Odyssey of the Whispering Light

[Harald 2535]

 

 

“the light of rebirth”

 

Upon the towering peaks of Aevos a faint glimmer pierced through the relentless blizzards. An elderly figure, wrapped in the freshly conquered pelt of a fearsome Porculon Bear, treaded resolutely. In his grasp, a lantern cast a feeble glow, a beacon in the harsh wilderness. The savage beast, the first of many trials to come, had torn away the aged man’s left leg before succumbing to its own demise. Only the warmth of fire had spared him from certain death. 

 

Yet in the face of rebirth, he could not waver. Having only left behind a letter, the determined man pressed onward as his trials devoured him. For a full year, he embarked on a solitary pilgrimage through the loftiest peaks of Aevos. Throughout that year, no one glimpsed nor heard of the man, save for that faint light navigating the blizzards that veiled the summits. 

 

Amidst the otherwise haunting silence, the echoes of his contemplative mutterings reverberated, “What is the weight of forgiveness?” For an entire year, those words resonated until the light extinguished, and the echos vanished into the void..