some even 15. Regardless, Jeremiah stayed in the gang, because as a gang, they felt the responsibility to care for each other, and supplied each other with food. One day, a major fight broke out between Jeremiah's gang and a rival gang. Fortunately, Jeremiah got out of there with no more than a few cuts, but he learned now he'd have to fight. The leader of his gang, a 14 year old named Nathaniel, taught Jeremiah how to fight. He also supplied Jeremiah with his very first dagger: the Bloodletter, which is Jeremiah's weapon of choice even till today. Over the next few years, Jeremiah participated in many gang fights, wounding many and taking some wounds himself (although he looked at his wounds as trophies). When he was 15, though, he participated in yet another fight, between his gang and the same rival gang. Nathaniel, still the leader of Jeremiah's gang, had gotten injured and reframed from fighting. That led Jeremiah, the second-in-command of the gang, to take on the rival gang's leader, a brute named Francis. In a one-on-one fight with Francis, the two eventually resorted to a knife fight. Jeremiah pulled out Bloodletter and engaged his opponent, hoping to cripple him. However, after a brief skirmish, Jeremiah accidently stabbed too high, and got Francis right in the heart, killing him. This was Jeremiah's first kill. Traumatized, Jeremiah fled from his gang and continued to live alone on the streets. When Jeremiah was 16, though, the death caught up with him, and he was arrested by British police for homicide. Jeremiah spent a couple months in a cold London prison before finally being given a hearing. At the hearing, he was pleaded guilty, as rival gangmembers served as witnesses and identified Jeremiah as the murderer. As punishment, Jeremiah was given two options: one, serve five more years in prison, or two, enlist in the British Royal Navy, but receive no pay. Determined not to go to jail, Jeremiah chose option B, and immediatly enlisted as a marine.

Chapter III: From Guilty to General
Coming soon

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