Our story begins in a small village, built on, in, and around a giant oak tree. This village/tree, called Gol, was a very small and peaceful village compared to the neighboring villages, Sabaria, also centered on a giant tree, and Etal, a merchant village, and a very progressive town. Life was going well until merchants and messengers sent between the villages of Gol and Sabaria stopped returning to Gol. The sky festival was soon, celebrating their ancestors descent from the sky in chariots of steel, but communication between villages was severed. Concerned for the well being of the village of Sabaria, the Chieftain of Gol, and its shaman set out on a journey to Sabaria to find out what happened. The shaman was something of a local legend, for he possessed unique powers of healing, which to this day are still not fully understood. Our story begins with Morax, son of Orlis the shaman, and Aether, son of Aemar the village chieftain. It had been 2 days since the chieftain and the shaman left on their 8 hour journey to the neighboring village, Morax and Aether began to worry.
That night, they left the village with their friend Sem towards Sabaria. Armed with a spade, Morax travelled with the two swordsman (Morax was one of the few boys in the village not trained in the art or swordplay, for his father was adamant that he learn the ways of the shaman) on their 8 hour journey to Sabaria, however, only Aether had been to Sabaria, and only once when he was a child. Eventually they came to a crossroads, and after much debating, they decided to take the left path. Little did they know, they were headed towards a forest that was forbidden to the Sabarians. The Sabarians knew not of why they were forbidden to enter that forest, for it had been that way for hundreds of years. Children often snuck into the forest to play, and no harm ever came of it, it wasn't really a concern to anyone except for the Sabarian chieftain, but even he knew not why the forest was off limits.
Songs referenced: Night Falls, a Village Burns and The Eve of the Festival
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