AUTHOR'S NOTE: Early update this time. Bea persuaded me with a nice picture of Christine. ;)
Pertie: You're lucky, I deem it necessary… eventually. ;) As for Meg, you're clearly jealous – I bet you want a Phantom toy too. lol! I must confess I myself forget details from the first part at times and then have to look them up again – like which line exactly which of the Lost Ones gets in which chapter and similar stuff. This means I regularly re-read it, or the most important passages, at least, and there's Bea's fine translation, too, with which I try to keep up best as I can. Yes, it's indeed a bit long – 255 pages in Arial 12 pt. ;) Take your time. :)
Bea: Indeed he knows what he's doing. Perhaps he's grown a bit impertinent, that's all. ;-) pats your head awkwardly Now, now, don't cry. There's a good girl… Would you like to play with Erik? (That always cheers you up, doesn't it?) gg I'm not telling you who his father was, though I finished the chapter in question only yesterday. :P The same goes for the family name. g
Book Three: Feeling the Night
I. This Fate which condemns
me
II. Say the Word
III. My first unfeeling Scrap of
Clothing
IV. Seething Shadows
The true darkness is not
just the absence of the light. What we see when the fires are
extinguished is but a distant memory of the reign of darkness that
once was, and of the Shadow that still lies beyond the Walls of the
World, barred out by the Gates of Night. Those memories lurk at the
core of the shadows in dark places, and wherever the light has gone
dim they creep, silently and secretly. But the true darkness rests in
our hearts, and it rules our doubts and fears. It is the source of
wrath and hatred, and the cause of suffering. Nothing but a small
seed it may seem, planted into every man's breast. Yet if you feed
it, it will grow.
–The Book of
Lore
Desire will lure
Power
will blind
Hatred will claim
Shadow will bind
–From
the Prophecy of the Shadow