[quote=@Penny]
Can you give me a bit more detail about how you lost control of the city?
[/quote] I can give more detail, but not much. The thing is, nobody really knows how David's reign as the Dark Lord ended. One moment, a shadowy, sorcerous overlord ruled the city with an iron fist. And a moment later, the overlord and his influence were just... gone. The only knowledge of how it went down comes from the five people who were there when it happened, and even then they each only have vague memories of the event which contradict on all but two things:

• The Hero, whoever she was, freed the Dark Lord from his corruption, ended his threat to the city, and ensured that he would be allowed a second chance.
• However she accomplished this, it cost the Hero her very existence.

After that, David took upon a vow of non-interference in New Belton's matters and secluded himself in a warehouse on the farthest reaches of the city's outskirts to live out the rest of his days as a humble craftsman and to mourn a loss that cuts deeper than any he's felt before, despite being completely unable to remember who exactly it was that he has lost.

[quote=@Penny]
Is Eyes also a veteran?
[/quote] Far from it. Eyes is an Oracle and he's as green as they come.