Where are they? Where are they?
Let's not bother trapising around the entire castle. I'll wind up lost somehow.
There they are. I don't know exactly where my locator is telling me to go, but I follow it regardless, assured that it cannot be wrong. If you are secure enough in your magical ability, there is no need to worry.
I eventually find myself at the entrance of the library, which I've passed by before but never given much consideration. Perhaps this isn't the best place to tell them.
I'll find a book to read until they've left this place and gone somewhere more suitable.
Hmm...
Understanding the Adroit Genome
The Evolution of Magical Flora
How to Tame a Dragon
What am I doing in the Biology section? Perhaps History section will interest me more.
Galiban Town, Home of the Dwarves
A Guide to the Fifty-Year War
The Evolution of Magic
Isn't that technically science?
From Basalt and Sky: How the Adroites Came to Be
From Basalt and Sky? Must be a reference to the war between Angels and Demons.
Our race, though young, dates back quite far then. I'll give that a read. Only a few pages, until Eric and Flynn leave. I flick to a random page.
The earliest trace of what could be described as the precursor to the Adroit race appeared one and a half thousand years ago. These were the offspring between either an Angel or a Demon, and one of the other natural races (Dwarves, Elves, e.t.c). Whatever their parentage, they were frequently known as 'One-Winged', referencing their half-immortal status, with the well renowned Gruoch Hanardaut describing them as:
Groteske amalgamations of cursed flesh [...] the One-Winged carrie efil or destructif natures uithin them, and pouer immeasurable - efen the kildren can bring down a uatchtower. Thei do not lif long - the pouer is too much for their mortal bodies; thei go insane for a fue aeirs, then die.¹
Most of them did not live to thirty; few, if any, procreated. They were universally shunned, often along with their mortal parent; some would be disowned.² If they were then found by an Angel or Demon, they would often be taken in to be trained in controlling their ptofound magical abilities, allowing them to live a normal lifespan. After the War, these stayed behind on the Earth whilst their pure-blooded companions were banished. They then became known as bogeymen of the countryside, across all races alike, as evidenced by an Elf named Wisters Wintereve:
One of my nieces ran away to
Where are they? They aren't in the library anymore.
I sit down to read a book for two minutes...
I relocate them. They've gone outside, probably to spar, as they seem to be dancing around each other.
Right. They should be alone if they're outdoors.
I meander back through the stairs - only taking one wrong turn - and exit the castle (through a window, but that's because haste is paramount in case they leave again. I don't think anyone saw me). I find them in the training yard - if I didn't know better, I'd assume they were attacking each other.
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Saviour of Neither
Acak"There is another, master... But the soul of the Devil resides too within him and the resulting destruction will spell the end of us all." The magical people of Ceatha Tor believe that those that are amoral should be named and shamed: this is indica...
