The temple of Lathander has been quiet for the last day, its doors locked to outside visitors and supplicants.
Today its doors open, and a tired looking Myrios LaCroix dressed in the garb of the noble house steps from its hallowed halls with a priestess standing behind him. He closes his piercing blue eyes for a brief moment, then begins to speak to the small crowd of onlookers.
"Today, the sun rose over the mountains of our valley. Its rays shone through our windows, glittered on the water of Lake Az'Gema, and caressed the fields outside Sundren City. It rose for the baker, the carpenter, the smith. It rose for all of the inhabitants of Sundren, except for one."
The normally iron-willed Myrios' lips flatten, his face deceptively calm. He takes a breath.
"One woman did not see the sunrise, for she has gone to join it. Anasath Zesiro, one of the founders of the Lathander Temple, has gone to meet the Morninglord in Elysium."
"I will not claim to know her intimately. But her passion, her joy for life was readily apparent when planning and designing this temple, and her dedication easy to see. She lived her life as she wished others to, with growth and an unbridled lust for life."
"Her trials were things that no human being should ever have to face. And yet, she did and emerged on the other side, a champion for the people. For us."
"She brought us the sunrise."
"Her willingness to sacrifice everything she held dear for her god and her people went above and beyond the 'standard', if one can call it that. I do not speak of the battles she was at the forefront of, though there were many. I do not mean the healing she gave, although there is certainly ample enough examples of that as well. I tell you that it was in the way she lived, that her true sacrifice stood out."
"It is easy to do things in the name of a god, or a country. To take life, or to give it. But it is a far harder thing to live a life as an example for others to take, in the hope that some may take it. That, I think, is a far more uncertain venture with no guaranteed gain. Anasath did that and more. She helped build a place for those who needed an example to follow, and what's more she did it without asking for anything in return."
"The sun rose today, ladies and gentlemen. It rose on a world a shade darker for a life lost, but it rose all the same. Take from that what you will. But I know that I will celebrate the life that Anasath lived for the rest of mine."
The Myrios turns, and steps away from the temple towards the LaCroix Estate.
Today its doors open, and a tired looking Myrios LaCroix dressed in the garb of the noble house steps from its hallowed halls with a priestess standing behind him. He closes his piercing blue eyes for a brief moment, then begins to speak to the small crowd of onlookers.
"Today, the sun rose over the mountains of our valley. Its rays shone through our windows, glittered on the water of Lake Az'Gema, and caressed the fields outside Sundren City. It rose for the baker, the carpenter, the smith. It rose for all of the inhabitants of Sundren, except for one."
The normally iron-willed Myrios' lips flatten, his face deceptively calm. He takes a breath.
"One woman did not see the sunrise, for she has gone to join it. Anasath Zesiro, one of the founders of the Lathander Temple, has gone to meet the Morninglord in Elysium."
"I will not claim to know her intimately. But her passion, her joy for life was readily apparent when planning and designing this temple, and her dedication easy to see. She lived her life as she wished others to, with growth and an unbridled lust for life."
"Her trials were things that no human being should ever have to face. And yet, she did and emerged on the other side, a champion for the people. For us."
"She brought us the sunrise."
"Her willingness to sacrifice everything she held dear for her god and her people went above and beyond the 'standard', if one can call it that. I do not speak of the battles she was at the forefront of, though there were many. I do not mean the healing she gave, although there is certainly ample enough examples of that as well. I tell you that it was in the way she lived, that her true sacrifice stood out."
"It is easy to do things in the name of a god, or a country. To take life, or to give it. But it is a far harder thing to live a life as an example for others to take, in the hope that some may take it. That, I think, is a far more uncertain venture with no guaranteed gain. Anasath did that and more. She helped build a place for those who needed an example to follow, and what's more she did it without asking for anything in return."
"The sun rose today, ladies and gentlemen. It rose on a world a shade darker for a life lost, but it rose all the same. Take from that what you will. But I know that I will celebrate the life that Anasath lived for the rest of mine."
The Myrios turns, and steps away from the temple towards the LaCroix Estate.
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