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Hex Code :: #3F9E4D
Aroian sighed and rubbed his temples. Why couldn't anything be simple? Now he had to reexplain what Navyn was, who they were. He didn't want to baby sit them! He wanted to get everything back to the way they were and forget this mess had ever happened. And their personalities were different, had always been different from each other. He supposed it was all related to their elements. How was he supposed to get Fay on his side, especially? She was his complete opposite, and he knew that she was going to protest him at every turn. He really had his work cut out for him. Why me? he wondered. Though he may hate the task however, being the only one to remember might have been a good thing. He was the most level headed. At least in situations like this. Thanks be to the calm patience of the water.
Aroian decided not to answer any of their comments until they were all inside the tent. He sent away the priest for now. This was a matter only for the lords and he didn't want more priests knowing things they shouldn't. He closed the flap and made sure to stoke the fire before he took off his gloves and opened the collar of his shirt to get some air while the other lords warmed up. He turned to look at each of them then. They all had changed though he supposed he had as well. They weren't children anymore. They all had an age in their eyes now. He hoped that meant they had gotten passed their squabbling from before.
"This place is Navyn. It is not any place on Earth. You are not from Earth. You are from Navyn. You were sent to Earth and apparently your memories have been stolen from you. There is a cult here on Navyn, called the Saviors. They seek to take Navyn under its rule, and thus far, they've succeeded. Now with you all back, we can try to reestablish order before Navyn dies in relentless winter and night. Fay, though you joke, yes, yes you are the Lady of Summer and fire, my direct opposite in element and season. Serrai, you are the Lady Spring, controller of earth. Elis, the Lord of Autumn and wind. Asaph, you are the Lady of the Day and anything within the realm of light. Lord Malakai is your direct opposite, being the lord of night and shadow.
"As I mentioned, this world is locked in winter and night. We were the only two left on Navyn so the balance tipped towards our elements. Just to be clear, that means no day, no summer, no spring, nothing warm and growing. Plants are dying, buried beneath the snow and without the light's nourishing. No rich soil giving nutrients to all things living. People are starting to grow sick and die from the lack of plant life and the animals too are dying of starvation in the forests. Each court looks like an extension of my territory at this point. We need each other to balance the other and keep Navyn stable. If you were killed, that element and season dies with you until a new lord or lady is born, hence why you are all breathing and not dead. The cult knew this and so sent you away from Navyn to keep you under raps and though the seasons have tipped, your seasons and element still exist. Questions?" Oh why did he open himself up to that? Oh boy. "Ringing any bells yet?"
Serrai just gaped at him. There was so much information and her head was spinning. Lady of Spring? Power over the earth? Balance and a cult? She didn't know what piece of information she wanted to grapple with first. There was just so much.
"Everything you are saying sounds like a fantasy. It is crazy! How can I be born here, have power over the earth? I distinctly remember growing up on Earth and last time I checked, I couldn't move a pebble. Secondly, if there is a lord for each season and whatever and we all need to be together, where is this other lord you mentioned? Thirdly why the hell were you and this other lord allowed by this cult you mentioned, to run around? They'd have to know you would go on plotting to fix the situation," the facts just didn't quite add up!
Aroian clenched his fists. It was a subject he really didn't want to discuss. "We trapped Malakai in his territory a year before the four of you were sent to earth. It made leaving Malakai here convenient while Asaph was sent to Earth. So he is here, but trapped and most likely royally pissed off. And we need to release him because we need him, but we'll get to that bit of the story when you 4 stop doubting this place even exists. As for me, I don't know how I was picked to remain, but the point is, they sent you 4 to Earth and captured me. I wasn't left roaming about as you so eloquently put it, Serrai. I managed to escape 3 years ago. Since then I've been looking for a way to get you guys back here. And remain at large. My castle was attacked just as I had gotten back to grab a few supplies but they were unable to catch me again. I've avoided going near the courts so they wouldn't have a way to track me."
Aroian's face softened then and he gave a weary sigh as he looked at the other lords with a new light in his eye. "Look... I know this is all hard to believe but it is true. I wish I had all the time in the world to remind each of you who you really are, but as it is, time is short. I need your help. Navyn needs your help. Your courts and your people need you. I will do what I can to remind you and help you remember, but I don't have time to argue each point with the 4 of you. That would be exhausting and our energies are better spent elsewhere. Will you guys just agree to help and try to remember? As I said, we need to free Malakai and that is going to be a fighting match for us to get him to agree to help us. I don't know how long that is going to take, nor if we'll actually get his cooperation because of what we did all those years ago now. Our only card we can play with him is the well-being of his court. They'll need the seasons too. Can I count on you, limited memory and all? Or was this all a big waste of 3 years?"
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