dalamuds-shadow-deactivated2016:A growing light o’er all the realmFingers bright on highlands whiteI
dalamuds-shadow-deactivated2016:A growing light o’er all the realmFingers bright on highlands whiteIn an instance, a blade that smites the night.But ill winds rise as the great gates yawnHope rides to meet what naught can cheatAn old despair astride a new-shod mare…And thus do I wander and spin my words, all for the glory of Warriors of Light - or should I say, for the glory of you? What are you buta growing light, the hope that rides against despair? The rebirth of this realm is entirely because of you, the Warrior of Light. I have walked the four corners of Hydaelyn, from the Gardens of Xarakish, to the floating lakes of Voor Sian Siran, but never in my travels have I borne witness to tragedy such as that which befell Eorzea. In the days before the Calamity, I glimpsed a world beyond the void - a new world, birthed from the ashes of the old, delivered from darkness by the Bringer of Light. The giver of hope. You. See how many look to you for hope, for the promise that night will end and dawn will come again.We who gather to watch the fireworks - we are of one mind. We are not beaten. We live in a world of unimaginable loss and overwhelming suffering, yet we have hope. It is our light in the darkness - a light with which you blessed us. And for that, you have my undying thanks, Warrior of Light. Mine and many others’. It is always darkest before dawn, they say, and we will not see dawn for a long time yet. For every day without care, you will see three where the weight of the world will be upon you, for that is your destiny…and your hero’s journey. And when your journey comes to an end, who will you be? Though my heart longs to know, my own journey may take me to another land, down that nameless corridor of shades and sprites… Let me, then, leave you with a gift. Never forget what you are. The dawn that breaks over a realm reborn, the hope of Eorzea, the Warrior of Light… -- source link