Of the Sky, Of the Sea, and of the Stones

Sky, Sea, and Stone, Volume 1

Reyadh Rahaman

Published by Reyadh Rahaman, 2020.

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Of the Sky, Of the Sea, and of the Stones

Of the Sky, Of the Sea, and of the Stones

By Athos Angion

Loremaster of the GLRU – Mount Oros Chapter

The sky above is where all life originates. From up high, fell one carrying the gift of life. In the oceans they rested for a time before returning to the sky, but behind was left traces of the gift. That thing which animates. From this, life in the sea sprang, and from the sea life crawl onto land afterwards.

This is all we know of the origins of life on our world. Okeanós, the most common name for our planet, was derived from a language spoken in the far north. When thinking about how to begin this tome I had difficulty deciding where to start. My goal is to pass down the knowledge that I have accumulated of Okeanós to all who would willingly receive it. But the well is so deep that I am having trouble finding the bucket, so to speak.

Should I being with what we know of the sky? After all, all life as we know it came from above. Or should I start with the sea? All of what we know of creation came from documents found upon the frigid Koivu Sea. But, what of the stone foundations of man? None can deny that humans owe their evolution to the stability of the land.

After all my years in the Global Lore Researchers Union, after climbing up through the ranks of Novice, Adept, Erudite, to finally reach Master, I can say with certainty that we will never know everything about Okeanós. Every time I find an answer, two questions appear. It is much like fighting a hydra, but this one cannot be slain.

As I battled with this immortal metaphysical hydra I realized that I was overthinking it. This is just a book. One meant to enlighten and teach, but in a way that will not bore my readers and students. As one who has spent decades in libraries and classrooms, I assure you that I am well acquainted with horribly boring lectures and books. But not here, dear reader. I solemnly promise to teach AND entertain you.

It is at this notion that I came to my decision about how to start this book. As a wee lad from a small island in the South Peleca seas, I hadn’t thought about the world outside my island. This changed when an Adept of the GLRU visited Euryph, my hometown. She brought with her the most wondrous tales of far away lands, but always stated that they were not tales alone. They were real things that happened in real places. The very first of these she told me was of an island not too far to the east of Euryph. One that was home to ancient structures and massive trolls who guard them.

To be continued...