Of the many methods of obtaining prophecy in Icaria, none is so revered as the reception of a future from the Sakjeden. The Grove, as known by the Fae, exist cloaked in myth, their origins predating even that of all elves, gnomes, centaurs, and any other Faen that still walk the continent. Their prophecies may be rendered in two ways: personal or general. A personal prophecy is offered to someone who makes the pilgrimage to the Grove to ask for it. It is tied to that individual’s life, guaranteed to come to fruition in some form or fashion. The general prophecy is not tied to the life of the person who hears it. It is tied to the land and therefore it can come true at any point after it is given. While that prophecy is perhaps the best known, there are others that still affected the lives and doings of the continent. Below is one such prophecy.
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In the end, she will leave
On bone ships
And sorrow
And she will take it with her
That which drives the land
And cast into latent shadow
The last few years of man
But they will be happy
If nostalgic as sunsets are
For she will also take
The last of horror and war
And she will not return
Not even her bones
For in the end she’s sea-bound
And the sea remains her home.
One of the oldest prophecies ever given by the Sakjeden, no one knows the “she” referenced in this prophecy, nor what the third stanza means. It is generally taken as a hopeful prophecy, despite what it foretells for one individual.
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