(This information was
conveyed to Aran Elenaro by the bearer, a Spectral Lich who was permitted
by His Majesty to abide and depart Quentari under Royal Protection in
appreciation for her long journey to Padash in October 597, knowing that
the hands of all people of good intention would be turned against her.)
Greetings to the Children
of the East, We are Fashtan of the Kurnistani People, Keepers of the
Magics and Lore and Seekers of Knowledge. An ancient terror is rising as
well you know. We have known of your castings of the Ancient Magics and
efforts to discover the nature of this threat and in this, We, the Fashtan
offer you these words, our vision and our warning.
We have also known of the
being that threatens us now. We have seen the ancient battle won by the
Elven King, Father of The Great Elven Mage of Earth and Sky and know well
the threat that he imprisoned. We have watched over the years the changes
in the magics as predicted in the stars and seen the prison weaken and
begin to collapse. Those of us who see beyond the veil of time to the
future see a land of death and pestilence to a time when there are no more
living when even the Drakes of the far reaches lament their fate before
being cast to oblivion. We have seen the battle lines drawn and redrawn
in your lands and armies fall until your Eastern Nations are no more and
the Great Imperium and Lesser Realms crumble to dust in the wake of this
terror. We have seen the elements consumed and corrupted and the
arrogance of each turn to terror and the land itself rising and falling in
a great final battle.
We have also seen the
defeat of this threat, the Destroyer. Those who see beyond the veils
speak of the future as a cloth blown in the breeze, ever changing shape
and form but bound by many threads and many possibilities. We have seen a
great gathering when those who would lead their people have come to fight
this threat of destruction. We have seen the tokens of power and the
shadowy figures who would stand in the Circle of Destiny.
We have seen one of the
Land, who wields the power of the land as a weapon. A being of the past
who has come from a vale of magic and whose nature is kept from us by
forces as vast as the Drakes. The Land will fashion a new prison for the
Destroyer, the Circle of Destiny.
We have seen the witnesses
come from all parts of your Eastern Lands to stand and mark the boundaries
of the Circle of Destiny. Each bringing a power and strength to weave the
magics of the prison with the Ancient Magics. Great Leaders of all races
and many lands who gather to give magic and aid to the land and the magics
of hope. We have seen the end of this Destroyer and a prison that cannot
be destroyed by the cycles of time and further to a time of peace in your
lands.
We know this, the
Destroyer, waits and watches but not in slumber. He reaches out into
other realms and is exerting his will over them. The elements have felt
his touch and even now he seeks to control their power. He will need to
be stopped and his conquests in these places halted. He is striking at
the heart of the great Elven Nation and seeking to corrupt from within.
He is already in motion in these plans and the element of Dream has felt
his touch.
We send E'Lorine, The
Fashtan of Tribe Kujan with these words. E'Lorine will tell you of our
efforts to find the Destroyer in the places of the Elements. The key to
these places being The Lands of the Gorbei within the Great Nation of the
Elves which is where E'Lorine will seek you. If The Destroyer cannot be
repelled from the places of the elements, then the Circle cannot be
cast. Be warned, the Destroyer also seeks these lands of the Gorbei and
their secrets.