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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3930177" data-attributes="member: 29014">"The wha...I was...?  Oh, well, the priest looked out from the top of the mountain and brought forth blessings upon the lands of those in need.  Soon enough, all those in the nearby kingdoms heard of his powers, and so the wealthy came and tempted him.  He was offered gold, power, the hand of beautiful noblewomen in marriage and the resulting peerage, but yet he refused them all, and he continued to bless the destitute and misfortunate, those who could do nothing for him in return except feel gratitude in their hearts and raise a prayer for him.  Even the king made an offer, but the priest turned it down.  In anger at the holy man's insolence, the king took the priest's beautiful younger sister and threatened to burn her at the stake.  The priest would not be cowed, and he refused his blessings upon the king, and yet, when his kinsmen came and begged him to unleash the Heavens' wrath upon the cruel monarch, he refused to do harm, continuing his peaceful vigil upon the mountaintop, praying for his sister's safety as he continued to bless those in need.  On the day of the execution, the torch was thrown to the pyre, and it consumed everything, but yet, with the flames of the enormous pyre leaping high into the sky above the castle, the priest's sister, her ropes and clothing burned to cinders, could be seen walking unharmed, without the slightest burn, slowly down towards the gathered nobles and retainers.  'A witch!' the king shouted, his face twisted with rage, and he rushed forward with his sword and skewered the naked girl through the heart...except, her eyes flashed with holy light, and she reached down to touch the sword, which dispersed into flower petals and scattered on the wind, leaving no wound in her body, as feathery wings appeared on her back.  The angel who had replaced the condemned girl simply glared at the king, and then she vanished, reappearing on the priest's mountain with the sister as well.  The stories differ as to what happened next, but all agree that although the angel never struck back at the king, her simple glare of displeasure was enough to put a dire curse on his family that led them to ruin.  And the priest's sister would return to become the mother of a strong noble family, while the priest would live in quiet obscurity with a daughter that no one could quite explain."</blockquote>

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