Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-31029721-20170112200652

Ah, young traveler. You want to hear my stories? I cannot promise that it will lead you to fortune or treasure, but you may need a respite from seeking kings and abyss.



In the age before the ancients, the world was disfigured

Passion beget passion, love beget love, hate beget hate, and war beget war

The Ancient Ones sought to end this cycle and shrouded the world in fog

The world became passionless, loveless, hate-less, and war-less

In this world all became immortal, and memory faded by design.



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">In this age, a young girl with hair of blackest night held fast to hope as her world ended

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Her twin brother, a boy of blackest soul, held fast to his beloved kin as nothing else mattered

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She could no longer hold on to his wisdom, and he could not hold onto her hand

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Complacency shrouded their eyes, rest assured by the great wings above

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">For a time their very souls quieted, for a time they knew not and spoke not.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">In this Age of Ancients, disparity did not vanish, it only sought new refuge

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Life, death, light, and dark ate at the edges of the grey

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">And the souls of those who could not die held congregation for an indivisible prayer

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Energy burst forth as a great fire, sparking memories of sunlight and joy!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">As the hallowed sought this flame, their bodies and minds were renewed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The black haired girl remembered, and she rediscovered her magic

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She could walk the world above unseen, even by the scaled beasts

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She could speak with birds of the air, who now were recovering their flight

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The boy of ill-soul remembered the injustice, and he seethed in anger and latent power

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">He remained in the world unseen, apart from the light but not from the flame.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The unhallowed built away from the eyes of dragons everlasting

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">They recovered their armors, their weapons, and their cities of might

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Underground they gathered and in the dark they dealt with the scaleless

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Their vengeance was terrible and swift, searing the stone off dragon hide

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">They burned away the fog of the ancient age with a new era of wrath.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">In this victory, the young king of light beheld the lovely princess of night

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She came from the race that traversed the dark, sister of their petty king

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">In their love they joined bodies, combining their armies and peoples

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She became like him, and he like her, her sense of rightness in the world complete

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Passion, love, hate, and war returned and beget anew.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The petty king hid deeper in unwelcome caves, his descendants replete in his presence

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">He toyed with humanity in the shade of his soul, unveiling powers to rival the archmage

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The Night Queen would visit her brother, and he told her a great many things

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She listened around the bonfire into the morning, then her lover would sweep her away

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The man of black soul would say not a word, his heart more distant with each lonely step.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The first flame was toyed with by four kings, and to it they joined the very souls of their servants

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Some bowed their energies to the king of fire, who extended their lives indefinitely

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Others bowed their energies to the king of the dead, who imparted life beyond death

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">More bowed their energies to the queen of life, who gave them new form and purpose

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">A remnant bowed their energies to the king of shadow, who made them whole again.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The four lords of souls were drunk, and would not return their power to the flame

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The borders of disparity began to flicker, greyness ate at its edges, and the world bent

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The devil chuckled, a new age of ancients was drawing near

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Souls murmured and continents trembled.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The queen of night, the noble mother of godmother, grew restless

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Her brother commissioned a painted world for her soul, a dark and cold land

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She found herself in the world of her brother’s heart, and there peacefully resided

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Then the petty king slept, this man of great humanity and alien magic

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">In his descent, he carried the childhood trinket of his twin, and humanity followed his heart.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The godmother beget an abomination, and the creature was swiftly spirited away

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The queen of night comforted the crying child of white hair, and taught her how to remain unseen

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The son of light in his zeal burned all record but seared too much in battle with the accused

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Two children of gods were exiled, the accused set free, and much wrong was done

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">And the queen wished that she could fly as the crow flew, free and unburdened.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">As she raised the small girl, her brother was slain by knights of her lover

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She confronted, he relented a city to guard her brother’s tomb, and she conspired

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Too much wrong was in the world, others saw thus as well

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">They delved deep into the caverns of her brother’s mind, and she learned of his ways

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Scouring the four corners, they gathered the tools for a new age from below.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The first flame was tapped for much too long, and it began to cast a long shadow

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The race of dark began to hallow first, they who were the most torn between the great souls

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The strength of the gods faded, departed, and the time was ripe

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">But the revolt end in failure, the first spy greedily holding on to the kindling of the flame

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Her city and dreams were drowned in flood waters, her allies chose to forsake her.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The queen’s ilk were locked in the painted world, their ambush now a trap

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The gods dared not pursue further, lest the princess of snow slay their weakened kind

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The queen fled for her life and abandoned her title, and flew as the crow flies

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The king wept in his heart, as disaster beget disaster.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">He descended to the flame ‘neath the statue of his love, seeking to restore all glory.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The kingdom of fire then fell into ruin, the king of light reduced to mere cinder

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Now was the time to strike again, but her loyal subjects were slain or scattered

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Her brother’s servant remained, and to her he whispered of things to pass

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She began to choose undead and ferried them from afar, weaving for them a pleasant tale

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">About how all would perish, unless they seek out the promise of lords.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She cared not for ages of light or dark, for the grey is what needed to die

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She looks upon the true grave of her long lost love, perched in plot

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">While she trades for rarities, she gathers powers to usurp all thrones

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She is the invisible guide, the hand of fate, the voice of reason

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">She absolves the sins of others, so they would commit the gravest sin of all. <ac_metadata title="Velka - Wife of Gwyn, Sister of Manus"> </ac_metadata>