THE FIRST CLAIMS PERI’EL SLAIN

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THE FIRST ATTACKS AGAIN, CLAIMS PERI’EL SLAIN.

The creature calling itself the First of the Akul’tiz [Xitoccanemun] appeared again in the Crossing this afternoon, along with its hordes of Nightmarish allies.

When asked what it had done to Peri’el, it replied, “Slain Her. She lies dead within the deep earth.”

Then: “Believe or not. She comes.”

VISIONS OF PERI’EL.

Dearest Reader, it is not often that we Mortals receive insight and Visions into the workings of the Gods. On this day I received two Profound Visions that affected me greatly:

Silence. In the first, I felt a silence creep — spanning the world and leaving it vulnerable and unprotected.

I cannot say why I felt so strongly that the silence affected the entirety of the world.

Peri’el. Catching streams of light, dust motes formed the figure of a S’Kra Mur woman. As the motes moved around, the detail of her face became clearer. Her one eye looked at me in mute and silent appeal. She reached a hand toward me, as if pleading, and the dust particles begin to swirl away, leaving me to wonder if the apparition was ever really there at all.

This, to me, can only be the face of Peri’el. I cannot know if what I saw was True, but, dear Reader, if it was then I pray for us all.

Sincerely,

Navesi Osirit
Editor of the First Land Herald
Member of the Bard guild

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