Role

Chapter 8

The last we had the chance to examine Ellania, she was confused and dealing
with new emotions and thoughts within herself. She was troubled by the thought
that some part of herself could have taken such a road. She was ashamed and
frightened at what it could mean. Not to mention she was beginning to... see
things.

The things she would see were beams of light just in the corner of her eye.
Just far enough out of focus that she needed to refocus to see it, but when
she did, it would disappear. Similar to the weird lines one might get when they
shut their eyes too hard and then open them. You try to focus on the lines, but
simply cannot.

Since that time, Ellania has had the chance to meet with The Drowned Goddess,
Rarywey, Herself. Ellania was in awe, of course. She had questions, and Rarywey
was nice enough to answer. As they spoke, Ellania became entranced with Rarywey
and before she knew what had happened, she had asked Rarywey to be her muse!
Ellania felt ashamed when she realized she blurted out such a thing, but
Rarywey was graceful and accepted the request. Rarywey also allowed Ellania
to continue coming to her shrine to worship or marvel or gain understanding.

Ellania has also had several opportunities to speak with Rarywey's High
priestess, Zoraikla. The priestess is a darkling, and Ellania continues to
struggle with trying to learn from a darkling, but Zoraikla has shared very
meaningful and important things with Ellania about their shared Lady and Her
teachings. Ellania finds herself in a very strange place with this priestess.
On one hand, her training as a Maran tells her to be very aggressive with this
creature, and yet she finds her righteousness not pointed at this priestess
for now.