“Did you ever learn who she was, Jerilyn? … Who? … The dark-haired beauty, of course … You did! Tell me, it can’t matter now … Really! … I’d have never guessed.” The Wizard of the Blue Lagoon
On the dark-haired beauty
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On the Spirit World
“The spirit world remains a mystery to me, Jerilyn. It did not exist before the Reckoning and is the province of your kind.” Kandol Elf Lord
On Deception
“Today, it’s easy to see, but back then it wasn’t. He concealed his true self in shadow, hiding his black heart behind a fair mien.” Jerilyn of Colcester
On Tirel
“I did meet a Bardalla once. He was a man of power, though his power was not the arcane might of the Spires, he wielded a different power altogether. I was reminded of the Bardalla by Dommler the Mad. Once a promising crusader in the Church of Anir, he turned his back on his faith and became a mystic steeped in the lore of the ancient world. He told me once that he spoke with spirits.” Wizard of the Blue Lagoon
On God-Emperors
“Darmyn the Righteous was a throwback to the golden age of Sangrithar, when the God-Emperors ruled free of the curse. The son of Tormyn Blackheart and grandson of the Dreamer, Darmyn fought against the madness lapping him like a pup starved for affection every day of his glorious reign. His legions defended the weak, his coffers fed the poor, his temples celebrated every god and through his good works, he cleansed Sangrithar’s honor of his father’s stains. The circumstances of his death were sudden and never made public, though most believe he fell at the hand of his son, Tardyn the Slayer.” Jerilyn of Colcester
On Humadin
“After leaving the Mountain of Clouds, I journeyed to the Northern Steppes to meet the Humadin. Kandol had piqued my curiosity. For a while, I fell in with the Eselkaru, the eagle clan, and lived on the platforms built into the branches of the spruces common to the western steppes. They were experts with the javelin and the malkanta, a broad-bladed sword. Their Bardalla, a man named Jendallu, had a gift for putting people at ease. He always seemed to know just what they wanted. The Eselkaru said that he was strong in the ways of the Spirit World.” Jerilyn of Colcester
On the Seeress
“Hah! The Seeress really jerked the old man’s chain with that one, didn’t she, Jerilyn. Those poor dragons, my cousins, I suppose, spending eternity apart and for what? When her doom did come true, it unfolded in a way that no one expected, unless she had known all along. I wouldn’t put it past her; she learned much staring into Aux’s waters, much that she twisted to her own ends.” The Wizard of the Blue Lagoon
On Ta’Erkul
“No one’s quite sure where they came from. Some think that they hailed from Angrakor originally, but I have my doubts. The barbarians of the south were violent and uncivilized, driven by dreams of conquest, but they were not the Dark Lord’s minions. I believe that souls trapped in the spirit world seduced them to the Dark Lord’s ways. After too many rejections from the Rainbow Lord, One-Eye’s whispers grew too loud to ignore. Those that have been there longest are most wicked.” Jerilyn of Colcester
On Religion
“Worship was something your people brought to the world, Jerilyn, worship of the Dark Lord and gods more fair. Yes, the wickedness of Daeryss and the Traitor is well known, but they were not Erlik’s worshippers in the way that you mean it. The Elder Races had no religion, not even the rites we observed within the Stones would count as one by your standard. The Maiden’s rites were a practicality, a sacred obligation, a wondrous one but a duty nonetheless, not a form of obeisance. Religion is a modern phenomenon, a fabrication of Mankind, and faith is its pillar. What need had the Elder Races of faith, we whom loved and laughed amongst the gods?” Kandol Elf Lord
On Promises
“My penchant for promises is inherited, Jerilyn, not learned. My father fell for my mother the moment he saw her. They bound themselves to one another with an oath sworn to the Earth Mother in her Maiden aspect and her brother, Humak the Beast Lord. From that promise sprang others, not yet fulfilled, that I shall not speak of.” Kandol Elf Lord