Sideways to the Sun
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:43 pm
I swore an oath, a long time ago, that if Goldshire should become independent, I would return to witness its glories and perhaps, in my small way, add to them. So has it been. But I am no longer fully mortal, and my destiny no longer lies in mortal hands or in mortal lands. Once again, I must turn sideways to the sun and join my ancestors, the faeries of old Goldshire.
As I leave, I am warmed by all Goldshire has become. From the gleaming cities and moon rituals of Khorze to the new palaces rising in the capital, Goldshire is no less than it was during the days of sun-glazed fields I loved so well. Different, perhaps, but no less.
I leave my Rishi, Aryeztur Mejorkhor, my ducal coronet and a warning. If you respect Goldshire and her ways, she will bring you power, riches, and the happiness that transcends either. But if you try to remake her in the image of another land, you will find she is more than modeling clay, and has a will of her own. I trust you have the strength and the subtlety to keep the laws I have laid down and to add to them your own wisdom and justice. Harvey, I trust you to watch over him and advise him.
Here is my golden torc. Keep it safe. In this land's hour of greatest need, throw it into the waters of the Elwynn, and I will hear you and come to your aid.
Until then, shine on.
As I leave, I am warmed by all Goldshire has become. From the gleaming cities and moon rituals of Khorze to the new palaces rising in the capital, Goldshire is no less than it was during the days of sun-glazed fields I loved so well. Different, perhaps, but no less.
I leave my Rishi, Aryeztur Mejorkhor, my ducal coronet and a warning. If you respect Goldshire and her ways, she will bring you power, riches, and the happiness that transcends either. But if you try to remake her in the image of another land, you will find she is more than modeling clay, and has a will of her own. I trust you have the strength and the subtlety to keep the laws I have laid down and to add to them your own wisdom and justice. Harvey, I trust you to watch over him and advise him.
Here is my golden torc. Keep it safe. In this land's hour of greatest need, throw it into the waters of the Elwynn, and I will hear you and come to your aid.
Until then, shine on.