[falling silent for a minute, letting Mikleo have his thoughts to himself while he tries to put the story together in a coherent manner. it all happened so fast, with one thing after another piling up near the end, that it takes him some time to sort things into a chronological order.]

When we saw Heldalf's memories trying to purify him, we found out that he was friends with the previous Shepherd, Michael. Although at that time he'd already retired and was making a life for himself in the village of Camlann, along with his sister and the rest of the people there. Camlann was also where Maotelous was being kept in secret, and Michael had asked Heldalf, as a general of Rolance, to help keep the village safe. But Heldalf didn't keep his promise, and instead used Camlann as bait in order to attack Hyland. The village was used as a battleground and the people were caught up in it; their homes were destroyed, lives taken.

Michael and his sister Muse were caught up in the battle as well. Muse's child was inside of a burning building and Michael tried to rescue it...but it was already too late. He was overcome with rage and grief and used the child and himself as sacrifices to curse Heldalf to live alone forever.

[giving a little shrug as if trying to shake more memories out]

I'm not sure how it all connects, but like I said, it seemed like too much of a coincidence for it to be meaningless.