The codex of creation
I was home And the great fields of intellectual
Mrs. Reed was actually over that day spending time with us
The evening sunset began to come to a close as the very dim light hit the side of my arm feeling the warmth and peace of the lands
We all sat in the living room
Granny
“It must be nice to finally be able to relax and sit home is it not?”
Gwen leaned on me as I reached up to my mouth and took took my pipe out and made Eye contact with her
“Well yes.. I’ve missed this place and feel deeply guilty about it”
Gwen looked at me and wrapped her arms around my waist
“Don’t feel guilty my dear, the burdens you carry are the ones I must too! For those were my vows”
I nodded and felt deep shamefulness
As Veilrender spoke to me
“You really shouldn’t tell her no matter how much you want to, they’ll be after her to if they get the chance”
I kissed her on the forehead as
“Ding”
My alarm went of in the house
Granny
“I haven’t felt this in a long time”
She stood up and pointed
“Looks like you got mail?”
I then got up and walked over to the door
And when I opened it I saw no deliver but just a peice of mail sitting there on my porch
I picked it up and
“Flash of white”
I saw glimpses of a city of trees ancient and massive hidden by a magical force undetectable by most
I spoke as I sat the later down and opened it
“It’s not everyday a letter shows up that-”
Granny eyes glanced over to me
“You saw it didn’t you?!. The kingdom of Thalassiril”
Elarion
“Thalassiril?”
She nodded
“The kingdom of elves hidden deep in the forest”
I took the letter out as Gwen walked over to me
On the paper written in elvish
“at the demand of miriel you have been summoned, make way east by sea”
Puzzled by this before I could even explain
Gwendolyn
“You might finally get to meet those eleven kind like my father did!”
She kissed me and gave me a hug ran in the back
“I’m going to start packing for you honey”
Granny
“She’s a nice girl elarion make sure you always come back to her for both our sakes”
As I held the letter I gazed deep into the text as I heard what only sounded like my voice laughing Maniacally
I felt a surge of a headache and Granny spoke
“Those eyes they glow yellow? Wait no I must be getting old my dear”
I felt it fade as the light outside did and nightfall came to
“I’ll be getting home dears and good luck with whatever it is my young student”
As she laughed and winked at me
I turned over to Gwen as she shut the door, I looked over and she was dusting my clothing and said
“I’ve pack your water food I’ve brushed your clothes-”
I walked up to her and gave her a hug and kiss
“Thank you Gwen I’m sorry I can’t just be with you and raise our someday children”
Gwen hlad me
“We’ll have plenty of time don’t worry about it do what you are called to elarion I’m proud of you”
She then nudged my hand to her waist
“Just wish you had a little more time”
She blushed
Elarion
“Ha well I do too”
She handed me the clothes and I walked away into the bathroom to change
And so I huge her goodbye kissed her and so I went on my journey
I took a boat The travel was long and the waters were Stillness and rapid raging waves
Thunderstorms rolled and as I got closer I could feel this letter pulling me into the direction I was supposed to go
The mist against the shore on the 3rd day started to wash away as I saw the outline of a big continent trees high as the forest Of legends
And as I got to the shore I landed on the beach Paid my Sailor and he went away
I heard valrender’s voice in my head
“The eleven kingdom seems as I expected lots of tress huh”
I talked out loud
“Yes because I’m sure elves were surly aquatic creatures”
I begain to walk forward into the woods and as I got deeper into the valley I felt this strange Whimsical enrgy emitting from the trees
I then summoned hooty
“ Yes master I have been summoned”
Elarion
“ I want you to go and use your eyes to see what is it And where is the Kingdom My dear friend”
And so the owl flapped his wings as the air lifted from underneath I saw through his eyes and nothing of any sort appeared The trees Some Sky is high as the clouds We’re all different and beautiful in their own way
Then all of a sudden I felt a strange burning in my pocket
“Forward”
I heard when placing my hand on the letter
I then walked for a few miles before deciding
“ Well I think we’ve come to a good stopping point I’ve made it this far in the woods If I’m gonna do it mine as well be here”
My hands started to swirl and shift as a blackened Magic formed around me And with a great rush of energy it burst it from all angles of my hands and from its Stardust fell Over all the trees and all the land
“ No one but the elves could make this”
And as the start host fell it revealed a city Entwined with the trees in the land A Kingdom set in secret fromknown entities to protect what was necessary
Then before I could even take a step forward If you Elvin soldiers plated in armor carrying spears and a shield walked up to me
They formed a line in unison as they cleared way for one of their generals He walked over and stopped looked at me
“ We have waited your arrival patiently Let’s hope the king and Queen have a not grown Too angry with you”
The soldiers and the general seemed very stand offish They almost seem afraid of me
I looked back at him slowly glanced over towards one of their soldiers and narrowed my eyes
His face shocked and filled his spear and pointed it at me and in aggressive position as I stood there maintaining the posture
The general taped his spear head to the ground and came between us
“ Listen you cause any trouble you’ll have the entire army With spears in your back To watch out for understand”
I then glanced over to him and nodded
Elarion
“Understand, should get moving unless you want to delay the king and Queen even more so… general”
I proceeded to walk past them towards the city as they followed caught up and eventually led me to the Kingdom of Thalassiril
The elves in the city and culture were much different than the ones at home however being around many different Populations they seemed the most Upset with an outsider
When the kids saw me they didn’t come running like usual instead they ran away into their homes
And the grown-ups were no different some stared and scoffed at me While others didn’t even pay attention
And as we made our way through we came to the front door of the Kingdom hall
The general knocked and whispered to one of the guards standing Post
They all opened the door and let us in
The massive wide doors swing open as a council of Alvin elders were sitting there Along with 2 individuals 1 of female and one of male Sitting at the top of this cathedral
The general called out
“KING MIRIEL AND QUEEN HELION YOUR GUEST HAS ARIVED”
The king issued to shut the door and so it was leaving me in this great hall walking down towards them alone
I could sense deep magic within this Kingdom in the very halls of this place riddled with uninsured questions
I came to the circle in the middle before the elders and the king and Queen
I kneeled and bowed my head on one knee
And said
“May I spea-”
The kings voice echoed with a boom
“ Do you believe one me is enough?”
I stood up realizing what he ment
“Sorry but I thought I was sent here for a reason? You have my respect but you shall not order me around like this sir”
The council You can’t believe it and start to whisper to each other as the King The Blunt of his staff hit the floor created an Echo
“I must say You’re either stupid or you You want to die, However I respect the man that is willing To test me After all I don’t get many outsiders here”
He then waved his hand as a chair formed for me to sit and so I did
He asked me
“ Are you this legendary Sorcerer They keep telling me about”
Elarion
“ Depends on which one, I am who I am before you I am willing to help your Kingdom if I need, May I ask why is everyone so Afraid and against me and the townsfolk seemed to run away”
Miriel
“ When I mean we’ve never had an outsider before it’s true we have never had one You must not be Elvin”
I nodded
“ Why don’t you show your face?”
Elarion
“ For the same reason you hide your Kingdom”
The sound of the council men and women adjusted almost like I hit a nerve
“ What is the task you have Bestowed upon me diligently?”
Miriel
“ I’m glad you’re eager to get it done because I’ve been waiting patiently, A while ago a bunch of soldiers especially Trained were sent to go retrieve an artifact In our own Kingdom, They were commissioned to travel over to xeroail from the lands of dark elf filth.. however they did not return and the other follow up group only found blood and guts”
Elarion
You want me to go find this artifact and also what happened to your high priority military?
He nodded and said
“ Yes I want you to find whatever did this to them bring back the artifact And if you do so in accomplish your mission you would Be the first outsider to ever Intervene successfully with our Kingdom”
I stoodup
“ Let’s begin then tell me everything please”
We talked about a lot he seemed a little bit more open as we talked however he was very hesitant to give Out any information that was outside of the mission the elders advised him to stay quiet But he told me the group of soldiers he sent out or specifically trained to handle any situation and the fact that they’re dead means that no other soldiers are up to the task He needed someone special and someone that could handle it under the radar even It met bringing in an outsider
And so I sought out East traveling far Getting closer and closer to the dark elves territory until I came to a stop
I saw out in the distance a man an elven clothing the sword strapped to his back Shiny and well made
I stopped on my spectral horse and said aloud
“ I have been sent here by king of the High elves please make yourself known-”
I heard a branch snap behind me and as I drew my sword and snapped to my blind spot His blade connected with mind and we locked as I Stared down this elf
His face was in shock as if He saw a ghost
He backed off and put Is blade pointing towards me
This was an older elven man and looked very experienced Close the screen to match the environment
He spoke to me and snarled
“Those elfs are crazy…”
He took a deep breath as he tried to gather himself the fear and his eyes started to grow
“ They sent you after it didn’t they?.. well tell em it’s gone destroyed and everyone’s dead”
The man Got back in in aggressive Stand
And with the wave of my hand the Veilrender left my grasp as my arms folded
Elarion
“so you’re the other elf elite they talked about.. shouldn’t you all be dead?”
Unknown
“Yeah we are.. you gonna turn back or you rather die speaking?.
Elarion
“You sure seem scarce what happened to your platoon”
He paused and said
“ITS JUST ANOTHER TRICK OF THOSE KNIFE EARS DIE BASTARD”
he rushed me with lighting fast speed as I simply made a minimized movement
He made more swings and tried grabbing my spellbook but I was quick enough to react
He kept trying to take it from me and stab me however he couldn’t until
“I am Farlin last elven bladesinger of Thalassiril and holder of the codex of creation…I WONT BE DEFEATED SO EASILY”
and he took a deep breath and started to hum a melody one that I recognized
I spoke out to him and said
“Farlin… you may not know me but I am lucky I found you”
As I started to hum in tandem with him closing my eyes
He then confused hesitated as he paused
“How.. how do you know that song of my ancestors?”
Elarion
“My wife…”
He Put away his sword And sat down On a rock about 9 feet away from me
He asked me questions
Farlin
“how did you come to know this song are you elven?”
I shook my head and chuckled
“Funny enough I’ve never met any bladesingers before I thought you all went Extinct… I’ll tell you this much no I’m not”
He asked me a ton of questions and I gave him the respectful answer’s
Then he pulled out a mossy and stone like object with a green like emerald in the center from his backpack
“This is the sacred artifact known as the codex of creation it has been passed sown from generation to generation and always used to be a symbol of the kings great power and might over nature and the wood’s
A few weeks ago me and the other Platon were sent here to intercept dark elfs from stealing it somehow they got passed our defense and stole it
And so we did killed those evil creatures and took the codex but even the mighty will fall. It has some sort of unknown power that corrupts and so when we were traveling back many of my men tried to take it steal it and kill for it
Until I was the only one left.. all i know is this artifact isn’t just an art piece but very dangerous in the wrong hands”
I received his message and then responded
“It’s very Peculiar that an instrument that was a left as an art piece holds so much power.. May i?”
I gestured towards it
Farlin
“Be my guess but if you start to turn i’ll have to kill you”
I reached and touched it but nothing happened
Veilrender
“Seems like you aren’t intune with nature you should fix that”
Farlin
“You ok?”
Elarion
“Yeah just… Farlin how often do you meditate in the woods”
Farlin
“Everyday about 2 hours a day why?”
I stood up and grabbed the codex
“follow me”
and so he did
We got to an opening of sun where the trees gave clearance
I sat the codex down and began to meditate
Farlin from about 20 feet back said
“Stop trying to force it”
He paused
“No.. no no, what is it that has your mind so fed up and you can’t relax-”
As he touched the back of my head casting detect thoughts
Farlins eyes shifted and became black
“It’s terrific presence its-”
He took his hand off me
“It’s too much”
The wind blew and I mumbled
“Gift of gab”
He blank out for a second
Farlin
“Yeah your just not focused why”
He started to walk up to me and as he was about to place his hand on me I grabbed it and said
“It’s my father I must let go.. You’re right”
He took his hand back and I asked Veilrender
Elarion
“Do you think you can suppress them just for a second?”
Veilrender
“Oh sure now he wants me to suppress the-”
Elarion
“Please”
Veilrender
“You make a convincing argument”
And with great strain he managed to do so
And as I meditated I saw the beautiful colors and lands of Thalassiril and its people
This open landscape of beautiful trees and elven music filled the already alive woods of Thalassiril and then
I opened my eyes to see farlin standing there
Farlin
“Well anything?”
I looked over at a slightly turned head and nodded
“Yes the woods, the trees, they well.. they have spoken to me but yet it’s strange I feel like i’m missing something.”
I then looked at the codex as I began to see before my very eyes golden elvish arcane symbols that I read aloud
“Before your eyes you see only life”
And all of a sudden I saw a glimpse of myself holding the codex over the dead body’s of hundre- no thousands of elf bodys under my feet and burning woods around me
I Panicked and dropped the codex as farlin caught it before it could hit the ground
Farlin looked at me
“You did see it… power? Death? Destroyer of many”
I felt this strange energy radiating from it as if it were calling to me drawing me in similar to Veilrender and this other magic
I fought this urge and suppressed it barely hanging on to my breath as I said
“Now I see why you farlin kept this away from the others”
He then reached out to hold the codex, and for a moment I thought what if I didn’t give it back to him. However I picked up the codex and handed it back
Farlin
“It’s difficult isn’t it. The power the temptation, if the elfs hadn’t been bland to it who knows what monstrosity would’ve come”
And as I placed it in his hands I told him
Elarion
“I was told to retrieve the codex by Miriel herself, if I come back empty handed you know what might happen to me?”
He sighed as I spoke
Elarion
“my guess they are the most forgiving are they?”
He said
Farlin
“As you know I can’t let you take it. But even if I tried to stop you I highly doughty I could, so let’s make a compromise”
My mind still full of things tempting me
Elarion
“We need to seal it, keep it hidden from the elfs. Or at least the true power of what this could bring”
Farlin smirked
“And how do you suppose we hide this from the all knowing elfs”
Elarion
“I’ve had a good teacher, Let’s just say I know a way”
He nodded and later after I explained what type of magic I could place on it
I was capable of putting curses on things however a regular elf could sense it without a Veil
We both placed our hands on the codex during the moonlight
And as I chanted the words using both elven and my own magic we placed a seal on the codex effectively making the codex real power undetectable
I shook farlins hand
Elarion
“I never thought I’d meet a bladesinger before let alone do what I just did, however it was nice. By the way do you ever plan on going back to Thalassiril at all?”
Farlin with a calm Stoic face
“No I won’t be heading back, I will only watch and keep an eye on the kingdom and forest. The hero they need is no longer me but you!”
He reached out and in his hand was a golden chain in his palm
He looked at me
“You’ll faced many troubles that I know, but in times of need let this represent that I acknowledge you as a true elven bladesinger”
I grabbed it from his hand on put it on my clothing
He spoke in a proud voice
“Walk with care, for the road you keep is bound by blade and silence.”
I nodded my head
“I will, thank you farlin I’ll see you again I promise”
I then got on my horse and turned as I looked over my shoulder I heard only the wind and the slight hum of a melody… then it faded away as I did”
Days later after being sent I came back with the codex with the newly found seal
I ran into the general I met previously
He looked surprised by the sight of me almost as if he Saw a ghost
“YOU MADE IT BACK?”
I got off my horse and said keeping the codex close
“Why didn’t I think I could do it?”
His eyes focused on the codex
“Hey”
I snapped my fingers
“I would very much appreciate a small escort to the hall’s thank you”
He nodded Nervously and then reached behind him and out lifted a trumpet
“Veoobm”
It was sounded as the soldiers came over I started to get escorted to the hall’s safety
Previously the women And children would hide from me but this time they watch in awe almost
People started to clap and cheer while others didn’t seem to bother
Regardless after a few mins we arrived as I enter the hall’s to meet with miriel
I saw her standing there talking with an elven man
I walked over and said politely
“Excuse me, may I interrupt?”
The man looked at almost in a rage and scoffed and said
“Thanks for getting back our Jewel”
I could sense a strange burning desire coming from this man
He started to walk away as she yelled out
“ arendelle I’ll talk with you later!”
I bowed my head and said
“It was a successful mission sorry it took me awhile but after all the body’s I found-”
She spoke out
“No need to continue, I figured. Thank you mr?”
Being asked this question I took a moment of silence
“Just a humble wizard doing business with you”
She smiled
“I know that’s not true. You have many name’s you know, that’s how we found out about you”
I reached out and gave her the codex hoping the enchantment would hold against whatever elven blasphemy they had
“If you ever need aid you have Thalassiril eyes”
An elf presumably a messager said
“A boat is waiting oh and here”
He gave me 300 gold peices
I nodded my head
“I’ll be out tell the elders I said goodbye and thank you for having me”
She smiled as I walked back and so I went back home
I came back to gwendolyn about everything that happened and her and I got very excited about what had happened
We celebrated probably a bit too much!