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The Redemption of Erâth: A New Year, and a New Book

Well, hello there!

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything from Erâth, and you, my dear readers, have shown me much patience in waiting for news of that world.

Last year was something momentous, seeing the issuing forth of a massive 110,000-word tome that chronicled the early life of our hero, Brandyé Dui-Erâth. This was an undertaking I never saw myself completing, and I believe I quite knew the sensation those mad souls who dare to climb Mount Everest must feel when they stand on the top, looking out over all of the world, when I penned (typed) the final word of that book.

A lot of work had gone on before that, of course, in the late months of 2011, and the back history that was created then has been shared here over the past few months as well. That work was fundamental to the creation of Erâth, and I was elated to be able to share the discovery of this world with you. But even that had to run out, and eventually there was nothing more to say.

Until now.

Late last January, I sat down, summoned my courage, and wrote the following sentence […]

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The Redemption of Erâth: History of Erâth – The Third Age (Part VI)

(vi) The Building of the End of the World

With the return of the Duithèn and the rebuilding of the kingdoms of Darkness, the men of Thaeìn were now facing the very end of their world. Their own strength had waned greatly since the end of the Second Age, and it appeared they would not last long against the storm that was now gathering against them.

What little hope remained was in that the Bridge of Aélûr remained broken, and so there was no connection yet between the kingdoms of Aélûr and Thaeìn. As such, it was impossible for the men of Aélûr and their terrible allies to reinforce the forces of Thaeìn; though together they might well crush the kingdoms of men swiftly, separate their strength was not yet great.

It was the hope of the Duithèn that the finding of Namrâth might change all this.

Fortresses of Urkûl and Dûnra

The Duithèn were enraged when the lords of the skøltär would not aid them in their quest for Namrâth. They threatened to destroy their new kingdom and turn their own subjects against them, but the lords of the skøltär laughed and called them spirits of the air, and […]

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The Redemption of Erâth: History of Erâth – The Third Age (Part V)

(v) The Seeds of Doom

The Courage of Men Begins to Fail

For untold thousands of years, the Third Age of Erâth carried on in Changelessness. The battles faded, the discoveries went unnoticed, and the race of men became ever more dreary all the while. With the death of love and dreams, though, a new form of apathy came over the kingdoms of Thaeìn, and the lives of men were bleak indeed.

Yet it was a bleakness men were content with; without deep thought or feeling, there was little grief, though there was also little joy. There were few battles, but also few discoveries, and the race of men was truly at a halt. King after king came and went, and the lands were ever the same.

The Sarâthen’s vision of Changelessness had come to full fruition. Those that had remained in Erâth saw the indifference of men and were saddened, but remembered yet the destruction of the First and Second Ages, and were afraid of what might occur were the veil of Changelessness lifted. They had not intended that the race of men become uncaring about the world, and saw that they might yet be extinguished, if they no […]

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