Author's Note:
Sorry for not updating sooner!! I'm tellin' ya, high school is not all fun
and games...have fun while you still can :-P Well, I've been getting
questions about where I get my ideas for this story. Most of the ideas are
mine, but some are based on series that I read or am reading. Robert
Jordan's Wheel of Time series. David Edding's Belgaraid/Mallorean. And
then the characters Lara Croft and her father, from Core and Eidos. The
rest is all mine 0;) So basically this story is a "Melting Pot" of stuff
in my brain. Thank you for listening to...err...reading my ramblings and
have a wonderful day. Night. Whatever.
***** She was stalking. Stalking her prey. Like the wolf stalks the deer. Lara chuckled to herself. Since when had she started thinking in similes. Hahaha. With a set look on her face, she stormed through the inn. The poor folk around her wisely scampered out of the way. When Lara Crof was mad, she was MAD. Kicking open the door, Lara was immediately greeted with a blast of cold air. Ice cold, like soup that has sat out in the open too long on a Glazing's night. Ha! I'm doing it again, Lara thought. Well, whatever. I'm not here to think poetry. Although I believe I should write this down somewhere. Just in case. Bah! Those evil Literature teachers of my childhood days have as much influence over me away as from home, she realized bitterly. Well, at least I don't have any Wizardrian powers to deal with, Lara snickered softly. The legendary Xaes Etai of the Ages, more commonly called Sorcerers, Wizards, Witches, or any other 'insulting' names by the ordinary people, were persons with especially high magical capabilities. A very few amount of the population could be trained in the Wizardrian Arts, while an even smaller handful were naturally born with the Gift. The Xaes Etai claimed to have no connections with the infamous Wizards of Dark, during the time Drako had reigned. But still, some people wondered. In any case, the Xaes Etai were feared yet revered. Quickly Lara shook herself and began studying the scenery around her. The season was rounding a bend already. How long have we been gone?, Lara wondered. We left right at the turn of the weather. Between Flame and Twilight. Now the snow will soon be here. It always goes the way nature wants to go. Why cannot humans have the power to control the seasons? The moment Lara had the notion, she shuddered. "What am I thinking?" Lara said aloud. People walking near her stared at her as if she might bite their heads off at any second. Embarrassed, Lara hurried on. "Why is everyone acting so weird around me?" Lara murmured to herself. "Well, that's another question to answer another day. For now..." But what was I thinking. Those powers are indeed reserved for people. Those Wizards and Witches. She knew the Xaes Etai despised the nicknames commonly used for them. But she also knew she personally did not intend to cross the path of one in her healthy lifetime. There were rumors...rumors of what great deadly Power they possesed, rumors of how they used the Powers. And not all were for good. "Dear Gods, whatever will happen to Aren?" Lara said in a ragged voice. Yes...I understand now. I agree with you Aren. Run...run far away from the Recruiters. But still, you should know to trust me. I am not one of them. *****
I am now including a "Glossary of Terms/Pronounciation" with each chapter. It might help those that are lost and have not figured out what the heck is going on yet. (JKJK :-P) It may also help those that must always need to know how to say a name, or a place, or whatever else it may be, correctly:
*Terms* Dawning ~ Was commonly known as "Spring" in the earlier Ages. Flame ~ ... "Summer" ... Twilight ~ ... "Autumn" ... Glazer ~ ... "Winter" ...
THE HISTORY OF THE CHANGE OF NAME: It is believed that sometime during the Dark Age, four Godesses from the four corners of the earth came out of their Hollows to save mankind. The four Goddesses, Spring Dawning, Summer Flame, Autumn Twilight, and Winter Gazer, kept the world in balance and nature at peace. In honor of the four saviors, the original names for the season were replaced with what is now used today. Although this story is a common belief, there is no hard-core proof of the authenticity behind it.
*NOTE: One may notice the subtle difference in "Gazer" and "Glazer." Historians conjecture that the name had gradually changed with time, though the goddess "Winter Gazer" is sometimes argued to be "Winter Glazer." Of course, no one knows for sure, and no one will ever know most probably.
*Pronounciatations* LARA ~ Lah-ra (not Lair-a) AREN ~ Air-en XAES ETAI ~ Z-eyes Eh-tie
***** She was stalking. Stalking her prey. Like the wolf stalks the deer. Lara chuckled to herself. Since when had she started thinking in similes. Hahaha. With a set look on her face, she stormed through the inn. The poor folk around her wisely scampered out of the way. When Lara Crof was mad, she was MAD. Kicking open the door, Lara was immediately greeted with a blast of cold air. Ice cold, like soup that has sat out in the open too long on a Glazing's night. Ha! I'm doing it again, Lara thought. Well, whatever. I'm not here to think poetry. Although I believe I should write this down somewhere. Just in case. Bah! Those evil Literature teachers of my childhood days have as much influence over me away as from home, she realized bitterly. Well, at least I don't have any Wizardrian powers to deal with, Lara snickered softly. The legendary Xaes Etai of the Ages, more commonly called Sorcerers, Wizards, Witches, or any other 'insulting' names by the ordinary people, were persons with especially high magical capabilities. A very few amount of the population could be trained in the Wizardrian Arts, while an even smaller handful were naturally born with the Gift. The Xaes Etai claimed to have no connections with the infamous Wizards of Dark, during the time Drako had reigned. But still, some people wondered. In any case, the Xaes Etai were feared yet revered. Quickly Lara shook herself and began studying the scenery around her. The season was rounding a bend already. How long have we been gone?, Lara wondered. We left right at the turn of the weather. Between Flame and Twilight. Now the snow will soon be here. It always goes the way nature wants to go. Why cannot humans have the power to control the seasons? The moment Lara had the notion, she shuddered. "What am I thinking?" Lara said aloud. People walking near her stared at her as if she might bite their heads off at any second. Embarrassed, Lara hurried on. "Why is everyone acting so weird around me?" Lara murmured to herself. "Well, that's another question to answer another day. For now..." But what was I thinking. Those powers are indeed reserved for people. Those Wizards and Witches. She knew the Xaes Etai despised the nicknames commonly used for them. But she also knew she personally did not intend to cross the path of one in her healthy lifetime. There were rumors...rumors of what great deadly Power they possesed, rumors of how they used the Powers. And not all were for good. "Dear Gods, whatever will happen to Aren?" Lara said in a ragged voice. Yes...I understand now. I agree with you Aren. Run...run far away from the Recruiters. But still, you should know to trust me. I am not one of them. *****
I am now including a "Glossary of Terms/Pronounciation" with each chapter. It might help those that are lost and have not figured out what the heck is going on yet. (JKJK :-P) It may also help those that must always need to know how to say a name, or a place, or whatever else it may be, correctly:
*Terms* Dawning ~ Was commonly known as "Spring" in the earlier Ages. Flame ~ ... "Summer" ... Twilight ~ ... "Autumn" ... Glazer ~ ... "Winter" ...
THE HISTORY OF THE CHANGE OF NAME: It is believed that sometime during the Dark Age, four Godesses from the four corners of the earth came out of their Hollows to save mankind. The four Goddesses, Spring Dawning, Summer Flame, Autumn Twilight, and Winter Gazer, kept the world in balance and nature at peace. In honor of the four saviors, the original names for the season were replaced with what is now used today. Although this story is a common belief, there is no hard-core proof of the authenticity behind it.
*NOTE: One may notice the subtle difference in "Gazer" and "Glazer." Historians conjecture that the name had gradually changed with time, though the goddess "Winter Gazer" is sometimes argued to be "Winter Glazer." Of course, no one knows for sure, and no one will ever know most probably.
*Pronounciatations* LARA ~ Lah-ra (not Lair-a) AREN ~ Air-en XAES ETAI ~ Z-eyes Eh-tie