- Year 167 vc -
Hello journal,
I want to hear your call.
I've no reason to fight
If I can't give it my all.
Let nothing be my fall.
This has definitely got to be one of my very favorite verses from Narsil. It's very good for me now, as it was a few days ago when I first discovered it. You see, I'm really struggling with something that's... um... distracting. I want to make sure I'm true to my highest potential, and Gadriel's calling for my life. I want that more than anything. But I don't know what his plan is for my future, and it's hard to not go crazy wondering sometimes. My gods, is it hard! Give me patience, please!
Anyway, the verse also reminds me of our Miran ancestors, which I've been planning to get back to that story anyway. Oh, well that's redundant. Oops. Anyway (last time I say that word), I'll continue right where I left off.
While a lot of people weren't fond of the awakening of those who came to believe that Gadriel was about to return, it still spread like wildfire (now that's a reference you'll get later). People all over started gathering together to read the Legends and study into the long-ignored prophecies, in spite of the disapproval of various relatives, friends, neighbors, and spiritual leaders.
There was a certain prophecy, and I confess I'm not sure where to find it or what exactly it says... I'll have to look into that.... But it was a sort of a riddle. Finally they cracked the code and realized that Gadriel would not only come soon, but it specified a certain year. By then they were to have prepared their hearts to go back with him to the Kingdom of Light. And one more thing - they were to meet him in the uninhabited wilderness east of Arria.
That wilderness was surrounded by other realms. So many bordered it, yet it remained uninhabited. Apparently people used to live there, like ages ago, but they were tragically killed off by a pestilence. No one dared to inhabit it since then, like they were being superstitious about the place. Plus in all that time it did become quite wild. Nature had taken over by the time anyone understood the call to return one last time.
So at the time appointed, all kinds of people migrated to that wilderness. It wasn't easy. They camped out there in the wild and for a while they kept thinking Gadriel would reveal himself any moment, which was a happy thought - to meet him and go to live in his kingdom any moment? It sounds very happy to me. You know, the Legends say that in the Kingdom of Light,
Anyway, the verse also reminds me of our Miran ancestors, which I've been planning to get back to that story anyway. Oh, well that's redundant. Oops. Anyway (last time I say that word), I'll continue right where I left off.
While a lot of people weren't fond of the awakening of those who came to believe that Gadriel was about to return, it still spread like wildfire (now that's a reference you'll get later). People all over started gathering together to read the Legends and study into the long-ignored prophecies, in spite of the disapproval of various relatives, friends, neighbors, and spiritual leaders.
There was a certain prophecy, and I confess I'm not sure where to find it or what exactly it says... I'll have to look into that.... But it was a sort of a riddle. Finally they cracked the code and realized that Gadriel would not only come soon, but it specified a certain year. By then they were to have prepared their hearts to go back with him to the Kingdom of Light. And one more thing - they were to meet him in the uninhabited wilderness east of Arria.
That wilderness was surrounded by other realms. So many bordered it, yet it remained uninhabited. Apparently people used to live there, like ages ago, but they were tragically killed off by a pestilence. No one dared to inhabit it since then, like they were being superstitious about the place. Plus in all that time it did become quite wild. Nature had taken over by the time anyone understood the call to return one last time.
So at the time appointed, all kinds of people migrated to that wilderness. It wasn't easy. They camped out there in the wild and for a while they kept thinking Gadriel would reveal himself any moment, which was a happy thought - to meet him and go to live in his kingdom any moment? It sounds very happy to me. You know, the Legends say that in the Kingdom of Light,
The very ground beneath their feet glows with a silver light,
And the stars show themselves both day and night....
From strife and sorrow we shall find release,
Our hearts absorbing the light of peace.
I love those words. Guess that's why I went and quoted them.
Eventually it became evident that the believers had misinterpreted the prophecy, in that Gadriel never showed up. Some of them accepted it in spite of the heavy discouragement, and eventually concluded that he was still guiding them and that the prophecy was indeed referring to that year, but that it meant he would begin building a city in the Kingdom of Light for us lumens - not come and take us to it yet. But quite a lot of people responded negatively to the turn of events.
Those who truly believed were now in an extremely vulnerable state, as news spread of their disappointment and they were put to shame by people from every realm. Some believers proved to have never been sincere in the first place as they turned on their discouraged fellows. Some lost their faith and gave up altogether, while those who still believed Gadriel was guiding them determined to stay in the land they had been led to, and they began to build a life there.
But former followers along with various people throughout the realms not only mocked them and tried to change their minds, but became very cruel when that didn't work. Eventually an alliance of this sort of people marched toward the wilderness to destroy it, and the few who sought refuge and peace there....
Those who truly believed were now in an extremely vulnerable state, as news spread of their disappointment and they were put to shame by people from every realm. Some believers proved to have never been sincere in the first place as they turned on their discouraged fellows. Some lost their faith and gave up altogether, while those who still believed Gadriel was guiding them determined to stay in the land they had been led to, and they began to build a life there.
But former followers along with various people throughout the realms not only mocked them and tried to change their minds, but became very cruel when that didn't work. Eventually an alliance of this sort of people marched toward the wilderness to destroy it, and the few who sought refuge and peace there....