A TURNING OF THE TIDES
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Auriel Tennallar knew she was going to die.
She knew it when she killed her first fish, slitting her way through it's scales.
She knew it when she watched the voidal hollow descend upon the Celianorian Palace.
She knew it as she felt the familiar bite of the winter winds as she flung herself into the sea.
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As her limp body rushed through the chilling wind, she exhaled.
A frost filled breath that rushed past her at the speed of light.
Light.
She remembered light, days of basking in the sun with the soothing rocking of the waves below her.
Days full of light and laughter, Her sisters hands in her hair, twisting and braiding and a heavy rope in her own as she pulled and tugged.
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She remembered the crash of waves against their ship as they fought against the storm.
She remembered the chattering voices as they docked in Fi'andria.
She remembered the power.
Power.
In the palm of her hands, flames licked at her skin threatening to burn.
and yet, they didn't.
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She never did stop pursuing such, forsaking her family for it.
The knowledge was in reach, just by her fingertips
when she realized.
When was the last time she had felt Arynn, braiding her hair?
When had she last heard Tara's laughter as she drunk and sung into the night?
When had she last spoken to Valentina, To Dazen?
Where was her Family? Her friends?
Was she... Alone?
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Loneliness.
Such a powerful feeling.
She threw herself into her studies, attempting to forget, to forge on and continue on her path.
And yet, she couldn't.
It got to her and before she knew it there was the ever so gentle touch of fingertips upon her nape, soothing her.
The woman made promises, Family, Friends, Power.
Everything she had ever wanted.
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And then? She was gone.
Auriel Tennallar was no more than a distant, fleeting memory that drifted further from her grasp as she lived.
If you could even call this living.
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The wind rushed past her, it's grasp soothing and comforting.
And then?
Nothing.
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A series of letters quickly made their way across the continent.
To The Tennallars and Tinuviels
To The Coven
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OOC
Gimble joined the community