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 Valen did not scream. He did not go to the [[settler_s_council|Settler’s Council]]. He walked into his farmhouse, retrieved his hunting rifle, walked back outside, and shot the neighbor dead.
-From that day forward, Valen was a wanted man. Stripped of his future and consumed by a cold, hollow rage, he disappeared into the planetary underworld. He found that killing came easily to him, and he commodified his grief, becoming a highly effective contract killer. Over the next decade, he murdered at least eleven people for various clients. His brutal efficiency eventually caught the attention of the authorities, leading to his capture and a grueling stint of penal labor on the Trade Route in 2626.
+From that day forward, Valen was a wanted man. Stripped of his future and consumed by a cold, hollow rage, he disappeared into the planetary underworld. He found that killing came easily to him, and he commodified his grief, becoming a highly effective contract killer. Over the next decade, he murdered at least eleven people for various clients.
-Upon his release, he returned to contract work. His twelfth target was supposed to be a reclusive fur trader operating near Morningstar: Jareth Wyrick.
+His twelfth target was supposed to be a reclusive fur trader operating near Morningstar: Jareth Wyrick.
 The hit was a disaster. Wyrick proved to be a far more dangerous and calculating opponent than anyone anticipated. J.W. outmaneuvered Valen, ambushed him, and shot him point-blank, blowing out Valen’s right eye. But instead of finishing the job, J.W. stood over the bleeding killer and made an offer. Wyrick was building a sanctuary, a "community of fate" for those who had been broken by the outside world and had no desire to return to normal settler society.