The good of the ugliest

Previously

…He didn't take the Sundered Heart. He didn't need it. He had found what he was looking for, not in the heart of a legendary artifact, but within the depths of his own remorse and the dawning understanding of true selflessness. The journey back would be long, and the welcome, he suspected, would be cold. But he would walk it, not as Kaelen the disgraced, but as Kaelen the repentant, armed with the courage to face his past and the unwavering resolve to earn back the trust he had so carelessly shattered. He had come seeking a cure for his community, but he had found a cure for himself. And that, he knew, was far more powerful.