I’m not really sure what to do with this book. My mentor, Rhyanda, gave it to me. She suggested I fill it up with my
experiences on my travels and notes on spells and potions/elixirs that I
concoct. She said I would find it
invaluable one of these days. I’m not so
sure about that, but I do trust and respect her so I will do it.
It’s funny how life turns out. Your family and friends expect you to turn
out one way, yet you find another path calling you and after hearing all your
life to follow your dreams and calling, you follow that path and those family
and friends who don’t like your choice turns on you. I know I sound bitter, but it’s kind of hard
not to be bitter when people you love and trust turn on you.
I guess I should start at the beginning. All my life my family has expected me to go
into the priesthood. That’s all I’ve
ever heard while growing up. My
interests have ever lain elsewhere. I
could never get enough information about the highborne and the magics they
wielded. I memorized all the stories and
read all the tomes, parchments and everything else I could find about
them. Being a night elf, the highborne
were looked down upon by my people now even though we are all part of the same
race. Just because some of the highborne
turned out to be evil didn’t mean they all were. My parents found out and let’s just say that
what followed was not very pleasant.
They immediately sent me to the priestesses to start training. I would skip out of lessons when I could and
spend time with my thoughts in the woods.
Then one day, while trying out some simple spells I had come across in
my readings, I felt eyes upon me. I
looked up to find this woman watching me.
I was afraid that she would tell on me, but she just stepped out and
told me I would doing it wrong. Then to
my amazement, she showed me how the spell was to be done.
She told me she was a banished highborne (they now call themselves
high elves), one of many who had made their home deep in the darkest part of
the woods in order to avoid being persecuted by our people. I begged her to take me on as an
apprentice. She at first refused, but
after much pleading and persuading, she finally said yes. I think she agreed simply to keep me from
hurting myself if I kept experimenting with the arcane magics.
I spent a lot of time away from the temple and it was
noticed, but nothing was said or done about it.
There was much going on in the world and the priestesses had other
matters to attend to than a wayward priest in training. One day, Rhyanda told me that there had been
negotiations between Mordent Evenshade, Tyrande and Malfurion and the high
elves were being welcomed back into society and the Alliance and they would be
sharing their knowledge and training young mages. That was great news! I wouldn’t have to learn in secret any
longer.
The high elves were still feared and looked upon with
suspicion, but Rhyande said that was to be expected and they would have to
prove themselves over time. That fear
and suspicion did not stop some from taking training from the high elves. I had an edge over them as I had been
studying for years with Rhyanda by that time.
When my family found out that I had been training with her in secret all
these years and planned on continuing my training out in the opening, they
disowned me. My mother, father and
brother and other relatives turned their backs on me. I lost my friends over my decision, but I
found new friends and my masters and fellow trainers became my family.
I have finally advanced enough in my lessons that Rhyanda
says I need to go out into the world and actually live and experience the
magic. I have left Shadowglen and made
my to Dolonaar with my final destination right now being Darnassus. From there, I will have the entire world to
choose from for a destination. I plan to
spend some time at Dolonaar earning some coin.
I understand there are people there that need help with things and it
will allow me to gather some herbs in order to make some potions to maybe sell
to others. Rhyanda told me when I left
that she was proud of me and that no matter what others say about my chosen
path, I am to keep my head held high and prove to myself that I have chosen
correctly. I have nothing to prove to
anyone else.
Kirith
((Level 8))
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