It was so dark down there… so cold… I don't even remember why I was down there… I don't even remember my own name anymore. I've been hollow for so long… so long without a soul to eat, or a fire to warm my rotting, cursed bones… but that's the fun part, I guess: Figuring it all out again. Besides, let's look on the bright side: I know that I'm not from here… I think. I also know that I'm in a dying world, and I'm the only one who can save it… If that damned pursuer would stop following me. Also, I'm not entirely alone down here; I get to spend my days in the company of a creepy, bitchy cat who apparently loves the smell of death and butthurt. And now that I'm finally free, I'm going to complete what I think I was probably destined to maybe do: reignite the flame of this world, and save it from the agent of The Abyss herself; Princess Celestia!

… At least, that's what Shalquoir keeps telling me.