The labor of making a path to the fissure of light has begun in earnest, as people from all the different encampments roundabout have come together to gather stone and to pile it, a little higher each day, until it will allow them access to what they all hope to be an exit from this … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.18 – Light and Loss” »
The small company departs shortly after first light, Aeyósha and Îsáric walking while Hældáris rides, his wounds from the mykkëvéngr still causing him pain. They travel this way for two more days, and the woods continue thick all the while, shading them from a chilly north wind that blows in for much of both days. … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.17 – Vaego Moorlands” »
The rocking of the cart as it bumps over the unsteady roads at first nearly makes Relmaríndë sick, though she recognizes that this is due more to anxiety—to sickness of heart—than to any amount of vertiginous movement. After all, she bore the rocking of a ship on the waves for more than a month with … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.16 – A Song in Captivity” »
Over the next few days the three men prepare for their departure by gathering what provisions they might need and also by purchasing new clothing to replace those ruined or lost during the shipwreck. In addition, they simply think it wise to have more than a single outfit, which surely shall be soiled on the … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.15 – Through the Woods” »
A presence of unutterable evil and strength of will presses itself into her consciousness, invading her, and even all of her resources are not enough to keep it out. The feeling of oppression far surpasses any sense of evil that she has felt in years past at the proximity of the eötenga, and even of … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.14 – Against the Powers of Death” »
Hældáris rises early, before the sun, needing little sleep because of the Velási blood within him, but even more so unable to find repose because his heart is restless and tormented. As quietly as he can he pushes open the door to the house and steps outside, drawing his blanket over his head and tight … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.13 – Words from the Heart” »
Albrýndaer hardly notices whenever the blockage is removed from the entrance to the alcove of stone. For he has ceased listening for it, ceased glancing over anxiously in its direction as if the looking would make time pass more quickly. Part of this is the natural consequence of the passage of time: for one can … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.12 – Discovery” »
The man who stands before them appears hearty and hale, whether through manual labor or some other exercise they do not know, about late middle-age, his light brown hair flecked with gray tied back in a long braid and with a tidy beard ornamenting his jawline and chin. His sea-colored eyes sparkle as he takes … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.11 – Isaric” »
Albrýndaer. Vælírian Year 1150 “Father, I have read the book that you shared with me,” says Albrýndaer to Daeran one evening, “and I was intrigued by it. Thank you for requesting it for me. I learned much from it, even as it revealed to me how little of our history, and of the history of … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.10 – Through the Darkness” »
Hældáris’ sleep is tormented by nightmares, though upon waking they flee from consciousness into the dark recesses of his mind and all that remains is a dull, gnawing dread. When he sits up and looks around, he is surprised to see that Aeyósha is still asleep, curled almost in a fetal position beside the dying … Read More “Dawnbringer: Legacy 1.9 – Ûlfaeng” »
