The Past Shapes the Future
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There are many gods in the heavens, each with his own special power. The fierce goddess Fedita for example is the goddess of the sacred fire, the god Rotan is the god of war and the god Oplio is the god of thieves.
These gods rarely left their home in the realm of the gods except to bring visions to the priests and priestesses of their respective temples.
There was only one god who abandoned his godhood and left the halls of the gods forever. He was known as the 'fierce deity' for his fierce temper and manners. His true name has been lost to us. He was the god of the moon and warriors. The Fierce Deity gazed too long at the world of men and fell in love with a mortal princess. And so he left his throne on the moon and left a regent in charge of it.
After many perils he won the heart of the princess and they were married with great rejoicing. They had one child, a boy, who inherited the kingdom. Eventually his mortal wife grew ill and died. Heart broken he wandered the earth for hundreds of years. Finally however he grew tired of his endless existence, of seeing the people around him die, of the weariness that never ended. He did what no other god has ever done before him. He cast aside his immortality and killed himself.
His sisters, the golden three, had heard of the suicide too late to save him and the tears they wept for him flowed in floods. They took his power (which could never be completely snuffed out) and moulded it into a mask. They placed it in a shrine in the moon and cast a powerful enchantment over it. Only he who has the blood of the deity may use the mask and only he who has the blood of Farore may reach it.
The mask faded out of the people's minds and hearts. The lineage of the deity continued. The last of that noble house now rules the duchy of Liranon.
The first thing Blodwen saw when she entered the hall was the countless pairs of eyes swivelling towards her. It was rather unnerving to see so many people scrutinising her. She could see that there were many divided opinions throughout the crowd. The men mostly looked at her approvingly; the old women smiled and quietly murmured among themselves, the young women however need not have bothered with their show of deference. In each and every one of their eyes she could see the mix of envy, contempt and scorn.
She sighed. If this was what court life was like in normal countries then she wanted no part in it. She'd much rather hold audiences with uneducated peasants any day, at least they were reasonably honest.
The first of the young men approached her cautiously.
"May I have this dance." He enquired politely.
She studied him carefully. He looked sincere enough.
"Sir, it would be my honour." She replied, dipping a slight curtsey. She smiled at him and the dance began.
After that there was no shortage of offers. The men were queuing up to dance with the beautiful maiden. She barely had a chance to sit down all evening until it was time for supper. She found the last seat was between the prince of Hyrule and one of his body guards.
"Excuse me sir but may I sit here please" she smiled sweetly.
The young man was very tall with flaming hair and deep brown eyes. At this request he blushed as red as his hair and moved out of the way for her. His companion a thin wiry man, with a head full of ebony curls snickered quietly.
"I pray thee sir," she asked "share your joke with the rest of us. From the way you laughed it must be a good one."
That silenced the one with the curly hair and he too blushed scarlet. The red head smiled at her gratefully.
"You must be Blodwen. I'm Adan." He said. "The knave you just silenced is Toruno but we all call him Tor."
A man on the other side of prince Harkinian also introduced himself.
"I'm Felarei but everyone just calls me Fel"
Blodwen turned to him smiling sweetly, but her heart almost stopped when she got a good look at him.
Normally I wouldn't be so mean as to leave at a cliff hanger but I'm supposed to be doing my homework so sorry about that.
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