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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Velmont" data-source="post: 2550167" data-attributes="member: 13739">Local LoreThe Golden Cagefolkloke of Medina EmpireLong time ago, while the genie was walking the dunes of the desert of El Jem, it is told that the emperor of Medina had a daugther. The emperor never give birth to any other children, and no one knew why. Even the seers was unable to tell why. And so the daugther was overly protected by his father. She was prisoner in her golden cage that was her father's palace.She was looking at the city from her balcony, and to the desert from the highest tower of the palace. That was the only glimpse she had of the real world. She usually stares at that world that was her own a few hours a day, and the remaining, she was entertained by the bards of the court. But a flower cannot bloom in a pot too small for it. And so sadness start to fill the young princess heart.During a full moon night that she was looking at the stars, an unfamiliar sound came to her hears. It was a bird. A beautifull and colorfull birds, one that you can meet in many jungle, but cannot survive in the heat of the desert. The small bird flew up to the balcony and rest a moment there. It was singing a beautifull song. After a moment, it left. The young princess felt his heart ligthen by the song. The night after, she came back to the balcony, in hope to see the bird again. The bird came back, and sang a new song for the girl. For a month, it has been like that.When the moon was full again, the bird came back, but that time, it didn't sang to the girl. It spoke to her.I am a djinn. I have been trading in your father's city for years now. I've seen you looking at the world from your balcony since you were a child. I can speak to the wind, and it carried me your tears and sorrows to me, and it sadden me. I came to you to fill your heart with joy, but it doesn't seem enough. I still feel despair in your heart. I am here to make you an offer. If you want, I can make you leave your home and free you from this existance, but be warned, what await you might not be like you think, and there is no coming back.After a moment, she aggred to the offer. The djinn transformed her into a bird, and she flew away. Happy by her new freedom, she cry of joy, and one of her tear fall on the balcony and crystalize itself into a diamond. The day after, her father found his daugther's bedroom empty, and the tear on the balcony. As he took the diamond in his hand, he knew what happened to her child, and that she was happy where she was. He made a ring with the tear.It is told that the ring is found at some moment by a person who see no more hope in his existance, and it brings him hope. And when the despair is gone from his life, the ring is lost again, to be found by someone who would need it.</blockquote>

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