Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 238: Velamina starseer

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She prepares herself that morning. That morning she was called by the Elders. After she leave her hut, she quickly went to the council.

Usually Elven are only called by the Council on their nameday. Kings and nobility of the Elven ancestry might have more opportunity to see the council but Velamina knows she is not

Even though she is a half High elf, she herself is not nobility. This is because her mother is someone no one knows.

Her mother left her on the Fabled Forest when she was just born.

And this year she is twenty-three of age and could be considered very young for the Elves

But still she is an important member of the community. Her skills with variety of weapons make her the ideal warrior. Her eyes could see a few seconds into the future so it helps her in battle.

This ability might be because of her ancestry of High Elven.

She anxiously walks to the council until she enters the huge dome of vines and leaves and her anxiousness grew as she saw the Elders sitting in their wooden vine chair which is also called the Root Chair.

'The Elders' she thought to herself

She hated them. They are always spouting their prophecies and never give any clear answer to anyone. Vague answer alluding to doom.

Even their words are twisted.

Still, their words are true as they cannot lie. They have bathed in the Eternal Spring and done the ritual, so they could not lie unless they want to experience terrible pains.

That is why she hated them. Doom and gloom and all, but it is the truth. Who likes to know about their doom and gloom anyway?

'Velamina greet the Elders' she said and she bowed slightly.

'Velamina are noted.' The Elders spoke in unison like they were talking in one voice, he voices echoes inside the vine chambers.

She stands there waiting for the Elders to speak. Then one of the Elders speaks.

'We have a prophecy for you, young Velamina.' The Elder said, his voice is calm and cold, devoid of emotions.

And at this Velamina herself is shocked.

'Elders forgive me…but haven't I been Seen before?'

She still remembers her prophecy of before. It is said that she is destined to become Elder one day, married a Dark Elves of great intelligence and live a peaceful life.

Sounds like a good life right?

But she is fated to have no children. When she heard it she is devastated because she always wanted children.

She did not know why she obsess over it. But she wanted it. And knowing that she couldn't have it, only makes her wanting it more

But she accepted it because the Elders have never erred in their prophecy. At least that is what her prophecy said. And she hates it.

The Elder look at her with pity.

'True, child. But the stars changed.'

'The stars don't change!' she suddenly shouted. She hated if the Elder wanted to fill her with false hopes and false dream.

The Elder was still calm as one of them said

'But it did. We have consulted the stars and speak with the Ancient Trees, and they have in their words relay to us of your fate. A month ago, something defying fate has happened. Someone managed to break Fates plan, and so the stars have changed. Breaker of Destiny' they said with resignation in their tone.

Still placid and emotionless tone. Then they declared

'Hear us now, Starseer. This is our prophecy. We once prophesized that you will not have children. The stars have changed, the order have been subverted. A Price will be pay someday for that person. But as for you, Starseer will have an offspring of your own' and the words that came out from the Elder words suddenly fills her with hopes and dreams againjosei

The Elder did not yet finish speaking as they continued

'But only by a human born under two stars.' Hearing the Elders confident words, Velamina widen her eyes

'No one is born under two stars' she said.

'That is just ridiculous. All of my life I have never seen anyone born under two stars' she said

'The stars have shown it to be so' the Elder said.

'Then the stars are wrong.' she protested. How could that be? Ridiculous. Are they joking with her?

'The stars are never wrong.' The Elders said then they continued spouting out their prophecies

'You will meet this human, a human destined to be peerless under the sky. But for you to meet him, you need to set out in a journey of great dangers. Only when you are ready to sacrifice your life can you meet him. Such union between the two of you will bore an offspring of great nobility that will hold the Sun of the West. If you do not find him in five years, and bear his child you will meet a terrible fate. This is our prophecy. And so ends our words.'

And then they speak no more. Velamina stand there dumbfounded for a few second before she could regain back her calm

At least they do not speak in rhymes. Human Oracles always speak in rhymes.

That annoyed the Elves very much.

Instead of telling straight out what will happen if they fail, human Oracles always tried to hide their prophecy by speaking in obscure reference.

She knows asking them any more question is futile. This is why she doesn't like the Elders. They talk about your impending death like its nothing.

So, they tell you good news and you think 'alright, everything is going to be fine' but then they followed their words with, if you don't find this or that you will die.

To her, she thinks the Elder just like messing with them Elves for sheer enjoyment on their part.

Tell them literally useless thing, fan their fears and then they leave them to their own device. Not to mention in some cases dashes their hopes.

Sighing she exited herself out and go to her hut.

A week later she was packing her bag, took her cloak, a hallucinatory potion, Dwarven mithril blade, asks for some gold from the Council and then she left the Forest.

She spent many months going to dangerous places, fighting monster and she look at anyone that might fit such description.

But there is no human in sight. After all this is the Dark Lands. She even thought that she should go to the Human Continent.

She shakes her head.

She heard of course that the Demon Lords are in a state of war. Then after a few months, she also heard the story of the treaty signing.

She once again entertained the idea that she could go to the Human Continent, disguised as a trader.

One day she was drinking some dwarven ale in some seedy tavern when one man, a half High Elven like her is offering gold for a hunting expedition.

Since she has no gold and her supplies are dwindling she agree to the expedition. After this task, she decided that she will go to Human Continent to look for that human.

When they reach the group she sees one man leading them all, a young human of great nobility feature, his blue eyes scanning everyone, his long white hair flows gracefully and his pose is imposing.

'A human' she thought. Just when she was about to give up finding a human in the Dark Lands, now presented to her, a human.

Even when she heard that he is hunting a dragon, she insisted on going. And the night she read him, his star, she wonders. Could he the man in the Prophecy?

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