by Tar-Herunole » Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:15 am
Well, Rao is your name, and before we start the quest for your new home and your new followers, it's imperative that you regain your strength. And I will be honored if you did so in Khadrim, but I think it is wiser to take you to Tao Lu, who is more versed in these affairs, and will be able to tell you what you must know about your past. For a man without past is a man without honor, and Master Tao lu used to know you better than anyone...
As he prepared for the trip, Erelen thought about the stories his father had told him and his brother when young. About how Innos, the father of Lord Asheron had made the world of Dereth before nobody had memory, and how the brother of Innos, Beliar, father of Bael'Zharon had treasoned him to get power over Dereth, and had slained him. And how Lord Asheron, that was then a young but brave God, defeated alone the whole army of Beliar and revenged his father... And he also remembered how his father had told them about The Circle of Fire, the church of the followers of Innos, that although was not anymore "alive " in a material form, was still present in the spirit of everything that was good in Dereth. And he also remembered Erelen's older brother, who died revenging his father, had always wanted to be a Fire Warrior. Because once eery 100.000 years Innos granted to an exceptional warrior who proved his value through the forgotten ways, the gift of being a Fire Warrior and the leader of his Circle of Fire. And he remembered that his father taked that idea of their heads by telling them their duty was to lead the High Elves as Kings, and that no other was the destiny Eru had set in his family. But Erelen's brother remained doubtful, for he was brave and ambitious and wanted to do deeds no one else could match. And then his father said that anyway the Fire Warrior was only a legend for there had been none at least for 500.000 years... Erelen saw now that it was no legend, and realized that his father had known it, but had wanted to keep them from the path of the Fire Warrior: dangerous and full of suffering. And he suffered for his friend Rao, although understood that his destiny had been to suffer until becoming the greatest...
And with this thoughts they started the march..
High King of the Noldor in Middle-Earth
Honorary Knight of the Pointy Shiney
"... All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die"