Prelude

“Beautiful. Just astounding,” rasped the man with the eerie golden,
catlike eyes. He looked relatively human, but had the air of not actually
being there, like a shadow. He looked at the struggling young girl being held
down by two large creatures. These creatures had the build of humans, but
they were about a foot taller than the average man, with inhuman strength
and bald heads. They had scars covering almost every inch of their bodies
and were wearing belts carrying weapons such as the sword and the mallet.
“Good work,” the man with the golden eyes and the creatures grunted
and attempted a sort of smile, revealing rows of crooked yellow teeth. But
the man was no longer paying attention to them; his attention was back on
the young girl. She was wearing a tattered green and brown elfin dress and
was still struggling hard against her captors. Though her pretty but tangled
brown hair covered her pointed elf ears; her beautiful emerald eyes, strong
determination and strength gave away the obvious fact that she was an elf.
He gently stroked her chin with a long finger and she attempted to bite him.
He then slapped her across the face. She cried out with pain for the man also
had an inhuman sort of strength. “You’ll never get away with this
_____________,” she said with much hatred in her voice, the place where he
had struck her turning a bright red.
“That is where you’re wrong Änoræ. It seems I just have,” he hissed
with a chuckle. He held her face in his hand and began to drain her energy.
Änoræ felt this drain on her power and with the remainder of her power said
the words that she hoped would help save her people;

*Ven Karvja lontæn!

*The ancient Elvin language roughly translated is:

Ven [van]: let
Karvja [karv-sha]: the savior; the bringer of light and safety
Lontæn [lon-tay-een}: be opened; be found; be revealed
In other words, “Ven Karvja lontæn!” is:
“Let the bringer of light and safety be found!”
 A young boy sits up in they middle of they night, gasping and
sweating. He is no more than fifteen and looks it too. He stands up and looks
out his window to the horizon and sees a faint glow from the place where the
sky meets the earth. All he remembers of the dream is the girl in the brown
and green dress, saying words in a language he did not speak or understand.
His name is .
He tousled his messy, light brown hair and sighed. This wasn’t the
first time he has had a dream like this. The same girl was always covered in
a shroud of fear that seemed to radiate off her, and she was always running
or hiding. He had thought that these dreams would end after one or two
days, but it continued. And now he did not know what to think of them.
Perhaps they were just figments of his imagination, although this concept
was becoming more and more extraordinary as time went on and the dreams
failed to cease.
trotted down the small, cramped hall to the
washroom where he proceeded to pour water into the basin and splash it on
his face. This did not help to clear his thoughts at all so he crept past his
grandfather’s doorway and slipped out of the house. The cool morning
breeze felt good on his face, bringing along with it the sweet scent of dew.
He rounded his small, cottage-like house that his grandfather had built in his
younger years and stepped out into the fields. The cold dirt tickled his bare
feet and as he walked he could see the sprouts of this years crops growing,
promising that this would be a good year. He continued walking until he
reached the edge of his family’s farmland, of which was surrounded by a
thick forest, miles wide.
This forest was called the Forsaken Lands and had long been
controlled by the king, King _____________; a crazy, power-hungry maniac
who managed to take control of the whole kingdom of Ãgröndæle. It was
against the law of the land under ____________’s rule to hunt in the area,
punishable by death. This forced the people of _____________’s hometown
of Kilgen to hunt in forests either five towns away or depend on trade for
meat. It was also dangerous to go into the forests for many which went into
the Forsaken Lands never came out. There were said to be beasts
unimaginable within the forests and darkness so dark that it was said to
constrict people and many supposedly died of fright. But this did not deter
______________. He picked up his bow and quiver, of which he had hid-
den beneath a large, gray rock and he strung the bow. Then he crept into the
forest quietly, so as not to scare any animals.
Slowly, slowly he crept into the forest, hoping to find a good-sized
deer to take home and show his grandfather. His grandfather knew that
___________ went into the Forsaken lands and did not approve, but could
not argue with the size of the game that ____________ always came back
with.
He crept in carefully but soon his steps quickened to a quiet stride and
he stepped even deeper into the forest. It was oddly silent for the forest at
night, as it was usually filled with the signs and sounds of life. He heard the
snap of a twig behind him and whirled around, but there was nothing. Again,
he heard another twig snap from behind him and once again, nothing.
Perturbed, he looked around warily, eyeing for any signs of movement. In
his peripheral vision, he saw what seemed like a female, human form dash
behind the trees. It was shrouded in darkness, blanketing the figure so that it
looked like it was not there. He quickly to an arrow out of his quiver and
placed on the bow. Swinging the bow around, he aimed it towards shadows
and movement. Seeing the form again, he swung around and released the
arrow with one fluid movement. Somehow, the arrow passed right through
the figure! Placing another arrow in the bow, ____________ swung to face
the form again, but it had disappeared. In its place, was a note written in
fluid script that was rather hard to decipher. He placed his bow on the
ground and picked up the note. But once he had, it read:
Tus meres falta en mere pon slouta.
Mere ista lipen taki, Karvja.
Ãvandalorœå requaeed mere. Yif
requaeed mere. Takin yill Elvin glan.
This confused but also startled him. He couldn’t
understand what the note said, but wasn’t the word “Karvja” what the girl in
his dreams had said? Could he still be asleep? was
curious, but not enough to be crazy and travel deeper into the forest.
Still wondering about who or what for that matter, that creature was; he
stepped out of the forest and back into the crisp morning air. Could that- that
THING be just my imagination? He thought worriedly. He saw that the sun
was now rising over the western treetops so he hurried back to his family’s
small, cabin-like home.
 Translation & Pronunciation Guide
Tus: [toos] it/ it is
Mere: [mare-ay] you
Forms of mere:
Meres: [mare- es] your
Meren: [mare- en] you are
Falta: [fall-ta] fault/ the
state of being at fault/
liable/ burden
En: [ĕn] if
Pon: [pon] get/give/receive
Slouta: [sl-owt-ǎ]
hurt/injured/wounded.
Ista: [ee-sta]
must/required/should
Lipen: [lee-pen] stay/not
change/always be/continue
to
Taki: [taa-kee] safe/ safety/
the state of being safe/
protected/ secure
Forms of taki:
Takin: [taa- kin] (past
tense) save
Requaeed: [ra-quee-d]
need/needs/require
Yif: [ya-eef] I/me
Ven [van]: let
Karvja [kar-v-sha]: the
savior; the bringer of light
and safety
Lontæn [lon-tay-een}: be
opened; be found; be
revealed
Yi’ll: [yeh-eel] the
Glan: [glaa-n]
race/tribe/species/people