16
DEC/20
Selise looked around with an anxious fear as the comrades she finally reunited with fell around her. Her last surviving family member, Oni, seemed moments away from death. At this moment she looked up in desperation as the fate of her group seemed inevitable. An unknown force drew her attention to Arnia. Light had begun to swirl around her, creating a sight that Selise could never have even imagined. For all her time she spent in the city, learning the ways of the world, she had never heard of anything like what she was witnessing. When one final breath, Arnia shouted “Her Reign of terror shall not last forever, a new sun is rising in the East, and His name is Lathander, the Morninglord. The Lightbringer will cast away the darkness—do not fear! As I do not fear in these final moments!”
An explosion of light filled the room and Selise looked in the glory of the light as her fallen comrades stood, a new strength filled her as she understood that what Arnia had said was true, that Her Reign, Tiamat’s Reign is coming to an end. Lathander, the Morninglord had returned and she, as His loyal servant, would make sure of this!
As Selise and her comrades navigated through the rest of the pyramid, Selise felt a soul-lifting pull towards the light of Lathander, silently speaking to the presence that she felt watching over her as they made their way through the pyramid. His light led them to the gem, although Selise felt that her group believed it was their survival instinct that guided them through the rest of the pyramid to the gem, she knew it was the will of the Morninglord. The moment they found it Selise was insistent. It must be destroyed, Naga is an agent of Tiamat and must not be trusted in matters of ending the Reign of terror Tiamat has brought upon these lands. Selise harnessed the passion she felt of destroying the cursed gem and was able to persuade her comrades that it must be destroyed and Oni did the honors.
Instantly Selise understood that it was the correct move and that it truly was the will of the Morninglord, once the gem was destroyed the light of His spirit filled the earth and Selise understood that he was now free and that Nuatuhl was mortal and that her time would soon end, and it would end by the dagger of Selise by the will of Lathander.
With the new light guiding her way, Selise understood that as long as she stayed loyal to the Lightbringer she would have no issue ending Tiamat’s Reign.
Some
Time Passes -——-
Selise did not understand how she ended up back in such a horrible position. She had followed the will of Lathander, had done what He had guided, and yet, here she was surrounded by foes as her comrades were being struck around her, as His light guided she moved in to attack a foe that was going after a comrade with hopes to pull some of the fire off, believing she could avoid any attacks with her quick reactions. The attack seemed to come from nowhere, and it came hard. Selise barely had a moment to register what had happened before she felt the cold chill of death reaching out for her. In that moment she spoke, by the light of the Morninglord, Lathander bringer of Light, have this not be the end, my purpose serves more than to fall short of ending the plague that Nuathuhl has brought upon this land!
A warm light started to bleed into her. She felt breath come back into her lungs as she saw His glory, the strength of His, and her purpose, to serve His will encompassed her being as she slowly stood, returning to the battle.