Chapter 3.07 H

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Released on: Aug. 26, 2017, 1:29 p.m.

Last edited: March 16, 2023, 5:59 p.m.

Book: Flowers of Esthelm (3)

Most mentioned character

243 mentions

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Pisces Jealnet	97
Ksmvr	96
Yvlon Byres	50

Most mentioned class

1 mentions

[Alchemist]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Fencer]	1
[Mage]	1
[Necromancer]	1

Most mentioned spell

7 mentions

[Insanity]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Light]	7
[Ice Spike]	3
[Frozen Wind]	2

Mentions

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Name	Text
Ceria Springwalker	“We are fragments of the past, Ceria Springwalker. That is all we are.”
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria sat on her great-grandmother’s lap and looked up. The small cottage was covered in hanging herbs, braids of garlic—every time she breathed in, a myriad of spices tickled her nose. She sneezed, and her great-grandmother sighed.
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria shifted. Her seat wasn’t that comfortable—her great-grandmother was too bony, and she was holding the young half-Elf tightly in case she slipped away, which is what Ceria wanted to do. She hated questions like these.
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria shifted. Her seat wasn’t that comfortable—her great-grandmother was too bony, and she was holding the young half-Elf tightly in case she slipped away, which is what Ceria wanted to do. She hated questions like these.
Ceria Springwalker	An impatient sigh—Ceria felt her ear tips being flicked and she hunched over sulkily.
Ceria Springwalker	Chastened by the threat, Ceria sat as still as possible, trying not to move. She heard a quiet sigh from above.
Ceria Springwalker	“You’re too young. But someone has to tell you and those prideful fools would never speak of this. Ceria, the truth is that after all these long years, our people probably have only a drop of Elven blood in our veins. Only a drop, the smallest fraction of fractions. Only that. We aren’t half-Elves. Not even close.”
Ceria Springwalker	The news didn’t disappoint Ceria, because she didn’t fully understand.
Ceria Springwalker	“Again, not quite. Do you want to know something interesting, Ceria?”
Ceria Springwalker	Another sigh, but this time Ceria didn’t receive a flick to the ear.
Ceria Springwalker	“The interesting thing is that this is always true, Ceria. No matter how many generations pass, a half-Elf with a thousand Human parents on one side will always produce a half-Elf child. No matter what.”
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria’s doubtful reply elicited the first laughter from her great-grandmother she’d heard in a long time. The old half-Elf stroked Ceria’s hair gently.
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria’s doubtful reply elicited the first laughter from her great-grandmother she’d heard in a long time. The old half-Elf stroked Ceria’s hair gently.
Ceria Springwalker	“It might not seem like much to you yet, but it is something to remember. We are mostly Human, for all the others like to pretend we’re so much better. All we have is a drop of our heritage, Ceria. But it’s enough.”
Ceria Springwalker	“Enough. What runs in our veins is a fragment of what we were. An echo of legends past. But it is pure magic in our blood, Ceria. The purest. Even Dragons bowed to Elves as masters of magic. And though the Elves are gone, we remain. It is in our natures; magic. It comes to us easier than any other species, because of who we are. Who we were. The blood of Elves cannot be extinguished, and it calls out even after untold millennia. That which shall never fade.”
Ceria Springwalker	“I did. But we have a part of that in us, Ceria. Remember? Just a part, but that means in time, any spell holding you will fail. If I tried to put you to sleep with a spell, eventually you would wake up.”
Ceria Springwalker	“Really. But don’t you go letting people cast spells on you, Ceria. And don’t think this makes you better than the Human children. Don’t go near them. You can play with the others in the stream now.”
Ceria Springwalker	“No. I have work to do. Just try to remember, won’t you, Ceria? You’re the only family I have left.”
Ceria Springwalker	“Remember, Ceria.”
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria spoke the words aloud. And then she woke up.

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