The Baneful Diatribe of Aerya
Many a blue moon ago, the world - which was of course of a state much different to that which we now know and vnderstand so well, what with our aduances in Alchemy and otherwise scholarly approaches as toward our perceptions of our surroundings - bore witneß to what has been recognized as the absolutest antithesis to all that which must be necessarily present for one to liue a peaceful, joyous existence. Children of the modern day most surely know of this wretchèd tale; ask any young lad, mussing about in the sand, or certainly any young laß, skipping through the Greeneway, and either could surely render a recognizeable account.
Yea, of course, by now ye most assuredly haue come to realize that I speak only of Ærya. Mighty, beautiful, pristine Ærya, the noblest of Kingdoms, wherein dwelt the wisest of Elues, the most ancient of Drægons, the mightiest of Sorcerers, and all vncountable manner of otherwise fantastical life. Ærya, the birthplace of Magick, fount of the Olde Religion - which a fair count of ye still practice today. Indeed, most anyone of the modern day could well render an account that most would indeed verify as factual.
But I, Magus Fluorspar Malachim Heimdal, of the High Order of Drægons of Ærya, last breathing Sorcerer of the Old Kingdom, and regrettably, last properly ordained Priest of the Lord and Lady of the Greeneway, have come to pen this, the last factual account of Ærya. I can only hope against the embittered nature of Manne that the Kings of the modern day can see through the centuries of deceitful misinforming that precede this record. I submit to ye this, the last Sorcerer's grimoire, writ in the ink of mine own blood and sealed in the will of Sayriß, Fafnir, Nælyon, and Græl.
This is the baneful diatribe of Ærya - in all its preuiously neglected truth; herein haue I diligently preserued all details, with no censor in mind as to the nature of their blatant offensiueneß. Herein shall ye find the answers that your beglamourèd hearts haue long sought, yet which you haue denied yourselues through common courtesy and adherence to regrettable social mores.
May your days end peacefully, O Mighty Kings.
In Loue and Light,
Dræconis, Dræconis, Dræconis.
1st Novembre, Year 183 of the New Calendar