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20th Imperos Era XIV ~Solaria
Perhaps one of the slowest among Trysvale's inhabitants to catch word of the various town's rumors, by the end of the 10th brigthening of Imperos and thanks to the giant's exaltations of it's wonders, even Darkthael was aware of the tales of the island. He knew of the magical barrier that protected it from landing by ship, even if he never bothered to try see if that rumor was true. He new of the rocky steeps and of the day they had appeared and then been gone again.
Curiosity was never a predominant trait in the cautious moraden, yet the story of what the giants saw in the island and its temple was enticing, interesting and for some reason, confidence inspiring for even the paranoid Darkthael. So it happened that in his free time, the medonian seeming of the dracon took the habit of passing the place where the stones were said to have appeared for the giants during his morning walks. The first nine brightenings he tried so, he found only water in the site of the purported miracle, but the tenth, the tenth was another dawn of Solaria.
As he passed the spot, Darkthael saw, with no small surprise, the fabled steeping rocks. Carefully, despise the two brother's assurances of their safety, he begun to traverse the inviting path. To lack curiosity for little town gossip was one thing, to stand away in the face of true wonder was something completely different. That would be his own words when latter he was asked why had he, normally reclusive, walked each morning to that same steep in search of the stones. When he was questioned in why he, normally fearful, had accepted so easily the island's signal of welcoming.
Once on the newly emerged land, he would walk a path similar to that of Titus and Athos, or what he thought such path might have been like. He would head to the temple eventually, if nothing else interrupted his way, but he would walk slowly, looking around at the strange natural wonder he was now immersed in. Those were Danael's intentions as he walked the steeping stones, and Darkthael found little reason to oppose them.
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