Below My Feet – Marto Copperkettle – 16.07.2024
Jul 28, 2024 9:36:18 GMT
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Post by Marto Copperkettle on Jul 28, 2024 9:36:18 GMT
Dear Ma & Pa (& Merla),
We are finally getting some real nice summer weather out here in the Borrow. For a tenday or so there it was looking more autumnal with constant rain, cool winds, and not a ray of sun to be seen. Glad it’s been nicer. It means Fog and I have been able to camp in the woods a bit. Don’t worry, we’re on the safer side of the trees. Plus, there’s a new druid circle not that far from the village now! The Circle of Jade, headed by Florian Abeia. They’re a pretty chill person.
So remember how I mentioned there’s a new family that’s moved in kinda close to the Borrow? The Rumble-Silverstrings. Well, they kinda had a rough time settling in at first. Merla would know this, but as with the forest that used to be around our home the Feythorn is full of portals and strange things. It’s not exactly the safest, but you can make it safer if you have the right protections. Even still, sometimes things just happen. It’s kinda part and parcel with moving to these lands I think. Or you could look at it as just part of living.
Anyway, the Rumble-Silverstrings got caught unawares by a stampede of nightmares from the Hells — really large, flaming black horses that are terrifying and very destructive. Of course, Fog and I didn’t know that’s what the plume of smoke was but Fionn — he’s such a good boy, the best squire I could have ever asked for — could sense something was off.
And, well, as it would turn out, there were a few other people in the area I knew as well. Yinmaris, for one. He had been spending the night at the Circle of Jade. Pipper who was camping in the woods like us but in her own haphazard way. And then there was Rae, who was trying to be somewhere less busy. They’ve got a lot of their own things going on which between Fog and I we tried to talk to them about…
Ya know what, I’ll come back to that.
So we all were going through the woods, towards this plume of smoke, and found the Rumble-Silverstrings house. Or what was left of their partially built place at least. Pipper, Rae, and Yinmaris managed to help get the kids, the parents, and the missing daughter and great auntie to safety whilst Fog and I made sure the hellish horses wouldn’t come back. And… well I knew they wouldn’t. Because Yondalla said she took care of them.
Gosh, even writing that has me flushing in embarrassment. Embarrassment? No, that’s not right. Humble joy. Yeah, that’s it.
I know you may not believe me but… Ma, you remember what I said after I told you and Pa I wanted to come to the Dawnlands? About my dream? The voices that were… speaking above me? I know now that it was Her. As unbelievable as it sounds, I have seen her. Spoken to her. Gosh, even been hugged by her. I realise this may sound unbelievable, and you’d both always taught me to say a prayer to Yondalla whenever a good thing happens to me, but she’s been there for me… even when I didn’t realise I needed her to be.
See, after I went to the Hells to help my friend Sorrel and stand against those devils from Phlegethos, I was… so lost. I felt so broken. It took a long time for me to get better, to feel better. I was ready to lose it all because I… I thought I wasn’t worthy of anything beyond being a replacement for Merla.
You have never made me feel that way. I know now, by talking about it with Fog and doing a lot — and I mean a lot of personal work — that it was all my own self doubt, and some horrible self destructive tendencies fuelled by becoming too close to a devil… Yondalla was there for me, in the moment after our victory, in the moment we all realised and knew we would be able to come home.
I’m telling you all this not to make you upset. I really hope you can understand that my telling you this is also my way of finally and fully feeling at home within myself. You’ve always been the best parents anyone could have asked for. Heck, without you, I wouldn’t be here! I owe you both so much. I love you both so, so much.
I’m also so thankful to her. Yondalla. She’s… She’s just really cool. And I feel so blessed to be chosen by her to be here, in this time, with the people I have around me.
And speaking of, Rae. The one who has a lot of stuff happening. Fog and I (and the others) encouraged them to stay the next 3 days or so, camp with us, and just reconnect with us all. There’s something pretty big affecting them, some big magics that Fog and I would like to help them with. I told Rae to keep us in the loop. Hopefully they will. I’d like to help them as I was helped when I needed it. I’ll let you know how that goes if/when it happens.
Fionn is giving me that look like I’ve been inside too long and I’ve got a set of chairs I need to finish carving for Rumble-Silverstrings. I’ll write again soon.
All our love,
Marto, Fog, Fionn & Gwenaël
We are finally getting some real nice summer weather out here in the Borrow. For a tenday or so there it was looking more autumnal with constant rain, cool winds, and not a ray of sun to be seen. Glad it’s been nicer. It means Fog and I have been able to camp in the woods a bit. Don’t worry, we’re on the safer side of the trees. Plus, there’s a new druid circle not that far from the village now! The Circle of Jade, headed by Florian Abeia. They’re a pretty chill person.
So remember how I mentioned there’s a new family that’s moved in kinda close to the Borrow? The Rumble-Silverstrings. Well, they kinda had a rough time settling in at first. Merla would know this, but as with the forest that used to be around our home the Feythorn is full of portals and strange things. It’s not exactly the safest, but you can make it safer if you have the right protections. Even still, sometimes things just happen. It’s kinda part and parcel with moving to these lands I think. Or you could look at it as just part of living.
Anyway, the Rumble-Silverstrings got caught unawares by a stampede of nightmares from the Hells — really large, flaming black horses that are terrifying and very destructive. Of course, Fog and I didn’t know that’s what the plume of smoke was but Fionn — he’s such a good boy, the best squire I could have ever asked for — could sense something was off.
And, well, as it would turn out, there were a few other people in the area I knew as well. Yinmaris, for one. He had been spending the night at the Circle of Jade. Pipper who was camping in the woods like us but in her own haphazard way. And then there was Rae, who was trying to be somewhere less busy. They’ve got a lot of their own things going on which between Fog and I we tried to talk to them about…
Ya know what, I’ll come back to that.
So we all were going through the woods, towards this plume of smoke, and found the Rumble-Silverstrings house. Or what was left of their partially built place at least. Pipper, Rae, and Yinmaris managed to help get the kids, the parents, and the missing daughter and great auntie to safety whilst Fog and I made sure the hellish horses wouldn’t come back. And… well I knew they wouldn’t. Because Yondalla said she took care of them.
Gosh, even writing that has me flushing in embarrassment. Embarrassment? No, that’s not right. Humble joy. Yeah, that’s it.
I know you may not believe me but… Ma, you remember what I said after I told you and Pa I wanted to come to the Dawnlands? About my dream? The voices that were… speaking above me? I know now that it was Her. As unbelievable as it sounds, I have seen her. Spoken to her. Gosh, even been hugged by her. I realise this may sound unbelievable, and you’d both always taught me to say a prayer to Yondalla whenever a good thing happens to me, but she’s been there for me… even when I didn’t realise I needed her to be.
See, after I went to the Hells to help my friend Sorrel and stand against those devils from Phlegethos, I was… so lost. I felt so broken. It took a long time for me to get better, to feel better. I was ready to lose it all because I… I thought I wasn’t worthy of anything beyond being a replacement for Merla.
You have never made me feel that way. I know now, by talking about it with Fog and doing a lot — and I mean a lot of personal work — that it was all my own self doubt, and some horrible self destructive tendencies fuelled by becoming too close to a devil… Yondalla was there for me, in the moment after our victory, in the moment we all realised and knew we would be able to come home.
I’m telling you all this not to make you upset. I really hope you can understand that my telling you this is also my way of finally and fully feeling at home within myself. You’ve always been the best parents anyone could have asked for. Heck, without you, I wouldn’t be here! I owe you both so much. I love you both so, so much.
I’m also so thankful to her. Yondalla. She’s… She’s just really cool. And I feel so blessed to be chosen by her to be here, in this time, with the people I have around me.
And speaking of, Rae. The one who has a lot of stuff happening. Fog and I (and the others) encouraged them to stay the next 3 days or so, camp with us, and just reconnect with us all. There’s something pretty big affecting them, some big magics that Fog and I would like to help them with. I told Rae to keep us in the loop. Hopefully they will. I’d like to help them as I was helped when I needed it. I’ll let you know how that goes if/when it happens.
Fionn is giving me that look like I’ve been inside too long and I’ve got a set of chairs I need to finish carving for Rumble-Silverstrings. I’ll write again soon.
All our love,
Marto, Fog, Fionn & Gwenaël