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The
Plague
Nearly one thousand years ago a strange plague began to spread through
the Wildwood Elf bloodline. Many elves lost their lives searching for a
cure to this plague even more lost their lives to it, a cure was never
found. The shamans of the various tribal orders held a meeting in a
secret glade, it was decided that Af’rilm and his Shaman Evalinde
should gather the remaining tribes within there Medicine Lodge, the only
one remaining and large enough to house all the elves.
Eventually
after one hundred years of gathering every tribal member had been found
and told of the grand meeting, none knew of what was about to be told to
them. The Shamans announced that in order to rid them selves of this
terrible plague, there was no other option but to go into the ‘long
sleep’. And ancient ritual that cleanses the minds and bodies of the
elves, but it had not been preformed in over ten thousand years,
whispers crept about the hall but no argument was announced.
The hall was sealed and the preparations were made, the ‘long sleep’
had begun.
The Long Sleep
The ‘long sleep’ is no easy undertaking especially casting it over
so many. It took many years to prepare each elf for the ‘long
sleep’. Eventually the shamans began the ancient chant, the hall began
to slow every word uttered from there mouths seemed to drift into
eternity the ‘long sleep’ had been cast, each elf began to slowly
drift into there ‘long sleep’ soon the hall was silent.
The Awakening
Af’rilm was one of the first to awaken, his eyelids were tired but he
forced them open, he watched the hall for many minutes trying to find
some memory of this place. He stood to his feet and everything fell back
into place, the mist that covered his eyes was clearing and he began to
remember. He looked over his fellow elves with renewed clarity; he began
to walk through the hall he brushed past many of his fellow elves as he
headed towards the large wooden doors that were sealed so long ago.
Looked up at the large arch, and then down to were the seal was placed,
to his astonishment the seal had gone the Hall was unlocked, he could
not believe it, he looked back into the hall and then back at the door.
He pushed it open with relative ease, the sun blinded his eyes for a
moment and then he realised they had been sleeping for a very long time.
He roamed around the hall trying to recognise some part of the forest he
once left but he fond none, he then promptly ran back to the hall
closing the large door behind him. It then dawned on him, there was only
a fifth of his fellow elves remaining, he began to scamper around trying
to wake all he could, only a few awoke, six at most. It seems the others
were not ready to awaken, it seemed many had already gone. It was time
to re settle these forests in the hope that the ones that have already
left would find there kindred and help them re build what was once there
home.

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