Forever more

Isis, Tiamat, Cybele, Danu, Frigg, Parvati, Mary.... Gaea.

All these names, carried over centuries, eons, thousands upon thousands of days; each one unique and precious, like so many glittering gems, like so many fleeting rays of sunshine. Every incarnation different and yet - similar, at its core. Male, female, human and elf; the calling came to any and all who would and could shoulder it.

Not a decision, however, not also an obligation. One may choose to live with the Gift but not become of it. However, certain things do come with the power, whether they are wanted or not; long life, strength, sensitivity, magical abilities that reforge the body - and the mind - slowly over time, which it has, vasts amounts of it.

"It" has only meaning in the philosophical sense of the word. It is not of possession we speak of here but rather of incarnation. Gods and goddesses are powers better left in the Heavens, untouched, unspoiled, undisturbed. What they think of mankind is of little importance. That is why the Powers watch and guard but to do that, they must walk amongst those they would guard and nurture.

She was not the first, nor would she be the last. She may yet die in one of those innumerable battles they always waged. She would not get sick, would not age but she would bleed and she would hurt, if it came to it.

There are others like her. Always, the balance must be kept and the forces that guide them will irrevocably bring them to war, love and know each other well; and time.

What she was before she became has everything to do with the Power. Long ago, they rooted themselves in the lives of mortals, providing long life, magic and gifts to select individuals that then passed it on to future generations. Not all such children answer to the calling. Only six ever truly emerge and given their average lifespan once they become empowered, only a few came before her, just as a handful might come before it all ends for ever. Others are lesser incarnations, ephemeral and mortal, with power, yes, but not influence.

Influence over "It".

Which is what defines her. At first, the changes are physical so as to better prepare the body for the evolution the mind will soon follow with. Skin hardens, becomes living stone. Hypersensitivity to the Power emerges, core strength, mass, influence over the great undercurrents of the world. They all gradually emerge from within. Then, when the core is hard and smooth, the Power will touch the mind in earnest, no longer muted and subtle but determined and active. She will become the Power, however it shall also become her.

The currents of life become her blood. If the worlds sickens, so will she. If the world diminishes, so will she. When millions die, so does she with them. When thousands suffer, so will she feel it as if she were with them. But never to die; for as long as there is life, so will there be the Powers. And when none is left, so will they endure for emptiness is only defined by the absence of something and that opposite is them, always.

And through them, access to the world's greatest treasures; the primal forces of the elements, which is what humankind has always called them, regardless of the title given to them.


- Ancient Text - Found engraved on a tablet set against now-destroyed ruins dated to go back to the beginnings of Time. Scripture was legible by all, however in no recognizable language ever known to this day.


Aaridys

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