Ah! Well it seems I have eager ears once again for my fabled fables! One should grow weary of this...but one of that mind I am not! Come now, let me tell you a tale or two to while away the wee hours of the morning when brave and pious warriors like yourselves have to forgo your rest for noble service of your land. Let me tell you of magic and legend, legends of magic, magical mysteries, mysterious occurrences, reoccurring instances and word of witnesses!
First and foremost, in my reckoning, should be a tale of bravery. A story known throughout our province of Shalao'lorun as 'The tale of the two stones'...
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Upon a day of humanities greatest age, 'The sigh of land', all were prosperous and all was calm. Needs were met, every thirst quenched and a smile was the most frequent expression on ones face. Good reigned above all else. After endless struggle, after strife, terror, toil, horror and plague were forgotten, the people of our land were content once again, but for how long, a soul was not to ponder. Our story begins in the quiet town of Seliath Vale...
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The great bird swooped high above lonely lands. Eyes like beacons of amber nobility gazed down at its troubled home. Restless the sea grew, ever untamed was its nature. Never changing, always eternal. Until now.
Grass scratched at flesh and fur, as if it hungered for life. The wind cried for freedom, its peace shattered by screams and fell spells. The rock of the unmovable mountains cascaded towards soft earth. Little by little the world was in decay.
Alone was young Salion, learning from the essence of 'the calm' in the Enduin lake. Tranquil waters kissed his knees, and around the shallow pearl bright lake converged haunting trees...
Salion looked up at the grey sky. He wondered why the sun had faded then gone so suddenly. It was as if a Titan of extraordinary stature had reached into the heavens and snatched it away....
Almost in his adult years now, he was eager to prove himself as a worthy warrior adept. Being Strong of fist and broad of back, he was also renowned for his skill with the blade. However, all of his arduous training and the martial prowess earned from many a year in the battle forts did give him no comfort now, in the face of this abrupt extinguishment of bright golden light. Over bone, weapon, mind and flesh was his power. How could one change or understand which was ethereal and beyond comprehension?
As is the unnatural curiosity of the people of Seliath, Salion longed for the answers to his questions. To add to that curiosity, he had heard from the noble elders of the ring of Mardiruin that one should be ever weary of peace and quick to shun it, for 'comfort leaves the mind less potent and blade less eager' elder Dwelldel had uttered on many occasions. Could this be an omen for things to come? Could the answers to this most troubling of questions be his calling and destiny to seek? He pondered. Did the foreknowledge of a time prophesised by his forefathers really have true meaning and wisdom?
'So it is that my land will come under hand of dark,
Dwelleth unseen, foul legions wait,
A world dire for men is our mark,
Spirit of elders shall break evils hate.'
Salion uttered. This was the guardian’s prayer. A potent verse which was spoken on the break of each new day by every adept of the 12 battle forts of Seliath. It was taught to salion by his farther, as was every future adept told by theirs. A verse to rally to, to give warning of things to come, which only few knew, and to remind all that peace never lasts.
Salion waded as fast as he could through the sparkling lake back to shore, then hastily threw his black cotton tunic back on as he grasped for his pole arm from the lakes edge. He began his journey at a run, away from the murky river to the hill of ebor. Back into the main settlement of Seliath Vale was his path. There his answers will be found, he assured himself...
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