In the event of an accidental conflict with the Mist’s threats, they had to stand shoulder to shoulder against the black beasts and only then turn their weapons or magic against each other. Unwilling to act like the monsters, the soldiers of the two armies tried to adhere to the rules of combat and the treatment of prisoners. The monsters attacked their villages and cities with increasing frequency, destroying crops and farmlands. Only when battling the black beasts, the Mist’s creatures, did the Ena forget they were separate Eferya and Arya peoples, and could, therefore, join forces to battle these monsters. The Light of life perturbed the Mist in all its forms. No matter where the Ena lived or what Rulers they served, they were all afraid of the Mist. The cause of these painful doubts remained unchanged for centuries for all of the Ena people, it was the Mist. Leaving for the Light seemed preferable, despite the fact that since ancient times many of the Ena doubted whether the deceased really joined the single Source of Light as opposed to just disappearing from the living world once and forever.
For the Ena, the fate of being in the world of shadows and passing their so-called Trial was considered a terrible punishment, practically equal to death, because no one who crossed the barrier could ever come back. The Ena were also afraid to touch the barrier because, despite their differences in language, the dangerous world of the Shadows on the other side had been described in the legends of all their people. The floating layers of earth hung above the grey barrier surface without touching it. In the southern forest on the other side of the abyss began the land of the Arya people, with whom the Eferya had only their fears and superstitions in common.Īlmost equally they all revered the barrier, over which all the kingdoms and empires of the Ena spanned. The abyss that hung over the cloudy barrier bed was not the only thing dividing the two territories and the Ena people who lived in them - centuries of internal war had also separated them from each other. The Basileya border, guarded by Eferya from the Thunder Fort, ran along the mountains and ended in an abyss which, after the bridges were destroyed, could only be crossed by using wings. The observation towers of the fortress overlooked the southern forest and overgrown fragments of the bridges that once connected the two Ena lands when they were a single whole. The Thunder Fort guards seldom left the frontiers of the mountains that hung in the air at the border of Basileya, kingdom of the Eferya people. In lasting war lights turning fey, but no matter how much Dark can slay Likewise it was with first flame light, to ignite lifeĭon’t let the life force fade away, may One Light guide you through your wayĪgainst cold Mist, defend it, guard among the clouds and on the ground The First One thrived, it saved itself and shone outright, Since then transformed, despite it gave up all its might, Your wings will guide you through the night and you will find the Light insideĪlong with lonely beam of Light the Light of Thousands stars flared bright One star against the darkest night, relentless glow with light so torridĪnd then all other stars scorched bright through empty dusk of endless voidīlaze in the deep dark, keep your Light, and if the darkness blinds your sight Until just once the beam of Light shone out through solid blackness mass The Darkness dwelt around the world, uptight in sky from start of times