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Legends & Lore: The Elven Voyage
While the Humans staked their claim inland, the Elves found their gaze drawn ever eastward, toward the hazy silhouette of a distant wood glimpsed across choppy waters. Elven council records tell of the first Elven Queen, Lirael, who led the first crossing in crafted skiffs. When these pioneers came ashore upon a forested coast singing…
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Legends & Lore: The End of The First Era
It was inevitable that in time, the Firstborn, quickened by such surroundings as the Valley of the Creator, would begin to ask why. Why did the sun’s path change in the sky with the passing of many days? Why did some fruits fill the belly with strength while others made the stomach grip with pain?…
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Legends & Lore: The First Civilization
The First Civilization The Valley of the Creator During the Age of Creation, after Bhava pressed form and purpose upon the world, the races of Einarth first arrived at the threshold of the Valley of the Creator. The valley itself, clad in fertile terraces shaped by rivers and framed by high peaks seemed to radiate…
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Legends & Lore: The Creation of the Firstborn Races
The Poem of Creation (attributed to Dira, the Clear-Voiced during the Age of Exploration): When starlight kissed the mother-stone, Bhava’s hand upon the clay Gave breath and shape to night and day Four firstborn races carved from dream Bound by rivers, sky, and stream. The Age of Creation Before the dawn of the world, there…
