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Chapter Three: The Engine rumbled terribly beneath my feet before I had even stepped onto the reddened soil. Sands from the Blasted Land washed…My earliest childhood memories were of my fifth or sixth year. From what I was told I was raised in the Presidio of the…Morgfyre had to refrain himself from tapping his foot, or showing any other signs of the impatience he was feeling. That show of indiscipline…Wavering, shadowy figures muttered strange syllables as dark tendrils of an alien power crept onto his body. Wracking, blinding pain coursed through his body,…Chapter VII: Amidst the Storm Glomdoring didn't have to wait long for the first wave to happen. It took only moments, interrupting the two…T h e U n h o l y E m a n a t i o n s o "...the Herald of Transformation…Chapter One: There was always something significant about the rising sun over the Star of New Celest. I especially enjoyed watching it within the…Sometimes I end up in situations where the poetic irony of it all is just too much; it overtakes me, utterly and completely. This…Father Sun has slowly risen, golden fingers through the leaves, spark the river like a prism, misted rainbows in the breeze. I saw you…Chapter IX: Shooting Down Heaven The sun sat amid the lip of the horizon, casting its rays on the golden city of New Celest.…Dawn breaks, its warming rays filtering through the leaves. The glorious forest begins to stir as another day is born. Birds wake, singing joyfully…1. Omen The Mother Tree is lovely in summer: lush and green, with a grace that speaks of Nature at her most beautiful. Indeed…+------------+ | Blown Away | +------------+ by Lendren Starfall Concerning various and sundry events which might have been, during the years when the cities…---------------------------------------=============================== Moonhart March A song of battle to inspire allies, in the style the Elder Goddess Trialante used during the Elder Wars against the…1. Ode to the Mother Moonhart Tall she stands-- from forest's eaves her shapely form is seen, her branches and her shining leaves a…A hush hung in the forest and across the commune trails. The foresters were solemn and the frost hags were uneased. The scent of…Na'sai sighed and edged forwards. A young and pretty merian maid, she was clad in the customary garments of those who served the Star…"His name is Alban," the Elfen Lord said, looking down upon his newly born son. His human son, for this child was not conceived…It has been a year since I last went to the Athar'rt Observatory, and yet I cannot help but grieve when I think of…Waves lapping on shore Mage sits not quite by herself The sea is with her Snow falls on mountain Melting and flowing to sea…A Joyous Day With flowing hair like morning suns And azure eyes like shining seas He who brought song to those of sky He…Ode of Ellindel by Ellindel Treeheart analysis and arrangement by Lendren Starfall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the earth, poison of the Soulless, So much lost, wounds…In a prosperous village, believed to have been Delport, many thriving families faired. The only residences were of the Merian race who often went…Many days have been lost so far, Under the light of the Northern Star, Trapped in the city of their fathers, They fight on.…Of seeds are born all sacred things, All trees, all thoughts, all sacred songs; By seeds inspired a songbird sings of times long past,…------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the years 164 and 165 CE, the Basin found itself faced with a previously unknown threat to its Nexus worlds.…-*- In the grand orchestra that is life, a single altered note may not seem to have any influence on the rest of the…It is in my nature to attempt to put things in words, even when the things in question are too strange and too wonderful…A shimmering, spinning bauble Of alabaster white Flapping in swift and silent motion As if it weren't in flight My eyes pertain to nothing…The tree in Urlachmar grows black and damp into the ground. Aren't trees supposed to reach above, stretching their arms and spines like people…Squirrel sits on a branch. She chitters angrily Sorry! I took your berries... Crow swivels its head In me, cold fear arises You are…This tale was woven eons beyond eons ago; When the First World was youthful and damaged by neither the soulless nor any of their…~*FOREWORD*~ I write this book as the legacy of my lifetime. As my time grows short and my mind dwells more on memories than…The Journal of a Pilgrim ------------------------- -The 4th of Estar, Glomdoring Commune My family and I disagree over my pilgrimage. Oh, how hard it…“Will you dance with me tonight?†Said the Sun to the Moon As the world sank into a misty twilight Over which a thousand…A Treatise on the Lucidian Language 1. Introduction Lucidians have always been considered to be a logical race of creatures. Perhaps one of the…Riddles for Children â€" Nursery Rhymes by Saaga Mes’ard, part 1 -Isle- One day in the Basin of Life, once upon a time Not…-==- A young Merian was reading aloud from a weighty book. His voice was sonorous and firm yet could not fully mask the ragged…A small Aslaran leans against a tree beside the road, His head raised, despite his carried load; His eyes glitter, the sunset mirrored in…"What...have I done...?" Their lives fall from your hands, Your talons fail to halt them. What remains of your spirit weeps for them. For…Long I've loved the approaching of the Night, as sun's last light paints the evening clouds a shade of honeyed hue before my eyes…Softly, flurries of air float past, comforting there The lucidian hearts, having bonded so truly The gust rolls swiftly through the cloudy air Swirling…-==- A summary: In the first installment of “Blood of the Lost†we were introduced to two individuals both of the bloodline of the…Hail Night, Mother of Darkness; Attend to us, your Midnight Coven. As your rival has three faces, So too, give us three paths We…When I became the Patriarch of Japhiel in the Celestines, 148 years after the Coming of Estarra, I realized that both I and my…Once upon a fairy tale, as legends often say; there comes a tale of daring-do that I shall now relate. First we meet our…Tears of the unmoved, fallen grace, sweep through the air, jagged arrows, wear away thee who endures. Swirling clouds, misery in certainty, bury the…As time grinds slowly forward, a question becomes more and more prevalent in my thoughts. How has the past shaped the man that I…