p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"Under the glow of the last fading morning stars and Northern lights that danced across the dark solstice sky, our story finds its day began as most days had, however, an anticipation, an importance, lingered in the cold mountain air. Just outside of the castle Skaia, a storm raged on, battering the walls and their silent vigil of the land, with ferocious wind and snow. Through the windows, a glimpse of the fjord, with its proud ships rocking like mere play things of a child, sent a reverberating chill to all those who gazed upon it./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"As soon as the woman's sky blue flat shoes that matched her bright eyes found themselves atop intricate, purple and gold tapestry-like carpet, she knew she was entering the beginning of the most regal wing of the castle. She smoothed her dress as much as one could with such an assortment of materials in her arms. Her dress resembled a warm, flowering sky, adding to her over all cheerful appearance. The cheerful countenance she bore brought a light into the depths of the hall, otherwise lacking a sort of light. The only light sources were were the crystal-lit, chandelier like fixtures mounted proudly upon the walls and strewn in the rafters, displaying their elegance in their mystic violet glow./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"The prophecy found itself scribed in indecipherable movements of thread with no clear diction, a wordless forewarning expressed in the thoughtful musings amid bleak ancient expressions. The origin of the tapestry in question was a mystery to all but a few; the chosen scribes and pages among the elders who oh so seldomly ventured to speak anything but that which was entirely necessary, or so they claimed. There were rumors (there were always rumors) that the seer among the mysterious trolls had seen a glimpse, in a vision long since faded into obscurity, and that the very object itself had been produced at his hand that moment. Though, none really relied upon the pariah's words, as many doubted his very existence. Still, it was still plausible, in a way. Dubious to some, but still plausible./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"As soon as the woman's sky blue flat shoes that matched her bright eyes found themselves atop intricate, purple and gold tapestry-like carpet, she knew she was entering the beginning of the most regal wing of the castle. She smoothed her dress as much as one could with such an assortment of materials in her arms. Her dress resembled a warm, flowering sky, adding to her over all cheerful appearance. The cheerful countenance she bore brought a light into the depths of the hall, otherwise lacking a sort of light. The only light sources were were the crystal-lit, chandelier like fixtures mounted proudly upon the walls and strewn in the rafters, displaying their elegance in their mystic violet glow./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"The prophecy found itself scribed in indecipherable movements of thread with no clear diction, a wordless forewarning expressed in the thoughtful musings amid bleak ancient expressions. The origin of the tapestry in question was a mystery to all but a few; the chosen scribes and pages among the elders who oh so seldomly ventured to speak anything but that which was entirely necessary, or so they claimed. There were rumors (there were always rumors) that the seer among the mysterious trolls had seen a glimpse, in a vision long since faded into obscurity, and that the very object itself had been produced at his hand that moment. Though, none really relied upon the pariah's words, as many doubted his very existence. Still, it was still plausible, in a way. Dubious to some, but still plausible./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"Apologies all around, but as always, thanks for reading! br /Recommended track for reading: 'Vuelie' or 'Elsa and Anna'/p