Faces of Aevos | VOLAREN

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Tʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪꜱ ᴅᴏɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴀᴜʀᴏꜱᴛ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ.

 

「 T ʜ ᴇ   F ᴀ ᴄ ᴇ ꜱ   ᴏ ꜰ   A ᴇ ᴠ ᴏ ꜱ 」

VOLAREN

For my friend, who I wish all the best.

 

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I have found that a life within walls dampens our spirits and minds. My hope in writing these books is, always first and foremost, to realise more of the world that I have been blessed to live in.

Eletaliynan orchulne ullrer

 

⊰━━━━⊱༒︎ •✦• ༒︎⊰━━━━⊱   “I ʙᴇɢɢᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ; ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴇᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍʏ ᴍɪꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ…  I ʜᴀᴅ ꜰᴇᴀʀᴇᴅ I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ I ᴡᴀꜱ. Iɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ I ᴀᴍ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟᴇꜱꜱ. Wʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱꜰᴜʟ, ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ɪɴᴠɪɴᴄɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ. Wʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ɴᴏᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ.” - Volaren ⊰━━━━⊱༒︎ •✦• ༒︎⊰━━━━⊱   I met him first on my travels to the human lands, seeking things that I knew little of. A man who walked as something shy of death, teetering on its doorsteps but not quite knocking. I will be honest in saying that I shouted upon our first meeting, for which I apologise.   As we spoke, he told me of his loss in Belvedere. There was no victory for him, not as I have heard humanity celebrate; he served those fell forces, and I believe a part of him died with them too. A part, I say, because he was left to live by the will of his captors. Deprived of his demon-magic, his god-mistress wrenched from him, he was then released a man. A man and his bloodied hands.   He was not shy in confessing to me that he missed his mistress. How could  he not? Decades by her side, and left little more than a corpse. He knows it is wrong; he knows it is a pursuit of power, a base ambition. He lives now, if only to abide by the All-father’s path. But he wishes to overcome it, that pull back; and he gripped my arm, and I believe him. He will abandon his fell god, and I believe his blasphemy.   He has seen four centuries of winters’ bloom; desecrated the Aspects’ world for half as many, perhaps more. When left as bare as he was born, he cites redemption. I cannot tell you, friend, if you will succeed. But I have given you my thoughts, and now my work. I hope you read this and remember your promise to try; and likewise, any else who wishes something anew.   ⊰━━━━⊱༒︎ •✦• ༒︎⊰━━━━⊱

 

For you, Volaren, I will say again what we said upon that mountain-top. Should you falter in that promise, we will talk again to break bread. Should that candle burn to its wick, and we find no compromise still: we will depart as friends, and meet later as foes. 

 

lae  il’taynaan ordiveth ahera, y’Elnarnsaenlle’ehya annilera

 

⋈ Raelwyn.

 

 

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Thank you nectorist for roleplaying with me and telling me your guy’s’ story to post about .. . : 3 I’ve been meaning to do something like this for a while, to write little  compilations of interesting people that I meet over rp. But im a bum and here we are… Thank you Danny!!!!! Thank you pallodium for FORMATTING THIS! X3 art by me!!

 

 

 

[Nectorist 12869]

Albatross sits on a stump outside of Caurost. His daily walks out of the city were getting further each time, even if he had to exert himself more than he did on any field of battle long ago. Perhaps in time, when he would be able to travel the roads freely again, aided only by a walking stick, he would leave quietly and return to the comforts of iniquity and sin. He had done it at nearly every turn of his life, and it would be second nature to do so again.

 

However, for the first time in centuries, he feels a pull the other way, the slightest indication of a path yet unwalked off the ground he's tread a thousand times over. It's disconcerting, but it keeps him planted on that stump for a while, thinking instead of acting. Perhaps he could be the person that Raelwyn, that some few others, believe he could be.

 

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this is literally so good wtf, thank you so much for doing this! excited to see what other character Raelwyn encounters and makes these about

 

[Unwillingly 18096]

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this is very cool :) good job both of u