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<blockquote data-quote="xenoflare" data-source="post: 1595198" data-attributes="member: 12431"><p><strong>Prelude: Awakening of the Sleeping Lord</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Evening, The Prefecture of Nan Yuan, the Empire of Shou Long</strong></p><p></p><p> The children laughed and ran on the riverbanks, following the sun as it chased its shimmering reflection on the water’s surface. Their easy, careless joy bubbled over, an infectious swirl of good cheer that overcame everyone they barrelled through, from the giggling lovers who sat by the river’s edge, to the indulgent poets who smiled as they quaffed their wine and wrote verses on the walls of the pavilions.</p><p></p><p> Life was good, for the people of the Shou. The invasion of the Tuigan horse lords had taken place over five decades ago, and with the passing of war, life had gradually returned to a gentle equilibrium. The former invaders had learnt the customs of their new neighbours, and the former myopic arrogance of the Shou Empire was replaced with a respect and recognition of the need to keep aware of its fellow nations. The tides of war had swept away the atrophied traditions of deceit as the chaos led the men and women of the Empire to examine themselves their society closely, allowing an unheralded age of harmony to ascend to the present. To the Shou, a people accustomed to the cruel whims and constant threats of sectarian conflict, corrupt bureaucrats, megalomaniac bandit kings and inscrutable spirits, the peace and joy of the present were precious, rare commodities, gifts of the karmic winds blowing from the Heavens. </p><p></p><p> Despite their rarity, these gifts of the spirit were exchanged freely between the lovers in their shy glances and hopeful words, uproariously shared in the sparks of wit spouted by the off-duty scholars, and ineffably expressed in the shrieks and whoops of joy of the playing toddlers.</p><p></p><p> It was good that they were happy, for the idyll would not last.</p><p></p><p> The Time of Fire is upon Dominaria. Let the World burn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xenoflare, post: 1595198, member: 12431"] [b]Prelude: Awakening of the Sleeping Lord[/b] [B]Evening, The Prefecture of Nan Yuan, the Empire of Shou Long[/B] The children laughed and ran on the riverbanks, following the sun as it chased its shimmering reflection on the water’s surface. Their easy, careless joy bubbled over, an infectious swirl of good cheer that overcame everyone they barrelled through, from the giggling lovers who sat by the river’s edge, to the indulgent poets who smiled as they quaffed their wine and wrote verses on the walls of the pavilions. Life was good, for the people of the Shou. The invasion of the Tuigan horse lords had taken place over five decades ago, and with the passing of war, life had gradually returned to a gentle equilibrium. The former invaders had learnt the customs of their new neighbours, and the former myopic arrogance of the Shou Empire was replaced with a respect and recognition of the need to keep aware of its fellow nations. The tides of war had swept away the atrophied traditions of deceit as the chaos led the men and women of the Empire to examine themselves their society closely, allowing an unheralded age of harmony to ascend to the present. To the Shou, a people accustomed to the cruel whims and constant threats of sectarian conflict, corrupt bureaucrats, megalomaniac bandit kings and inscrutable spirits, the peace and joy of the present were precious, rare commodities, gifts of the karmic winds blowing from the Heavens. Despite their rarity, these gifts of the spirit were exchanged freely between the lovers in their shy glances and hopeful words, uproariously shared in the sparks of wit spouted by the off-duty scholars, and ineffably expressed in the shrieks and whoops of joy of the playing toddlers. It was good that they were happy, for the idyll would not last. The Time of Fire is upon Dominaria. Let the World burn. [/QUOTE]
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