Echoes of the Sheol Prophecies
Fragments, verses, and voices drawn of a mythical land
Lament Redeemed
To seek a home is to lose the love once known, yet--
Love shall be secured beyond the bounds of birthright.
Joy and peace shall dwell among kindred, near and far,
As chaos flows like mist upon the wounded land.
Order shall falter; flesh and spirit shall wander,
But the heart shall return, and joy shall rise anew.
— a poem by M. Alden Phillips, drawn from Sheol
Of scenes of Nature, fields and mountains,
Of skies so beauteous after a storm...
I dream, I dream, I dream.
— a poem by Walt Whitman
I felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories.
— Desmond Child
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,
but rarely admit the changes it
has gone through to achieve that beauty.
—Maya Angelou
The Children of the Land, forgetting the teachings of the gods, lost the Heart of the Land. Paradise of the Land, diminished and pressed down, offered up its Heart as a sacrifice for the Children’s disobedience. The Heart, removed from its rightful nest, fell into a deep sleep, thrusting the land into a state bereft of the Light of the gods. The Children, thrust into the mist of unbelief, begged the gods to reveal the Heart to their Children, ending their foggy existence.
The gods, hearing the cries of their Children, reached across time and space to find a Warrior of two worlds. A Warrior, called from a broken land, called to a broken land. A Warrior, broken in the test of battle, broken by the loss in battle, and of battles. A Warrior, giving his last full measure of devotion, abandoned the broken land of his creation. A Warrior, regardless of his intent, found the broken Land of his Fate. A Land of Darkness, Mist, and Fog. A Land to heal his broken spirit with the healing of the Land.
A broken Warrior, of two Lands and two Races;
of two Spirits and one Fate.
A Warrior formed of an Ancient People;
formed through a fledgling race.
An ordinary Warrior finding an extraordinary Fate.
A Fate of Restoration,
A Fate of Redemption,
A Fate of Healing—
For people and Land.
—Excerpt for Waking in Sheol