The Defiler
The Defiler
“It was not that it had been leeched of hues, of subtlety and beauty.
The beauty was there, austere and unforgiving, but it was the beauty of a grey world.
The grass, the moon, the rocks, the trees, even the rolling breakers of the water on the nearby shoreline were all shades and layers of grey between black and white.
It was a grim, alien place, utterly unlike the land it mirrored on the otherside. The dwarf struggled to orientate himself. The landmarks were familiar but wrong, and their wrong...ness made it difficult for his mind to hold on to any sense of place.
They were on a road - a proper stone laid road, better than anything in Tir-Nan-Og. Each stone was an octagonal disc, worn flat by the passage of countless feet over millennia. The road was wide enough for ten men to walk abreast comfortably, even in full armour, shields interlocked. Ukko knelt to brush his fingers across the surface of the stones. The causeway was ancient, built, perhaps by the gods and goddesses themselves. No mortal hand had fashioned the road, of that he felt uncomfortably sure.MoreLess
The beauty was there, austere and unforgiving, but it was the beauty of a grey world.
The grass, the moon, the rocks, the trees, even the rolling breakers of the water on the nearby shoreline were all shades and layers of grey between black and white.
It was a grim, alien place, utterly unlike the land it mirrored on the otherside. The dwarf struggled to orientate himself. The landmarks were familiar but wrong, and their wrong...ness made it difficult for his mind to hold on to any sense of place.
They were on a road - a proper stone laid road, better than anything in Tir-Nan-Og. Each stone was an octagonal disc, worn flat by the passage of countless feet over millennia. The road was wide enough for ten men to walk abreast comfortably, even in full armour, shields interlocked. Ukko knelt to brush his fingers across the surface of the stones. The causeway was ancient, built, perhaps by the gods and goddesses themselves. No mortal hand had fashioned the road, of that he felt uncomfortably sure.MoreLess
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