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Long ago in the forest of the Serenwilde, beneath the brilliant green boughs of the sacred Moonhart trees, was a group of followers of…When I became the Patriarch of Japhiel in the Celestines, 148 years after the Coming of Estarra, I realized that both I and my…-==- I watched my brother die. My eyes were transfixed in shock on the slowly expanding pool of blood caused by his inexpertly slit…T’was another day as I woke, greeted by the rays of Father Sun as he shined over the horizon of the grove. Casting his…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…Deep satin shadow steals stealthily over the Basin as Mother Night descends and shrouds the land in her cool embrace. The mindless twittering of…Once upon a time a young elfen roamed a peak Searching and searching, her prey to seek Creeping ever quiet, looking here and there,…Hail to the Merciless Forest! Where shadows bind us all. In a solemn search for loyalty, We answer the Wyrden call. Seek not a…Deep within the unfathomable black there stirred another, a heart who's shade vexed even the imposing void in its darkness. This Other stretched its…Come, ye wanderers, come to the City of Light! The Basin of Life is a treacherous place, But we offer secure New Celest As…Sunlit trees, verdant greens, babbling brooks, and buzzing bees summer forest - what joy it brings. Mother Moonhart watches o'er young and old and…Hunters, blow your horns let your virtue manifest seven! Hear the sound of His hooves, as He gallops through heaven. Hear the call of…A subtle strum on a silvery string brings about echoes of shadows set forth to spring From the fingertips of mine own hand the…As Mother Night casts Her velvet cloak across the Basin's span And plunges the dazéd diurnal world into a stygian land The burgeoning lifebeat…Tzarin 4 - Sunny - - - - - - - - - How boring. I have to sit here and write in this…Do roots run deeper...? Difference. Fettered trees and phantoms in dark night, treated as infants in the moon bright. Tears of sap and drops…An homage the dark beauty of Glomdoring, set to three different rhythms. *************************************************** Song of Glomdoring ------------------ Upon the Drums, the viscid shadows crawl.…A sparkling scent betwixt a summer song. A glimmer of hope for a grieving girl. Succulent sustenance for a starving soul. A being standing…Smoke rises high from our towers tall Ringing bells echo off our walls We embrace death, we thrive in taint Our life is not…For weeks the blasted, pitted remnants of the Engine of Change had been plagued by the most extravagantly destructive sandstorms it had ever experienced:…I stood in front of the rickety gates, Knowing that this would be my fate, In a place that may hold eternal hate, This…======== Prologue ======== To my readers, It is quite well known that I am not much of a fighter. I prefer to ponder, explore,…SUNDERING OF THE UR'GUARD The People faced their greatest hour Even as Celest fell Their tents blossomed like flowers Upon the greenest knell The…I make this prayer to Mother Night, For Her to claim me as Her child For in the Darkness, I have sight And also…G ive praise to His imposing sword of white O r plat'num mail, as brilliant as His fires; L et luminous our valor be…In the days before the Soulless returned to the First World, the Elders spent their days perfecting their crafts. Some, like Lord Shikari, hunted…Old Celest once stood among the cities as a paragon of intellect and virtue. Even now its architecture, libraries, and elegance is spoken of…One warm, Dioni night, Whispers were riding the breeze, Speaking of a raid To slay Demon Lords with ease. And Celest made ready for…Immutability glints in the depths of the cerulean-deep deluge of seas The thunderous waves dissolve into foam and the salty spray blesses the breeze…Authors's Note: In Balach - part I, I mistakenly termed the setting as a "marsh". This term was inconsistent with the actual physical descriptions,…=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= THE EARTEHN CODEX =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Written by: Reyn d'Murani. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Table Of Contents subject Prologue Taint- Definition The Pillars The Earth Lords Lord Gorgulu,…So deeply buried in blood, A meridian's move is lone. In the letter a lump of earth, The holy light and windy gale, The…Prologue The swirling colors. The first feeling of wind on one's face. The breath that classifies the beginning of one's life. Stepping out from…======== Prologue ======== To My Readers: It is quite well known that I am not much of a fighter. I prefer to ponder, explore,…She awoke to the sound of the sparkling sea The sun of the face of this Celestian dame A Paladin she was determined to…Author's Note: This story is part of a collection of tales regarding the birth of faelings, once told by the Elfen of the Gloriana,…Waves washed onto the bleached shoreline like a lover's embrace, each encounter between land and sea sending a long, blissful sigh across the beach.…Hot, steamy tears fell into the calm waters of Honeysap Lake late one night. A young furrikin kneeled on the shore by a small…The sussuration of leaves as they rustle over earth dark with the blood of the world and musky with the scent of the eons…What is nature, what is life Happiness always, or eternal strife? We live we laugh, we give, we love Be we Aslaran, Lucidien, wolf,…Listening, watching, Waiting, hoping, Crouching in the shadows of Night, Stirring, rustling, Peering, nodding, Beginning the midnight flight. Moving, shrugging, Thinking, Looking, Searching out…Act I-The Beginning And First Offense It was a rather busy afternoon at "The Wailing Woman" inn. Being the most prominent lounge and a…I write this account of my past to make clear my motivations and past. Let history be my judge. I was raised in Estelbar.…So far I have written pieces that only concentrated on Celest and the Light. While Part 2 of Retrospectrum is still in the works,…'Twas an eve on Celestia, and all through the plane, Angels were singing, feeling no pain. A soft breeze was felt as the cherubs…Author's Note ------------- After the Taint Wars, one Grutina Oakvine led a group of Hartstone Druids to great Glomdoring, in a misguided attempt to…