Mathas Al'Zaire

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At a Glance


I have come to believe the gods blessed us for a reason: to do what is right. When I was a young, my mother took me to the ruins of Dondea. She walked me through the ruins and pointed to an over grown hedge and a row of stones, jagged and crawling with life. My mother reaches out her hand, and cracks off a small stone covered in green moss. She hands me the stone and speaks for the first time since we entered into a solemn silence at the city’s walls. This was our home, she tells me. Her hands are old, but she is a Deva and would have lived forever by the god’s allowance. The stone is warm in my hands, and she tells me to keep this with me always as a symbol not to despair like the other Deva despair of everything that is lost. Our home still grows with life long after we have left it, and it will continue to grow and live long after the stones disappear and the god’s have judged the Deva’s work completed. She tells me she loves me, and sends me out of the city, alone to Kathlon. I know that she commends her body back to the Earth when I leave to be part of the life cycle. She has always told me that an old Deva exists to pass her knowledge on to the young, and when they know that duty is complete, they allow themselves to fade, accepting that the reason for their blessing is complete.

I do not know where I came from, and I cannot remember my father. I can remember wandering with my mother for years as she taught me about the gods and the power of runes in invoking them. It has been six years since I wandered through the wilderness into Kathlon city to study the history of the Deva people and to live with my people. I have kept that faithful stone with me, and the life on it continues. Tonight, when I look upon it, I know that I must do good in the world, and six years of books have not changed the world. Dwelling in the past will not change the world; choosing to fight for freedom, life, and what is good will change it. This is the purpose of the blessing the Deva were given: to remain the shield-bearers of light no matter how dark the world.