The Wind Might Be Evil?

The winds rarely bring good tidings, and its howl brings hunger. Whether zephyrs of dread or a fell breeze, the winds of the world carry dark and devious thoughts. In Tyndastr, and especially within the Mystletainn Cradle, the winds carried from the northern fjord towards the svanrgata might be evil. Folks set up their camps and homes within natural or created wind-breaks both as a practical matter and as a superstitious one - while the wind brings frigid cold in winter and torrential rains in summer, it also maintains an air of devilry, of despair, and of the gnawing pangs of an eternal hunger. Even valkyries distrust the wind, their ravens bestowed with enchantments to ward them from the gusts - again with both practical and superstitious motives; a stray tempest can knock a raven off its course by hours or days, but a fell wind getting word of the valkyries' plans can spell disaster for years to come.   Mind, they all do have the correct idea. The winds truly might be evil. Their motives remain unclear and fickle at best, but the actions of the zephyrs and the tempests indeed show they harbor malicious intent in each action they choose. The winds hunger for the thoughts, prayers, and even the lives of the Mystletainn Cradle's folks.   This association and hunger have each tainted magics studied across the Cradle. The maddening whispers of the wind's howling drive many would-be mages of aeromantic studies towards a darker path, strewn with the blood of innocents and a hunger beyond worlds. While a handful of schools studying air wizardry have cropped up within the Cradle, these places of learning insist on incredibly tight security and have strict morality laws - a futile attempt to stop the wind's darkness from tainting their students. The wind's hunger is unquenchable, ever-thirsty.

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Aug 21, 2024 17:22 by Stormbril

Right away, fantastic title, immediately got my attention. You're absolutely right, the wind MIGHT be evil! You have a really great way of writing here that draws the reader in, it's fun to see the practical and superstitious ideas dancing around one another in the article. Like we're never quite sure if the wind actually IS evil, or if it's just the peoples superstitions -- though the last paragraph on the morality of mages studying wind magic certainly pushes the idea towards the darker end of things >:) I love this.   I'm adding this to my reading challenge as well!