Dialogue of the Founder and the Illuminated

The Dialogue of the Founder and the Illuminated is one of the first recorded texts of the Dwaerkar. It was discovered in +329, buried in an unmarked grave outside Ouwestad. It has been translated from a more primitive variant of the Ouwestad Dwaerkar language.

The Dialogue
The Founder arrived with his people on a Monern of Aalderas, according to the Old Tales, for Aalderas means Landing, and Monern, Fortuitous.

The people of the Founder knew nothing of Life and Death. In those times, they did not comprehend Joy and Sorrow. They knew nothing of the lofty Gods, but viewed the lowly worms with scorn. They had created nothing of radiance, had performed nothing of virtue, knew nothing of grace, and failed to grasp beauty. As children they had come, and even the Founder bore the features of a Child -- so young and innocent he seemed. Confusion, apprehension, and fear had been permanently etched into his face. But now, the Illuminated revealed himself amidst trailing wisps of Moonlight, tall and dark and clad in shimmering cyan.

"Who goes there?" cried the Founder, his eyes blind under the simple light of the Moon.

"Fear has no place here," said He. And even the Illuminated was the least of their Kind. "If you will not forsake it, you must return the way you came."

"The way is fraught with perils. We have survived much to be here, to stand in your presence."

"And yet, you shiver like a Child. Extinguish that flame."

"I require it. My eyes are not used to the dark."

"The flame has no place here."

"We are the refugees of a Lost Land. We have escaped death. But at terrible cost..."