Author's Note

The relics on which the fragments were originally found inscribed are currently located within the capital's museum. Thorough magical analysis has revealed them protected, possibly impervious to age. Linguists from all over the country have tried to more properly decipher Æternal, but no progress has been made further than what is presented here.

Wrath-Hearted Spawn

Fire-sought-the-love-of-Heaven.

Life-had-in-its-age-many-constructions-brought-forth.-One-was-of-strong-muscle-and-hard-hide,-of-sharp-fang-and-split-eye.

Fire-chose-this-creature.

Fire-poured-its-self-essence-within-the-creation.

Life-did-not-object.-

It-was-use-of-every-Æternal-to-lay-claim-to-one-of-Life's-inferior-fabrications.

Fire-imbued-the-creature-with-its-self-power.

Yet-with-it-brought-Fire-part-of-its-soul.

It-mingled-within-the-creature's-spirit.

Fire-coveted-Heaven.

The-Firefilled-coveted-as-Fire-did.

Fire-brought-its-chosen-to-Heaven's-meadows.

Fire-brought-on-a-display.

Heaven-found-time-drying.

Heaven-gazed-upon-its-chosens.

Heaven-shone-away-from-Fire's-shade.

Fire-hated.

Fire's-chosen-bore-Fire's-flames.