20th Day of Gamor

From Danakan

These past few days have been most eye opening! As we traversed through the last pass to Delgon I had expected to see a cold and desolate land but was surprised to see a great valley every bit as lush and green as those surrounding Teral. I stood there like some slack jawed, low born hatchling as the honourable Obal chuckled at my surprise. As I regained my composure she soon answered Muri’s fervent queries; these lands were under the care of an Enarii, one that I would soon be meeting ; at least someone respects myself and the Teralin! We travelled for another night and saw all manner of plants, flowers and trees, many dwarfing the few buildings scattered across the lightly snow covered landscape. Obal informed me that these were the gardens of Eldeyn! Apparently this Enarii wanders his gardens continuously and our hosts had to first locate him before we could meet. While Obal left to locate Eldeyn, we were invited to speak with Plutom, the Delgon Chief Engineer who is also visiting this region. Now, I have met a great many Engineers over the years and have become used to their… eccentricities but this did not quite prepare me! Plutom is, in appearance, every bit as eccentric as his Empire counterparts but he has a fearsomely sharp eye. I can only assume that he has an unusually disciplined and focused mind or at least the Priests have taught him such for he displayed none of an Engineer’s typical erratic behaviour except for a tendency to overly blink and a twitching of the head. At first this was quite distracting but as a courtier it would not be right for me to stare, I shall leave that to Muri! While much of our meeting with Plutom was taken up by a torrent of engineer jargon that washed over my head we did have occasion to witness a most impressive display of one of the Delgon inventions… a KalGush. A young fubarnii waddled up in a strange outfit that reminded me of a Frugin farmer but carrying a strange device. With little pomp or ceremony the device was activated and a great goosh of flame shot out and erupted forth to envelope a pile of decaying plant matter! Well that’s one way of tidying up! We were then subjected to a tour of Plutom’s workshop, which we politely accepted and I ensured I nodded in all the right places but to be honest it was a bore and I so looked forward to my meeting with the Enarii. After what seemed like an age Obal returned and led us across a small bridge to an impressively sculpted hedge where we passed through to an exquisite flower garden but despite the firebursts of colour that erupted all around my eyes were drawn to the figure carefully attending his blooms with a slender necked watering jug… oh, what a sight! For the first time ever I can truly say I was lost for words. Standing at over twice my height and dressed in a simple silk robe and apron he stood; the Enarii, Eldeyn. Eldeyn and I were chatting together for hours, fluidly translated by Obal who seems to have an almost perfect grasp of the ponderous language of the gods. Eldeyn spoke of peace between our peoples, trade and cooperation. He told me of his admiration for me and my travels, what I had seen, apparent y he has long mused over the southern lands and all manner of wonders he is yet to witness. As we wandered amongst the blooms he told me of his wish to visit my homeland to stroll through its green valleys and speak with it people, though he was not sure who would look after his gardens… such humility! Soon we will be leaving Delgon and heading for the lands of the Eragu before our voyage home but I find my head only thinking of the future of our clan and how wonderful it would be to have this peaceable god as my personal guest.

Source: Chronicles of Anyaral