Ch1 Before the Beginning

Knowledge is power.

In a game of chess The King may know the positions of all his pieces but The Player is the puppet master controlling the king. 

In my first life my soul got branded with the curse to forever roam. In my second life I laughed at the stupid god who thought sending me to a new world was a punishment. New sights, sounds and ideas! The world of magic had opened up to me and I loved it. 

Then it happened again, and again, and again.

I met my wife in my tenth (10th) life. I lived a long and happy life with her, we grew old together. I laid her to rest and prepared to lay with her. Forever at peace with her by my side.

I finally realized the true horror of my situation when I awoke in yet another new body, in a new world, and with a new family. Without my wife.

I spent my whole 11th life in deep mourning and self pity. Finally I made 3 rules for myself:

1) Never fall in love

2) Keep others at arms distance

3) Take advantage

Every new life I entered a new world. Every single one is different. Different time periods, laws, and world laws. Some had magic and some technology so advanced it was like living in a Sci-fi film. So I learned everything. I started to soak up knowledge like a sponge. 

I've been a doctor, lawyer, farmer, warrior, Mage, engineer (modern and magic), sex worker, king, slave, mafia boss, cop, and tavern owner to name a few. 

Around the 350 mark I became the right hand man of an Info dealer, a very good one. I fell in love with it. As I collected more and more knowledge and secrets I felt like the player looking down at a chess board. Predicting who would move and why. 

When I awoke in my life after I got annoyed at first at having to start over. Then it hit me, it's more fun this way. A new game, a new set of pieces with new thoughts, values and ideas. A whole new world of knowledge to hoard!

I learned to be a spider.

With the world as my web.