Post by Rommie Eden on Dec 16, 2007 21:40:54 GMT -5
"Aral, Nabudinio, and Cet stood,
Side by side in Syralwood,
The Occuria did on them bestow,
The means of Minerva's overthrow.
As the Thirteen raged, the people fled,
Queen Minerva's family dead.
The fighting wore into the night,
Testing the three brothers' might.
Mirror, Mirror, remember me,
Mirror, Mirror of the Vedran Three."
Side by side in Syralwood,
The Occuria did on them bestow,
The means of Minerva's overthrow.
As the Thirteen raged, the people fled,
Queen Minerva's family dead.
The fighting wore into the night,
Testing the three brothers' might.
Mirror, Mirror, remember me,
Mirror, Mirror of the Vedran Three."
Rhyme of the Ancients
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The ancient tale of Cet, Aral, and Nabudinio Vedra is the last chapter in the Rhyme of the Ancients, an incredibly old epic about the Minerva and Vedra families clashing and trying to gain power while the Occuria toyed with their fate.
The story ends with the Occuria giving the Minerva family a dominion to rule, and the Vedra family the thirteen Zodiac Stones. When the battle rages on for days, the Occuria finally separate the two, Vedra and Minerva, and curse them with the phrase "As to one, so the other, until our agent doth reunite." According to the tale, Queen Minerva and the Vedran Three were placed in different realms with their fate forever bound. Many believe the moral is that those who part on bad terms will only find sorrow.
The name for this world comes from the name of that ancient queen, while Vedra is the bright blue star in the night sky. The three original nations of Minerva were named for the Vedran brothers, Aralon for Aral, Cetra (now Centra) for Cet, and Nabudis for Nabudinio. Also, a forest was named after the forest of the final chapter, the Syralwood.
