The following is a short story which i have recently written. For a better understanding of the content, it will be advantageous of you to familiarize yourself with Finnish mythology.
Seeker
by Érudit
Seven years have passed since the last peace was seen in the land. The War of the Free and Benevolent has been raging for all my life, and the Famine of the Wise even longer. Émilie and i are the youngest in the latest generation of the Seekers, and never once have we observed the aura of the aetheris, the greatest of all the elements. The Fable of the Flyer tells us of the sheer presence of the aetheris being even greater than the taste of the excelsis. And even as the heir of Miss Présage, have i only once sensed the excelsis. But now that does not matter, i must concern myself to the task at hand, the War. Never before has the nation seen such great catastrophe. Never before has brother slain Brother,, and Brother starved brother. Never before has the seekers fought. Never before has the heirs of Présage lacked an aetheris. And the land shall die; the green fields, the blue sky, they shall all fade away, and all will come to prodition.
| Excelsis |
I grab a profectus and smash it between my hands, and so blows the wind of Ilmatar. I have lost hope of fighting for peace, a hypocritical tactic, and now i protect for peace. And only do we, for all others fight for honor, and what honor is there in Surma, for Jumala shall grant judgment upon the murderous. And if all others fight for honor, so shall they be granted judgment. And if all others are granted judgment, so shall they perish and be with Tuoni. And if all others are with Tuoni, so shall this life vanish. And the purpose of the Seekers shall never come to pass. And the gods shall cry and wail for the death of their creation. Even Ukko, god of sky, shall howl at the ignorance of my people, and Akka, his wife, shall weep for her creation and her anger will be kindled against the giant, Antero Vipunen, for concealing knowledge from her creation.
Now i throw a lux upward, and so shines the light of Päivätär. And she grants me light, and blinds mine enemy for i am devout. And which god does not love those whom are devout to them? And all others are the friends of Piru and his hiidet. ‘What be one then if he does not worship any?’ Then shall he be as good as a hiisi, turning the hearts of the devout away. And so shall the hiidet love him and desire him to join them. And he shall be cast out of this land by Jumala.
From the ground, Pellervo harvests a fortunae for my aid. And i do eat of the element and am strengthened for behold my power had wane, and i had became weary from battle. And now mine enemies shutter in fear of my stronghold, for they know of my strength and know that the Thunder is with me. And i do call upon the Clouds, and Ukko answers me and send his wrath upon the murderous. And even as before do they die and go unto Tuoni. But Akka, wife of Ukko, calms him to save the Benevolent, and at this invocation does the sky quake for the power of them. And my people do flee naïvely for they do believe that Jumala grants judgment upon the earth. Now Tonttu comes before them to unleash the Giant’s gift, and they are tempered.
With a sanationem, bestowed upon me by Vedenemo, i produce a lake from which my people may be blessed by Pekko. But for me it is of no gain, for the goddess, Äkräs, sends me her menninkäinen, concealing nurturance in me. And Émilie is an element further than me, for the god, Ilmarinen, finds favor in her. And wherefore is known unto all for she is of a kindred spirit and devout to the gods and constructs no idols for those who do are cast out of the land by the Judge. And Émilie is pure and loves nature even as the goddess, Luonnotar. And all is one to her and one is all for she knows no evil and sees few.
And now, in the likeness of Émilie, does Ilmarinen endow me with an excelsis, and i do take and use it for the good of my people. And from my hands does the excelsis float high above me, even to alter the course of the lux, causing it to fall. And as the lux touches my palms, even so does the excelsis explode into light brighter than any of Päivätär. So does the Moon descend upon me, and Kuu speaks unto me; saying: ‘Rise up, Émil, and do thy father’s biding.’ And so i prepare for the aetheris, but none is bestowed upon me. And Kuu speaks unto me again; saying: ‘Rise up o, heir, and fight for the greatest gift of gods granted upon the earth.’ And so do i understand, and prepare to fight for the aetheris.
And as i gird up mine elements, i look unto the Moon and it is gone for Kuu has gone hence my presence but Päivätär still shines and the excelsis is constant in its explosion. So i call upon Émilie and Miss Présage’s aid, and they do grant me their word. Therefore i do praise Ukko, and Äkräs sends her menninkäinen upon me and i am well with for the gods find favor in me. Thus i set forth for my duty. And it is so that Émilie does jump up high into the air and does cast one of her pax upon the Free. And Tursas does bless it, so that it does multiply and destroy our enemies. And it is so that Miss Présage does chant unto Väinämöinen for his voice to petrify all. And so it is done, and the Wise Musician cause all, save me, to be lame. So i do take from a Free, an aetheris, and do jump upon it, even as to ride it as a horse.
And the aetheris does rise up and i do float upon it. And at height, it does cause all to be able, but i continue to float. And it does carry me towards the lake i did cause with the aid of Vedenemo and her sanationem. Once there, a bridge appears and i behold others, like unto me, young children from either the Free or the Benevolent floating upon aetheris. And we continue to float high above this golden bridge over to a lush island, and there my world is gone, and the aetheris places me down. And all is well for we are the elect, the ones whom with the gods find favor. And with the gods we do live joyously until death. And at death we do join Tuoni, and there we abide with favor and joy for eternity.
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