The Awakening

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For Laura and Niño, who have ventured beyond the realm of Normal with me and haven’t looked back since.

Yvendth phrymen, int druhmeh brikhin avedth edth odhiesse semmren epit aebyell moerhedth elsciohen, noedehnin toedthe ysedth imiht helihn aebiy druhmeh vitah ada priuht epit aebyell.

I was born in a time when the world was still recovering from Ciarrohn’s first attack. Though I had a fair mix of elvish and even dwarfish blood in my veins, I was mostly human. There wasn’t a word for our kind yet, but years later we would be called Nesnan or Resai. We were simply called people then, like all the other races.

I was raised in the place of my birth, in the hills near Dhonoara, and although I was considered a great beauty I sought no one out as a husband. Early on I proved to be talented, set apart from the others, so I was sent away to hone my skills and work towards becoming something greater. I never saw my family again, but my classmates and school teachers helped fill that void. I spent many years training, studying and developing my skills and I grew very close to one of my tutors in particular. I even imagined a future with him, a future that seemed as bright and wondrous as any I could imagine, but fate offered me another option.

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