The First Excerpt

[Swgrclan 2682]

The ears of Elf, Orc, Dwarf and Human catch wind of old texts appearing spread 'cross the lands, speaking of primeval times, and bearing alternate annals. One would surely come across such sparse excerpts, should they seek them with curious intent.

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" Fir-- Ag-s -f Ma-

 

'Their faces were not made for wrinkles, their
 pure blood to stagnate, their great hearts to fail;
The blank grey was not made to blast their hair,
 But like the climes that know nor snow nor hail,
They were all summer; lightning might assail
 And shiver them to ashes, but to trail
a long and snake-like life of dull decay
was not for them—they had too little clay.'

 

... In the beginning, when the Creator shaped the Four Brothers and their wives, he named unto them the race of Man. As the Four Brothers were shaped in one similar, humanoid image, the Four Brothers and their primeval descendents all bore a similar, perfected visage; as though fragments, all pieces of one great image of mortal flawlessness.

Horen was of a sturdy heart and of the greatest compassion, but was neither tall nor short, nor strong nor weak. Malin was lithe, taller than his other brothers, and with a mind brimming with intellect and kindness. Urguan was stocky and honed, chiseled like a statue, but with kind eyes and an honorable soul. Finally, Krug was like a tower, brutish and huge, but of all Four Brothers he bore the greatest wisdom.

It is said, in the first year before history, that the Four Brothers bore flesh of cold stone and blood of brackish water, for their God forged them of the darkest of four souls, the greatest of four Lordsakes, but without the warm aura of life. So the Creator brought forth the quintessence of lifeforce to the mortal worlds and blessed the Four Brothers before their stoney existence was passed on to their unborn sons.

For an age - the age of Man - the Four Brothers and their descendents lived in peace, for the warm darkness of their souls did not yet know of sin nor strife ... "

 

[tilly 5115]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.