Rayla stood tall as she entered Caelus. Her eyes sweeping over the many buildings that littered the place. Ibis has told her to meet him at the Sky Nexus. Making her way across the city, she noted how many of the other Skywing Elves seemed to eye her.
She could only guess that it had to do with the fact that perhaps it was rare to find a Moonshadow Elf outside of the Silvergrove. But she had a mission to complete here. Zubeia had tasked her with finding two Skywing Elves for the guard. With the rising conflict, she needed to select the two Elves carefully.
Coming to a stop before the tall tower, she saw a female Skywing Elf speaking with Ibis. Walking over, she came to a stop. "Ah, Captain Rayla. I'm glad you could meet here." He greeted.
Rayla nodded. "Thank you, Ibis." She responded, turning to face the female. "And who might you be?"
"Amnestria, a friend of Ibis." She answered.
Rayla turned to face Ibis. "Ah, well, we should get down to business."
Ibis nodded. "Right this way." He paused, turning to face Amnestria. "Amnestria, we shall meet again after I've done my business with the captain."
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The room was small, but two Skywing Elves stood tall, they were alike in many ways, both had identical horns, their facial markings were nearly the same, only they varied slightly. They were both tall, had the same height. One of them had green eyes, the other had blue.
"Captain Rayla, these are the two candidates that I trust most with protecting our queen." Ibis said. Coming to a stop before them.
"I am Folmar." The Elf with green eyes said.
"And I am Folmon." The Elf with blue eyes said.
Rayla nodded. "I'm Rayla, Captain of the Dragonguard. I hope Ibis has informed you of the duty and responsibility that comes with being a member of the Dragonguard."
The two nodded. "I also wish to know your combat abilities as well, to figure out where you work best." She added.
Folmar stepped forward. "We are at our best..."
"When we're paired together Captain Rayla." Folmon finished.
Rayla blinked and glanced at Ibis who smirked. "Twins, perfect synchronisation in combat. Able to work with one another with subtle ease. Both skilled with the spear." He explained.
Rayla smirked. "Perfect, and their loyalty?"
"Unmatched." The twins replied.
"Then we should begin the journey back to the Storm Spire so that the other two can begin your training. I must leave and find our Archmage and his Startouch mentor before the warlords get a hold of his location." Rayla said.
Ibis nodded. "He found a Startouch Elf?" He asked in surprise.
"More like the mage sought him out." Rayla responded.
Ibis opened his mouth before promptly closing it again. "That makes sense."
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Callum eyed Hastios closely. "So, the Star Arcanum is about sight?" He asked, slightly confused.
Hastios shook his head. "The stars may see all, but they offer the cosmic power, you can see into The Beyond, traverses the physical and ghost realm at will. Or, in a rare case, become one with the Ancient One's strength." He replied.
Callum blinked. "Uh? Any simple way to put that?"
"Sight is but one of the many aspects of the Stars, they may be able to see all, but they do not record the past, they are about the future, about connecting the six Realms; The Beyond, Xadia, The Ancient Realm, The Ghost Realm, The Cursed Realm and The Trapped Realm." Hastios paused, his eyes falling upon Callum as they narrowed. "Star is by far the most dangerous of the Sources. Knowing it is but a simple thing, able to let it flow like energy and control it is another."
"Like the living, the Stars come and go, the are born, and they die. A process that is constantly repeated. For every Star that dies, a new one takes its place. They offer information about the future, they bring sight to the blind, they are able to belong in all Realms at once."
"But for every good thing, comes a trick. The stars may reveal the future, but they reveal only a portion of it, incomplete events, unable to give a complete picture of what will happen. In knowing the Stars, you must know who you are, you must know what the future may hold, what it can bring and what that power means to one who wields it." Hastios stopped, watching as Callum processed the information.
"One must look at the world from another view, to see what can not be seen at first glance. Like a book, one must read it over and over before they can see the secrets hidden within the secrets. It is a process of hardship and strength, of courage and pain. Blindness is but an ally to the Stars, for in the blackest parts of the world, a single light will always illuminate hope." He finished.
Callum leaned back against a tree as he rubbed his forehead in pain. "Seeing from another perspective, blindness, Realms, books, life and death, energy that flows, tricks." He muttered, closing his eyes as he tried to process the words. "What does it all mean? How does one see what cannot be seen at first glance?" He wondered.
Hastios watched silently, it was difficult to connect to the Stars. Every other Archmage apart from Aaravos the Traitor had difficulty connecting to it. He wasn't surprised Callum was having trouble either.
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A Father's Legacy
Fanfiction(Late notice: ON HOLD UNTIL I GET BACK INTO TDP) Taken from my Fanfiction.net account. Callum never knew his birth father, and often never paid much attention to it. But when an old foe of his father's appears from the forgotten, secrets are reveale...
