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Evening Song, part two IV Darkness shrouds the desert and covers the sky with a blanket of brilliant stars. Yet small grains of sand…-------- |AT BIRTH| -------- Black roots anchored in the Ground. Leafless branches twisted and Gnarled. The trunk of shadows bear The heavy burden of…Most people assume that the unique form of poetry called "faeling-style poetry" (or sometimes "haiku") was first developed by the faelings, as an unprecedented…Part 3 â€" The Final Moments When the end manifested itself, its prophetic virtue altered Fate itself… =-*-= Frost chilled the iron bars and…Chapter Five: The further I went west, the greener the landscape became. I had forgotten what the young grass under my bare feet felt…Long and long ago, when the Serenwilde commune was in its youth, there were no moonharts growing amidst the oaks and birches and hornbeams…---------------------------------------- Strain I: The Voice's Prelude, "His Song" ---------------------------------------- I dreamed one night, a masked mirage, into my dreams he came, his voice swelled…End of Chapter 1: This time I was not fast enough, and I felt one hand wrap around my throat, and squeeze. Instead of…It was deception that led to the inconceivable intertwining of threads... =-*-= Mystic waters caressed the golden sands tenderly. No footprints violated the sacredness…From the weakened Seals, the Basin’s strife, Born, he was, from the Ashes of Sacrifice, Bearing His Medallion of Life. And from that day,…An Introduction, Short and Sweet ---------------------------------------------------------- While most students of High Magic will not be taught this for various reasons, it is an inevitable…I Saaga The yelping of coyotes resounds within the darkening evening. Coyotes are the nomads and the wolves of the desert; wild animals that…As I slipped in closer to my target, I swept my finger tips over the stone floor, whispering words of encouragement to my forest.…Introduction When I started writing this, it was to be a short, fairly informal essay on the Element of Earth and its correlation to…As the past to this present, all will show The history of our Engine, for all to know An old Celestine Emperor, so eager…Have you seen the holly tree? Wearing the verdant greens and golds of summer Berries red as autumn's plenty Through the bleak grey white…I. Walking Song Though long and difficult is the way, Still I wander the Basin practising my art, I shall dazzle the world with…Its argent gleam glinting in golden sunset light Its edge fading into infinite nothingness, Held by a gauntleted hand, plated claws curling round the…A watcher standing among the Centaur Hills one bright autumn's afternoon would have seen a strange sight: a young centaur mare dragging an even…A Bard's days and years may be numbered, Like rainwater in cupped hands We all pay and fear the Fates, Lest their icy hands…Song of the Moonhart Unnatural silence in the forest today. There's nary a rustle, no giggling of fae. Birds all departed, or have nothing…Moon River, flow through me! Cool the bone-deep fire burning hidden in my soul. I am your tired child, filled with flame yet riverbound,…"An angel!" "Draxlach brought an angel back to the city, still shrieking blessings!" "They have chained it beneath, in the halls above the Necromentate…The day began the same as any other, but that was about the only thing that made sense that day... Asmoth rose from the…One night I took a walk beneath a new moon. In that walk I happened upon a twisted path. At the entrance to the…New Celest ---------- Captured in the glow of the Pool of Stars in the wings of aquatic hummingbirds in the laughter of our children…What is the Taint? The Taint is as difficult to define as the many beings and substances that together host it in its entirety.…A treatise on Merian cultural dominance within the history of the Holy Celestine Empire. A treatise by The Reverend Celbina, Simimi Rakona, Matron of…--------------- Novice Advances --------------- a vignette by Lendren Starfall Being an account of the aftermath of the first Ascension. Okay, not really. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aryidion:…There was a time, long and long ago, when our Mother the Moon shone as steadily in the night as Father Sun does. The…In advance, I give my sincerest apology for this agonizing anthology. Fair warning to you, reader, for a terrible collection of only the worst…2 Urlachmar, 125 COE I brood here, in the corner of my dark and desolate cell, dwelling heavily on the path I have chosen.…There is a woman laying on the ground beneath me, covered in black material, her veins like black worms in her skin. As I…And through the Void it moves and twists and writhes, Propelled by arms and mouths a thousand-fold To meals, a soul, a shattered piece…He awoke in a pool of sweat, his nightclothes drenched and redolent of the scent of fear. His entire body trembled like a ravenwood…Just over two hundred years before the Coming of Estarra, the Basin was a place of disarray and danger. New Celest, ruled over by…Foreword: The following is an excerpt from my journal, one a great deal more interesting than my daily writings. It is an account of…26th of Roarkian, 173 CoE The impossible has happened â€" he has returned - and once again I feel sucked into a whirlpool of…Harmonious Elements a string quartet by Lendren Starfall This song is to be performed by four musicians, playing the following four instruments: - a…I have come to find that there is a certain, unique peril in being in love with a scholar, and that peril is how…The Gift Bulging at the seams, the sac oozed with a thick white goop. He approached it carefully, making sure to keep it at…In the era before The Fall of the 'Great' Celestian Empire, Mercy was still known by Glomdoring. It was yet called Gloriana. The forest…The Voice sounded a trilling note, Fluttered it did among the leaves bedewed. Here among the pitter-patter of droplets, The boom the thunder cleaves.…Dreaming of Shadow ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreaming Who am I? A good question, one I seem to hardly know the answer to these days. Of course,…Parsh's lips danced across his face in a subconscious humor as the turret shuddered. Vibrations rang along the walls of the aethership. One...two...three... A…"In the shadow of forever, tucked up in the sleeve of time, Lies a land where Elders gather, painting sunsets so sublime. Creators of…The original, in Crowtongue, is followed by a loose translation in Common. Tz gruk q'lwn Yeralih Carthan, tzya Ir'rala'mor - D'liom oari tzya doim'i…The witching hour has fallen, and the new moon Sheds darkness on a land already swathed in shadows. In silence, Shadowdancers gather in a…