O Lemurians, O My Beloved

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Ages upon ages passed-centuries beyond counting, perhaps billions of years before humankind ever felt the itch to explore the world it stood upon. In the deepest depths of the sea, where even the notion of surface was unknown, there dwelled a race long forgotten by time: the Lemurians.
Beneath the earth and the waters they raised a kingdom both majestic and eternal, a realm of stone and song, and over the seas they held dominion. Guided by their sovereign of the abyss-no mere ruler, but a being of divine tide-they lived for countless years in harmony, bound by peace and ancient accord.
Until the turning.
When humankind fell prey to its own curiosity and first dared to sail the waters, the Lemurians ceased to be legend and became revelation. And humankind, ever ravenous, showed its true nature. The first Lemurian was taken by a fisherman-poor, ill-fated maiden, cursed for nothing more than passing through the wrong current.

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