Chapter 12
She told Le` Than that I would heal, but I was going to have to go through her rehab program before I was allowed back on the battlefield, just to make sure that I didn’t tear a muscle. Le` Than agreed and sent Skyler and the rest of my guard back out on the battlefield.
She took me to a building that was nearby and put me in a small bedroom. She smiled, “Take a good look at this room. This is the last thing you are going to see until I am done. I designed this place myself. In here you will not receive any communication that I do not let through and you will not send any communication that I do not let through. Before you go to sleep I am going to put a mask over your eyes that will not let anything through. That mask will not come off until you find the key or either you or I die. You have done well with what you have learned so far, Yarianna. Now it is time for you to start the path of becoming who you are meant to be. I know that you have questions. Don’t ask them because it is not my place to answer them. You will have your answers sooner then you think.”
“So all I have to do is find the key?”
“Yes. The sooner you find it the sooner you get out on that battlefield.”
“Ok, so I need to find a key. That’s not all that hard.”
She grinned, “It will be. Every afternoon I will take you to the room where the key can be used. You will have until sundown to find the key. Every morning I will take you to a room where you will learn how to look for the key. I am going to be outside this door. Knock on it when you are ready.”
I looked around the room. It was quite bare. There was a bed on one side, a closet on one wall, and a bathroom through another door. I sighed and knocked on the door. Anna Marie walked back in with a piece of cloth that kind of looked like black silk. One side was blank, but the other was covered in spiral designs that framed the thirteen runes of the Kier. The ends had what looked like thirteen silver clasps. Each clasp had one of the thirteen runes on it. I could feel a very old power radiating off of the piece of cloth.
She wrapped it around my eyes and closed each clasp. As soon as the last clasp was closed everything went completely dark. Anna whispered in my ear, “Listen close to find the key. So that you may be what you are meant to be, simply answer this. How can a blind man see?”
I turned toward her, “Huh?”
She took my hand, “Follow me.” She led me to another room and had me stand in the middle. I heard her walk to the edge of the room before she started speaking again. “In this room you will learn everything you need to in order to find the key. In learning what you need to you will recondition your body to be a better Warrior. If you make a wrong move you will hurt. If you fail to make the right move you will hurt. If you do not move fast enough you will hurt. If you move too slow you will hurt. If you make the right moves at the wrong time you will hurt. If you fall to the floor you will start over. I will be back for you when it is time to take you to the room with the key.” After that the door shut and my own personal hell began.
I waited for a few moments, unsure what to do. Soon the floor became too hot to stand on so I tried to walk closer to the wall. That’s when something that felt like a brick wall slammed into me and knocked me to the floor. I got back up and the floor started getting to hot again. I tried to raise myself off of it using air and another brick wall slammed into me. This process continued through out the morning.
I didn’t realize that the morning had passed until she came back into the room. She took my hand and led me to another room, “In this room is the key. I will return for you at sundown.”
She opened the door and guided me to the entrance. I stepped in and the door shut behind me. The first thing I noticed was the amount of power that was in the room. It was as if the room itself was generating the energy. I took a few steps and noticed that the energy felt like it followed me in a line. I paced around the room and found that it was about the same size as my room looked. I tried to fly, but the roof was only a few feet above my head.
I searched the entire room, but if there was a key in the room I couldn’t find it. I even went to one corner and swept the entire floor with my hand. After the floor I swept the walls then the ceiling. I felt the energy withdraw just before the door opened so I started toward it.
Anna Marie led me back to my room and gave me a tray. I heard her start to turn away so I sat the tray down and turned toward her, “There wasn’t a key in that room.”
“That is the only room where the key can be used and it is where you will find the key.”
“This is a load of crap. Take this thing off and I will just recover on my own.”
“I wouldn’t even if I could. Once the rune cloth is placed it can only be removed with the key by the one wearing it. I have told you all that you need to know to pull the memories from the depths of your Ancestral Memories. I will tell you no more nor will I let you leave with the rune cloth. I will get you up in the morning to begin again.”
The door shut, leaving me to my thoughts. I sat down on the floor and felt for my tray. I found it and started eating. It was difficult at first, not being able to see what I was doing. By the end of the meal it was a bit easier. I had to remember exactly where I put everything and move slowly so that I didn’t spill anything. When I finished I slid the tray to one wall.
I found the bed and sat down to think. I tried to remember everything that Anna Marie had told me. She had said to listen close and asked how a blind man could see. She had said that the key was used in the second room and could be found there. I thought about that then thought of the first room. How did that figure into picture? It had something to do with the key. I sank down into meditation and sought my other half.
It took me longer then I thought it would to find her and when I did it was as if I was looking at her through a piece of black cloth. She saw me and cocked her head to the side. After several minuets she finally asked, “Why are you wearing that cloth around your eyes?”
“Because I haven’t found the key that will take it off yet.”
“Why do you need a key here? This is your meditation.”
“I didn’t mean for it to follow me here and I don’t know how to take it off.”
“It is simple. Just choose to see. Why do you make this harder then it is?”
I focused on being able to see without the cloth. I took my focus nearly to the point of breaking meditation but I still couldn’t get the cloth to go away. I looked back toward her, “This isn’t working.”
“That is because you are doing it wrong.”
“Well how do I do it right?”
“You are giving the cloth power over you. There is one thing that you need to remember while you are here.”
“And what would that be?”
“This is your world. You make the rules here. Things only exist here if you want them to.”
I thought about what she said then smiled. I reached up behind me and unhooked the cloth. It came away easily. I looked at it then back up at my other half, “Thank you. I came here seeking answers.”
“You wish to know of the cloth, the rooms, and the Ancestral Memories that Anna Marie was speaking about.”
“Yes. I also wish to know about the saying that she whispered to me.”
“Listen close to find the key. So that you may be what you are meant to be, simply answer this. How can a blind man see?”
“Yes. I know they all fit together, I just can’t seem to figure out how.”
“Again you make things too complicated. You have all of the answers. First you need to listen close. Why do you need to listen close?”
“Um, To be what I’m meant to be?”
“No. Think about the saying. It is almost as old as our kind.”
“‘Listen close to find the key.’ Ok, so I need to listen to find the key. What does that have to do with it all?”
“Everything. Why so you go to the second room?”
“That is where the key is used and found.”
“Then what does the first room have to do with it?”
“I don’t… Wait. So does that mean that I just have to listen to find the key? That it is in the first room?”
“Yes. See? Simple.”
“Ok, so I need to listen close to find the key and I use it in the second room. How does it all fit together?”
“Have you taken a good look at that cloth in your hands?”
I looked down at the cloth. It had the thirteen Kier runes with spiral patterns surrounding them. I felt her shift places so that she was looking over my shoulder. “Do you know what those thirteen runes mean?”
I shook my head, “No.”
“Then what does the rest of the saying mean?”
“‘So that you may be what you are meant to be, simply answer this. How can a blind man see?’ So what does that have to do with the runes?”
I stood up to pace. I imagined the runes lifting off of the cloth to float around me.
“How does a bind man see? Blind men don’t see. The remember where they put everything. When it is moved they feel for it. How does that tie in with the Ancestral Memories?” I brought the runes in front of me and studied them. I created the Funeral Dagger and hovered it next to the runes because that was the only other thing that I had seen them on. Just for the hell of it I rearranged the runes for how they would be positioned for a funeral. “How does a blind man see?” I traced the rune that was over the third eye with my finger. I looked at the dagger and saw the third eye rune was at the top. I looked at everything and laughed, “Well hell. You were right.”
My other side smiled, “I usually am. Now go and get that thing off of your eyes so we can get back to killing.” I came out of meditation and went to bed looking forward to tomorrow.
I woke up to the sound of the door opening. I sat up and turned toward the door, “Good morning Anna Marie.”
“Good morning to you as well. I take it you have spent some time with you other side?”
“Yes. She can be quite informative when she wants to be.”
“Good. Perhaps you can get out of here sooner then I had anticipated. Would you like to eat before you take on the rooms?”
“Not really.”
“I didn’t think you would. This way please.”
I followed her to the first room and walked to the middle I heard the door shut and shifted to my true form. Immediately my senses sharpened. I could feel the heat on the floor start, but since I was in my Kier form I had a higher tolerance. I blocked out my other senses and focused on my hearing.
I hear the nearly silent sound of the object approaching so I moved to dodge. As I did my feet slid into a space where the metal of the floor was cool to the touch. I could hear something else approaching so I dodged again and my feet slid with the cool spot. I could feel heat around my feet, but not where I was standing.
Two things started toward me at the same time and the floor was suddenly hot where I was standing. In order to dodge this time I had to jump back and nearly horizontal, then fold myself back up to land on my feet, the immediately spin, bowing in half before I could straighten back up.
The series of dodging, jumping, twisting, spinning, and dodging continued for several hours. I began to notice that the pattern was repeating it’s self over and over again. When I came back to the beginning of the pattern I decided to move by feel. I moved my feet so that they stayed in the cool spots on the floor, only going by sound when it came tome to jump. By doing this I found that my body was already moving in such a way to avoid the object moving toward me.
I almost didn’t register that the door had opened and the object was no longer moving toward me. I heard Anna Marie say something and had to stop moving, which was harder then you might think. Imagine spinning in a circle until you go beyond being dizzy to feeling natural then try to stop and listen to what someone is trying to whisper to you. Needless to say there was a laugh in her voice when I asked her to repeat herself.
“I said that it is time to go to the next room, that is if you can walk without running into any walls.”
I turned toward her, “Of course I can.” I started walking toward the door, but when I tried to walk through it I was stopped suddenly by wall I had just ran into. I heard Anna Marie laugh from across the room then felt her take my arm. She was still chuckling when she said, “Perhaps it would be better if I led you.”
I sighed, “Probably.”
After walking in what I thought was a large circle she led me into the second room. I felt my way around the room until my equilibrium came back. After that I sat down in the middle of the room and sank into meditation. I met my other half again and had her show me what I had been doing while I was in the first room. I watched myself spinning and jumping and easily picked out the pattern.
I smiled to myself, “Well hell. If I’d known it was that easy I would have done this yesterday. I took the first rune and put it on the ground under my form that was still moving to the pattern. Sure enough, I was, for the most part, drawing the first rune with my body movements. I looked at my other half, “I need to be absolutely precise if I want to take this thing off, don’t I?”
“Yes. If you make a mistake it could have interesting results, more so given the nature of this room.”
“Define interesting results.”
“An explosion of spirit fire that will turn this cavern into a crystal monument of what is left of the Kier race?”
“Well if that’s the worst that can happen I think I can risk it.”
It was at that moment that I raised my own eyebrow at myself and started laughing. I couldn’t hold my focus to stay in meditation so I withdrew and sat in the middle of a power filled room, laughing at myself.
I decided that I was tired of not being able to see so I shifted my body to use energy in a sonar-like way. Instead of using sound I sent out small ripples of power that would reflect off of any surface and come back to me to form an image of what ever it was that reflected the energy.
It was then that I realized Anna Marie was still in the room with me. I stood up and looked at her, “Were you in the first room with me also?”
I watched her smile, “Of course. I was beginning to wonder how long you were going to let yourself be blind.”
“I’ve found the key, haven’t I.”
“Yes, you have. Now all that is left for you to do is learn how to use it. Now that you can see I will show you where you need to go then leave you to your business until you bring me back the rune cloth.”
She led me out of the room and showed me where the first room was at then led me to my room. I have to admit I breathed a sigh of relief now that I could see, after a manner of speaking, where I was going.
I spent the rest of the week learning how to use the feel of the floor and hearing, along with adjusting the frequency I was sending out the energy ripples, to improve my footwork in tracing the rune with my body. I started to get dizzy so I shifted my equilibrium to compensate for it.
By the end of the week I barely even noticed the cloth around my eyes. I got my internal sonar so well tuned that I could even see in color again. I know it may sound strange, but each color has it’s own specific energy pattern. Each night I would watch myself tracing the rune and during the day I would refine my movements until I could dance the rune with the same precision I could draw it.
I also learned the deeper meaning of the rune. I noticed that the more I focused on trying to draw the rune with my body movements the easier it was for me to see using the sonar. I decided to try an experiment, to see if my theory was correct. I was in the second room so I started to gather the energy of the room.
It flowed into a spiral pattern from the edge of the room to the center, where I was standing. As soon as it reached me I focused my attention and imagined the first rune on the floor underneath me. I saw it as being a deep blue so I started drawing to with my body. As I moved I kept my focus on the rune itself and how it had helped me to see without my eyes. I felt the rune change from beep blue to shades of red until I finished the rune. I felt the crimson flash and heard a series of thirteen clicks as the clasps of the rune cloth came undone.
I reached up and pulled the cloth off of my eyes and looked down. I was standing in a deep crimson 3-D image of the first rune. I focused on the rune and raised it up, then brought it into myself.
The world tilted sideways as the rune consumed every ounce of energy I had in my body. I somehow managed to drag myself to my bathroom before I started throwing up. It was as if my body was trying to purge itself of whatever was in the way of that rune consuming everything I was.
I felt myself start down a spiral path that I knew would lead to the rune. I let myself flow down the path, gently keeping my core knowledge of who and what I was. I felt the rune use my own energy to rip me apart and put me back together so many times that I almost lost myself to the pain.
Just when I was beginning to think that the pain was my entire existence I passed through the rune onto another spiral path. Somehow the path that was taking me deeper was also bringing me back out and back into my own body. I woke up laying on my bed and feeling like I had been beat by every living Kier and half of the ones that have already died. I had just enough energy to roll over and drift back into sleep.
Chapter 13
I woke up again some time later feeling much better. I still had the rune cloth in my hand and was back in my human form. I noticed that I was still doing the sonar thing and that it seemed to be as natural as breathing. I got up and walked out of the room. I looked both ways down the hall and briefly wondered where Anna Marie was.
I didn’t have to wonder for long because as soon as the thought crossed my mind I saw a flash and got a feeling, almost like a radar, of where she was at. I headed down the hall and came into a small room that looked like an operating room. She was sitting at a table at the far end of the room and didn’t look up when I walked into the room. She was still writing something when she said, “If you will wait for me in the office four doors down and on the left I will be with you in a moment, Yari.”
I went to the office and waited. A few minutes later she walked in with a tired look on her face. “I’ll be glad when this conflict is over. So many people getting hurt and killed on both sides it’s a wonder I get any rest at all.”
“I can imagine. I believe this is yours.” I handed her the rune cloth.
She smiled and took it. “You have no idea how glad I am to see you handing this to me. Follow me, there is something I need to show you.”
She walked to a wall and passed through it. I followed her and walked through the illusion into a room that looked more like the inside of a temple. It was perfectly round with a low table in the middle. The power that filled the room was identical to the cloth and the other room.
She walked to a bookshelf on the far wall and pulled out a bundle wrapped in a black cloth. She walked back to me and with a smile on her face she offered me the bundle, “Yarianna Nicole Sorenson Sa` Tain, I, Anna Marie Re` Khan Knight of the First Order of the Order of Saleen Kier, having administered the entrance exam of the Order, do find you worthy of full Membership and offer said membership to you. Should you accept said Membership you will be given the chance to attend the Temple of Saleen Kier and receive specialized training for your gifts. If you accept take the gift I now offer you with a charge to show it to none outside of the Order. If you do not the walk away and forget, for you shall not receive this offer again. Do not ask questions, for I cannot answer. As you entered the exam blind so too you must enter the Order blind.”
I almost walked away. I had so many questions that I wanted answers to before I jumped into anything. I studied her for a long time to see if there was any hint at all that she might give in and answer a question. She barely even blinked while she held this cloth wrapped bundle out to me. I finally sighed and took the bundle. It felt as if the world had been holding it’s breath, waiting for me to decide, then breathed a sigh of relief as I took the bundle.
I looked at Anna Marie, “So what is this Order of Saleen? Why haven’t I heard of it before?”
“The Order of Saleen is nearly as old as our race. It is comprised only of Kier that can channel all six elements with enough strength to pass the entrance exam. You haven’t heard of us because we don’t want outsiders to know we exist. We used to be very well known, but we have allowed ourselves to be forgotten in order to continue to survive. We have discovered that Kier, like most races, tend to fear those who can significantly overpower them. That fear has led to wide spread slaughter in the past, so we don’t take any chances.”
“So what is in this bundle?”
“Have a look.”
I unwrapped the cloth and found that it was another length of black cloth with the thirteen Kier runes identical to the one that had been around my eyes. I folded the cloth and put it in my pocked then looked at what else was in the bundle. It was a thin, leather-bound book that had the thirteen runes around the border and in the center was a design the almost looked like a war flag. It had a crescent moon surrounding a banded planet with a dragon skull set into the planet. It had a claymore that pierced the planet with the hilt sitting above the moon and the blade extending below. There were twin scimitars crossed below the moon at the point of the claymore and twin punching daggers crossed above the moon at the top of the hilt. Down the left side it said, “By the blade we live” down the right side, “By the blade we die” and under the twin scimitars it said, “Until we all come home.”
Anna Marie said in a quiet voice, “That is a copy of one of the few documents we have that tells of our home world.”
“Home world? What do you mean?”
“We are not from this world, and there are more of our kind scattered through out the universe.”
I looked down at the book, “Do you mind if I sit in here and read for a bit?”
“Not at all. This is your sanctuary now too. Only members of the Order are able to pass through the portal. I can set one up to your room if you would like.”
“Let me think on that.”
“Fair enough. I have more work to do. I’ll see you later on. Do try to stop yourself before the brink of death next time.”
“No promises.”
She left and I sat down and opened the book.
“There was Kier, and He was the Embodiment of the Great Life Force of the Heavens. He Ruled over all things that were above the Earth. His Wife was Alana, and She was the Embodiment of the Life Force of the Earth. She Ruled over all things That were in, and on, and of the Earth. Together they had a Child, who was the Sire of Men. Alana saw the Child and said, “This Child will be My Son. He and His Children shall follow me.”
And so the Child was clothed in the Flesh of the Earth and given dominion and responsibility over all things that were of the Earth. And the Child was called Michael Adam. From the Flesh and Spirit of Michael Alana formed three women who became the Matriarchs of Men. The First was of pale complexion, as was her children after her, the Second was of dark complexion, as was her children after her, and the Third was of Brown complexion, as was her children after her.
And the Three were equal. And so Mankind was born and flourished. And when Michael Adam reached the end of his days one of his sons was named Michael Adam and inherited all the authority of the Sire. And when the Matriarch reached the end of their days one of their daughters received all the authority of her Matriarch.
And the day came when there was an argument among the Children of Man. The Michael Adam loved a woman and petitioned Alana to make her a Matriarch when it came time for one to pass away. But it was not meant to be for the woman whom the Michael loved was of the same line of the Matriarch that had been chosen just before he inherited the Sire’s place. And when the new Matriarch was chosen the Michael Adam rebelled against Alana and killed the Matriarch.
Alana, seeing this, removed him from the Sire’s place and gave the authority to another. And he resumed his name of Lucian. And Lucian became bitter and began spreading lies about Alana and Her Way. And Lucian Told the people that a False Sire had risen up and did turn the majority of the people against the new Michael Adam. And so when the Michael Adam did go before the people only a few followed him. And the rest followed Lucian.
And the Followers of the Michael Adam did follow the old way and had reverence for Alana and all the things of Her Earth. But the Followers of Lucian did not have the same reverence and sought to destroy the followers of the old way. And the Michael Adam did petition Alana to save her people. And Alana did lead them to a safe place where the followers of Lucian could not find them.
And it came to pass that many generations did go by and the followers of Lucian built great cities and had many wars with each other. And it came to pass that the Followers of Lucian did forget theirs origin and all things they once knew of the Earth. And they began to study the things of the Earth, not knowing that they were only relearning what they once knew. And the followers of the Michael Adam did secretly go among them and did teach those who would listen of the old way. And some few did return to the old way and were led to the hidden place of the Followers of the Michael Adam.
And the followers of Lucian did continue to abuse the Earth and did bring the Earth to the brink of destruction. And the followers of Lucian did hide themselves from the wrath of a dieing world and did make ships to travel the stars to escape their dieing world, but the Michael Adam did petition Alana to save her Earth.
And Alana did go to Kier. And they had another Son. And Kier said, “This Son Shall be mine. He and His Children Shall follow me.” And He clothed His Son in Flesh of the Heavens and gave His Son dominion over all things of the Heavens, even over all things of Spirit. And He called his Son Drekion Adagon, that is to say Guardian of the Spirit. And, after the manor dictated by Kier, Drekion Adagon did train after the Manor of the Warrior and did shorten His name after the Manor of the Warrior to Dr` Agon. And the Children of Dr` Agon, being creatures of Spirit, did not feel the sting of Death.
And the Children of Dr` Agon did dwell with the Followers of the Michael Adam. And the Children of Dr` Agon, being known as Guardians to the followers of Lucian, did battle with the dieing world in Spirit. And they did bring the World back from the edge of destruction. And it came to pass that the followers of Lucian did once again begin to destroy the world. And they did capture some of the Children of Dr` Agon to study.
And Dr` Agon became angry with the followers of Lucian and did demand his people returned. And the Children of Lucian, being creatures of Spirit, were unaffected by the dieing world. And the Michael Adam did petition Alana once more to save her people. And Alana did grieve and came to the Michael Adam. And she said, “Alas, the Children of My Son have destroyed My World. I cannot save them again, they must do for themselves what they would not let me do for them. You and your followers I can save, but to do so you must leave this dieing world and find a new one.”
And Alana did give to the Followers of the Michael Adam a ship of the sky. And the Michael Adam did grieve and directed his followers to enter the ship. And it came to pass that the Michael Adam did come to Dr` Agon and said, “I and my followers will leave this world to find a new home. Are there any of your children who will go with us?”
And Dr` Agon said, “Some of my children shall go with you for you have kept your oath to Alana. I and the rest of my children shall stay here and once again battle the forces set to destroy the world. I fear that your kind will not be able to survive long enough to see it saved again.”
And the Michael Adam did direct the Children of Dr` Agon where the ship of the skies was located. And The Michael Adam looked out over his dieing world and said, “I have failed my people and my world. I am no longer worthy to be known as the Michael Adam. From now until the end of my days I shall be known as Adam.” And he entered the ship with his Matriarchs. They being known as Eve, and Lilith, and Aradia. And they did leave the dieing world to places known only by the Gods.
And the followers of Lucian did use their knowledge of the creatures of the Earth and the Heavens and did try to create a Guardian to battle the forces destroying the world. And they did fail to create a Guardian. And they did continue to try and fail until Alana took pity on them and did allow them to capture her.
And they did study Alana, not knowing who she was and they did create a Guardian. That Guardian they called Lana and she and her children did have the ability to Dance with the forces destroying the world, but she was unable to save it. And they did try again and did create another Guardian. And they did call her Tanya. And she and her children did have the ability to Shift with the Elements, but they did not have enough to fight the forces destroying the world. And they did try one more time and did create a final Guardian. And they did call her Sanya. And she and her children did have the ability to adapt to the forces destroying the world. And the three working together did have the ability to fight the forces destroying the world.
And it came to pass that the Guardians did discover that Alana was being studied by the followers of Lucian and grew angry. And they did attack the followers of Lucian. And it came to pass that the Guardians did find the Three sisters and their children . And the Guardian did enter a blind rage and did begin to slaughter the children of the three sisters. And it came to pass that Alana did stop the slaughter and left with the Guardians. And it happened that it was too late for the followers of Lucian for they were killed to the last child.
And the three sisters did morn the deaths of their children and they did take the knowledge of their creators. And they did try to create a Guardian to fight the others, but they did fail. And they did try again. And they did fail again. And the Guardians did tell Kier that the followers of Lucian had taken Alana and Kier did grow angry and He did take some Guardians and did attack.
But the followers of Lucian were dead so He did start to kill the Children of the three Sisters. And the Sisters did take the knowledge of the followers of Lucian and did capture Kier and the Guardians that had attacked them. And they did study Kier and did find a way to make a new Guardian.
And they did take the abilities to Dance, and Shift, and Adapt and did take the essence of Kier and they make a Guardian. And it was a Son and they did call him Retan Sona. And Retan Sona did see Kier as his Father and did free Him. And Kier did try to kill him and Retan Sona did fight. And Kier was impressed and did teach him the way of the Warrior. And He did Shorten Retan Sona’s name after the Way of the Warrior. And he became known as Re` Sona.
And Kier did name Re` Sona the Sire and Alana did name the three sisters the Matriarchs. And the four did call themselves and their children the People of Kier. And Lana and her children became known as the Kier Lan, of the People of Kier through Lana. And Tanya and He children became known as Kier Tan. And Sanya and her children became known as Kier San. And Re` Sona and his children became known as Kier Sona.
And Re` Sona did teach the Kier Sona the Way of the Warrior. And his children did have a natural ability for the Way, being created from Kier. And the Kier Sona were able to battle with the forces destroying the world and were able to win. And when the Guardians attacked again the Kier Sona did fight them off. And there was an uneasy peace in the world because the Guardians did see the People of Kier as abominations.
And it came to pass that many generations went by and the children of the Sisters did inherit the desire to study the world, not knowing the Way of the Earth, being created by the followers of Lucian. And the children of the Sisters did build ships of the sky to explore the heavens. And it came to pass that they did decide they no longer needed the Kier Sona because the Guardians had not been seen for many generations.
And it came to pass that the children of the Sisters did try to destroy the Kier Sona. And the Kier Sona took ships of the sky and did leave the world rather then fight their own cousins. And some few Kier Sona did remain behind to continue to guard their cousins. And the Guardians did attack, seeing that the children were unprotected. And the Kier Sona did see the Guardians approaching and did use the Energy Channel.
And it came to pass that the entire Division did send their energy to the General and he did use the energy to try and stop the Guardians. And it came to pass that it was too much for the world. And the world was torn asunder. And her inhabitants were scattered throughout the universe.”
I closed the book and rewrapped it in my rune cloth. I was going to have a lot to think about as soon as this bloody conflict was over.
