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 |  The Legend of the Eyebright was thought to be just a myth... |
  This novel has been in the making for many years now; however, it was not until this past summer I finally sat down and put it all together. (I was in Nicaragua at the time, and there wasn't much else to do in the evenings.) The three girls that are the main characters were born in my elementary school days and have stayed with me ever since. I hope that is conveyed. I wrote to see how it would end and I am afraid that may be reflected in my writing. Preview: NOTE: THIS IS NOT A REAL PROLOGUE. THIS IS JUST BACKGROUND INFORMATION. The first people came to their Earth from the Eyebright’s Dimension, crossing the tenuous boundary between their worlds that existed high on the Cliffs of Serentan. They were a strong race, gifted with the power to manipulate and control Aé, the force that inhabits matter itself. They used this power to conquer the land, bringing up cities and fortresses, and spreading across the continents. But as time went by, the new generations forgot about the boundary on the Cliffs of Serentan, and as they did so, they also forgot the power of Aé… All except the People of the North, powerful men and women who still trained themselves to control the magical substance. They lived by themselves on the continent of Nairi, where they quietly passed their gifts on to their children. But one generation, born under the fire of Aelt’s Comet, was not satisfied with the quiet existence. A rift occurred, and some of the young men and women broke away from the peaceful People, calling themselves the Warriors of North. They left Nairi forever, and, in small bands, attacked the other continents, Ailsa and Lamar. They easily subdued the non-magical inhabitants and set themselves up as kings. The fiercest of all the Warriors, Aleron, created the kingdom of Irinifa on Lamar, and fashioned himself a lineage called Aé, after the mysterious force. Aleron’s followers became the first nobles of Irinifa; they made themselves lineages, too, and used their power to subdue the previous inhabitants of the area. Not long after Aleron stabilized his rule, he saw the need for a magical school to bring up their sons and daughters in the way of Aé, lest they lose their power, too. He founded the Academy, the first and the premiere magical institute in the world. Craftily, and to gain the trust of the non-magical peasants, he sent Sensorists, who could feel for Aé, to find those commoners who could be trained one day to manipulate the force. So the Academy began, a mixture of common and noble children, all with one shared focus and one mutual goal: to one day conquer Aé and fully subdue it to one’s will. Hundreds of years later, when the Eyebright’s Dimension, the People of North, and Aelt’s Comet are all the stuff of legend, three girls meet at the Academy. Eunae Sun is a lonely, quiet girl in an unfamiliar country. Her gift is the power of sensory, and she is the lone spectator to the series of events that almost destroys her world. Kasity, middle Ké, the youngest of the three, cannot and does not understand the significance of the future, and lives day by day. She does not worry; she does not contemplate; from time to time, she does not think. Calixte, middle Cé, is a vessel of terrifying power and shrouded secrets. Caught in a web of politics, love, betrayal, and forces beyond the intangible, her fate was sealed long before her birth. The Eyebright's Dimension tells a tale of loyalty and treachery, of deepest friendship and deeper enemies, of magic and the infidelities of the human soul. It explores the pettiness of childhood experiences, the bonds formed early in life, and the strangeness and mystery of finally growing up. It tells the story of three inexplicably different girls, and the timeless legend that drew them all together. But before the Dimension, before any of the girls knew the Legend of the Eyebright, the encounter of three sisters one moonlit night set these events in motion... I invite you now to move your mouse to the link entitled "Prologue". |
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