Eye of the sun
This book titled 'Eye of the sun' describes the history around a mystical artifact dating back to the age of wonder.
In ancient times, before the war of ascension and the breaking of the world, Anaxorr, a grand mage of immense power sought out Bael, and challenged the primordial dragon to unleash his terrible breath at him. Through some unknown bargain, Bael agreed and brought upon the world his mighty fire breath, such as it had not seen in that age. Anaxorr held forth a great orb, a near-complete artifact of his own clever making.
For the briefest of time, a mere flutter of an excited heartbeat the great mage stood firm against the new-formed sea of flame, and his great orb ate away at the heat and fire. For the great orb was made to trap and tame the fire of Bael, and it held true. But the flesh of a man is not an artifact, and Anaxorr was no more. For the firstborn dragon was not a fool, and not easily swayed by the words of mere mortals. In his hubris, Anaxorr sought to tame the flame of Bael, but Bael is the master of all flames, and it consumed him hole, body, mind, and soul. As the flames faded, only the orb remained in a new valley scorched with flame-birthed glass. The artifact complete, but its creator dust on the wind.
The tale continues, as Bael left for his own devices, and in time the orb was found. It has through the ages resurfaced through different owners in different places, and each time calamity or miracles followed. For the orb, it became known through the ages by many names, bur foremost the Eye of the sun or the Baelfire orb. The book details a series of locations where it emerged and was being kept through the ages, and of cruel wars and clever theft. For centuries it could vanish, only to resurface to transform and empower its holder, and inevitably spell doom for the uncautious.
The last note penned in on the last page details a relevant part to the events of the last day of the fourth age, known as Meliosats folly.
Thus it was told that Meliosat, in preparation for the confrontation that would ultimately spell his doom, obtained from himself an artifact crafted in the age before gods, made to capture the fire of Bael. It could no more save a god than it could its maker, for the fires of the primordial cares not for the toys of mages or gods. The orb ate its fill, of that i am sure, and that monstrous artifact might be out there still, filled with Baelfire. Is a thought to behold with dread and awe. It has truly become the emodyment of hubris, for the corpse of god is as dust on the wind.
Rupar Ferniz Alni, 45th year of man
Type
Manuscript, Historical
Medium
Vellum / Skin
Authoring Date
45
Myth
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